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Marvel Launches Aliens Vs Captain America at San Diego Comic-Con

Marvel Comics Launches Aliens Vs Captain America at San Diego Comic-Con

Aliens Vs Captain America. By Frank Tieri and Stefano Rafaelle. Four issues. Starting in November.  As revealed at the Marvel Presentation at San Diego Comic-Con to the Penguin Random House Retailer Meeting today. And set in World War II, with the Red Skull recruiting the Xenomorphs of the Aliens to fight the Allies alongside the Nazis. And there you were thinking that the Nazis didn't like aliens. Expect lots and lots of commentary on the Aliens being the perfect lifeform and all that genetic superiority nonsense.

Marvel Comics has been doing more and more crossovers with the 20th Century Fox properties after Disney bought 20th Century as well, with Aliens, Predator, Planet Of The Apes and rumoured X-Files to come. Predator Vs Spider-Man and Aliens Vs Avengers have been very popular, alongside the standard Aliens and Predator titles. But setting this in World War Two is a very different flavour…

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ALIEN VS. CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 (OF 4)
Written by FRANK TIERI
Penciled by STEFANO RAFFAELE
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Foil Variant Cover by DAN PANOSIAN
On Sale 11/5
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?

"Set during Captain America's legendary World War II adventures, ALIEN VS. CAPTAIN AMERICA pits Steve Rogers against the most terrifying extraterrestrials in cinematic history after the hero's greatest villains unleash Xenomorphs on the frontlines! "Ya know, sometimes a project comes along and you just have to pinch yourself that you get to be involved with it," Tieri shared. "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."

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