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| Title: | Aliens: Hive |
| Publisher: | Dark Horse Comics |
| Type: | Limited series |
| Years published: | February-May, 1992 |
| Total issues: | 4 |
| Featuring: | Xenomorphs |
| Creators: | Jerry Prosser; Kelley Jones; Les Dorscheid; Clem Robins; Barbara Kesel |
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Aliens: Hive is an American comic book limited series of the science fiction and horror genres. It was published by Dark Horse Comics and ran for four issues from February to May, 1992. The series was written by Jerry Prosser with artwork and inks by Kelley Jones. It was colored by Les Dorscheid and lettered by Clem Robins. The series was edited by Barbara Kesel.
Plot
Stanislaw Mayakovsky once wrote a book about the cybernetic ant he designed to infiltrate a hive in order to gain precious knowledge about the species. Now a beautiful young thief has approached him to recreate his experiment by designing an Alien to infiltrate an Alien hive to gain something else precious: the Alien Queen Mother's royal jelly, the galaxy's most valuable commodity.
Stanislaw Mayakovsky and his new "partner", Julian Lish, have designed a cyberantic Alien to steal the Alien Queen Mother's royal jelly, the galaxy's most valuable commodity. But a powerful corporation wants what they have, and Stan and Gill find their options pared away until there seems to be only one way out. This issue the cyberantic Alien's big test comes as "Norbert" is sent deep into the heart of an Alien hive.
Stranded on the hive world's surface with a storm coming, Stan, Julie and Gill have only one path to safety — though the Alien's hive. Surrounded by Aliens and a hostile Grant Corporation ship, Stan, Julie and Gill are running low on options. When there seems to be no possible means of escape, Stan discovers that there's always one more way out.
Issues
Annuals & Specials
Collections
- Aliens: Hive (TPB)
- Aliens, Vol. 5: Harvest
- Aliens: The Essential Comics 2
- Aliens Omnibus 2
Notes & Trivia
- The Aliens franchise was created by director Ridley Scott and screenplay writer Dan O'Bannon. It was first brought to life in the 1979 sci-fi/horror movie Alien, which spawned multiple sequels, prequels, and crossover films. Other notable directors in the franchise include James Cameron, David Fincher, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Paul W.S. Anderson.
- Aliens: Hive redirects to this page.
- This series was adapted into a novelization, Aliens: Alien Harvest in 1995 by author Robert Sheckley.
- This series was serialized in Aliens Magazine issues #1-9 from July, 1992 to March, 1993.
- This series was later re-named Aliens: Harvest for the remastered trade paperback collections beginning in February, 1998. Aliens: Harvest Vol 1 redirects to this page.
- Aliens: Hive was released in digital download format by Dark Horse Digital on February 20th, 2013.