ALIEN #6 YU VAR

Alien (2021-2022) (Single Issues)

by Phillip Kennedy Johnson

IT ALL COMES CRASHING DOWN! Epsilon Station is losing its orbit. Gabriel Cruz is losing his son. Can anything be saved?

Genres: Comics, Horror, Science Fiction, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

Comic

First published August 25, 2021

About the author

Phillip Kennedy Johnson earned a Master of Music degree from the University of North Texas, where he served as Teaching Fellow for the Department of Jazz Studies, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Eastern Kentucky University. SFC Johnson has performed with the Lexington Philharmonic, Dallas Opera, Washington Symphonic Brass, and the Moscow Ballet, and was a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 2004 to 2005. SFC Johnson remains active as a composer, arranger, teacher, and clinician, and also enjoys a second career as a writer of comics and graphic novels. His work has been published by DC Comics, Marvel Comics, BOOM! Studios, and more.

Reviews

[Carolina Casas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now we're talking

I wasn't a fan of the previous issues (with the exception of 1 & 3 which teased a connection to Prometheus and inspired works of Giger) but this one is where it starts to pick up. I won't spoil the ending but I will say that I suspect that these comics have a wink to Lily.Cat at the end of this issue. For those of you who are into anime films and have seen that movie (which is heavily inspired by ALIEN) you'll know what I mean. It all seems to come full circle with the additional Easter eggs of Prometheus, the Engineers and Lovecraftian horror (which made the first film one of the greatest sci-fi and horror films of all time).
There are questions that as with Prometheus, are still left unanswered. I hope that these are partially answered in the following issues and opens a new Pandora box that as with Lovecraft's tales, is a doorway into madness.

[Alexander Peterhans · Rating 1 out of 5]

The story devolves into nonsense.

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

A6

They find a cat...? I'm not excited to see what happens to it. On to the next comic, I'm glad I can binge these

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid end with a cool big fight but felt a bit to predictable and ending felt like more set up.

[Ian Sharman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chapter One of Marvel’s first foray into the Aliens franchise comes to a close in satisfying fashion. To a certain extent this is by the numbers Alien fayre, with all of the required elements ticked off one by one. But, for me, that was the correct approach for Marvel straight out of the gate. They needed to reassure fans that they understand the franchise, know what makes an Alien story an Alien story and that everyone’s favourite xenomorphs are safe in their hands. And by those metrics, this first arc has delivered perfectly.

I know Larocca’s heavily photo referenced art isn’t to everyone’s taste, but for me it fits this series perfectly. I need to recognise that a Bishop unit is a Bishop unit because it looks like Lance Henriksen and not just because the script tells me it is. This kind of hyper-real art adds to the atmosphere and the terror of an Aliens story. That doesn’t mean that other approaches aren’t equally valid, but this works for me here, in the story, and that’s what matters.

Of course no Alien story is complete without a twist in the tale and this comic doesn’t fail to deliver on that, potentially setting up Aliens on Earth, and, indeed, the tease of next month’s cover suggests that’s exactly what we’ll be getting in chapter two. And that, my friends, is very exciting indeed!

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[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Jorge Rocha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grandes elementos y personalidad en esta historia, en particular la importancia de Bishop y la IA. Creo que se lee mejor en su totalidad.
Genial.

[Devin Copes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I get the feeling we're going to finally see why Earth was a wasteland at the end Alien: Resurrection (Director's Cut). The reveal of Iris being a synthetic was, to me, unexpected, but makes sense, seeing as we didn't expect Call to be one either, and Iris is probably the first step from Ash and Bishop to Call. I definitely wouldn't be surprised if David has a hand in it somehow.

[Dennis Brock · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this series has brought a breath of much needed fresh air into this franchise. As stated before, the art is fantastic & this story arc was written well. Looking forward to issue 7 and a new adventure. 4/5

[Edward James Lauder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow! What an ending to this new Alien story. Really loved it and interested to see what they do next with the Alien comics. There's more coming and I cannot wait!

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

In The Beginning

[Krystal Jewel Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I made audible gasps while reading this one. This series is getting so good.

[jorge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg noo not the cat :(