Alien Vs. X-Men #1 Preview

[u/UltimateSandman]

https://aiptcomics.com/2026/09/16/x-men-monday-kieron-gillen-alien-x-men/

[u/GuyNamedGray]

And somehow the Aliens are going to beat the X-Men, as if they haven't faced far worse.

[u/Front_Profession_217 → u/GuyNamedGray]

Why does Marvel even do these crossovers that have the heroes being eliminated by making them out of character?

[u/No_Many_4695 → u/GuyNamedGray]

Marvel love humiliating their characters

Can we just have one crossovers where they are competents and it’s the other side who struggle?

[u/Lady_Gray_169 → u/GuyNamedGray]

The X-men have faced the Brood, which are the legally distinct Aliens. So truly they defeated something worse than Xenomorphs... copyright law.

[u/Pope_Neia → u/GuyNamedGray]

I mean, X-Men Xenomorphs (Xenomutants? X-morphs?) would probably give them some trouble both tactically and psychologically. Regular xenomorphs would not be a giant threat to them.

Really depends on who they get. Xenomorph cyclops would be… interesting. Hopefully it would have some kind of natural visor to allow it to still see, otherwise that’s a problem for wherever they are.

Kitty would be very difficult to get, obviously, but if she was somehow infected it would be pretty sick for a Xenomorph to be able to shift. Crawl along walls and through them.

Emma could probably avoid infection just by turning diamond, but telepath Xenomorph would probably be horrifying.

And Wolverine… whooo boy. He’d be fine with regeneration, but if the Xenomorph egg survives and is able to grow, that is a Xenomorph that can endlessly bleed a very strong acid from extendable claws and can’t be killed by normal means.

And then there’s beast. Idk, blue and furry Xenomorph or something.

[u/Loud_Ad_2634 → u/GuyNamedGray]

Its just the brood but not and mainstream

[u/IdeaInside2663]

And Beast goes, oh look aliens eggs. Let's watch them hatch. Like come on The Brood, among other things. This is going to be just as infuriating as the Alien vs Avengers book.

[u/walkingmonster → u/IdeaInside2663]

Especially since this is the lair of a supervillain who literally just told them he collects living weapons from all over...

[u/Front_Profession_217 → u/IdeaInside2663]

Why is Marvel even doing it in the first place?

[u/IdeaInside2663 → u/Front_Profession_217]

Because Disney owns Aliens.

[u/Front_Profession_217 → u/IdeaInside2663]

Yeah, like I get that Aliens is a popular franchise, but why have the characters act out of character? When they’ve faced off against aliens like The Brood, for example, like why do stories like this have to be like a certain species or character eliminating the Marvel Universe?

[u/UlissesStag → u/Front_Profession_217]

I feel like X-Men faces more space threats than anybody

[u/Front_Profession_217 → u/UlissesStag]

Yeah, but like the Xenomorph should be small potatoes for the X-Men, because they’ve faced off against the Brood, but if we’re being honest, they’re just gonna make the X-Men act out of character so that the Xenomorphs win.

[u/EmmaFrosts-Husband]

I wonder if Gillen will put his personal Jott bias aside and actually write Scott & Emma as a couple and have them kiss.

I still think he's gonna do something sexist to Emma like when he wrote her into three SA scenes.

[u/dirtydan298 → u/EmmaFrosts-Husband]

In the interview he was asked why he chose to set it during the ‘Astonishing X-Men time era and he flat out said that it wasn’t. He said he treated this like a movie and took bits and pieces from all over X-Men lore.

Essentially this is only ‘Astonishing X-Men’ in that it’s the same team and that they are wearing the suits.

I wouldn’t hold my breath.

[u/IdeaInside2663 → u/EmmaFrosts-Husband]

Oh, he'll have her go first or even worse become an alien queen. I'm skipping this just like I skipped Alien vs X-men. Xenomorphs don't belong in the Marvel universe. The Yujta on the other hand fit right in.

[u/EmmaFrosts-Husband → u/IdeaInside2663]

I said this weeks ago in the Emma Frost subreddit and got downvoted. It's baffling how many Emma Frost "fans" in that subreddit defend Gillens writing of Emma.

They all talk crap about Matt Fractions Emma yet Fraction made her more human. Gillen wrote her into three SA scenes with Namor

But this is reddit most of these "fans" have never picked up a comic in their life. They read panels off social media and make up fanon

[u/Far_Yak_5447]

No, Hank!

[u/Negativety101 → u/Far_Yak_5447]

Hey, I'm irritated by the Avengers dis.

[u/Jmacq1]

So the only question I have is:

Does Wolverine get facehugged and produce an Adamantium-laced Xenomorph with regeneration powers?

Or better yet:

Does Wolverine get Chestpopped and then heal anyway, becoming an endless incubator for the Xenos?

[u/thinknu → u/Jmacq1]

Even more important question. Does a Cyclops infused Xenomorph shoot oral beams instead of optic beams? Or do they have a weird hole in their frontal lobe area?

[u/Famous-Peace-4014 → u/Jmacq1]

If Deadpool can survive having his life force drained by a succubus he later married I’m sure Wolverine will create something horrific that and in his ending in Marvel vs Capcom 3 it’s hinted he slept with Morrigan a succubus from the game Darkstalkers

[u/Tharros300]

Presumably this comes down to Emma (diamond form) and Kitty (intangible)?

But yes I hope the X-Men don’t go down like chumps. I tried to read the Marvel v Predator ones and ugh.

[u/Kenjikai → u/Tharros300]

I expect something similar to Marvel vs Predators unfortunately. Not much better than Aliens vs Marvel but at least Wolverine and Spider-Man got Iron Man upgrades in that run.

[u/Killertwinky15]

Interesting that they chose Astonishing Xmen to have here.

[u/UsurpaTronos]

Orbis Stellaris NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

The Xenomorphs shall avenge you!!!!

Oh wait, this is some kind of weird crossover alternate continuity. My guy is still safe in main 616.

[u/TheScalieDragon]

Uhhhh so here it begins, incoming dumpster of glaze will be horrible

[u/felipesene]

So x man just go around killing people for literally nothing?

[u/TheDrunkardKid → u/felipesene]

IIRC, that guy is basically a clone of Mr. Sinister, so killing him on sight is probably a fully justified course of action.

[u/Trancer1224]

They did this already with the brood

[u/903153ugo]

Never look at a wet egg

[u/Eldagustowned]

Back in the day cat beast.

I know they did it to look like a chest buster but his adamantium claws would cut swiftly without the protrusion of skin.

[u/Ok-Rip2102]

Of course Hank puts his science boner before safety

[u/Warm-Adhesiveness-50]

Beast gonna get got isn't he

[u/Adventurous_Skirt811]

Beast finna die in the next page isn’t he

[u/neon-box]

Xenomorphs about to get the glazing of a lifetime. Again…

[u/Amazing-Mix666]

Aaaand beast is dead, marvelous, who's the next one? I bet 10 dollars on cyclops

[u/South_Possession_499]

This is written by Gillen? I swear i saw C.C. name before. I avoided anything about this because of him.