They brought with them anti-Xenomorph suits that are not only hulking and chalked full of increasingly deadly weapons, but they are also immune to the Xenomorphs’ acid blood. While this mission is probably one of the most dangerous in any Alien story to date, the Colonial Marines were well-prepared. They’re doing this to extract Royal Jelly from the Queen Mother’s egg sack, as the slime can be refined into a valuable drug.

In Aliens: Genocide #4 by Mike Richardson, John Arcudi, and Damon Willis, a team of Colonial Marines have infiltrated the nest of a Queen Mother on the planet Xenomorph Prime–the homeworld of the aliens. However, the Super Alien is in a class all of its own, both in terms of deadliness and duty, as it has evolved to kill Predators, and other life forms like them. This is true no matter what class of Xenomorph one is talking about. They’re hive-minded, their main objective is to protect the Queen and her Ovomorphs, and they are at their deadliest when they’re in a horde. Other than that, the Xenomorphs have primarily been born from humans, so they all pretty much look and act the same. While there are different classes of Xenomorphs, like the Drone and the Warrior, the only major upgrade fans have seen made to the Xenomorph was in the form of the Predalien, which was born from a Predator host, giving it a hybridized upgrade.

Since the introduction of the Xenomorph, the creature has essentially stayed the same in terms of deadliness and durability, and really only changes depending on its host.

The conflict between Alien’s Xenomorphs and Predator’s Yautja has raged across the universe since the dawn of man, yet both are still introducing newer and deadlier variations of their species, including one that needs to make a comeback: the Super Alien.

The poet connelly