| "Nightmare Asylum" | |
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| Aliens | |
| Title: | "Nightmare Asylum" |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Cover date: | October, 1996 |
| Publisher: | Dark Horse Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Mike Richardson |
| Writers: | Mark Verheiden |
| Pencilers: | Den Beauvais; Roger Casselman |
| Inkers: | Den Beauvais |
| Cover artists: | John Bolton |
| Cover inker: | John Bolton |
| Cover colorist: | John Bolton |
| Colorists: | Den Beauvais |
| Letterers: | Willie Schubert; Bob Pinaha; J. David Jackson |
| Editors: | Randy Stradley |
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Aliens: Nightmare Asylum is an American trade paperback collection that reprints all four issues of the Aliens, Volume 2 comic book limited series, originally published by Dark Horse Comics from August, 1989 to May, 1990. The series was written by Mark Verheiden with artwork, inks and coloring by Denis Beauvais, and lettering by David Jackson and Bob Pinaha. The series was edited by Randy Stradley. This volume shipped in October, 1996.
Issues[]
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Mitchell Bueller
- Ellen Ripley
- Eugene Powell
Villains
Minor characters
- Bobby
- Dowling
- Harker
- Maxwell
- Peterson
- Renus
Organizations
Races & Animals
- Xenomorph queen
Locations
- CL5
Items
- Androids
- Assault rifle
- Computer
- Flamethrower
- P-5000 Powered Work Loader
Vehicles
- Forklift
- USS The American
- USS The McArthur
- Flamer tank
- Shuttlecraft
Abilities
Miscellaneous
- 2194
- 22nd century
- Cryogenic suspension
- Gunshot victims
- Head injuries
- Military units
- Nightmares
- Smoking
- Spacewalk
- Space vessels
- Space travel
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.
- Stories from this volume are also reprinted in the Aliens: Book Two hardcover collection, released in 1990 as well as the Aliens 30th Anniversary: The Original Comics Series #2 from April, 2017.
- This volume gives special thanks to Joshua Izzo and Lauren Winorski at Twentieth Century Fox for licensing.
- The cover to this volume is reprinted in Aliens Omnibus, Volume 1, published in June, 2007.
- The events of this series take place many years after the Aliens film and features Dwayne Hicks and an adult Rebecca Jordan. The 1992 film Alien³ throws a monkey-wrench into comic continuity with revelations about the final fates of Newt and Hicks. Subsequent reprintings of stories from this series see the characters' names changed to Billie and Lance Corporal Wilks.