Alien Reveals Why the Franchise's Final Stand Has to Happen on Earth
Warning! Spoilers for Alien #11 ahead!
Throughout the Alien franchise, the Xenomorphs have rarely set foot on Earth as their impact would likely mean the eradication of humanity’s home world. However, in the current state of Marvel Comics' most recent Alien saga, the franchise’s final stand seemingly has to happen on Earth, as it is the last place the true villains of the story want it to take place.
Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larroca’s ongoing Alien comic series kicks off roughly twenty years after the events of the film Aliens, and it seems humanity hasn’t learn its lesson about the dangers of tangling with Xenomorphs. During the comic’s first arc, it is revealed that the company obsessed with obtaining Xenomorphs in the first two films, Weyland-Yutani, has finally achieved its goal. Within an orbital lab just outside of Earth’s atmosphere, the company experiments with Xenomorph DNA to bring out the full potential of the alien creatures. The goal is to create the "perfect organism" — something Weyland-Yutani can control, or at the very least, a powerful weapon the company can aim at its enemies.
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In the current Alien storyline, which recently released its latest chapter with Alien #11 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larroca, readers are taken to a far-off colony on the moon settlement of Euridice. This is where a group of religious pilgrims have planted their roots in the hopes of creating a new world for humanity under the umbrella of the United Americas, the governmental body that has backed and funded the mission. However, up until this point Weyland-Yutani has monopolized interplanetary colonization under its «Building Better
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