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Alien Comics Reading Order: Marvel and Dark Horse

All the current Alien comics, ordered by the year their story takes place. This covers the Marvel series that began in 2021 and the Dark Horse books that remain canon, such as Aliens: Defiance and Aliens: Dead Orbit. The older Dark Horse comics, published from 1988, follow in a separate legacy list. Open a media to see what comes right before and after it, or switch to the vertical timeline for a condensed view.

See also: Dark Horse Aliens comics in detail · Predator comics reading order

Older Dark Horse Aliens comics (legacy)

These 68 stories come from the older expanded universe, outside today's canon (how the site defines canon). They are listed in story order.

  1. Aliens: Stalker (1998), set around 900
  2. Aliens: Earth Angel (1993), set around 1955
  3. Alien 3: Terminal Addiction (1993), set around 1993
  4. Superman/Aliens (1995), set around 1995
  5. Aliens: Incubation (1995), set around 1997
  6. Batman/Aliens (1997), set around 1997
  7. WildC.A.T.s/Aliens (1998), set around 1998
  8. Batman/Aliens II (2002), set around 1998
  9. Green Lantern versus Aliens (2000), set around 2000
  10. Superman/Aliens II: God War (2002), set around 2002
  11. Aliens/Vampirella (2015), set around 2015
  12. Aliens: Special (1997), set around 2100
  13. Alien: The Illustrated Story (1979), set in 2122
  14. Alien: The Original Screenplay (2020), set around 2122
  15. Judge Dredd versus Aliens: Incubus (2002), set in 2125
  16. Aliens: Apocalypse (1999), set around 2142
  17. Aliens: Once in a Lifetime (1999), set around 2142
  18. Aliens: Newt's Tale (1992), set in 2179
  19. Alien 3 (Comic) (1992), set in 2179
  20. William Gibson's Alien 3 (2018), set around 2179
  21. Aliens: Colonial Marines - No Man Left Behind (2012), set around 2179
  22. Aliens: Advent/Terminus (1990), set around 2180
  23. Do Aliens Dream? (1990), set around 2180
  24. Aliens: Reapers (1991), set around 2180
  25. Alien 3: Alone (1992), set around 2180
  26. Aliens: Taste (1993), set around 2180
  27. Aliens: Salvation (1993), set around 2180
  28. Aliens: Alien (1994), set around 2180
  29. Aliens: Lucky (1996), set around 2180
  30. Aliens: Lovesick (1996), set around 2180
  31. Aliens: Headhunters (1997), set around 2180
  32. Aliens: Pig (1997), set around 2180
  33. Aliens: Border Lines (1997), set around 2180
  34. Aliens: Havoc (1997), set around 2180
  35. Aliens: Purge (1997), set around 2180
  36. Aliens: Kidnapped (1997), set around 2180
  37. Aliens: Survival (1998), set around 2180
  38. Aliens: Tourist Season (1998), set around 2180
  39. Aliens: Fast Track to Heaven (2011), set around 2180
  40. Aliens: Inhuman Condition (2012), set around 2180
  41. Aliens: Frenzy (1995), set around 2192
  42. Aliens: Outbreak (1988), set around 2192
  43. Aliens: Glass Corridor (1998), set around 2192
  44. Aliens: Countdown (1990), set around 2193
  45. Aliens: Horror Show (1992), set around 2193
  46. Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (Comic) (1989), set around 2194
  47. Aliens: Female War (1990), set around 2194
  48. Aliens: The Alien (1991), set around 2194
  49. Aliens: Renegade (1992), set around 2194
  50. Aliens: Crusade (1993), set around 2194
  51. Aliens: Harvest (Comic) (1992), set in 2195
  52. Aliens: More Than Human (2009), set around 2195
  53. Aliens: Stronghold (1994), set around 2197
  54. Operation: Aliens (1994), set around 2197
  55. Aliens: Rogue (Comic) (1993), set around 2198
  56. Aliens: Space Marines (1992), set around 2200
  57. Aliens: Xenogenesis (1999), set around 2200
  58. Aliens: Music of the Spears (Comic) (1994), set around 2203
  59. Aliens: Cargo (1993), set around 2203
  60. Aliens: Genocide (Comic) (1991), set around 2213
  61. Aliens: Sacrifice (1993), set around 2213
  62. Aliens: Colonial Marines (Comic) (1993), set around 2215
  63. Aliens: Mondo Pest (1994), set around 2215
  64. Aliens: Mondo Heat (1996), set around 2215
  65. Aliens: Labyrinth (Comic) (1993), set around 2223
  66. Aliens: Wraith (1998), set around 2230
  67. Aliens: Alchemy (1997), set around 2240
  68. Alien Resurrection (Comic) (1997), set in 2381