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| Title: | Aliens: Kidnapped |
| Publisher: | Dark Horse Comics |
| Type: | Limited series |
| Years published: | 1997-1998 |
| Total issues: | 3 |
| Featuring: | Xenomorphs; Darryl Zither; Ivy Derringer |
| Creators: | Jim Woodring; Justin Green; Francisco Solano López; Chris Chalenor; Clem Robins; Kilian Plunkett; Philip Amara; David Land; Ian Stude |
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Aliens: Kidnapped is an American comic book limited series of the science fiction and horror genres. It is based on the Aliens film series by Brandywine Productions and the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. The series was published by Dark Horse Comics and ran for three issues from December, 1997 to February, 1998. The book was written by Jim Woodring & Justin Green with artwork & inks by Francisco Solano López. It was colored by Chris Chalenor and lettered by Clem Robins. The series was edited by David Land, Philip Amara, and Ian Stude.
In the dark reaches of the universe lies a remote planet that holds both forbidden pleasures and unspeakable horrors. For three naïve smugglers, it's also a place to unload some deadly cargo: an Alien egg. But, something about this egg is scaring off the black marketeers. And when it hatches, the nightmare's just begun.
The contaminated Alien egg has hatched, and has become the problem of media personality Darryl 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 airborne virus like wildfire. However they solve their problem, it will probably spell an apocalyptic end for the good citizens of Earth!
Issues
- Aliens: Kidnapped #1
- Aliens: Kidnapped #2
- Aliens: Kidnapped #3
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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: Kidnapped redirects to this page.
- Writer Jim Woodring and cover artist Kilian Plunkett also worked together on the Aliens: Labyrinth limited series in 1993.
- John Bolton rendered the painted cover illustration for the Aliens: Kidnapped trade paperback collection.
- David Land was an editor on issue #1 of the series only.
- Ian Studde was an editor on issues #2-3 of the series only.