With Alien: Romulus set to hit theaters next month, Marvel has announced a prelude comic for the movie that will tackle “one of the film’s lingering mysteries.”
The film, which is set between the events of Alien and Aliens in the overall timeline, sounds like it’s getting back to the franchise’s roots: a group of young space colonists who, while scavenging a derelict space station, come face to face with the most terrifying life form in space.
Writer Zac Thompson and artist Daniel Picciotto are creating the one-shot with input from the film’s director/co-writer Fede Alvarez and his co-writer Rodo Sayagues. It’ll feature some of the back story behind the film’s antagonists.
“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 said. “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.”
Leinil Francis Yu did the main cover, while Bjorn Barends drew the variant:
Alien: Romulus #1 will arrive in stores Oct. 6.