Aliens vs. Predator (comics) explained

Aliens vs. Predator
Limited:Y
Anthology:Dark Horse Presents
Graphicnovel:y
Genre:Horror
Publisher:Dark Horse Comics
Marvel Comics
Date:Dark Horse: 1989–2020
Marvel: 2021–

Aliens vs. Predator (also known as Aliens versus Predator, abbreviated AVP) is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics between 1989 and 2020 on an intermittent basis, written and drawn by various artists. Dark Horse also publishes the Aliens and Predator lines of comics.

AVP is part of the crossover franchise originated and published by Dark Horse Comics.

According to the notes which accompany the first Aliens versus Predator graphic novel, the original idea of combining the Aliens with Predators was the result of a late 1980s brain-storming session between the comic's creators and Dark Horse executives. AVP artist and editor Chris Warner is credited with suggesting the concept.[1] [2] Eventually, a film, Alien vs. Predator, was made in 2004, with a sequel in 2007 (called ) including a hybrid of a Xenomorph and a Predator. However, the films did not follow either the settings or the stories of the original comic series.

Original Aliens vs. Predator comic

The first Aliens versus Predator centers on Ryushi, a recently colonized planet, and Machiko Noguchi, the Chigusa Corporation's administrator there. The settlers on Ryushi raise cattle-like quadrupedal ungulates called for export to other solar systems, and at the time of the story are in the process of assembling a shipment of the native livestock.

Unbeknownst to the colonists, Ryushi is a traditional hunting ground of the Predators, and they are returning for their initiation rites. On board the Predator ship, the prey are prepared: an Alien queen lays eggs for delivery to Ryushi. Confounding the Predator's safeguards, this queen manages to slip an egg containing the seed of another queen into the shipment.

On reaching Ryushi, the eggs hatch and infect . Led by a Predator elder, "Broken Tusk", the Predators arrive expecting to encounter Aliens. However, they soon encounter the settlers and, after Broken Tusk is incapacitated, change their plans to hunt them instead.

Meanwhile, the infected have been loaded aboard a cargo transporter and, with a queen among their number, an Alien colony quickly takes hold. The Predator assault continues to the settler colony itself, and the surviving settlers find themselves pitched between the Aliens and Predators. Broken Tusk, now recovered due to the intervention of a human doctor, sides with Machiko, and together with the cargo ship's crew they arrange for the transporter's massive orbiter to crash into Ryushi and destroy the colony and the Aliens.

In the ensuing fight, Broken Tusk is mortally wounded, but, admiring the courage of his human comrade, "bloods" Machiko with the mark of his clan. The story concludes with Machiko the sole inhabitant of Ryushi, the surviving settlers having been evacuated from the planet. She awaits, and is rewarded with, the return of the Predators and another hunt. One of Broken Tusk's former Predator rivals greets her and, recognizing Broken Tusk's clan symbol, accepts Machiko into the hunt.

Limited series

Crossovers

Other series have thrown extra combatants into the mix in a range of crossovers:

Publications

Aliens vs. Predator was introduced in Dark Horse Presents #36 in February 1990 as a conclusion to a three-part story arc.[3] The two previous issues had separate stories for the two franchises, #34 (November 1989) had an Aliens story and #35 (December 1989) had a Predator story with #36 bringing the two franchises together for the first time.[4] [5]

Collected editions

A number of Aliens vs. Predator trade paperbacks have been published:

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Aliens vs. Predator - The Comic Book . DVD . . 2005.
  2. Web site: The creator of Alien vs Predator looks back on his classic and his new Predator books . Estrella . Ernie . July 27, 2018 . . July 27, 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180727184659/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-creator-of-alien-vs-predator-looks-back-on-his-classic-and-his-new-predator-books . July 27, 2018.
  3. Web site: Dark Horse Presents #36. Grand Comics Database.
  4. Web site: Dark Horse Presents #34. Grand Comics Database.
  5. Web site: Dark Horse Presents #35. Grand Comics Database.
  6. Web site: Deadliest of the Species paperback details . Darkhorse.com . 1996-11-01 . 2011-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705220256/http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=46-527. July 5, 2008. live.
  7. Web site: Deadliest of the Species hardcover details . Darkhorse.com . 1997-06-01 . 2011-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705220804/http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=46-641. July 5, 2008. live.
  8. Web site: Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus Vol. 1 details . Darkhorse.com . 2007-06-13 . 2011-07-19.
  9. Web site: Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus Vol. 2 details . Darkhorse.com . 2007-10-17 . 2011-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080420174049/http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-815. April 20, 2008. live.

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