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'''''Alien Nation'' comic books''' were a number of [[comic book]]s based on the ''[[Alien Nation]]'' entertainment media franchise. [[DC Comics]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gdeJAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT250|author=Will Brooker|title=Batman Unmasked: Analyzing a Cultural Icon|publisher=Bloomsbury/[[Continuum International Publishing Group]]|year=2001|isbn=978-1-6235-6019-5}}</ref> initially produced a single-issue comic book adaptation of the 1988 film. Later, [[Malibu Comics]], under their [[Adventure Publications|Adventure Comics imprint]], produced several spin-off titles between 1990 and 1992.

==Publications==
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!!style="background-color:#336000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Publisher
!!style="background-color:#336000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Number of Issues
!!style="background-color:#336000; color:#FFFFFF;"|Publication Dates
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|align=center|'''Alien Nation'''
|align=center|''Writer:'' Martin Pasko ''Penciller/Inker:'' Jerry Bingham
|align=center|[[DC Comics]]
|align=center|One-shot
|align=center|December 1988
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|bgcolor= #FFFFFF colspan=6|'''Story:''' ''An adaptation of [[Alien Nation (film)|the original theatrical film]] written by [[Rockne S. O'Bannon]].''
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|align=center|'''Alien Nation: The Spartans'''
|align=center|''Writer:'' Bill Spangler ''Penciller:'' James Tucker
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|[[Adventure Publications|Adventure Comics]] ([[Malibu Comics]] imprint)
|align=center|4
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|July - November 1990
|''Also released as a trade paperback''
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|bgcolor=#FFFFFF colspan=6|'''Story:''' Ruth Lawrence, of the Newcomer Advocacy League, is asked by Newcomer Harvey Wallbanger to help locate his missing brother, Art Deco. After receiving a visit by a mysterious Overseer, Wallbanger wants the case dropped...which deepens the mystery for Lawrence even more.
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|- align=center bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=center|'''Alien Nation: A Breed Apart'''
|align=center|''Writer:'' Steve Jones ''Penciller:'' Stan Timmons ''Inker:'' [[Jimmy Palmiotti]]
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|Adventure Comics (Malibu Comics imprint)
|align=center|4
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|November 1990 - March 1991
|''This mini-series ended on an unresolved cliffhanger.''
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|bgcolor=#FFFFFF colspan=6|'''Story:''' [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] detectives Wayne Hadenfelt, a human, and Log B'Omen, a Newcomer, respond to a home invasion call. In the aftermath, details of the case suggest gangland assassination.
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|align=center|'''Alien Nation: The Skin Trade'''
|align=center|''Writer:'' Lowell Cunningham ''Penciller:'' Leonard Kirk
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|Adventure Comics (Malibu Comics imprint)
|align=center|4
|align=center|March - June 1991
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|align=center|'''Ape Nation'''
|align=center|''Writer:'' Charles Marshall ''Penciller:'' M.C. Wyman
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|Adventure Comics (Malibu Comics imprint)
|align=center|4
|align=center|February - June 1991
|''[[Fictional crossover|Crossover]] with'' [[Planet of the Apes (comic book)|Planet Of The Apes]]
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|align=center|'''Alien Nation: The Firstcomers'''
|align=center|''Writer:'' Martin Powell ''Penciller:'' Tim Eldred
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|Adventure Comics (Malibu Comics imprint)
|align=center|4
|align=center|May - August 1991
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|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|'''Alien Nation: The Public Enemy'''
|align=center|''Writer:'' Lowell Cunningham ''Penciller:'' Sandy Carruthers
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|Adventure Comics (Malibu Comics imprint)
|align=center|4
|align=center|December - March 1991
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|align=center|'''Alien Nation Television Special: The Lost Episode'''
|align=center|''Writer:'' Bill Spangler ''Penciller:'' Terry Pallot
|align=center style=white-space:nowrap|Malibu Graphics
|align=center|One-shot
|align=center|1992
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|bgcolor=#FFFFFF colspan=6|''Based on "Soul Train," a script from the aborted second season of the ''Alien Nation'' TV series, by [[Diane Frolov]] and [[Andrew Schneider]]. The premise and elements of this script were later developed into the ''[[Alien Nation: Dark Horizon]]'' TV movie.''
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==See also==
*[[List of comics based on films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.theforbidden-zone.com/articles/comics.shtml Welcome Back to the Planet of the Apes], ''Comics Scene'' #13 (1990) about the Adventure Comics run on PotA, including Ape Nation

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