Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Aliens vs Avengers #2The latest issue of Marvel’sAliens vs Avengersjust gaveCaptain AmericaandThe Incredible Hulkthe most tragic and equally epic last stand against a horde of xenomorphs. A must-see forAlienand Marvel fans alike,Alien vs Avengershas begun with Earth already doomed, leaving the last remains of humanity with very few options beyond abandoning their world entirely. To that end, Captain America and Hulk’s final team-up in this dark alternate universe is certainly one for the ages.
InAliens vs Avengers #2by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić, the planet is nearly overrun by xenomorphs after this version of Earth was seeded by David 8. The sinister synth created by Peter Weyland and played byMichael Fassbender inPrometheusandAlien: Covenant, David 8 and his fellow synths have been conquering the entire multiverse, seeding planets with xenomorphs world by world, and this includes an alternate Marvel Universe in its distant future.To that end, elderly versions of Captain America and Bruce Banner’s Hulk are among the last heroes standing:
Unable to wait for Captain America and The Hulk, Tony Stark and a few other aged heroes like Captain Marvel and Miles Morales barely escape the planet in time with their small colony of humans, having had no choice but to leave Rogers, Banner, and many other doomed souls behind lest they risk exposure to the xenomorphs and their brutal life cycle.
Captain America Arrived Too Late (But It Didn’t Matter)
Fighting Till The Very End
Having constructed an entire colony ship to save humanity beneath one of the final cities still standing on Earth, Tony Stark had already begun the launch sequence when Captain America and so many survivors were seen arriving in the city’s edge. However, they were far too late to board. Refusing to surrender even in the face of insurmountable odds,Captain America is shown holding off several of the incredibly lethal creatures with his shield, regardless of the inevitable fate awaiting himself and those he’d been trying to save.
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On the one hand, it’s rather fitting thatCaptain America would be one of the last Avengers standingto fight for Earth. That said, his entire last stand is incredibly dark and made even more tragic with the confirmation that the fight was already lost before he’d even begun fighting the xenomorphs who’d begun swarming the city’s edge. However, it is nice that he didn’t have to fall alone inAlien vs Avengers #2.
Anything Less Would Have Been Monstrous
Despite Stark’s protests that it wouldn’t do any good,Bruce Banner is shown leaping from the colony ship and into the fray as The Incredible Hulk. Having determined that letting Rogers die alone would have been monstrous, Hulk’s sacrifice is noble even if it ultimately doesn’t make a difference to humanity’s ongoing survival.Nevertheless, Captain America and Hulk taking on an entire horde of xenomorphs as long as they can has to be one of their most impressive team-ups in the entire multiverse. That said, it is tragic that two more Avengers have been lost in this new series that’s thus far only released two issues.
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Alien
The Alien franchise, which began with Ridley Scott’s 1979 film, is a Sci-Fi series comprised of several horror films, games, and comic books centered on humanity’s encounters with a hostile extraterrestrial species known as Xenomorphs. Characterized by their lethal prowess and capability to reproduce at an alarming rate, these creatures pose a profound threat to human existence. The primary series protagonist, Ellen Ripley, acts as the voice of reason as she seeks to keep the creatures out of the hands of greed-driven corporate scientists.
The Avengers
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The sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers is an action superhero film that sees the heroes assembled across the franchise face off with a deadly galactic threat. With the arrival of Thor’s brother, Loki, heroes such as Captain America, The Hulk, Iron Man, and Black Widow are brought together to stop him from unleashing an alien race upon earth.
