Aliens: Dead Orbit #1

James Stokoe writes, draws, inks, colors, and letters this 2017 Dark Horse series opener — a one-man creative effort that immediately announces itself with a cover depicting a lone spacesuited figure drifting helplessly amid debris while a massive, looming Xenomorph towers over them against a deep purple void. The sheer scale contrast between the fragile astronaut and the creature's hulking, detail-rich form makes the premise unmistakably clear: isolation and dread in equal measure. If you've ever wanted an Aliens story filtered entirely through one singular artistic vision, Dead Orbit looks like exactly that.