Marvel Comics Announces New Alien Comic Book Series

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Disney’s acquisition of Fox in 2019 brought many of their franchises under the umbrella of House of Mouse, including the Alien franchise. Now, Marvel Comics announced that they’re starting a new comic book series based on Alien next summer, on August 10, 2022, to be specific.

The Alien franchise started back in 1979 with the original movie of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. The sequel, Aliens, followed in 1986, directed by James Cameron, and Alien 3 was released in 1992, directed by David Fincher. That’s three great directors who worked on only one franchise. The original movie series was finished in 1997 with Alien Resurrection, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

Two crossover movies Alien vs Predator were released in 2004 and 2007, respectively. The prequel series started in 2012 with Prometheus, directed by Ridley Scott, who also directed the sequel Alien: Covenant in 2017. There is an untitled standalone film in development, with Fede Álvarez set to write and direct. The Alien franchise will also expand with the upcoming TV series.

The Alien franchise also spawned numerous comic books, and the first one ever started publication in May 1988 and finished in July 1989. All the Alien comic books so far were published by Dark Horse Comics, and the last one was Prometheus: Life and Death, in April 2017. The era of Marvel Comics started in March 2021, and an all-new series, written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and illustrated by Julius Ohta. Marvel also revealed the first look, which you can check out below:

“The Alien franchise influenced an entire generation and I’m among the people who were hugely influenced by the movies, designs, games and so much more. I hope readers enjoy the series we are bringing to them.” — Julius Ohta, the comic book artist

The new Alien comic book series will start publication on August 10, 2022.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.

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