Be it sci-fi, immigration or even artificial intelligence, the concept of "aliens" mirrors how we define fear, fascination and the "others" among us. What springs to mind at the mention of "alien"?

Last year, Marvel Comics released one of its wildest crossovers yet with Aliens vs. Avengers from writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Esad Ribić. In the comic, Miles Morales faced a nightmarish fate ...