Alien #4

Ohta delivers some beautiful and brutal art throughout the issue. The visuals are great and perfectly capture the fear of the plot. Read Full Review

Alien #4 continues where the last issue left off with Steel Team facing off against the Xenomorph Alien Queen. The art, dialogue, pacing, and overall momentum of the comic's story continues to get better after the last issue. Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Julius Ohta, and Yen Nitro really take it up a notch for this issue while seamlessly setting the stage for the next issue. Read Full Review

The closest comparison is that this book is doing some weird stuff on par with Alien: Resurrection, attempting to deliver something new and fresh, even if weird or not entirely thrilling Read Full Review

While I want a bit more story-story to what's going on here, I do like what we get as it follows the familiar pattern of how an Alien story goes. I do wish we hadn't gotten a whole new hybrid kind of thing here but it was inevitable with the tinkering done by humanity and the insect vector of it all. There's a lot going on here but it still feels like we didn't get enough buildup to it that we can get out of a movie but so rarely get in a comic storyline. This leans more as we said before into the "superhero" area with the synths being the focus and able to handle and do more when it comes to the aliens. This team is definitely interesting but we haven't had enough time to really invest with any of them. Read Full Review

Alien #4 shifts from borrowing fromAliensto borrowing fromAlien: Resurrectionas the Steel Team now has to contend with threats from all groups. The art is gory and exciting, and the overall pacing is solid, but the general themes of the story are getting repetitive. Read Full Review

fzanca

Dec 29, 2022

Another exciting issue. I have no idea where the zombie stuff is coming from but I like what Kennedy is doing here. It actually feels fresh. He has some good military stuff going on and I felt sad when one of the androids was killed. So, good job on making the characters matter. I'm ready for the next one.

Reaper74

May 01, 2023

Was a little chaotic with the art to get a grip on. What was going on. To many tight panels. Has an interesting twist that adds to the proceedings in an ok manner.