(W) Declan Shalvey (A) Danny Earls & Various (CA) Dike Ruan In deep space spins a world infected by the universe's greatest killers. Most sane people would construct a barrier and leave it to rot. But the Weyland-Yutani Corporation sees the biggest payout in the history of civilization. So what if it costs a few human lives to secure? Now, select guests can board Weyland-Yutani's ship the Descendant and uncover buried secrets from a legendary disaster on an icy moon! It's a trip worth dying for! But when the Yutani family decides to settle the invasion of LV-695 personally, the mysterious Cole suddenly finds herself trapped between an avalanche and a watery death - and must make her hardest decisions yet! Plus: It's alien vs. alien when a Xenomorph queen and her hive descend on a dark world?and the native life fights back! Collecting ALIEN ANNUAL (2023) #1 and ALIEN (2023B) #1-4. Rated T+

(W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Danny Earls, Nic Klein (CA) Nic Klein The latest groundbreaking, monstrous era of Incredible Hulk continues! As Eldest's plans draw Hulk ever nearer to Las Vegas, she remembers a time thousands of years ago and the terrible empire she ruled then - until her fateful encounter with the first Hulk, Enkidu, brought it all to ruin and made them enemies forever! Can Eldest use Enkidu's flesh to finally open the Mother of Horrors' Divine Prison, or will the power of the Green Door be too much even for her? Meanwhile, with Bruce Banner seemingly locked away forever inside the Hulkscape, the Hulk reaches Sumanguru's prophesied 'Paradise of Sin': Las Vegas, where Charlie Tidwell's only hope lies with Eldest and the profane cult of skinwalkers who worship her. Will Eldest keep her end of the bargain and resurrect Charlie? And what will Charlie become on the other side? COLLECTING: Incredible Hulk (2023) 15-19 Rated T+