Alien Vs. X-Men #2
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| Writer | Kieron Gillen, Chris Claremont |
| Artist | Geraldo Borges, David Messina |
| Cover Price | $5.99 |
HERE COMES CABLE! He's come from the future with a handpicked team to put a stop to the alien decimation of Earth. But is it too little, too late for the surviving X-MEN...and all of humanity?! The new ALIEN QUEEN makes her terrifying presence known! Plus: The continuation of Chris Claremont's flashback story featuring KITTY PRYDE versus the XENOMORPHS for the fate of the PHOENIX!
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9.0
AIPT - Jonathan Waugh
Oct 28, 2026Full of even more shocking and intense moments than the first issue, Alien vs. X-Men #2 is another winning installment in the increasingly tense war for Earth. Read Full Review
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8.5
Graphic Policy - Brett
Oct 28, 2026Alien vs. X-Men #2 is a fantastic second issue that packs a punch and has no problem upping the body count. Read Full Review
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8.4
Graphic Policy - Logan Dalton
Nov 01, 2026Now this is what you call a crossover! Kieron Gillen and Gerardo Borges go beyond xenomorphs vs mutants and throw in a whole bag of tricks featuring time travel, face huggers, power absorption, and much more. Read Full Review
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7.0
Comic Watch - Jamison Nilsson
Oct 28, 2026Events slowly start to ramp up in Alien vs. X-Men #2, with a surprising amount of gore in the artwork and tension in the dialogue. Read Full Review
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Plot
This crossover features two stories by two different creative teams:
-ALIEN VS. X-MEN by Kieron Gillen and Geraldo Borges: Professor X and the X-Men on Earth discover Beast’s log, which explains the infection process involving facehuggers—a truly terrifying sequence.
Cable appears alongside Deadpool, Bishop, and Abigail Brand with a plan to travel back in time and intervene at the moment Wolverine is implanted by a facehugger. However, it is revealed that Cable and his team are impostors—Sentinels sent to eliminate both Xenomorphs and humans alike.
-BELLES OF HELL by Chris Claremont and Dave Messina: Kitty Pryde undergoes a bizarre training session with Illyana in the Danger Room, a setting teeming w more+ Like • Comment -
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