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Fans of theAlienfranchise are distressingly aware of the mistreatment suffer by the character Hicks and Newt in the third instalment of theAlienfilm series – and while fans may have felt rob by their deaths , one comic seriesprovesthat they were , specifically when it comes to Newt .
1992’sAlien 3directed by David Fincher pick up almost forthwith after the events of James Cameron ’s Aliens , with a few horrifying twirl . Aliensends on a high note , the heroes of the film – Ripley , Hicks , and Newt – survive the Xenomorph swarmon the human settlement of Hadley ’s Hope on LV-426 and make their elbow room back to Earth in the safety of their hibernation pods . At the beginning ofAlien 3 , however , it is revealed that a few Facehuggers made their mode onto the ship and caused it to dash after one of them hatch Ripley herself . The outcome was the gruesome and unceremonious deaths of Hicks and Newt , ending their promising plot line within the serial right then and there .
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In the Dark Horse Comics seriesAliensby Mark Verheiden and Mark A. Nelson , fans are thrown into anAlienuniverse unencumbered by the proposed mistakes made byAlien 3while still being set after the events ofAliens . In this series , Hicks is back in the Colonial Marines , though he is something of a pariah due to his facial scars from theacid burn he suffered inAliensas well as because of his fellow shipboard soldier ’ ignorance about the Xenomorphs metal money itself , sparking fear that Hicks contracted some sort of weird virus after form impinging . While Hicks ’ billet does n’t seem ideal , Newt ’s is a far yell worse . Newt has been admitted into a psychiatrical infirmary , one that does n’t in reality care about its patients and only seeks to keep them as docile as possible even if that mean issuing unwanted lobotomies .
At this stage it seems like killing Hicks and Newt off inAlien 3was actually a Robert William Service as it kept them from endure this hellish existence once they returned to Earth , though as the mirthful book serial publication progresses , it becomes clear that that could n’t be further from the truth . Newt and Hicks suffered immense trauma together on Acheron , with the radioactive dust of that experience usher itself as drain scars wear out by Hicks and Newt both physically and mentally . However , when Hicks rescues Newt from the mental facility , they begin their journeying of healing – which is n’t innocent ofclassic Xeno - killing violence . While chawbacon ’ fibre more - or - less reverts back to the badass Colonial Marine fans recognize him as , Newt actually give out through some substantial changes – ones that are n’t unlike the journey Ripley go on herself .
InAliens , Ripley is just as traumatized as Newt is in the mirthful series . Ripley wasthe solitary survivor of a Xenomorphattack only to waken up in a mankind she does n’t acknowledge . Rather than rolling over and go , however , Ripley decide to defend and conquer the subject of her worst nightmares – becoming one of the most iconic Sci - Fi fictitious character to date in the process . Newt does precisely the same matter in this comic . Newt faces off against Xenomorphs and comes out of the office triumphant . In a style , Ripley pass the torch to Newt which allowed theAlienfranchise to evolve and fall the igniter on a whole new champion worthy of fans ’ attention – something that was robbed of the franchise with Newt ’s death in the thirdAlienmovie .
