The Xenomorph's Shocking Secret: Did Alien: Romulus Just Rewrite History?
The Xenomorph's Terrifying Mystery, Finally Unveiled (Maybe!)
Since the very first Alien movie back in 1979, the Xenomorph has been this ultimate enigma, this cosmic nightmare that uses death to reproduce. It's pure horror—a twisted perversion of life itself that is constantly evolving. The scariest part? We never knew where it came from—until maybe now! Alien: Romulus #1 (by Zac Thompson and Daniel Picciotto; the official prequel comic to the 2024 film) might just have dropped the biggest bomb ever. Get ready, because this article involves spoilers galore! If you’re squeamish about spoiled plot points; please look away now.
The comic picks up after Ripley launches the original Xenomorph (aka “Big Chap”) into space in the first movie. The crew on Renaissance Station—that Weyland-Yutani outpost—decided to check this thing out. That’s bad news. Big Chap gets loose. Massacre ensues. The only survivor is the synthetic Chief Science Officer Rook.
Rook's Horrifying Experiment and the Black Goo Revelation
Before that complete chaos; Rook was busy with some really creepy experiments! He's cloning Big Chap’s DNA; reverse-engineering its life cycle, creating more Facehuggers. Upon dissecting those he discovers that viscous goo; the incubation substance used to create more hosts; creating even more problems. Now that everyone recognizes the Black Goo’s significance, and after discovering its source, this changes a lot about that initial mystery around this slimy substance. This goo might’ve already explained so much throughout the whole Alien franchise: those moments and the mystery behind the Black Goo—might not be quite what it seems!
That Black Goo, first seen in Prometheus (2012) – which created mutated life – the Engineers using it (mixed with their own DNA) to seed and kill off whole civilizations. This is extremely horrifying stuff. Where did the Goo even come from? We never knew, at the time—but the Goo has another source which we soon reveal in this very article.
The Shocking Twist: Did the Xenomorphs Create the Black Goo?
The idea goes this way: The Xenomorphs are FAR older than the Engineers, folks! The Engineers might've discovered the Xenomorphs, and extracted this Black Goo—just like Rook did. Those Engineers then improved this goo for creating and also destroying whole civilizations. That also helps to explain the Praetomorph from Alien: Covenant; David's goo-experiment – this is quite scary, because it becomes nearly identical to the standard Xenomorph; perhaps something that reverted to its original, unrefined, very primal state.
Here's another mind-blowing point, one which recontextualizes much of the previously known events from various films and episodes within that entire saga. The mural discovered by those explorers aboard Prometheus; the incredibly huge painting showing what clearly looks like a Xenomorph. It is rather mysterious! And initially; it felt somewhat pointless after what the sequels showed in Alien: Covenant, implying that David might've created it entirely – or created something completely similar which eventually became that recognizable form! But it isn't a coincidence if the Engineers were able to understand the importance behind extracting that goo; and by associating those things that could become both creation and death with a large mural located where this goo is kept. This entirely changes what they represent.
Are Xenomorphs Interdimensional Beings?
So what created these Xenomorphs? They're ancient, they've spread throughout space; yet what were the origins, initially? Maybe these guys evolved. Or this could possibly be interdimensional origins that could've emerged randomly! It wouldn’t really matter! In fact, it might seem intentional: Those Xenomorphs created, mutated and killed using Black Goo suggests something deliberate.
Another idea makes this thing far more terrifying: those Xenomorphs might be hellish demons crawling from another dimension–the entire Alien universe becoming just another plaything in its destructive campaign and these Engineers accidentally helped by spreading their very effective tools of extermination—a very creepy possibility and totally unexpected connection made possible.
Conclusion: Alien: Romulus Just Rewrote Xenomorph History!
This new comic changed a lot; this changes entirely what many were thinking regarding the history of those creatures, which were completely changed based on a somewhat short comic.
The Xenomorphs could be something way beyond the Black Goo. Those creatures, perhaps something that was intentionally set out to do these very horrific things! Those horrific details are entirely believable and the mysteries around this slimy stuff might actually resolve to be exactly that way – entirely making them much, much more scary. It really adds a far deeper and complex lore and hints that could impact Alien for years to come, changing completely the initial origin of a previously-thought-simple Cosmic Horror. This really reimagines and recontextualizes the Xenomorph’s past – a massive, terrifying, brilliant leap forward in storytelling for one of Sci-fi's most enduring franchises!
