Aliens: What If...? #2

Two towering Xenomorphs close in from either side, their dripping jaws and curved inner teeth filling the frame, while a young man caught between them clutches what appears to be an alien egg or larval form — a deeply unsettling image that captures the horror of the Aliens universe with quiet, creeping dread. Phil Noto's cover work bathes the scene in cool blues, making the creature detail feel both cinematic and intimate. Marvel's 2024 collaboration with 20th Century Studios continues here, with Hans Rodionoff and Leon Reiser writing and Guiu Vilanova on art — a creative team that promises to take the "what if" premise somewhere genuinely tense.