Aliens - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:42:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Aliens - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Aliens: Aftermath Is a Dark, Interesting Spin on a Well-Worn Franchise https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/14/aliens-aftermath-is-a-dark-interesting-spin-on-a-well-worn-franchise/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30903 A crew of intrepid journalists ventures back to the scene of the movie Aliens…and into inevitable chaos. Aliens: Aftermath is written by Benjamin Percy, with art by Dave Wachter, colors by Chris Sotomayor, and letters by Ariana Maher. Taking place in the nuclear winter-weakened remnants of Hadley’s Hope — the colony on LV-426 central to...

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]]> 30903 The Sinister Six Meet the Twee Twelve that Are Our Staff Picks for July 14 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/12/the-sinister-six-meet-the-twee-twelve-that-are-our-staff-picks-for-july-14/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30734 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Justin’s Pick: Sinister War #1: You know those Sinister Sixes that are, like, double Sinister Sixes? Also, y’ever think about how certain Spider-villains, like Doctor Octopus and Kraven, have gotten these redemptive arcs that made...

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]]> 30734 Alien #1, Or In Space No One Can Hear That Repressed Trauma https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/24/alien-1-or-in-space-no-one-can-hear-that-repressed-trauma/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=23344 In space, no one can hear your repressed trauma in Alien #1. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, drawn by Salvador Larroca, colored by Guru-eFX, and lettered by Clayton Cowles, Marvel’s first turn into xenomorph country finds a world post Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens. One of Weyland-Yutani’s top men is retiring and yearning...

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