Captain America will fight the Xenomorph from Alien this October
Captain America will fight the Xenomorph from the ‘Alien’ franchise, Marvel announced at San Diego Comic-Con.
The issue will be titled ‘Alien vs Captain America’ and will be written by Frank Tieri with art by Stefano Raffaele.
The run will be four issues long, and follows the run of ‘Alien vs Avengers’ Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić that marked the first crossover between the two franchises.
Steve Rogers against the most terrifying extraterrestrials in cinematic history after the hero’s greatest villains unleash Xenomorphs on the frontlines!
The synopsis reads “SMASHING THROUGH, CAPTAIN AMERICA COMES FACE TO FACE WITH—ALIENS?!
“It’s World War II and Hydra seeks a new weapon to defeat the Allies and win the war. To that end, the Red Skull has sent Baron Strucker on an expedition to the Himalayas to find the fabled city of Attilan. But instead of finding the Inhumans, Strucker uncovers something much more deadly.
“Much more… Alien. Can Captain America and the Howling Commandoes stop the Skull and his newfound xenomorph weapons… or will the First Avenger learn that in war-torn Europe… no one can hear you scream?”
“Ya know, sometimes a project comes along and you just have to pinch yourself that you get to be involved with it,” Tieri shared on Marvel’s website.
“I mean, here you have two of the most iconic properties in entertainment—Captain America, who is basically the ultimate hero, going against Alien, one of the ultimate names in horror. As a writer, what more can you ask for than that?
“Now, I pitched this knowing I wanted it to be a period piece with WW2 as the backdrop because I knew it would give me so many fun elements to play with… Cap vs the Red Skull, Baron Strucker in the Himalayas looking for Attilan, Bucky interacting with the Howling Commandos, Hydra using the Xenomorphs as weapons, etc. We’ve got all that in the and more as fans can expect a nice mix of horror and heroics… and more than a few surprises thrown in for good measure.”
The series will lauch this upcoming October.
