However, they soon encounter the settlers and, after Broken Tusk is incapacitated, change their plans to hunt them instead. Led by a Predator elder, 'Broken Tusk', the Predators arrive expecting to encounter Aliens. On reaching Ryushi, the eggs hatch and infect Rhynths. Confounding the Predator's safeguards, this queen manages to slip an egg containing the seed of another queen into the shipment. On board the Predator ship, the prey are prepared: an Alien queen lays eggs for delivery to Ryushi. Unbeknownst to the colonists, Ryushi is a traditional hunting ground of the Predators, and they are returning for their initiation rites. The settlers on Ryushi raise cattle-like quadrupedal ungulates called rhynth 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. The first Aliens versus Predator centers on Ryushi, a recently colonized planet, and Machiko Noguchi, the Chigusa Corporation's administrator there. However, the films did not follow either the settings or the stories of the original comic series. Predator: Requiem) including a hybrid of a Xenomorph and a Predator. Predator, was made in 2004, with a sequel in 2007 (called Aliens vs. AVP artist and editor Chris Warner is credited with suggesting the concept. Dark Horse also publishes the Aliens and Predator lines of comics.ĪVP is part of the crossover franchise originated and published by Dark Horse Comics.Īccording 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.

Predator (also known as Aliens versus Predator, abbreviated AVP) is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics between 19 on an intermittent basis, written and drawn by various artists. Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) Dark Horse Presents and a set of limited series and graphic novels.Īliens vs. Cover of the trade paperback of the original Aliens versus Predator comic series.

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