We already knew the world of Alien wasreturning both on TVandat the movies.
But now, its returning to the world of comics too, in a very unexpected way.
Marvel just announced that Aliens,James Camerons 1986 sequel, is getting a five-issue What If…?
What if Carter Burke survived? Find out in a new Marvel series.Image: Marvel
spin-off focusing on Carter Burke, the evil company man played by Paul Reiser.
The question: what if Carter Burke survived?
For years, people have asked me about Burke, Reisersaid to Marvel.
Image: Marvel
Now the world will find out!
In the film, we never see Burke actually be killed.
We only see that he encounters an alien and, we assume, hes murdered off-screen.
Image: Marvel
Then, on top of that, Sigourney Weavers character Ripley blows up the entire outpost.
Here though, Burke not only survives somehow, he gets off the LV-426.
This story picks up 35 years later as hes eeking out a cursed existence on a backwater asteroid.
Any excuse to dive a bit deeper into James Camerons Aliens gets two enthusiastic thumbs up from us.
It happened a few years back whenVasquez got her very own origin storybook.
Heres hoping, if this is a success, maybe well see more.
#1 will be out March 6.
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