Description

Aliens: Book One                               Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket & Slipcase
Deluxe Signed & Numbered – Limited to 1500  
Writer: Mark Verheiden
Artist: Mark A. Nelson
Inker: Mark A. Nelson
Letterer: Willie Schubert
Editor: Randy Stradley
Wrap-a-Round Cover by: Mark A. Nelson

This beautiful deluxe hardcover edition comes foil stamped with a handsome dust jacket & slipcase featuring a brand new, wrap-a-round, Aliens oil painting, dust jacket by Mark A. Nelson. Also includes a special tip in plate signed and numbered.  The collection includes all six issues of the Aliens series plus the short story from Dark Horse Presents #24 by Mark Verheiden & Mark A. Nelson. Also included are all of Nelson’s frightening frontpieces from all printings of the series.

Story/Spoilers
In part #1, In deep space, a salvage crew is attacked by seemingly unstoppable monsters. The marines are called in, but they need someone with experience. Soon Hicks (the horribly scarred survivor from Aliens) and Newt (now almost eighteen) find themselves on a mission to locate and destroy the Aliens’ homeworld!

Next in part #2, Hicks breaks Newt out of the mental hospital where she is being held, and the two of them, along with a crack squad of battle-hardened Marines, blast-off for the Aliens’ homeworld. But is the Alien menace really as far away as Hicks believes, or is the threat closer to Earth than anyone imagines?

Next in part #3, As the ship carrying Hicks, Newt and the company of Colonial Marines nears the Aliens’ Homeworld, a strange paranoia begins to grip the people of Earth. Thousands begin to suffer recurring nightmares about the Aliens, leading Dr. Orona to a terrible realization: there is already an alien–a queen–on Earth!

Next in part #4, All hell breaks loose as Hicks, Newt and the Marines arrive on the Aliens’ homeworld! While back on Earth, a misguided religious fanatic frees the Alien Queen captured by the Bionational Corp. Even if Hicks and Newt survive their mission, will there be an Earth to come home to?

Next in part #5, Hicks, Newt and their crew of Marines are finding conditions on the Alien homeworld to be more than they bargained for as they discover that there are things even the Aliens are afraid of! Meanwhile, a mad, fanatical preacher has loosed the corporation’s captive Queen on an unsuspecting Earth – to force mankind into an unholy “Communion”!

Finally in part #6, This is it! The dramatic conclusion to the hottest miniseries of the year! Their mission to the Aliens homeworld a costly failure, Hicks, Newt, and what’s left of their Marine contingent return to Earth-only to find conditions horribly changed and mankind on the run from ravaging Alien hordes!

Also features:
Dark Horse Presents #24 – Aliens: Lucky
An unscrupulous crewman struggles to survive aboard a large, Alien infested ship.

A macabre “Aliens” artwork wrap-a-round dust jacket by Mark A. Nelson. (see 9th scan) Awesome!!

Collectible Entertainment comment: The Aliens Book One Hardcover w/ slipcase that you will received is sealed with the number 398 written on the plastic seal. I am guessing that the number of the book is 398 out of 1500. I am not entirely sure as the hardcover is sealed and the number inside the book cannot be verified. Scans 2,3,4 are the actual item that you will receive… all other scans are stock scans to show greater detail of The Aliens Book One Hardcover w/ slipcase item.

Hardcover reprints/collects: Aliens (1988 – 1989) Issues #1-6. (Dark Horse Comics – Aliens 1st Series) & Dark Horse Presents (1986) #24.  Dark Horse Comics

Sealed Limited Hardcover is bagged and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Limited to 1500
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Publication Date: June 1990
Format: B&W, 170 pages, HC, 11″ x 7.25″
ISBN-10: 1878574086
ISBN-13: 9781878574084

Collectible Entertainment note:  Sealed Hardcover w/ slipcase is New & Unread.  Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Aliens and/or Rare Hardcover collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read!  Very Highly Recommended.

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