Aliens Epic Collection: The Original Years #2

Marvel's Epic Collection series brings together the early Aliens comics in one substantial volume, and Arthur Suydam's painted cover sets the mood perfectly — a towering, snarling Xenomorph looms over a spacesuited human on a rocky alien outcrop, under a dramatic amber sky dotted with strange floating orbs and distant mountains. The sheer scale of the creature against the helpless figure below captures exactly the dread these stories deliver. Inside, Den Beauvais's fully painted artwork accompanies Mike Richardson's writing in "Countdown," making this a handsome package for anyone who wants to experience the Aliens universe at its most atmospheric.