Aliens: Stronghold, also known as Aliens, Vol. 8: Stronghold, is a four-part limited comic book series that was first published by Dark Horse Comics from May-September 1994. It was written by John Arcudi, illustrated by Doug Mahnke, inked by Mahnke and Jimmy Palmiotti, colored by Perry McNamee, lettered by Ellie De Ville and edited by Ryder Windham, with cover art by Mahnke. The story takes place after the creation of Norbert, the first synthetic Xenomorph, by Dr. Mayakovsky.