THE STAR-STUDDED KILLFEST CONTINUES!
In "Utopia," Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Michael Dowling take you through the collapse of a civilization that believed it could overcome the worst of human nature to live in permanent peace. But in the war against the Xenomorphs overtaking their home, the citizens of the ship Forward find themselves breaking every principle... Then, in "Gear in the Machine," Cody Ziglar goes guts-deep into the core of human evil, while in "Lucky," Steve Foxe flips the viewpoint in a way that will tug at the heartstrings of even the most seasoned Alien fan. An unmissable piece of the universe-spanning franchise!< more
The ongoing story in the pages of Alien: Black, White, and Blood from writers Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing and artist Michael Dowling remains its most interesting as it explores a side of storytelling this franchise would never dare even attempt in live-action, a bold and deeply political allegory that feels fresh and frightening. Read Full Review
Plot
This special has several short stories from different creative teams:
““UTOPIA PART 3 By COLLIN KELLY JACKSON LANZING MICHAEL DOWLING and CHRIS SOTOMAYOR – Survivors led by grief prepare to take down the Alien Queen.
Rating 3.5/5
“GEAR IN THE MACHINE” by CODY ZIGLAR, CLAIRE ROE and JORDIE BELLAIRE – A Weyland-Yutani lab believes they have a series of Alien samples under control, but when one escapes, the massacre begins.
Rating 4.5/5
“LUCKY” by STEVE FOXE, TOMMASO BIANCHI and MATTIA IACON – A decoy strategy with man's best friend works perfectly for a cleanup team of xenomorphs.
Rating 5/5
Complete Rating
4.3 of 5
Another mixed bag. Ziglar's story in the middle is the weak link by a country mile. I feel like Utopia falters a little here. Foxe's story is fine. This is a tough IP to write for; people really struggle to find interesting things to do with it.
Utopia kind of loses itself in this installment. There was a lot of commentary on hierarchical structures that now seems gone.
Gear in the Machine is an unfortunately tiring story we've seen play out multiple times in these comics. It's like the first idea any writer has when approaching this franchise, and I'll be happy to never see it again.
Lucky is a very cute story. I liked it.
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