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u/FinalEdit · 17 pointsr/LV426

You can buy them now with the original names restored.

I used to buy these from the newsagents every time they came out. Compiled with Aliens v Predator and stuff. Around the same time a bunch of Terminator comics came from the same publisher, Dark Horse I think it was.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aliens-30th-Anniversary-Original-Comics/dp/1506700780

and

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aliens-Original-Comic-Sam-Kieth/dp/1506703569/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2/258-0541758-0363109?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1506703569&pd_rd_r=d73c0a96-f1a3-4480-9110-87c11e4a4847&pd_rd_w=jJBRv&pd_rd_wg=oXASj&pf_rd_p=31fcc995-2418-43ae-a37c-f1ef453a46b3&pf_rd_r=G1684RB7EVQCJ42DT4MK&psc=1&refRID=G1684RB7EVQCJ42DT4MK

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They're good, but they're not amazing. They feel a bit rushed and the ideas are great but you can tell they're trying to cram in as much violence to each issue as possible. When they're put together as one coherent story they feel too frantic.

u/the_corley · 5 pointsr/LV426

The first place I would start is at the beginning. Most if not all can be purchased on Comixology for less than the physical copies, if you have a tablet.

This is the first three Aliens comic series that were done by Dark Horse Comics:

Aliens Omnibus Vol 1

  • These are probably some of the best aliens books written.

    The Aliens vs Predator books are the next best.

    Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus, Vol. 1
  • This is the original Aliens vs Predator series. It includes the three stories that were published in Dark Horse Presents and is 100% better than either of the movies that were made.

    The Predator comics are probably the weakest of the comics in my opinion. The first few series are in this book:

    Predator Omnibus Volume 1

    Unlike Marvel or DC, these Omnibuses are published in release order, so the next series are found in volume 2 of the title comics.

    If you want the first Aliens series in a collectible format, the 30th Anniversary hard cover is good. It is a reprint of the original series in the original format. Some names were changed in the comics after Alien^3 was released. Those changes are not present in the hardcover and its in the original black and white.
    Aliens 30th Anniversary: The Original Comics Series

    From what I can tell on Amazon. Anything listed as "The Complete Omnibus" are actually novelizations of the comic books. If you are looking for the comics, I would avoid those titles.
u/Duken13rddt · 3 pointsr/comicbooks

This?

https://www.amazon.ca/Aliens-30th-Anniversary-Original-Comics/dp/1506700780

u/ChickenInASuit · 3 pointsr/comicbooks

I can give you a hand with the post-Aliens, pre-Alien3 comics.

There's three arcs by Mark Verheiden, named Outbreak (Dark Horse, 1988), Nightmare Asylum (Dark Horse, 1989) and Female War/Earth War (Dark Horse, 1990) (the name for that one changes in different editions). They follow the adventures of Newt and Hicks (joined by Ripley at the end of Nightmare Asylum) roughly a decade after the ending of Aliens.

Obviously if you've seen Alien3 you know why the names had to be changed, and the art was also colorized (it had originally been in black and white). There was some backlash from long-time fans over the renaming so eventually Dark Horse relented and rereleased the comics in their original format, B&W art restored and names unchanged; seeing as these are now the official versions of the stories, you can probably consider them out-of-continuity, but they're still well worth reading.

If you want to read them in their original format, Outbreak is collected here and [the other two here](
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1506703569/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=X6ECBET4BH1WEARCE2ZK).

If you want the colorized, edited versions, they're collected together in the first volume of the Dark Horse Aliens Omnibus series, [currently available for pretty cheap on Amazon Marketplace](
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1593077270/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517986893&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=dark+horse+aliens+omnibus#productDescription_secondary_view_div_1517986925594). The rest of those Omnibi will collect the various Dark Horse Aliens comics up until that point, organised by the year they were published, though the series is ten years old so there'll be more besides.

u/Tigertemprr · 1 pointr/comicbooks

Cool. Is this the first one?

I haven't read much Aliens comics. Which stories are the "best"? Are they collected in hardcover?

u/RamRenounce · 1 pointr/LV426

Try out these: