| abstract | - As well as simply offering affordable trade paperback reissues of Dark Horse's previously released Aliens comics, the Library Editions series also sought to bring the content of these comics in line with the updated continuity presented by Alien3. Thus, several of the early stories were edited, changing the identities of several central characters — who had since died in the third film — to match those introduced in the 1992 novelization of Aliens: Outbreak (Aliens: Earth Hive by Steve Perry). Specifically, Corporal Hicks became Wilks and Newt became Billie. By implementing these changes, the comics could once again co-exist with the film series; virtually all subsequent reprints of these comics have used these updated characters. Other more minor alterations were also made — the comics were re-edited by Lynn Adair, Suzanne Taylor and Jamie S. Rich, the first Aliens series was colored (all previous releases had been in black and white), and several of the comics received new titles. New cover art in a uniform style was provided by acclaimed British artist John Bolton. It is not clear why the Library Editions series ended after eight volumes (with Aliens: Stronghold), as other major series were published between Stronghold and the release of the first Library Editions in 1996. Most notably Aliens: Frenzy (originally published in 1995) was omitted, despite being positively received by fans of the series. In fact, Frenzy did not see a collected trade paperback release until it was included in Aliens Omnibus: Volume 4 in July 2008.
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