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Marvel To Do Alien Vs X-Men AVX With Kieron Gillen & Chris Claremont

Alien Vs X-Men by Kieron Gillen, Chris Claremont and Geraldo Borges from Marvel Comics later this year as AVX

It looks like we will be getting an Alien Vs X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics later this year, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Geraldo Borges, with another story by Chris Claremont, and this cover by Ryan Stegman. And stylised as AVX, referencing the Avengers Vs X-Men event that, once upon a time, Kieron Gillen wrote a lot of. Will The Brood be involved at all? UPDATE: Yes! 

UPDATE: "Following the blockbuster success of Alien Vs. Avengers, Marvel's bold Alien line of comics evolves, pitting the Children of the Atom against the universe's perfect organism! Blending super hero storytelling with cosmic horror, the saga will be written by visionary Immortal X-Men writer Kieron Gillen and illustrated by acclaimed artist Geraldo Borges. The series will also feature a four-part bonus story by legendary X-Men creator Chris Claremont, who brings the Xenomorphs into conflict with his own parasitic extraterrestrial creation: the Brood! "

ALIEN VS. X-MEN #1 (OF 4)
KIERON GILLEN & CHRIS CLAREMONT (W) • GERALDO BORGES
COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN
FOIL VARIANT COVER BY JOHN ROMITA JR.
POSTER HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY ALAN QUAH
VARIANT COVER BY BJORN BARENDS
VARIANT COVER BY IVAN SHAVRIN
VARIANT COVER BY PABLO VILLALOBOS
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY PABLO VILLALOBOS
X-MEN VERSUS XENOMORPHS! They went looking for a Phoenix egg. They found something else. The X-MEN return to Earth with deadly cargo, and a violent battle between mutant and alien begins. And will an unexpected ally turn the tide in the X-Men's favor? In this special crossover decades in the making, the next evolution of Marvel's mightiest mutants begins! Will anyone survive the experience? Plus: The first chapter of an all-new story by the legendary Chris Claremont featuring Kitty Pryde, the Brood and the Xenomorphs! 40 PGS./Parental Advisory … $5.99 RETAILERS/CONSUMERS: PLEASE INQUIRE REG FOIL PRICING

On his love for the Alien franchise, Kieron Gillen said "Alien was the first R-rated movie I ever saw. Aliens is one of the four founding teenage films that I built my understanding of story structure upon. As a hormonal teen, I had a looming Alien poster hung over my bed. I love Aliens so much that I am unhelpfully explaining beats to Geraldo by referencing two-second sequences featuring tertiary characters, as if he cares about Ferro and Dietrich as much as I do. So, yes, this is some prime-grade bucket list stuff for me, and I'm highly enjoying taking the X-Men on an X-press elevator to hell."

"For me, the coolest aspect here is returning to a universe where I can pit my deadliest alien predators against their movie counter-parts, with Kitty caught in the middle," Claremont said. "Kitty brings a hero's perspective to the challenge that embraces the heart and soul of the X-Men. This story is cram-packed with adventure – plus some crazy surprises along the way."

Kieron Gillen is best known for creator-owned works like Phonogram, The Wicked + The Divine, Die, Once & Future, and The Power Fantasy, as well as high-profile Marvel work on titles including Thor, Young Avengers, Iron Man, Star Wars, notably co-creating Doctor Aphra, Eternals, and multiple X-Men series. Kieron Gillen first skinnydipped into X-Men with the 2010 spin-off Generation Hope, which followed up on the Second Coming event. He then joined Uncanny X-Men (co-writing the Quarantine arc with Matt Fraction) and took over as lead writer. His run spanned the end of the original Uncanny X-Men volume and a relaunched #1 series post-Schism (part of the Regenesis initiative). It culminated around the Avengers vs. X-Men event, which he tied into heavily, including writing the AvX: Consequences miniseries. Kieron Gillen returned prominently during the Krakoan Age and wrote Immortal X-Men, focused on the Quiet Council of Krakoa, which built into the Sins of Sinister event and the Fall of X era. He also contributed to Rise of the Powers of X and X-Men: Forever.

Chris Claremont is widely regarded as the most influential creator on the X-Men franchise as it now is. He took over writing X-Men in 1975, shortly after Len Wein and Dave Cockrum's Giant-Sized X-Men #1 revitalised the title with a new international team. He would write the book and various spinoffs for seventeen years, making it one of the longest continuous author runs in Marvel history. He turned the X-Men from a cancelled/relaunched book into the best-selling comic franchise in the world, and along the way co-created the likes of Kitty Pryde, Rogue, Gambit, Psylocke, Jubilee, Mister Sinister, Cable, Bishop, the Phoenix Saga, Dark Phoenix, Days of Future Past, the Brood, Shi'ar Empire, Genosha, and more. Ah yes, The Brood, alien non-humanoid warriors that impregnate hosts with eggs that turn them into a member of The Brood. I wonder iof they will come up in this?

After leaving Marvel, Claremont wrote for Dark Horse Comics' licensed Aliens and Aliens vs Predator lines in the early to mid-1990s including Aliens/Predator: Deadliest of the Species from 1993 to 1995, inspiring the crossover movies. While Geraldo Borges, a widely popular Brazilian comic book artist, has already worked with Chris Claremont on the 2018 X-Men: Black anthology/event..

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