When Disney acquired twentieth Century Fox just a few years again, the comedian e-book rights to Fox franchises like Predator and Alien ended up within the palms of Marvel Comics – and given the truth that Predators and Aliens battled DC Comics heroes like Batman, Superman, and Inexperienced Lantern within the days when Darkish Horse Comics held the comedian e-book rights, it appeared apparent that Marvel would finally get to creating them face off with their heroes as nicely. A pair years in the past, we bought Predator vs. Wolverine, which has been adopted by Predator vs. Black Panther and Predator vs. Spider-Man. Final yr, we additionally bought Aliens vs. Avengers. Now, Marvel has introduced the four-issue restricted collection Alien vs. Captain America, with the primary problem set to succeed in retailer cabinets on November 5th!
Written by Frank Tieri with art work by Stefano Raffaele, Alien vs. Captain America has the next synopsis: SMASHING THROUGH, CAPTAIN AMERICA COMES FACE TO FACE WITH—ALIENS?! It’s World Struggle II and Hydra seeks a brand new weapon to defeat the Allies and win the battle. To that finish, the Crimson Cranium has despatched Baron Strucker on an expedition to the Himalayas to seek out the fabled metropolis of Attilan. However as an alternative of discovering the Inhumans, Strucker uncovers one thing rather more lethal. Way more… Alien. Can Captain America and the Howling Commandoes cease the Cranium and his newfound xenomorph weapons… or will the First Avenger study that in war-torn Europe… nobody can hear you scream?
Tieri had this to say in regards to the crossover: “Ya know, generally a mission comes alongside and also you simply should pinch your self that you just get to be concerned with it. I imply, right here you will have two of essentially the most iconic properties in leisure—Captain America, who’s mainly the final word hero, going towards Alien, one of many final names in horror. As a author, what extra are you able to ask for than that? Now I pitched this realizing I needed it to be a interval piece with WW2 because the backdrop as a result of I knew it will give me so many enjoyable parts to play with… Cap vs the Crimson Cranium, Baron Strucker within the Himalayas on the lookout for Attilan, Bucky interacting with the Howling Commandos, Hydra utilizing the Xenomorphs as weapons, and so forth. We’ve bought all that within the and extra as followers can anticipate a pleasant mixture of horror and heroics… and various surprises thrown in for good measure.“
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