With Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus headed to theaters next month, Marvel Comics has announced that an upcoming one-shot comic book will build out the movie’s storyline.
Releasing October 16, the one-shot tale “tackles one of the film’s lingering mysteries.”
Alien: Romulus #1 will be written by horror master Zac Thompson (Absolute Carnage: Avengers) and drawn by rising star Daniel Picciotto (Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider).
The upcoming film will take Alien storytelling back to its roots with a thrilling saga of young space colonizers coming face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. Marvel’s one-shot will take place prior to the events of the film, providing an illuminating backstory behind the film’s main threat and revealing secrets of the film’s legendary antagonists.
“Made in close partnership with Director Fede Alvarez and frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues, both of whom wrote Alien: Romulus, the comic is a must-have companion to one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer.”
“The Alien franchise is responsible for my lifelong love of body horror, so needless to say, I’m ecstatic to be contributing a small piece to the canon,” Thompson shared. “Working with Fede Alvarez to craft a prequel to Alien: Romulus was a genuine dream come true and a responsibility I don’t take lightly. The result is a thrilling, terrifying story that slowly gestates into something wholly unpredictable.”
Check out the main cover by Leinil Francis Yu along with a stunning variant cover by Björn Barends below and preorder Alien: Romulus #1 at your local comic shop today.
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