BOOM! Studios has released the final issue for Alienated. The six-issue series comes from writer Simon Spurrier and illustrator Chris Wildgoose. I’ve personally enjoyed this short series, and all I’ll say before the spoiler warning is that the ending is nice. It may not be my favorite series, but it’s a nice break from some of the others that I read. You can grab a physical copy of Alienated #6 from your local comic shop or get a digital copy from outlets like comiXology.
Samuel is a selfish jerk. He’s so caught up in the fact that no one watches his videos that he becomes all self righteous and murders his mother and Samir in the name of changing the world. It’s ludicrous really. Samantha tries standing up to him, but his bond with Chip is pretty powerful. He beats her up pretty good, but she’s able to get Chip to help her stop Samuel from hurting anyone else. Samuel is one of my least favorite kinds of villains, the entitled brat. It’s heartbreaking that there are people like that. It’s also a stark contrast to what happened when Samir and Samantha got carried away with Chip. They did some pretty bad things, but they realized what they were doing is wrong. Samuel never comes to that realization. Like I said, he becomes absorbed in a self-righteous rationalization.
Well, Chip seemingly traps Samuel in his own mind and Samantha then explains that the alien is free. She stresses being careful and is sad to see him go as anyone would be after becoming so intimately close to another creature.
We then get a nice little epilogue following Samantha. She talks with Chelsea who was put into a coma during this whole mess and we learn that they used to be friends (or at least I forgot that was a thing) and now Chelsea wants to be friends again. Sam agrees and it’s pretty happy. We also learn that Vern got a big break as the people working with Waxy seemingly just jumped ship. In addition, we learn that there’s a little memorial for Samir. Finally, Sam finds some ice cream in her locker which must’ve been left by Chip. Such a sweet ending.
One thing that I really appreciate about the ending for Alienated is that things don’t get reset. In so many other stories, Samir would’ve been brought back after Samuel is stopped. Chip would’ve somehow been able to return everything to how it was. Spurrier and Wildgoose don’t do that here, and it’s very refreshing.