This week, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes go up against Xenomorphs in Aliens vs. Avengers, the classic Frankenstein movie gets reinterpreted for comics, and DC reprints Superman’s match with Muhammad Ali.

There’s a moment midway through Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus when two unlucky passengers witness the cocoon birth of a fully grown Xenomorph. Its bony claws tear a path out of a wasp-like nest on a ...