Category: Dark Horse

Aliens: Earth War (1990)

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Aliens: Earth War was a continuation of the events from Aliens (series 1) (1988) and Aliens (series 2) (1989), originally featuring the continuing adventures of the characters Newt and Dwayne Hicks from the film Aliens, and also reintroducing Alien-film-franchise heroine Lt. Ellen Ripley.

For later printings, after the release of the film Alien³, the story was retitled Aliens: The Female War, and the names/identities of the lead characters were changed to Billie and Wilks, since Newt and Hicks were killed off at the start of the film, and the Ellen Ripley who appears in the story is said to be a synthetic version of Ripley, who was killed off at the film’s end. As such, the story, as Aliens: The Female War, the story still stands as part of Aliens comics/novel continuity; and Billie, Wilks, and the Ellen Ripley synthetic have all become completely separate characters.

The Terminator Special (1998)

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Written by Alan Grant. Art by Guy Davis. Cover by Geof Darrow. In a nightmarish future, John Connor will lead the remnants of humanity against the cybernetic killing machines known as Terminators. But as a boy in our present, he has his whole life ahead of him — unless the Terminators get to him first. In the unforgiving wastelands of Death Valley, a new chapter is about to unfold. A new pair of Terminators have been sent from the future to find the boy. What’s at stake for the lowlife bounty hunter named Van Dirk? And, can humanity’s future be saved, or does Skynet have another ace up its sleeve?

Serenity (2005)

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Joss Whedon pens a three issue miniseries based on the film with Brett Matthews.

The crew of Serenity once again find themselves broke and on the wrong side of a number of very large firearms, making the first issue a case study in how to mix intense, Whedon-style character interaction with cinematic action and violence. Artist Will Conrad and colorist Laura Martin paint a rough and wild world of adventure across a strange and dangerous universe.

Star Wars Legacy: War (2010)

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The Legacy saga ends here! It’s an all-out war as the Sith emperor returns from the dead – stronger, more evil, more determined, and prepared to unleash a new secret weapon upon the galaxy! Roan Fel”s loyalist Imperials, the Galactic Alliance, and the Jedi are all on the defensive – reeling from the attacks by the unified Sith. But Cade Skywalker has his own plans for this war – all this time spent running from his legacy has finally shown him that he can’t run… and he must stand alone against Darth Krayt!

Danger Unlimited (1994)

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Danger Unlimited was intended as an ongoing series, but it ended abruptly after just four issues at Byrne’s decision, due to less-than-anticipated sales brought on in part by the mid-1990s collapse of the American comic industry. Byrne himself provided insight into this collapse (or Wall Street-like “normalization”) in the letter column to issue #4. Byrne had intended the series to capture a wider, younger audience with a lower cover price and no content that would require a “mature” warning. Low pre-sales and long lead times gave him less revenue, so he made the decision that it was unprofitable to continue work on the title.

Aliens: Fire and Stone (2014)

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Aliens: Fire and Stone formed the Aliens component of Dark Horse’s franchise-crossing Fire and Stone event in 2014/2015, and was released in conjunction with Prometheus: Fire and Stone, Alien vs. Predator: Fire and Stone and Predator: Fire and Stone. The four series all share an interconnected story.

Star Wars: Tag & Bink V2 (2006)

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Tag and Bink eventually find themselves trapped on the second Death Star dressed as the Emperor’s Royal Guards. After the confrontation between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, the Rebels destroy the space station, killing Tag and Bink in the process. Tag and Bink return as Force ghosts.

In the April 2006 comic, Tag and Bink are shown as children, haplessly trying to become Jedi under Master Yoda‘s tutelage. They find Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala in a restaurant, as seen in Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and later secretly give tips to Anakin on how to romance Padmé. Anakin eventually leaves Tag and Bink stranded on Naboo when he goes to Tatooine. It takes them three years (the length of the Clone Wars) to get back to the Jedi Temple, just in time to see clone troopers destroy the Jedi Order. They are confronted by Anakin, newly rechristened Darth Vader; he spares them due to their past association but warns them to abandon their Jedi training.

Hellboy: Wake the Devil (1996)

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Hellboy: Wake the Devil is a five-issue comic book mini-series in the Hellboy franchise, conceived and illustrated by Mike Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics. Various elements and section of plot were later used in the animated film Hellboy: Blood and Iron.

Hellboy – The Silver Lantern Club (2021)

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Hellboy learns about the mysteries of an exorcism gone wrong and more when his occult investigator relative reveals secretive and perilous adventures of one of the Hellboy Universe’s most mysterious societies! Silver Lantern Club member Simon Bruttenholm relates a tale from the dawn of radio, in which Sir Edward Grey and Sarah Jewel go toe to toe with. . . technology?

 

Give Me Liberty: An American Dream (1990)

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Give Me Liberty is a four-issue mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics in 1990. It was created and written by Frank Miller and drawn by Dave Gibbons. The title of the series comes from a famous quotation by Patrick Henry: “I know not what course others may take but — as for me — give me liberty or give me death.”

Give Me Liberty was one of Frank Miller’s two creator-owned (the other was Hard Boiled) titles he took to Dark Horse after deciding to stop working for DC Comics after a dispute over a proposed ratings system.

The story is set in a dystopian near-future where the United States have split into several extremist factions, and tells the story of Martha Washington, a young American girl from a public housing project called “The Green” (see Chicago‘s Cabrini–Green). The series starts with Martha’s birth and sees her slowly grow up from someone struggling to break free of the public housing project, to being a war hero and major figure in deciding the fate of the United States.

The series was a mix of Miller’s typical action sequences as well as being a political satire of the United States and its major corporations. The series proved to be a huge success for Dark Horse and was one of the biggest selling independent comics of the time. A trade paperback was later released and Miller followed up Give Me Liberty with several sequels continuing the story. All of these sequels were drawn by Dave Gibbons and published by Dark Horse.