While the process Iris describes serves to kill off any and all organic life which leaves its own solar system, it could also serve as a selection process which weeds out any species not inherently and immediately hostile to Xenomorphs. perhaps by coming from a society which would instead kill Xenomorphs on sight.

To escape this process of destruction, a spacefaring race would have to avoid beginning this cycle. use it to make yourselves better.' Iris' words suggest the Xenomorphs aren't merely a challenge faced by humanity, but an eventual hurdle that any organic race will face when it heads for the stars, and she implies that each species eventually fails this test, generally because of their desire to first harness the Xenomorphs and then to merge with them.

First, you tried to harness the fire as a weapon, like all the ones before you have done. 'When organic species grow arrogant enough to travel the stars. In Marvel's recent Alien #6 - from Philip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larroca - the synthetic human known as Iris reveals that the Xenomorphs act as a cosmic test for spacefaring races. Related: Marvel's Alien Confirms Predators Are Way Worse Than Xenomorphs But while 2012's Prometheusand its sequels revealed the origin of the Xenomorph species, far less is known about how the Predators came to be. The two franchises fit together perfectly, as Xenomorphs are the perfect predator - so deadly that even their blood burns like acid - and Predators are the perfect hunters, traveling the galaxy to find alien species worthy of their abilities. The deadly aliens have a long history battling and killing each other both on and off the screen, and as of 2020, Marvel Comics has acquired the rights to both.įirst seen in 1979's Alien and 1987's Predator respectively, Xenomorphs and Predators first clashed in Dark Horse Comics' Dark Horse Presents #34-36, with their rivalry coming to cinemas in 2004's Alien vs. Marvel's Alienrecently revealed the grand, cosmic purpose of Xenomorphs within its universe, but while fascinating in its own right, this plot twist also sets up a dark origin for the Predatorrace.

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