Jim Woodring

In the dark reaches of the universe lies a remote planet that holds both forbidden pleasures and unspeakable horrors. For three naive smugglers, it's also a place to unload some deadly cargo: an Alien egg. But, something about this egg is scaring off the black marketers. And when it hatches, the nightmare's just begun.

The contaminated Alien egg has hatched, and has become the problem of media personality Hank Zither. But playing unknowing host to a chestburster isn't enough to cancel his trip to a new pleasure planet with sexy Ivy Derringer. Zither thinks he's only caught a nasty bug, but doesn't know the half of it. And neither do the planet's unsuspecting inhabitants, who are about to have a full-scale Alien epidemic on their hands.

How do you deal with an Alien plague? The inhabitants of the pleasure planet Celeste take care of business with good old-fashioned nuclear weapons. (They're a precocious bunch, to be sure!) But as they scheme to rid themselves of the Alien, the creature is spreading a new fatal airborn virus like wildfire. However they solve their problem, it will probably spell an apocalyptic end for the good citizens of Earth!

In the dark reaches of the universe lies a remote planet that holds both forbidden pleasures and unspeakable horrors. For three naive smugglers, it's also a place to unload a deadly cargo: an Alien egg. But something about this particular egg is scaring off the black marketeers. And when it hatches, the nightmare will have just begun.

Aliens may be virtually impossible to control, but what if man could anticipate their actions? In a deep space research station, Dr. Paul Church studies Alien behavioral responses. How does an Alien track its prey? Can an Alien distinguish whether a human is armed? Will an Alien ever retreat from an attack? Test after test, patterns of behavior are revealed to Church... patterns which are predictable. The station is carefully supervised; every precaution is taken, but everyone knows the risks. When an apparent saboteur is killed by an escaped Alien, the site of scientific research gives way to a homicide investigation. Col. Dr. Anthony Crespi, the stalwart survivor of Aliens: Backsplash (featured in Dark Horse Comics #12 and 13), suspects that the Alien subject may not have escaped on its own, and is determined to uncover the truth.

In an acid-resistant lab, Col. Anthony Crespi assists Dr. Paul Church with an Alien autopsy, and reveals the inner workings of the biomechanical creatures. Crespi is in for even more dangerous revelations, as he and Lt. Sharon McGuinness continue their investigation into the death of a fellow crewman.

Col. Dr. Crespi continues his unrelenting hunt to catch a killer aboard the Innominata, but he gets more than he bargained for when he questions Dr. Church. In a nightmarish flashback sequence, Church recounts the grizzly details of how he survived in an Alien hive. Fans won't want to miss this glimpse into the Aliens' inner sanctum!

Tony Crespi has narrowed down his list of suspects for the Innominata slayings: Admiral Thaves wanted Mortenson's body for spare parts; Dr. Church wants to continue his bizarre Aliens experiments; and Lt. Sharon McGuinness wants revenge for her fiancé's death. Crespi may reveal the killer, but no one can be prepared for the shocking conclusion of Aliens: Labyrinth.

Rumor has it that the crew members of space station Innominata are expendable and can be used in clandestine experiments. Rumor has it that Paul Church, the Colonel Doctor in charge of the research facility, has been running tests to determine what makes the Aliens tick and that he's using Colonial Marines as bait. Well, the U. S. Government doesn't like rumors -- they like facts. And so they've sent Colonel Doctor Anthony Crespi to investigate. He's empowered to get the truth any way he can. His goal is to find a way that will get him off that station alive. Harvey Award-winning writer Jim Woodring crafts a spellbinding tale of horror and mystery in Aliens: Labyrinth.

Collects Aliens: Colonial Marines (1993) #1-10, Aliens: Rogue (1993) #1-4, Aliens: Labyrinth (1993) #1-4, Aliens: Salvation (1993), Aliens: Music of the Spears (1994) #1-4, Aliens: Stronghold (1994) #1-4; material from Dark Horse Comics (1992) #3-5, 11-13, 15-19; Previews (1993) #1-12; Previews (1994) #1; and Aliens Magazine (1992, UK) #9-20. Explore new worlds of terror! A rogue scientist's genetic experiments create a horrific new alien king! A ragtag unit of Colonial Marines battles a xenomorph infestation on a space station - and the survivors face a pack of bizarre hybrids! An investigator must solve a murder on a deep-space alien-research station! But what dread music will a deranged composer make with an alien's screams? And can a synthetic xenomorph rebel against its sadistic creator? Plus: Flash back to an alien attack in the 1950s! And witness the fate of England as aliens overrun the Earth!

