Superman/Aliens
Superman/Aliens Superman/Aliens 2: God War | |
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Aliens | |
Creative team | |
Written by | Dan Jurgens Chuck Dixon |
Penciller(s) | Dan Jurgens Jon Bogdanove |
Inker(s) | Kevin Nowlan |
Letterer(s) | Bill Oakley |
Colorist(s) | Gregory Wright |
Editor(s) | Lynn Adair Bob Kahan |
Superman/Aliens is an
Creative team on this miniseries: story and layout art by Dan Jurgens, with finished art by Kevin Nowlan. It was published by Dark Horse Comics in unison with DC Comics from July to September 1995.
Plot
Accompanying Doctor Cheryl Kimble—the head of
Back on the Lexcorp satellite, the chestbursters (immature Xenomorphs) hatch from the hosts that Superman sent back, leaving Doctor Kimble determined to capture and analyse them while Lois Lane is forced to face an Alien in the hangar, only just managing to force the Alien into space by opening the airlock while she hides in the ship. As Kimble witnesses two of the remaining chestbursters "hatch", Lois torches the infants with a spray can and a match, but she and Kimble are forced together to escape the last, full-grown Alien as it begins to tear the satellite apart.
As Superman and Kara attempt to escape, both of them are captured and "impregnated" with
Arriving back in Earth's solar system, Superman's powers are restored just in time to stop the chestburster from emerging, allowing him to "crush" it and regurgitate out of his system before catching the falling satellite, Kimble subsequently killing the last Alien. As Superman departs, however, he is left mourning the loss of Kara-—the closest thing to a sister he might ever know—unaware that she made it to a pod before Argo's destruction and remains lost in space.
Superman/Aliens 2: God War
In 2002, a sequel was published called Superman/Aliens 2: God War. It was written by Chuck Dixon, with art by Jon Bogdanove and Kevin Nowlan.
Plot
In this sequel,
Learning that he will die from the embryo within him, Orion accompanies Superman on a mission to Apokolips to destroy the Alien Queen, despite the lack of sunlight on Apokolips weakening Superman's powers and Orion growing ever weaker from the embryo within him. Despite the odds, they manage to destroy the Queen. Darkseid subsequently uses his Omega Beams to destroy the embryo within Orion, claiming that Orion may be Darkseid's enemy, but he is also his son and it would be unfitting for him to die in such a dishonorable manner.
After Superman and Orion's departure, however, Darkseid reveals to
As the comic ends, Darkseid and DeSaad look in at a room filled with facehugger-infected Parademons in stasis, hinting at a possible sequel.
Collected editions
The stories have been collected into trade paperbacks:
- Superman/Aliens (144 pages, August 1996, ISBN 1-56971-167-4)
- Superman/Aliens 2: God War (96 pages, August 2003, ISBN 1-56971-963-2)
See also
References
- Superman Vs. Aliens at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Superman / Aliens II: God War at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- ^ K. Thor Jensen January 19, 2011 Follow (2011-01-19). "Superman / Aliens - Universe-Shattering Comic Book Crossovers". UGO.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
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