With Tom Cruise poised to battle aliens (again and again and again) in Edge of Tomorrow, Viz Media has announced the May 5 release of the graphic novel adaptation of the book that inspired the sci-fi action film.

Written by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and illustrated by alt-manga artist Yoshitoshi ABe, All You Need Is Kill is a 2004 light novel about a new recruit to the United Defense Force who's killed in his first fight against Earth's mysterious invaders -- only to find himself caught in a time loop: He wakes up the day before that fateful battle, only to die and be resurrected time and again.

Adapted by sci-fi author Nick Mamatas and comic artist Lee Ferguson (Green Arrow, Miranda Mercury), the graphic novel will be available in print for $14.99 or digitally across multiple platforms for $8.99.

On April 29, Viz will also release a new movie tie-in edition of Sakurazaka's light novel, which in 2009 launched the publisher's Haikasoru imprint, with a new title (Edge of Tomorrow) and a covering bearing the poster of stars Cruise and Emily Blunt. It's priced at $7.99.

In January, Viz began serializing Takeshi Obata's (Hikaru No Go, Death Note) manga adaptation of the original novel in its digital magazine Shonen Jump. (ROBOT 6 spoke with the English edition's editor, Alexis Kirsch, at the time.)

"The All You Need Is Kill graphic novel stays very true to the original source novel," the title's editor, Joel Enos, said in a statement. "We made a conscious effort to create something unique that could stand on it's own away from both the original novel, the film and the upcoming manga, but would nicely complement and pay respects to all three! Lee's retro-futuristic art style especially puts All You Need Is Kill as a comic into its own orbit!"

Directed by Doug Liman, Edge of Tomorrow opens June 6.