As we reach Aliens: Defiance #5, the Defiance storyline is beginning to take shape. Hendricks and Davis 01 have battled aliens, a mutiny, and their own relationships. After receiving a transmission from her former doctor, Hendricks contacts her. Upon discovering a station that is spilling out human and alien bodies, Hendricks and Davis 01 decide to continue their mission.

Despite her bad back, Hendricks puts her focus on the task hand: Breaking into an alien infested space station. There is no good news to be had here as the creatures have found their way into a large space hub. It’s a common stop for personal and commercial ships, for refueling, eating, and resting. Not a great situation for the inhabitants, but an entertaining one for the readers.

With his turn back in rotation, Tristan Jones does not disappoint. There is an almost a Hadley’s Hope feel to this issue, and it is wonderful. The last half of the story is a game changer; I look forward to seeing what happens next. Jones and Brian Woods continue to weave magic.

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For those that read my reviews (a hearty thank you to the regular readers), it is no secret that I can’t stop gushing about this Defiance series. It has been slim pickings in quality for this franchise for seemingly 57 years. FOX had turned the most fearsome movie creature into a horror icon with no meaning. But, Alien Defiance has helped (along with Alien: Isolation) bring the franchise back to where it belongs. Seriously, if you are a fan and have yet to pick this up I don’t know what to tell you at this point.