John Nadeau

Armed with prototype weapons and a powered-up Dropship, Lt. Henry begins the final assault against the Alien menace. While he is planning his strategy, his crew is succumbing to strange withdrawal symptoms, and the ones still on their feet are plotting mutiny! Henry's only hope is to reprogram Liston, the high-powered synthetic, to follow his every command -- even if it means killing a human being. The air is thick with tension, and a traitor will step out of the darkness with a gun in his hand and murder in his heart. A guaranteed shocker!

This is it: the endgame! Lt. Henry has tracked the "father" of the Alien forces -- a rogue colonel pursuing a mad dream of cosmic purity -- to a subspace communications relay, and plans an all-out assault against him! His command is weak, the Marines around him are planning mutiny at the first opportunity, and now the captive "bugman" is beginning to mutate into something that will shock the entire crew! Lt. Joseph Henry has never taken the easy path, and this time it just may kill him!

The pulse-pounding conclusion to this action-packed series! Face to face with the deadly leader of this system-wide Alien infestation, Lt. Henry begins a suicide mission to fulfill his mad obsession: to kill "the Father" of the Aliens, no matter what the cost.

As the Space Marines face off against a seemingly insurmountable horde of Bull Aliens on Terraform 3, help arrives in the form of an attack craft under the control of an unknown pilot, which strafes the Xenomorphs and slaughters them, while Lt. Ripley finished off the Queen with her Power Loader and flamethrower. The attack ship lands and the pilot reveals himself as a special forces soldier code-named ATAX, Alien Tactical Advantage Explorer. Meanwhile, Bishop is attacked by a Snake Alien while securing the perimeter. As the Space Marines prepare to do battle, ATAX dons his Bio-Boost Disguise Armor, a combat exosuit that also disguises the wearer as a Xenomorph. A.T.A.X quickly tears through the attacking Snake Aliens, but is then captured by a Flying Queen, which carries him away.

As the Space Marines face off against a seemingly insurmountable horde of Bull Aliens on Terraform 3, help arrives in the form of an attack craft under the control of an unknown pilot, which strafes the Xenomorphs and slaughters them, while Lt. Ripley finished off the Queen with her Power Loader and flamethrower. The attack ship lands and the pilot reveals himself as a special forces soldier code-named ATAX, Alien Tactical Advantage Explorer. Meanwhile, Bishop is attacked by a Snake Alien while securing the perimeter. As the Space Marines prepare to do battle, ATAX dons his Bio-Boost Disguise Armor, a combat exosuit that also disguises the wearer as a Xenomorph. A.T.A.X quickly tears through the attacking Snake Aliens, but is then captured by a Flying Queen, which carries him away.

When the Space Marines finally catch up to ATAX at the main colony on Terraform 3, they find he has already defeated the Flying Queen with the help of his Bio-Boost Armor. They also learn that the colonists are preparing to evacuate aboard a shuttle, and soon discover the reason why — the colony is under attack by a swarm of leaping Mantis Aliens. The Marines rush to the shuttle launch pad to ensure the colonists all get aboard safely. However, Lt. Ripley discovers the shuttle is infested with Queen Face Huggers that have captured all the colonists. After finishing up the remaining Mantis Aliens on the ground, the Marines set off in pursuit of the shuttle.

When the Space Marines finally catch up to ATAX at the main colony on Terraform 3, they find he has already defeated the Flying Queen with the help of his Bio-Boost Armor. They also learn that the colonists are preparing to evacuate aboard a shuttle, and soon discover the reason why — the colony is under attack by a swarm of leaping Mantis Aliens. The Marines rush to the shuttle launch pad to ensure the colonists all get aboard safely. However, Lt. Ripley discovers the shuttle is infested with Queen Face Huggers that have captured all the colonists. After finishing up the remaining Mantis Aliens on the ground, the Marines set off in pursuit of the shuttle.

The Space Marines set down on the lunar base above Terraform 3 and find the entire installation has been turned into a Hive by the Queen Face Huggers. The squad is ambushed by the creatures, and a fierce firefight ensues. As the smoke settles, the Queen Face Huggers inside the base's dome are wiped out, but Lt. Ripley finds a lone young girl who tearfully tells them her parents have been captured by giant Rhino Aliens and taken to the neighboring dome...

The Space Marines set down on the lunar base above Terraform 3 and find the entire installation has been turned into a Hive by the Queen Face Huggers. The squad is ambushed by the creatures, and a fierce firefight ensues. As the smoke settles, the Queen Face Huggers inside the base's dome are wiped out, but Lt. Ripley finds a lone young girl who tearfully tells them her parents have been captured by giant Rhino Aliens and taken to the neighboring dome...

Bishop returns from a recon mission to the Alien-infested dome at Terraform 3's lunar base badly damaged, his left arm totally severed. He reports that the Rhino Aliens there are totally impervious to both gunfire and flame, but suggest another course of action. He is hard-wired into a Power Loader retrofitted with weaponry, including a freeze jet. After shattering the roof of the dome to allow the freezing exterior atmosphere inside, Bishop immobilizes the Aliens with his freeze weaponry while ATAX dons his Bio-Boost Disguise Armor and heads into the Hive to rescue the colonists. Once inside the nest, ATAX destroys the Queen, her Eggs and her royal guard, before rescuing the cocooned colonists. The survivors reunite with the colonists' daughter, the Alien infestation on Terraform 3 and its surrounding bases finally crushed.

Bishop returns from a recon mission to the Alien-infested dome at Terraform 3's lunar base badly damaged, his left arm totally severed. He reports that the Rhino Aliens there are totally impervious to both gunfire and flame, but suggest another course of action. He is hard-wired into a Power Loader retrofitted with weaponry, including a freeze jet. After shattering the roof of the dome to allow the freezing exterior atmosphere inside, Bishop immobilizes the Aliens with his freeze weaponry while ATAX dons his Bio-Boost Disguise Armor and heads into the Hive to rescue the colonists. Once inside the nest, ATAX destroys the Queen, her Eggs and her royal guard, before rescuing the cocooned colonists. The survivors reunite with the colonists' daughter, the Alien infestation on Terraform 3 and its surrounding bases finally crushed.

Collects Aliens (1988 1st Printing) #1-6; Aliens (1989) 1st Printing #1-4; Aliens: Earth War (1990) #1-4; Aliens: Genocide (1991) #1-4; Aliens: Hive (1992) #1-4; Aliens Tribes HC (1992 Dark Horse); Aliens: Newts Tale (1992) #1-2; Alien 3 (2018 Dark Horse) #1-3; Aliens Colonial Marines (1993) #1-10, and material from Dark Horse Insider Vol. 1 (1989-1991) #14-27 and Dark Horse Presents (1986-2000) #24, 42-43, and 56 and Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special TPB (1991 Dark Horse). As Marvel prepares for a xenomorph invasion, rediscover the comic book legacy of ALIENS! Familiar faces star in tales that expand on the movie mythos! As Hicks and Newt undertake a dangerous mission to destroy the creatures' homeworld, a deadly outbreak leaves Earth overrun with aliens! Billionaire Daniel Grant sets his sights on an alien queen, and scientist Stanislaw Mayakovsky must retrieve the galaxy's most precious substance: alien royal jelly! But can even Earth's finest fighting force, the Colonial Marines, hold off the most frightening and relentless creatures in all of film?

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!