Aliens: Earth War #4

The concluding chapter of Dark Horse's 1990 miniseries arrives with a cover by John Bolton that is as unsettling as it is mesmerizing — a massive Xenomorph looms in near-silhouette, its elongated biomechanical form dominating the frame while a smaller alien crouches beneath it amid rocky terrain. Bolton's painterly rendering captures every ridge and sinew of these creatures with a brooding, atmospheric dread that perfectly suits a series called Earth War. With Mark Verheiden writing and Sam Kieth on interior art, this fourth and final issue promises a fitting close to one of 1990's most ambitious entries in the Aliens expanded universe.