Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Alien vs Avengers #2!ManyAlienfans were incredibly disappointed that the planned final installment of the prequel trilogy,Alien: Awakening, wasn’t going to be made, especially after the major cliffhanger fans were left with inAlien: Covenant. This became even more disappointing after a rumored plot point aboutAwakeningstarted circulating around the internet, one that would seemingly never come to fruition. At least, until now, asAlienis finally giving movie fans the battle they were hoping for from the prequels.
InAlien vs Avengers#2 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić, it’s revealed that the evil synthetic from theAlienprequels, David, found a way to travel the multiverse. This, after David and his army of synthetics successfully purge theAlienUniverse of all organic life, using the Xenomorphs to do so. Now, they are on a warpath to ‘cleanse’ the multiverse of living organisms, including those of the Marvel Universe.
At the end of this issue, readers see that David isn’t the only one with access to multiversal travel. It’s revealed that the Engineers themselves unlocked the secrets to crossing into other universes, and they are planning to follow David through the multiverse and put an end to his reign of terror. Not only that, but the Engineers are using their technology to trackthe Black Goo within the Xenomorphsto locate David’s precise position, meaning there’s nowhere he can hide they won’t find him.
Alien vs Avengers is Giving Fans the ‘David vs Engineers’ Battle They’ve Been Waiting For
It has been circulating online for many years that the script forAlien: Awakening(reportedly written by John Logan) included the Engineers tracking down David and making him pay for using the Black Goo to obliterate Paradise inAlien: Covenant. One media outlet that reported this wasSlash Film, which included a quote the publication cited from Empire Classics Alien Special issue:
“Logan’s script would have seen the return of Prometheus’ Engineers, with the species’ survivors coming after the genocidal David.”
While the validity of this news has been called into question since it started making its rounds online, it actually doesn’t matter either way. Whether accurate or not, the point is that fans were hoping for this since reading about how it was ‘planned’ forAlien: Awakening. But, sinceAlien: Awakeningwas canceled, fans never got the ‘David vs Engineers’ battle they were hoping for. That is, untilAlien vs Avengers.
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Not only willAlien vs Avengersfinally show the Engineers tracking down David to make him pay for the crimes he committed against them, but the limited series is also throwing the Avengers into the mix. This takes the supposed story ofAlien: Awakeningto the next level, giving fans the payoff of a battle between David (and his Xenomorphs) and the Engineers, while also includingthe Avengers, who are fighting desperately to save their world from the Xenomorphs.
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Only time will tell how all of this will play out, and if the Avengers will be able to defeat the overwhelming forces from theAlienUniverse (including David, the Xenomorphs, and the Engineers themselves). However, what is certain is thatAlienis giving movie fans the battle they were hoping for sinceAlien: Covenant, as David may now finally receive the comeuppance he deserves.
Source:Slash Film
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.
