Alien timeline

when each title takes place

The Dark Horse classics

years after Aliens

Aliens Omnibus Volume 1The first comic sequel to Aliens: the creatures reach Earth; collects the Outbreak, Nightmare Asylum and Female War miniseries

years after Predator, in the present day and the past

Predator: The Original Years Omnibus Vol. 1The original Predator comics, with Dutch's brother hunting one in New York; collects about ten miniseries from 1989–1997

distant future, outside film canon

Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus Volume 1The comic that invented the matchup, on a colony that turns out to be a Predator hunting ground; collects Aliens vs. Predator, War and Eternal

Dark Horse, 2016–2020

Aliens: Defiance Volume 1A Colonial Marine and Weyland-Yutani synthetics aboard a derelict hauler; collects issues #1–6 plus the 2016 Free Comic Book Day story

Aliens: Dead OrbitA lone engineer on a space station against a xenomorph, written and drawn by James Stokoe; collects all 4 issues of the miniseries

right after Aliens, in an alternate version

William Gibson's Alien 3William Gibson's unfilmed Alien³ script, with Hicks at the center; collects all 5 issues of the miniseries

an alternate take on Alien

Alien: The Original ScreenplayDan O'Bannon's first draft, before the film's rewrites and without Ripley; collects the 5-part miniseries

Marvel, 2021 onward

the future, in the age of Bishop-model synthetics

Alien Vol. 1: BloodlinesA retired Weyland-Yutani security chief tries to save his son from the xenomorphs; collects issues #1–6, Alien's Marvel debut

Predator by Ed Brisson Vol. 1: Day of the HunterA woman hunts the Predator that killed her family, and becomes the prey; collects issues #1–6 of Marvel's Predator

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