Resident Alien Volume 9: The Book of Changes

by Peter Hogan, Steve Parkhouse (Illustrator)

With the birth of Clover, a hybrid human-alien child, the status of Earth has changed…

And Harry’s life has turned upside down. He's gone from being a stranded alien to hiding out as a 'human' doctor who solves murders, and now he's a stay-at-home dad. He’s got the dad part down, but with the government still searching for him there's danger around every corner—and now that threat has extended to his daughter. 

To help protect his family, Harry has called in some help from back home, and Earth will never be the same.

This phenomenal final volume of Resident Alien collects Resident The Book of Changes #1–#4 and the one-shot finale of the series “One More For The Road”!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comics

128 pages, Paperback

Published August 18, 2026

About the author

Peter Kenneth Hogan is an English writer and comics creator who started out as editor of cult political British comic Revolver in 1990–1991, before working for 2000 AD and American comic book publishers Vertigo and America's Best Comics.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

So that's that, then.

[Alex Sarll]

The finale, in which, as with Miracleman, the birth of a hybrid baby marks Earth as a proper planet in the eyes of the galactic community. Obviously, readers know that first contact occurred back when Harry got stuck here at the start of the series, but now we reach the government to government stage, all handled in exactly the gentle, sensible way one would like it to be, and which given the current leaders of our Earth, and how they and their cultists would react to aliens telling them to support human rights and protect the environment, is far and away the most fantastical Resident Alien has gone. Still, we can dream, and in the way events of interplanetary import continue mostly to be seen through a rustic small-town lens, I was sometimes reminded of Simak, an influence too seldom seen in modern SF.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am a big fan of the television show so I was happy to receive a digital review copy of what were volumes 1-4 and 9 of the graphic novels. While I enjoyed the comics, I was also very confused as I did not have a good feel for how the comics related to the show. I also found that the comics missed the charm of the show. And since the book jumped from volume 4 to volume 9, I am not sure what pieces of the story I was missing. I suspect that people who read the comics before watching the show may enjoy the book more than I did. Thank you to Edelweiss and Dark Horse Books for the digital review copy.

[Cale · Rating 3.5 out of 5]

This series has always worked better when it's low stakes, which makes this final volume a tricky thing to do - how do you deal with the world-shaking ramifications of the story while still keeping a focus on the characters? Hogan does a relatively good job of balancing the two, but the addition of a murder attempt falls a bit flat. It gets some bonus points just for providing a sweet conclusion to this mostly gentle series. I loved the show, and I greatly enjoyed the comic, but they are two VERY different things. Both are worth experiencing, but for different reasons, and if one doesn't work for you, the other still might.

[Peter Holz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a reasonably satisfying finale. After the previous volume appeared to degenerate into a midday soap opera, I had grave fears for the conclusion. Fortunately the creative team were able to restore the balance between human interest and not so human interest. There were several moments that stretched credibility. However, I enjoyed reading something that wasn't dark and dismal but was a feel good story with a happy ending, so I was prepared to cut it some slack in this regard.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hated to see this series end. This wasn't a really definitive ending, it was more the type that let us know the story was going to continue, we just weren't going to get to see the rest of it. Overall, this was a great series.

[Sem · Rating 4 out of 5]

now what the hell do you mean "to be concluded in the series finale", I want sixteen more volumes

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

For what the central events of the plot are, everyone takes a very...relaxed attitude toward it. The ease feels less than real.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pitch-perfect.