Aliens: What If...? #4

Multiple Xenomorphs close in from every side as a suited figure in orange power-loader armor and a soldier with a flamethrower try to hold the line, while a man in a business suit kneels at the center clutching what appears to be a glowing device — it's a tense, beautifully composed standoff rendered on Phil Noto's cover. The fourth issue of Marvel's Aliens: What If...? series, written by Hans Rodionoff and Brian Volk-Weiss with interior art by Guiu Vilanova and colors by Yen Nitro, keeps the pressure squarely on as this alternate-timeline Aliens saga nears its conclusion. If you've been following along, the mounting dread of this series shows no sign of letting up.