Aliens: What if…

[Slutty Badger]

It might have just been a coincidental explosion at the same time.
I also had a chance to glance through this, it is insane.
And besides the deleted Burke cocoon scene, you could make a case that it's not a "What if", but it actually all happened.

Then it would definitely retcon Dark Mother, and I think we can all agree that that's a good thing.

[chromhart]

I was totally surprised! I haven't read a really good Alien comic in years! It was great!

[Kradan]

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that must be a really strong grenade to have reached all the way over from the colony to the processor and jolted Burke out of the resin like that...

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Wait, you mean

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the one Gorman used ?

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[Mr.Turok]

At first, I thought this story was going to be shoe horned in plot and just be another unnecessary addition to the series but now I'm looking forward to the next issue. Everything here fits into place actually and has no conflict with other established films and stories.

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It's interesting how Burke had a sudden change of heart of taking the "merciful" route of giving Ripley and the rest a chance of survival on Fury 161 when he was very willing to have them impregnated by the xenomorphs.

Burke taking the fall for WY when their plans for taking an egg for them and the destruction of LV426 is such a WY thing to do and a Burke thing to happen to him.

How taking a xenomorph, even an egg, back to Earth is strongly emphasized as game over for humanity. It's a nice welcome of respecting the xenomorph threat where recent stories just have them pop up on Earth like its not a really huge deal.

Seems like humanity is now publicly aware of the xenomorph threat where in past stories its just hear say and bar room stories, with Burke now seen as an outright traitor of humanity. Goddamm he really is that one dude huh

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Looking at the ending, wonder what is he going to do with that? Feels like I can't get a read on his moral center and goals, which is a good thing, it keeps me on my toes for now and I hope it pays off. 

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I can't believe that "insane" is being used so often to describe a Burke What If comic, I'm gonna have to check this out!

[Corporal Hicks]

It might have just been a coincidental explosion at the same time.

Might have been! But that's not how the comic feels that moment is being portrayed.

And besides the deleted Burke cocoon scene, you could make a case that it's not a "What if", but it actually all happened.

Aside from the above about the grenade, I completely agree with you. They did a fantastic job making this feel like it could slot into what actually happened.

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that must be a really strong grenade to have reached all the way over from the colony to the processor and jolted Burke out of the resin like that...

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Wait, you mean

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the one Gorman used ?

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Yep!

[Local Trouble]

My eyes nearly rolled out of my head at...

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the Mr. Yutani stuff.

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[Kradan]

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that must be a really strong grenade to have reached all the way over from the colony to the processor and jolted Burke out of the resin like that...

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Wait, you mean

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the one Gorman used ?

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Yep!

...wat.

[Wweyland]

Also, did Terry Crews lend his likeness here? I must admit, the real interesting part is in the first half of the first issue, the 30 years later stuff is not that captivating.

[SM]

If this wasn't What If I'd say it was garbage.

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The whole concept of the Hadley incident taking down the entire Company, Burke complaining about drifting in space forever - it's three weeks to get home, moustache twirly Yutani, the woman at the call centre knowing all about Burke and the colony and Aliens despite Yutani saying 'no one can know!' and there being an NDA, Burke saying he couldn't kill Ripley and the others - a couple of hours after he tried to Ripley and the others, Burke not mentioning maybe check out the whole ass ship he told the colonists to check out as a bargaining chip, 'The Outer Zeta 2 Reticuli' wut, William Gorman?

Not being tied to continuity mercifully means it could have a cool story, but as far as being true to the characters and setting - f**k me...

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[Wweyland]

Does the company ship look like the Patna lander from the Alien 3 comic?

[SM]

I don't think there was a Patna lander in the Alien 3 comic.

[Local Trouble]

If this wasn't What If I'd say it was garbage.

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The whole concept of the Hadley incident taking down the entire Company, Burke complaining about drifting in space forever - it's three weeks to get home, moustache twirly Yutani, the woman at the call centre knowing all about Burke and the colony and Aliens despite Yutani saying 'no one can know!' and there being an NDA, Burke saying he couldn't kill Ripley and the others - a couple of hours after he tried to Ripley and the others, Burke not mentioning maybe check out the whole ass ship he told the colonists to check out as a bargaining chip, 'The Outer Zeta 2 Reticuli' wut, William Gorman?

Not being tied to continuity mercifully means it could have a cool story, but as far as being true to the characters and setting - f**k me...

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How did you like the...

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real-time interstellar communication between Burke and Yutani?  Is that a thing that happens in any of the Alien films?

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[Slutty Badger]

How did you like the...

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real-time interstellar communication between Burke and Yutani?  Is that a thing that happens in any of the Alien films?

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Think it happens between Andrews and W-Y in A3, particularly the scene in which he informs the Company about Ripley, but I haven't seen it in a while.

[SiL]

They get fast responses later in the movie when the Patna is en route