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Marvel to Release Alien: Romulus Prelude One-Shot!

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Marvel has just announced they will release a prelude one-shot for Alien: Romulus! Marvel will be bringing out an Alien: Romulus comic one-shot on October 16th that “tackles one of the film’s lingering mysteries.”

Simply titled, Alien: Romulus, the one-shot will be written by Zac Thompson, who previously worked on Absolute Carnage: Avengers and was drawn by Daniel Picciotto.

The film is about a group of scavengers who encounters a Xenomorph aboard a space station. This comic will take place before the events of the film and provides a backstory for the film’s main threat. Writer Zac Thompson worked closely with Alien: Romulus writers Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues to write the companion piece.

Marvel to Release Alien: Romulus Prelude One-Shot! Marvel to Release Alien: Romulus Prelude One-Shot!

The main cover is on the left which is done by Leinil Francis Yu while the second one is the variant cover by German artist Björn Barends, both of whom have worked on numerous Marvel comics.

Here’s Marvel’s press release:

Following next month’s theatrical release of Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in the groundbreaking Alien film franchise, Marvel Comics will proudly present an ALIEN: ROMULUS comic one-shot in October that tackles one of the film’s lingering mysteries.

On sale in October, ALIEN: ROMULUS #1 will be written by horror master Zac Thompson (ABSOLUTE CARNAGE: AVENGERS) and drawn by rising star Daniel Picciotto (DANNY KETCH: GHOST RIDER, X-FORCE). The upcoming film will take Alien storytelling back to its roots with a thrilling saga of young space colonizers coming face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

Marvel’s one-shot will take place prior to the events of the film, providing an illuminating backstory behind the film’s main threat. Made in close partnership with Director Fede Alvarez and frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues, both of whom wrote Alien: Romulus, the comic is a must-have companion to one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer.

Marvel Comics presents an all-new story revealing secrets of the film’s legendary antagonists and this issue shines light on them all!

“The Alien franchise is responsible for my lifelong love of body horror, so needless to say, I’m ecstatic to be contributing a small piece to the canon,” Thompson shared. “Working with Fede Alvarez to craft a prequel to Alien: Romulus was a genuine dream come true and a responsibility I don’t take lightly. The result is a thrilling, terrifying story that slowly gestates into something wholly unpredictable.”

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  2. Perfect-Organism
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    It would be great if this ended up in a compilation TPB of sorts.  But what TPB?  This sounds like it just stands on its own.  They should maybe just adapt the whole film into a 3 part series then we could get a nice compiled volume.
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  3. Sabres21768
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    Quote from: chromhart on Aug 18, 2024, 06:23:51 PM
    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 24, 2024, 12:52:43 PMMy only guess is, the intent with the four arms was going to be to have it molting into a Queen. But who knows for sure.

    As for the Derelict being made out of "human DNA" by the Aliens, it's silly/out there but also, it's the element from Blomkamp's overall concept that I found to be the most interesting. I'd be curious to learn more about that piece of the puzzle. I'm sure it wouldn't have been particularly good, but it's way more interesting/wild a concept than I would have expected from a movie that otherwise seems to have had the aspiration to be an adaptation of the Kenner Aliens stuff, more or less.

    I could get behind the xenos having technology. O'Bannon originally had the Xeno as intelligent and having a civilization on LV426 in his backstory to Alien.
    Absolutely not!
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  4. chromhart
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    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 24, 2024, 12:52:43 PMMy only guess is, the intent with the four arms was going to be to have it molting into a Queen. But who knows for sure.

    As for the Derelict being made out of "human DNA" by the Aliens, it's silly/out there but also, it's the element from Blomkamp's overall concept that I found to be the most interesting. I'd be curious to learn more about that piece of the puzzle. I'm sure it wouldn't have been particularly good, but it's way more interesting/wild a concept than I would have expected from a movie that otherwise seems to have had the aspiration to be an adaptation of the Kenner Aliens stuff, more or less.

    I could get behind the xenos having technology. O'Bannon originally had the Xeno as intelligent and having a civilization on LV426 in his backstory to Alien.
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  8. BigChapismyBestFriend
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    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 24, 2024, 12:52:43 PMMy only guess is, the intent with the four arms was going to be to have it molting into a Queen. But who knows for sure.

    As for the Derelict being made out of "human DNA" by the Aliens, it's silly/out there but also, it's the element from Blomkamp's overall concept that I found to be the most interesting. I'd be curious to learn more about that piece of the puzzle. I'm sure it wouldn't have been particularly good, but it's way more interesting/wild a concept than I would have expected from a movie that otherwise seems to have had the aspiration to be an adaptation of the Kenner Aliens stuff, more or less.
    I respect your opinion, personally I just found a silly/dumb with all the Kenner stuff and outlandish ideas even more than the other silly shit that was shown in the movies. Like we get no hints that they are able to build any kind of structure that can be remotely resembled a vehicle, but all of a sudden it's revealed  they can do it? It just feels so out of place. The Kenner stuff doesn't help with this too. The Biomech is just silly to me there no way around it.

