Aliens is a comic book short story that was first published by Dark Horse Comics in Free Comic Book Day: Aliens/Predator in May 2009. It was written by John Arcudi, illustrated by Zach Howard, inked by Howard and Mark Irwin, colored by Brad Anderson, lettered by Nate Piekos and edited by Chris Warner and Samantha Robertson, with cover art by Howard and Anderson. The story served to relaunch the Aliens comics lines after a ten-year hiatus and was a prequel to the four-issue series Aliens: More Than Human, produced by the same creative team.