RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Comic Books Aliens v Avengers #1

I quite liked this. The art is beautiful. I sort of resented the sound effects covering some of it up.

https://www.worldcomicbookreview.com/2024/10/31/aliens-v-avengers-1-review/

Hickman is a clever writer. I did get the impression however he was colouring within the lines imposed by 20th Century, in the same way Warren Ellis had to on the James Bond comics. Carefully curated.

It seems the xenomorph's acid blood will affect the Hulk. He didn't seem too pleased to be sprayed with it.

And the Venom symbiote has taken control of a facehugger. The symbiote isn't very happy about it.

I thought it was ok but it seems Hickman is going for the sci-fi aspect and not the horror of the Aliens franchise. Comparing it to WildC.A.T.S. vs Aliens, which actually wiped out a good chunk of StormWatch, putting it in a future timeline really lowers the stakes.

Personally, I feel like Hickman has solid ideas but his stories continuity moves forward too fast and it always feels like I’m missing an issue between issues. I’m going to wait until the series finishes so I can read the whole thing in one sitting.

Yeah, I agree with that. Although the horror is tricky now to convey, given how the xenomorphs work is now well-understood by the audience. Perhaps you'd go into the biology of it? Showing how the facehugger taps into brains, and the chest-burster eats organs, and what-not?

No, I’d stick with the survival horror aspect of a world with super humans and think about how Xenomorphs would behave with certain powers. A teleporting xenomorph? Invisibility? Flying xenomorphs?

How about shape shifting? You could have a handful of skin-walker xenomorphs.

Well after watching Alien:Romulus I change my mind. That movie was supposed to be a return to form but you’re right: I’m far too familiar with the franchise to be shocked or horrified. I honestly don’t know what I would do here. I think I’d just prefer Aliens be retired.