Johnson's story has amped up its drama and action, ironically similar to the sequel to Alien, Aliens, while maintaining its tension and subtlety. If we get an abundance of British characters in the third issue then we'll know the score. Read Full Review

Larroca delivers some great visuals throughout the issue. The shadows and dark corners add to the tension of the story and the reveals are perfectly placed. Read Full Review

Overall, I thought this was a solid issue that equated to a real page-turner. I had a few small quips with the approach to the art, but those final few pages, oh wow, absolutely beautiful stuff. We're into the real meat of the story now, so I'm eagerly anticipating issue three. Read Full Review

Alien #2 is one that fans of the franchise will want to check out. It blends what works so well for the series taking the best of everything and mixing it together to expand the world and also celebrate it. Read Full Review

Marvel show with this second issue of Alien that they understand how to lean into the horror aspect of the film series rather than the action of later entries. There is an interesting story waiting to unfold here and this series works as a great entry for new readers, while also giving fans exactly what they want from the series. Read Full Review

Where Alien #2 faulters, it makes up for with unceremonious dread, fear, and plot progression. It's incredibly clear Alien is in the right hands with Johnson at the helm, as the identity of this series lives and breathes in a place of unfaltering nightmares. Read Full Review

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Final Thoughts:Alien #2 takes everything you like about the Alien film franchise and reassembles it in comic form for a decent enough story. The art is good enough. The story, while not very original, is good enough. If you like Alien, you'll like this. Read Full Review

The result is a comic that is dull every moment spent away from devoted action and suspense sequences and those are further undermined by the final few pages in which Larroca's forms appear to be traced atop one another with no clear physicality or contact. Read Full Review

This could have been the best Alien script ever conceived, and the art would still drag it down. The images are so distractingly awful, I can't get past it to connect with the story at all. Read Full Review

True to a fault to the Aliens film. I enjoyed this story because it mimicked the tone of the movie, but disliked it because at points it felt like they just took the plot from Aliens and transposed it to these comic book characters. Weyland-Yutani blackmailing a retired professional into an unwilling mission against the xenomorphs, the little girl witnessing the xenomorphs attacking her loved ones, the secret motives underpinning the mission, the race against the clock, and even the marines’ flippant attitudes and way they talk are all lifted directly from the second movie. I liked it because I loved the movie, but I hope this comic is able to find its own voice instead of just copying themes that worked for someone else.

The characters, especially the alien, are drawn very stiff. The colorist is doing some heavy lifting to make up for it, successfully retaining the horror motif.

This issue, like the previous one, slowly builds up tension. It's still an introduction, but in the end the action speeds up. Finally.
The writer managed to deepen the character of Gabriel Cruz a bit. He showed scraps of his past, thanks to which he maintained the psychological credibility of the comic.
The next issue seems to be more action-oriented this time. We will see if it is really so.

So, the second issue of the Alien series from the Marvel publishing house has arrived.

The second issue is generally as pleasant to read as the first.
As we remember, in the last issue, the attack on the Epsilon station was shown, which led to the release of the xenomorphs.
In this episode, Gabriel is sent to the station 32 hours after the incident to clean up the mess that was made because of the attack of his son with a group of "anti-corporations". Naturally, the representative of the WY "magnanimously" allows the hero to save his son, but necessarily AFTER he pulls out a certain sample "Alpha" from the falling station, with a direct indication that if this very "Alpha" is not pulled out, then both two Cruzes will be cooed behind bars for the rest of their days.
The author gives us a little more exposure, gradually shedding light on the events that happened to Gabriel, but so far it is far from any specifics.
The landing at the station takes place in a somewhat crumpled script, but he still manages to create the right atmosphere.

But, despite the fact that the comic book READS quite well... It is impossible to LOOK at it without tears. There are 22 pages in the comic, and only one was good and readable. And that's because 80% of the page is occupied by shadows.
Larroca... Larroca... I don't even have the words. This is bad. Whatever Johnson builds with his script, Salvador kills with his... "drawing". What saves you is that there are a lot of shadows in this issue.

In total, I put 6.5 out of 10 for a good script and that's it. more

The art takes so much away from this story. The writing is, on its own, not bad. With an effective artist this could be a fun series. Instead, we get duds like that last page. So unfortunate.

Larroca's art isn't great, but it's better than it was last issue. The plot is also better, because now the main character has an objective. But remember all the badass soldiers we saw in "Aliens", don't think you'll find anything like that here, the soldiers in this comic suck, they are pretty awfull at their job.

You’d think by now they’d have at least attempted anti-facehugger masks, huh?

It's very lazy writing heavily relying on a well-known franchise. This series brings absolutely nothing new. Rescue mission? Wow, groundbreaking! This is the second issue and there isn't a single character you would care about.