Warning: Contains potential spoilers for Alien: Romulus #1!
The Alien Franchise continues to expand, as the first official look at the prequel comic for Alien: Romulus Gives more insight into the film’s backstory. The main plot of the latest movie sees a ragtag group of twenty-somethings try to commandeer a forgotten spacecraft, with unfortunately devastating results. Marvel’s new comic tie-in explains the origins of the film’s Romulus settingAnd how could the horror be avoided.
The preview for Alien: Romulus #1 – written by Zach Thompson, with art by Daniel Picciotto – features a crew investigating the wreck of the very first Alien Film. With story credits to the film’s director Fede Alvarez and co-writer Rodo Sayagues, the comic prequel dives into the terror that started before the events of the movie.
A Xenomorph body is picked up from the destroyed Nostromo ship and brought aboard the Renaissance station, divided into Remus and Romulus sections. Although a new character, Hyla, wants to destroy the alien body, Weyland-Yutani’s science officer keeps the Xenomorph safe for analysis.
Marvel’s graphic “Alien: Romulus” prequel tells the brutal backstory of the film’s space station setting
Alien: Romulus #1 – Story by Fede Álvarez & Rodo Sayagues; Written by Zach Thompson; Art by Daniel Picciotto; Color by Yen Nitro; Lettering by Clayton Cowles
The prequel miniseries will show the events that lead to the abandonment of the ship that the cast of the Alien: Romulus Film find themselves on, with all the R-rated violence that surely ensued. The preview of the comic alliance shows one of the cataclysmic failures in decision-making Which leads to Rain, Andy, and the rest of the film’s cast coming across the alien-infested spacecraft. As the franchise’s Weiland-Yutani programmed synthetics prioritize the study of the Xenomorphs over the lives of their crew yet again, the fall of the Renaissance station and its subsequent alien takeover is officially set in motion.
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One of the main characters of the comic series is Rook, perhaps the most controversial aspect of Alien: Romulus. Starring late actor Sir Ian Holm, Rook is Renaissance’s synthetic science officer. Rook is designed to advance Weyland-Yutani’s objective to study alien life at any cost, in the preview leading the crew to certain danger by denying the obvious threat in the room. Although crew member Hyla tries to “Brain“The original film’s returning xenomorph, the science officer starts the domino effect that leads to the bloody and violent plot of the Alien: Romulus Film.
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Alien: Romulus #1 – variant covers by Björn Barends, Marco Checcheto, & more; Main Cover by Leinil Francis Yu
Although Alien Comics have been produced since the 80s, in the last few years, Marvel’s Alien Comics have continued the story of the franchise with several original series that develop the story. Only this year, in addition to the new Alien: Romulus Prequel comic, other entries included Foreign: black, white and blood, Aliens: What if…?and the superhero crossover, Aliens vs Avengerswere released. An original story about a luxury hotel taken over by the deadly xenomorphs, Alien: Paradisowill also be released later this year, as the sci-fi horror franchise continues to rapidly expand.
The last one Alien Comic offers not only a prequel to the hit Alien: RomulusBut explains how everything went wrong before the film, leading to brutal xenomorph violence and a high body count.
Alien: Romulus‘ prequel series will give more insight into the film’s setting And the robotic and malevolent figure that is Weiland-Yutani’s slide. The comic will offer more connective tissue between the franchise’s first movie from 1979 and the 2024 blockbuster film, with even a line vaguely hinting at the Prometheus Part of the franchise’s timeline in the free preview. The last one Alien Comic offers not only a prequel to the hit Alien: RomulusBut explains how everything went wrong before the film, leading to brutal xenomorph violence and a high body count.
Alien: Romulus #1 Will be available October 23, 2024 from Marvel Comics.
Alien: Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien franchise. The movie is directed by Fede Álvarez and will focus on a new young group of characters who come face to face with the terrible xenomorphs. Alien: Romulus is a standalone film and takes place in a time that has not yet been explored in the Alien franchise.