Collects Aliens: Colonial Marines (1993) #1-10, Aliens: Rogue (1993) #1-4, Aliens: Labyrinth (1993) #1-4, Aliens: Salvation (1993), Aliens: Music of the Spears (1994) #1-4, Aliens: Stronghold (1994) #1-4; material from Dark Horse Comics (1992) #3-5, 11-13, 15-19; Previews (1993) #1-12; Previews (1994) #1; and Aliens Magazine (1992, UK) #9-20. Explore new worlds of terror! A rogue scientist's genetic experiments create a horrific new alien king! A ragtag unit of Colonial Marines battles a xenomorph infestation on a space station - and the survivors face a pack of bizarre hybrids! An investigator must solve a murder on a deep-space alien-research station! But what dread music will a deranged composer make with an alien's screams? And can a synthetic xenomorph rebel against its sadistic creator? Plus: Flash back to an alien attack in the 1950s! And witness the fate of England as aliens overrun the Earth!

Collects Aliens: Berserker (1995) #1-4, Aliens: Mondo Heat (1996), Aliens: Lovesick (1996), Aliens: Pig (1997), Aliens Special (1997), Aliens: Havoc (1997) #1-2, Aliens: Purge (1997), Aliens: Alchemy (1997) #1-3, Alien: Resurrection (1997) #1-2, Aliens: Kidnapped (1997) #1-3, Aliens: Survival (1998) #1-3, Aliens: Glass Corridor (1998), Aliens: Stalker (1998), Aliens: Wraith (1998), Aliens Apocalypse: The Destroying Angels (1999 Dark Horse) #1-4, Aliens: Xenogenesis (1999) #1-4 and Aliens (2009 Dark Horse) #1-4 - plus material from Dark Horse Comics (1992-1994) #22-24; Dark Horse Presents (1986) #101-102, 117, 121, and 140 and ANNUAL 1997; A Decade of Dark Horse Comics (1996) #3 and Aliens/Predator (2009) FCBD. More tales of Alien horror! A team of soldiers must reclaim an overrun space station! Bug hunter extraordinaire Herk Mondo returns! Can pirates defeat Aliens with...a pig? An Alien stalks a religious settlement with a dark secret! A contaminated xenomorph egg spreads disease and death! A surveyor must determine if an Alien attack is real, or all in his head! A rescue specialist investigates the Aliens' past! Will a new strikeforce give mankind a fighting chance? And what lurks in a massive and ancient necropolis? Plus: a special jam story with more than forty amazing artists!

The old saying "You can't unbreak an egg" holds true, especially when that egg unleashes an interstellar scourge, the dreaded Alien. But as dangerous and lethal as this species has proven itself time and time again, some men cannot resist the awful gravity of the creatures' potential when merged with human science . . . and arrogance . . . and lust for power. But the cold contracts of these deals with the Devil also bring out the best in humanity, and the awful crucible of struggle against this interstellar cancer brings man closer to his neighbors . . . and to his God.

Living with the Alien has become a fact of life--and death--as mankind expands throughout the galaxy. And no matter how each encounter with the deadly xenomorphs inevitably leads to disaster, man's hubris and greed just as inevitably fuel the desire to try to unlock the secrets of the demonic beasts' biology or bring the creatures under control as tools to build an even more monstrous future. Dark Horse Comics' critically acclaimed Aliens series set the bar for how the universe of a popular film could be expanded through graphic fiction. Aliens Omnibus Volume 5 collects more of these comics classics, featuring over 350 story pages in full color by some of the finest creators in graphic fiction.

From off the streets of Cleveland comes... issue #17 of Harvey Pekar's American Splendor. This long-running, award-winning magazine has caught the public eye in a huge way, and creator Harvey Pekar has been a guest on the "Late Night with David Letterman" show several times, with more appearances scheduled for this year. This new issue of the first and best of the autobiographical genre features stories from Pekar's life, with a focus on his childhood as the son of communists in Cold-War America, as well as a look at the aftermath of his successful battle with cancer.