We have our first look at the upcoming Alien: Romulus #1 prequel comic coming from Marvel. Publisher Marvel Comics has released a press release including the cover, and variant covers of the upcoming comic as well as a 4-page preview giving us an idea of what the artwork is going to look like.
Alien: Romulus #1 tells the story of what happened before the events in the recent film. In Alien: Romulus, we saw Rain, Andy and their crew explore the space station Renaissance. The comic takes place just before that and shows what happened on the space station.
Covers
Here’s the Alien: Romulus #1 cover and variant covers.
ALIEN: ROMULUS #1 Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
ALIEN: ROMULUS #1 Variant Cover by BJÖRN BARENDS
ALIEN: ROMULUS #1 Variant Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO
ALIEN: ROMULUS #1 Movie Variant Cover4-Page Preview
The comic is written by Zac Thompson, who worked closely with the film writers Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues, and the art was drawn by Daniel Picciotto. Alien: Romulus #1 goes on sale next month on October 16th.
Thanks to Rankles75 for the news.
Press Release
New York, NY— September 13, 2024 — Following the theatrical release of Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in the groundbreaking Alien film franchise, Marvel Comics proudly presents an ALIEN: ROMULUS comic one-shot next month that tackles one of the film’s lingering mysteries. Today, fans can check out all the covers and never-before-seen interior artwork.
On sale October 16, ALIEN: ROMULUS #1 is written by horror master Zac Thompson (Absolute Carnage: Avengers, I Breathed a Body) and drawn by rising star Daniel Picciotto (Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider, X-Force). The film took “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. Made in close partnership with Director Fede Alvarez and frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues, both of whom wrote Alien: Romulus, the one-shot adds a new layer to one of the biggest film releases of the year.
Marvel Comics presents an all-new story revealing secrets of the film’s legendary antagonists. This issue shines light on the tragedy that occurred on the space station Renaissance before Rain, Andy, and their crew had their own terrifying encounter there!
“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 covers along with a special first look and preorder ALIEN: ROMULUS #1 at your local comic shop today. For more information, visit Marvel.com.
ALIEN: ROMULUS #1 – 75960621103600111
Written by ZAC THOMPSON
Art by DANIEL PICCIOTTO
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Variant Cover by BJÖRN BARENDS – 75960621103600116
Variant Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO – 75960621103600121Movie Variant Cover – 75960621103600131
On Sale 10/16
Not holding my breath though.
While the story of the comic book itself has absolutely nothing to do with the teenage adventurers of the Corbelan IV.
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What Nightmare said. Brand recognition.
Presumably, because the average person strolling into the comic shop isn't going to put two and two together and realize the connection and would just assume it's one of the seven million other Alien comics on the shelf and probably pass it up. If you're going to market something as an explicit tie in to a film, you're gonna slap the film's name on the front cover as big as can be to draw in that specific audience.
Also, on a more literal, in-universe level, all of the core actual experimentation with Big Chap happens in the Romulus module, not the Remus one.
Because that would require an iota of originality and creative thought.
The fear in the eyes of the characters is so well drawn. Also black and white would have suited wonderfully for Big Chap.
They need to give this guy more work.
It's only a short story but yes, the artwork is stunning - story is pretty good too actually.
This doesn't look good honestly. I'm sure I'll probably be picking one up anyway.
WTF is this man. I'm so sick and tired of Marvel's mediocre slop being served to us on a steaming plate of shit.
I'm sure the story will be cool and this will be a fun enough read but the the art is so immensely mediocre and passable it's almost offensive. No craft. No artistry. Just generic colouring and illustration.
The biggest loss in the history of this franchise was Dark Horse losing the rights. They made this whole thing what is today. Without the 80s and 90s run of comics this would be another dusty sci fi franchise that our dads loved as kids. How far we've fallen.
Too bad the comic will be too short, like almost always. Like with Newt's tale
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This is Bolaji in the suit standing with Giger
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It turns up exactly 💯 in Romulus.
Did Disney demand that ? Or what ? Fede and Ridley wanted it in ? Genuinely interested. I personally never mind the image.
https://i.ibb.co/tcTmpg5/alien-in-the-studio.png
do you think that's bigger than the one from Covenant?, Neomorph included?
It's from AVP but a slightly different image.
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Edit ~ Keep watching the number of followers on your social networks!
No, not in the least. Look at the animatronic Scorched they made, it's much taller than any regular Alien.
I just realized the panel that showed the Alien 'waking up' isn't included here... I saw that somewhere else. lol Should be easy to find
Wouldn't explain her reaction to seeing the XX121 in the chrysalis if it were an unrelated organism, she's seen one - or something like it (ie a Neomorph /Deacon/ Xenomorph-esque creature) to recognise its basic morphology. Besides, the creature that attacks her shares too many similarities with a facehugger.
With it being a flashback, I guess there's potential for it to be some unrelated "Bug Hunt" with no connection to the Alien or Black Goo at all.
Same as the '79 comic adaptation.
Indeed. Or perhaps extrapolated 'physical evidence' of the creature from the Narcissus that was no longer there 37 years later... ;-)
Could be David's handiwork.
Would also love to see Mignola back on.
Neither of these will happen though with MARVEL.
This is should be the size of it, and also for every type of alien outside specific alien films lore (like the predalien from avp, which is way bigger when it shouldn't have been):
https://tinypic.host/images/2024/09/14/aliens-behind-011.jpg
Like the engineers from Prometheus, little less maybe. Plane and simple.
I think you got it the other way around.
And talking about big puppets. I think the highest was that of Covenant, even more than Kane's son, which is kind of funny
Along with several families.