Aliens – Predator: The Deadliest of the Species (1993)

The Story takes place in the futuristic Alien vs. Predator universe, where Earth has been overrun by Aliens, and the social elite have taken refuge in gigantic skyliners. Caryn Delacroix is the protagonist, with an unclear past regarding both the Aliens and Predators throughout most of the comic. An artificial intelligence serves as the primary antagonist, while the Xenomorphs and the Predator are many times in cooperation with Delacroix and her companions for parts of the series, in particular a Predator called “Big Mama”.

Stranger Things (2018)

The first series in the line explores the adventures of Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) after he was transported to the horrific extra-dimensional Upside Down at the beginning of season 1. Viewers only saw Will reappear in that season’s finale when he was finally found by his mother Joyce (Winona Ryder), but obviously a lot happened in the interim. This four-issue Stranger Things miniseries — written by Jody Houser, illustrated by Stefano Martino, inked by Keith Champagne, colored by Lauren Affe, and lettered by Nate Piekos — will finally give fans a look at what happened to Will in the Upside Down.

Conan – Book of Thoth (2006)

In this Dark Horse’s comic series, Thoth-Amon was finally given an origin. Thoth-Amon, the dark wizard began life as young Thoth, a street thief in Memphia, stealing for his father to barely earn a living with perpetual beatings the only sign of affection his father gave. The only person Thoth cared for was his sister, whom he vowed to take away from the cruel city one day.

Grendel Tales – Four Devils, One Hell

Too many devils are looking to rule the underworld. Some of them have to head for higher ground. The gambler, the detective, the madman, the artist — four displaced devils each in search of a hell to call his own. But while each follows his own path, they all end up on the night train to New Orleans. Four devils are fighting for one town, and an unknown threat with a thirst for power is lurking amongst them, unwilling to give up his town. There’s always somethin’ hot goin’ down in the Big Easy, but forecasts are predicting an all-time high!

Freaks of the Heartland (2004)

Trevor Owen has a younger brother who lives in the barn behind the house, too monstrous to be let into the house. The boy’s only six years old, but he towers over his older brother, and possesses monstrous strength. For years, Trevor has looked after his baby brother, keeping him from the light, but now that’s all about to change. His family’s profane secret is about to be revealed, uncovering the horrible truth of the small mid-western town the boys have grown up in.

Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander (2018)

Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander is a 2018 historically inspired comic book limited series written and illustrated by Frank Miller. It acts as a prequel and sequel to the events chronicled in Miller’s earlier series 300, a fictional retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae.

Parts of the series were loosely adapted for the 2014 film 300: Rise of an Empire, a sequel to the 2006 film adaptation of 300. However, the comic series was not actually published until 2018, four years after the film’s release.

Pumpkinhead (1993)

The plot revolves around the town doctor’s son named David, who is in love with a woman named Mariah, who was born in the backwoods. David and Mariah plan to run away together, however Mariah was supposed to replace the backwoods witch named Haggis after her death. A “tragic” fate would eventually meet Mariah that connected to a town newcomer named Angus Brenner and a troubled priest named Father Gibbon, which would eventually lead to Pumpkinhead being conjured again.

The Mask Returns (1994)

It doesn’t matter who you are. Once you put on The Mask, you’re a homicidal lunatic with a bad taste for bad jokes and seriously deranged violence. And nothing — but nothing — can kill you!

When her boyfriend Stanley died, Kathy thought the weird mask had been lost forever. Now gangsters are dying like flies, victims of everything from comic-book bombs to crossbow shafts, and she knows that somehow it’s back. Only Kathy can stop the rampage, but first she has to get around the gangwar erupting around her, the new Mask — whoever he is — and the worst bad-guy of all, Walter!

Aliens: Rogue (1993)

The mysterious Mr. Kray, a corporate spy, is sent to Charon Base to investigate Research Director Ernst Kleist’s genetic experiments on Xenomorphs. Kleist is attempting to breed the creatures into something controllable, but workers on the base are disappearing. Kray and his pilot, Palmer, must uncover Kleist’s schemes while surviving his “pet” Aliens.

 

Aliens: Earth Angel (1994)

Into the age of diners, black leather jackets, and Buddy Holly comes a monster worse than any that ever made popcorn fly in front of a drive-in screen — the Alien. Legend creator John Byrne has long been a fan of the Aliens films and he jumped at the opportunity to tell his story of the first Alien invasion, the one that took place in 1950’s suburban America! When you Byrne an Alien, you gotta figure it’s gonna give off some heat!