Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Aliens vs. Xenomorphs #1Marvel has fully embraced classic blockbuster sci-fi horror with a never-before-done crossover pitting Earth’sAvengersagainst the near-invincible Xenomorphsfrom theAlienfranchise. AlongsideMarvel’s annualPredatorcrossover series, a new wave of space-faring survival horror is coming to Earth and its mightiest heroes are completely unprepared. Unlike any crossover Marvel has done so far, this new harrowing tale fully immerses itself into theAlienfranchise’s clinically dark aesthetic.
Aliens vs. Avengers#1 by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribić, and Ive Svorcina is the inaugural issue of Marvel’s very first crossover with theAlienfranchise. In this far-future twisted reality, King T’Challa and his son Azari are the leaders of a galactic-level Wakandan Empire, on a quest tostop the Shi’ar Empirefrom seeding living bioweapons across the galaxy.
Lamentably, Earth is the final target of the horrific bioweapon, the Xenomorphs. In less than a year,the Xenomorphs eviscerate nearly all life on Earth,save for one last city guarded bythe Weyland Corporationand what remains of Marvel’s Mightiest.
Marvel’s Avengers Join The ALIEN Movie Universe With All-New Redesign in Official Art
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes prepare for an all-out war against the alien Xenomorphs, as the Alien franchise officially collides with the Marvel Universe.
From panel to panel, every turn of the page leaves the reader with an uncomfortable anxiety, knowing that at any moment a Facehugger could be lurking to turn another hero.
Protecting the remnants of humanity, an aged Carol Danvers, Bruce Banner, Miles Morales, Venom, andValeria Richardsstruggle to maintain the thin walls that determine the life and death of Earth’s last survivors. However, after a perilous accident that costs the survivors their only chance to continue living on Earth,those who remain must flee their homeworld in hopes of living another day.Fortunately, the Avengers, no matter how small and broken, persist and continue to fight for both the Earth’s and the galaxy’s future.
Already,Aliens vs. Avengersis a terrifying display of the same level of torturous dread theAlienfranchise is known for. In the face of the Xenomorphs, all hope feels lost. From panel to panel, every turn of the page leaves the reader with an uncomfortable anxiety, knowing that at any momenta Facehugger could be lurkingto turn another hero. In addition to Jonathan Hickman’s consistently powerful writing, Esad Ribić and Ive Svorcina’s art and coloring are what truly pull the series together,as they employ a similar style to H.R. Giger’s original concept art forAlien.
Miles Morales Debuts the Deadliest Spider-Man Costume of All Time, Made from One of Alien’s Facehuggers
An attack by one of the Alien franchise’s terrifying creatures ends up turning Miles Morales into one of the most powerful Spider-Man variants ever.
Aliens vs. AvengersIs Marvel’s Most Ambitious Crossover Yet
This is a Series forAlienand Avengers Fans Alike
So far, what comes next for the Avengers as they take to the stars is yet to be known; however, it can’t be anything good. As the alien species are known to do,there is a considerable threat that every fallen superpowered person could become host to a powerful new hybrid Xenomorphcapable of wielding all the fallen’s natural abilities. While the first issue doesn’t specifically show many notable characters beingimplanted by the Xenomorphs, it does heavily hint that readers may be seeing an Apocalypse hybrid monster in the future of the miniseries.
For fans of theAlienfranchise,Aliens vs. Avengersis a must-read seriesthat heavily relies on the classic stylistic tropes ofAlienthat fully make it feel like an installment ofanAliencomicover an Avengers one. That said, the boldness of Marvel’s flashy showmanship isn’t lost amid the liminal terror. In a perfect marriage of both franchises, there is strong promise forAliensvs.Avengersto become Marvel’s boldest and most powerful crossover comic to date.
Aliens vs. Avengers#1is now available from Marvel Comics.
Alien
The Alien franchise, which began with Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, is a Sci-Fi series comprised of several horror films, games, and comic books centered on humanity’s encounters with a hostile extraterrestrial species known as Xenomorphs. Characterized by their lethal prowess and capability to reproduce at an alarming rate, these creatures pose a profound threat to human existence. The primary series protagonist, Ellen Ripley, acts as the voice of reason as she seeks to keep the creatures out of the hands of greed-driven corporate scientists.