    Add that to the fact that this director wanted to recon 3 and Resurrection because Newt and Hick Died. Even if those two later, movies weren't as good as the first two and the third one isn't that bad with inclusion of the "Directors" cuts.
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  9. Nightmare Asylum
    Posted
    My only guess is, the intent with the four arms was going to be to have it molting into a Queen. But who knows for sure.

    As for the Derelict being made out of "human DNA" by the Aliens, it's silly/out there but also, it's the element from Blomkamp's overall concept that I found to be the most interesting. I'd be curious to learn more about that piece of the puzzle. I'm sure it wouldn't have been particularly good, but it's way more interesting/wild a concept than I would have expected from a movie that otherwise seems to have had the aspiration to be an adaptation of the Kenner Aliens stuff, more or less.
    Reply
  10. BigChapismyBestFriend
    Posted
    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 24, 2024, 12:41:39 PM
    Quote from: Wweyland on Jul 24, 2024, 12:21:42 PM
    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 24, 2024, 11:47:49 AM
    Quote from: Wweyland on Jul 24, 2024, 08:19:59 AMSomewhat similar situation with Predators, received a prequel comic but no novelization.

    Alien: Romulus sequel comic featuring Goro Alien confirmed, then.
    That was the sequel though! But I'm all for Alien: Romulus Aftermath (bot no need for Glow In The Dark Aliens).

    Hence me saying this the existence of a prequel, a la Predators, confirms the inevitable existence of a sequel as well. ;)

    Hell, Blomkamp already made their job easier for them!

    https://i0.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/42464344_337560273459493_8270248793457401687_n-701x700.jpg?ssl=1
    God this design looks so good, but it is ruined by the two extra arms. Why would you put two extra arms? It was already good in the first f**king place. Why would you also make the Derelict to be made out of human DNA and make the xenomorph capable of building ships, even though they never been shown to be that intelligent. WHY NEIL BLOMKAMP!?!?
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  11. Nightmare Asylum
    Posted
    Quote from: Wweyland on Jul 24, 2024, 12:21:42 PM
    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Jul 24, 2024, 11:47:49 AM
    Quote from: Wweyland on Jul 24, 2024, 08:19:59 AMSomewhat similar situation with Predators, received a prequel comic but no novelization.

    Alien: Romulus sequel comic featuring Goro Alien confirmed, then.
    That was the sequel though! But I'm all for Alien: Romulus Aftermath (bot no need for Glow In The Dark Aliens).

    Hence me saying this the existence of a prequel, a la Predators, confirms the inevitable existence of a sequel as well. ;)

    Hell, Blomkamp already made their job easier for them!

    https://i0.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/42464344_337560273459493_8270248793457401687_n-701x700.jpg?ssl=1
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  15. Neila
    Posted
    Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Jul 23, 2024, 10:28:21 PMDon't believe a novelization or art book is on the way. We'd had heard of it by now.

    Oh, that's really sad.
    I fully expected that a making of or art book would come. Maybe there is still hope and they want to wait and see how the film does at the box office.
    I definitely think that's better than a making of being released earlier than the film. This was the case with Alien Resurrection in 1997.
    The making of came out earlier than the film and presented the design of the Newborn in all its glory.
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  24. Mike’s Monsters
    Posted
    Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 23, 2024, 07:53:31 PM
    Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Jul 23, 2024, 07:30:10 PMPretty cool, wasn't expecting any kind of comic tie-in

    Yeah, I admit I was quite surprised! I really wasn't expecting any kind of tie-in at all considering the lack of news about Titan releases. With the October release date, I have to wonder if this was a late decision.

    So I'm guessing the antagonist the release is talking about may be

    Spoiler
    the new model Ash.
    [close]

    And

    Spoiler
    A Chap of Big sizes.
    [close]
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  25. Corporal Hicks
    Posted
    Quote from: Cosmic Incubation on Jul 23, 2024, 07:30:10 PMPretty cool, wasn't expecting any kind of comic tie-in

    Yeah, I admit I was quite surprised! I really wasn't expecting any kind of tie-in at all considering the lack of news about Titan releases. With the October release date, I have to wonder if this was a late decision.

    So I'm guessing the antagonist the release is talking about may be

    Spoiler
    the new model Ash.
    [close]
    Reply
  33. Wreck Houzer
    Posted
    In the second image you can see the top of a queens head crest and part of a finger holding on to the edge of the hole.  This makes me think of the quick cut we saw of the tail lifting somebody and pulling them into a ceiling hole in the teailer.
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