Aliens: Newt's Tale

Cover to Aliens: Newt's Tale issue 1 by artist John Bolton

Aliens: Newt's Tale is a two-issue comic book based on the film Aliens published by Dark Horse Comics from June-July 1992. While largely an adaptation of the movie entirely from the perspective of Newt, it also features numerous scenes not included in the film, including a lengthy section set during the initial stages of the Xenomorph infestation at Hadley's Hope, before the Colonial Marines arrive.

The comic was written by Mike Richardson, based on James Cameron's screenplay, and was drawn by Jim Somerville, inked by Brian Garvey and colored by Gregory Wright, with painted covers by John Bolton. The series was edited by Randy Stradley. The series has never been collected or reprinted, save for a single reprint in Trade Paperback for the United Kingdom in 1994 by Titan Books Ltd.

In the Aliens comics line, Aliens: Newt's Tale was published concurrently with Dark Horse's adaptation of Alien³ (June-July 1992), and was followed by Aliens: Renegade (Aug.-Sept. 199) and Aliens: Horror Show (Oct.-Dec. 1992).

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Creatures

Xenomorph

Locations

Acheron (LV-426)

Organizations and titles

Weyland-Yutani

Plot

File:Newts.jpg

Cover to Aliens: Newt's Tale issue 2 (Also UK TPB Cover) by artist John Bolton

The series retells the story of Aliens from the perspective of Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, including how the colony of Hadley's Hope encountered and was overrun by the Alien infestation just prior to the events of the film.

Trivia

• Much of the additional material in the comic is based on scenes that were filmed but cut from Aliens prior to release, including Russ and Anne Jorden discovering the Derelict Ship, Hicks' concern that he might get rabies when Newt repeatedly bites him and Burke's death within the Hive. While none of this footage made it into the theatrical cut of the film, the scene where Russ and Anne discover the derelict was later reinstated in the extended Special Edition. The initial takeover of the colony, however, was never scripted to be a part of the film.

See Also

• Aliens
• == Usage ==

Use this template to insert a link to a piece of Alien media in an article. Note that several of these (specifically those for novelizations/comic adaptations of the films) have been specifically formatted to work in the "Appearances" section of articles, and thus show simply "novel" or "comic" rather than the actual title.

To use, place {{AX}} somewhere on the desired page, replacing "X" with the suitable text to generate the desired link. See below for the possible combinations.

• {{A1}} produces Alien
• {{A1N}} produces novel
• {{A1C}} produces comic
• {{A2}} produces Aliens
• {{A2N}} produces novel
• {{A3}} produces Alien³
• {{A3C}} produces comic
• {{A3N}} produces novel
• {{A4}} produces Alien Resurrection
• {{A4C}} produces comic
• {{A4N}} produces novel
• {{A5}} produces Alien 5
• {{ACMTM}} produces Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual
• {{ACM}} produces Aliens: Colonial Marines
• {{ACMSI}} produces Stasis Interrupted
• {{AI}} produces Alien: Isolation
• {{AIN}} produces novel
• {{AIS}} produces series
• {{AWYR}} produces Alien: The Weyland-Yutani Report
• {{ARPG}} produces Alien: The Roleplaying Game</noinclude> (novel)
• Aliens (comic series)
• Dark Horse Comics

External link

• Aliens: Newt's Tale at the Grand Comics Database