Comic Book Review - Alien #3
The sins of the past reign supreme on the frozen world of LV-695… We’re heading into the third act of Declan Shalvey’s Alien, and the tension is really ramping up to a fever pitch. As the salvage of the U.S.C.S.S. Boreas gets underway within the frozen waters of LV-695, Zasha comes face to face with a face from her past - Dayton. Their reunion is short lived as Jun Yutani makes a confession of his own. The narrative mystery starts to unravel during this issue as each sub-plot makes headway to their conclusions. Chief amongst this is why Jun Yutani is interested in salvaging the Boreas, and why we keep getting flashbacks to a past encounter with the Xenomorph. It’s a very clever reveal and it’s one that I didn’t predict way back in issue #1. While it doesn’t necessarily tie into Zasha’s own reasonings, it’ll certainly make re-reading Thaw extremely interesting. Anyway, while the family reunion is cut short, the remaining salvage team get ready to hoist the stricken Boreas bac...