Alien's Super-Soldiers Show How Xenomorphs Forced Humans to Evolve
Like other comic universes, Alien has its own super-soldiers equipped to face the threat of Xenomorphs. However, their training may not quite be what fans would expect, as seen in Aliens: Horror Show. It isn't physical training that allows them to be effective fighters, but mental training.
Aliens: Horror Show is a three-part comic that was published by Dark Horse Comics in 1992's Dark Horse Comics #3, 4, and 5. This series was known for presenting new stories within the Alien and Predator universes, including an Alien vs. Predator comic. These stories often took place in the gaps of the Alien timeline, seeing major events such as the Xenomorph infestation of Earth itself, and an industry springing up around the use of the Alien Queen's royal jelly as an intoxicant.
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Created by the team of Sarah Byam, David Roach, Alex Wald, Phil Owen, and Dave Dorman, Aliens: Horror Show presents a new, unorthodox response to the Xenomorph threat. With the Earth taken over by Xenomorphs, humans are struggling to survive on other planets and colonies. They are also working on analyzing the trauma induced by the Xenomorph invasion. These studies, initially used to make a profit on entertainment (the selling of a virtual reality nightmare experience), actually create a much better benefit for those who react badly to the experience: training.
While being in states of dreaming that they are unable to wake from, human test subjects find themselves repeatedly facing Xenomorphs head-on. Some subjects succumb to the horrors, losing their sanity due to the realism of the experience. Others, however, adapt and fight. They are survivors, unable to be broken by «the Genre,» as the
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