Alien: Vol. 2 #3

Declan Shalvey's script jumps between different events with a tense ease, and his and Andrea Broccardo's art work fairly well to convey the brutality and humanity on display, even if the end result is still a little disorienting. Read Full Review

Un Cómic Más / Dave DSG

Jan 17, 2024

Plot This comic tells two stories in parallel: The first occurs in the year 2208, ten years after the events of the previous story arc where the ship Boreas sank on the icy moon LV-695, a place where the corporation Jun Yutani III tries to rescue the USCSS BOREAS from the depths of the saguas. frost, to face a new race of xenomorphs that arise from the fusion of an ice monster, this origin was explained in Alien Annual #1 2023. Zasha reunites with Dayton, but they are interrupted by Mr Yutani, who reveals something shocking. The second story occurs on the planet HD 202206BK in the year 2168, which continues to narrate how an expedition is achieved for the first time with a xenomorph egg, where both synths try to understand the xenom orph, the one who is saved is the android 227-N. The revelation of Mr Yutani is the triggering element that links the two subplots, Dayton is actually Yutani's synths 227-N who was on that mission as a kind of spy, since he possessed secret knowledge. This new story arc continues to nourish the story that Declan has been calmly and precisely forming, with a shocking revelation. Art With textures and tone of 1980s comics, especially the color palette, full of impressive details and a great cinematic vision. The color palette is interesting and changes depending on the year the story is told. Summary Zasha reunites with Dayton, to learn a shocking revelation. The new ice xenomorphs are more resistant and lethal. more

fzanca

Jan 20, 2024

This was the best issue thus far. Mostly because we get back to focusing on Zasha. She finds Dayton but is followed by her boss who has nefarious motivations. Meanwhile Xenos attack the salvaging group. I like that the acid blood breaks the cables. Not much of a fan of these ice aliens, but whatever. Let's see where it goes, but I think we can all agree that we don't want to see anymore of Zasha's story after this. My Comic Review Channel - https://youtu.be/JldX7Z8peXU

Psycamorean

Jan 21, 2024

This fell off. I don't think the storytelling works here. Like, in a mechanical sense. The art doesn't do a great job with it, unfortunately.

AmericanHealthcare

Feb 02, 2024

There's a fine if generic aliens murdering people/people screwing up story here, but it would be a lot more enjoyable with human-sounding dialogue and a character or two to care about. This is issue #8 with this story since it began in the last volume, or issue #9 if we count the Annual that was a waste of time--in all those comics, staggeringly little character development has occurred. I like most of the art and there's some very good imagery, particularly the bit with all the aliens on the bottom of the ship. That was neat.