Alien

Alien (1979–present, Oberon) is a single-issue comic that brings the terror of the iconic film to the page, with a script by Archie Goodwin, Dan O'Bannon, and Ronald Shusett and art by Walter Simonson. This inaugural issue adapts the original movie's harrowing tale of the commercial starship Nostromo and its crew's deadly encounter with a Xenomorph, establishing the franchise's dark, claustrophobic tone in sequential art. As the starting point for the Alien comics universe, it matters for its direct collaboration with the film's co-writers and Simonson's atmospheric visuals, which set a high standard for future licensed horror adaptations.