Iron Man Chooses Survival Over Battle in ‘Aliens vs. Avengers’ #2: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Face the Xenomorphs

‘Aliens vs. Avengers’ is a new comic series that brings together the Marvel superheroes and the deadly Xenomorphs from the ‘Alien’ movies. This crossover happened after Disney bought 20th Century Fox, giving Marvel the right to use characters from Fox’s big franchises like ‘Alien’ and ‘Predator‘.

In the story, Earth is taken over by Xenomorphs, and the Avengers have to try to stop them. But things are looking really bad, and Iron Man, now older and weaker, decides the best choice is to leave Earth and focus on surviving instead of fighting.

Some Avengers are also dealing with being infected by Xenomorph eggs, making the situation even worse.

Marvel released a preview of ‘Aliens vs. Avengers’ #2, where the story starts in another universe with three figures watching a society from a floating ship.

They compare the people to ants, with one upset about meeting their maker. The scene then shifts to the present day, where an older Iron Man sits in a high-tech wheelchair, looking at a decapitated body in a tank. Captain Marvel tells him that the team is ready.

Iron Man, now in a wheelchair, tells Captain Marvel, Bruce Banner, and Miles Morales (who is wearing a symbiote/Xenomorph costume) that they need to leave Earth. Iron Man says, “It’s over. We lost.” Instead of fighting the Aliens, he chooses survival.

After years of battle, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are past their prime, and Iron Man believes their chances of winning are too slim. His solution is to escape and save themselves.

The issue description however teases an amazing fight:

EARTH SURRENDERS?! Overwhelmed by Xenomorphs, the survivors abandon their home planet! But so many are dead. So many wounded. And a terrifying few…CHANGED. The Avengers…must avenge.

Source: Marvel

You can check out the preview below:

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