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Aliens vs. Predator

References
  • Dark Horse Insider V2 #1-14 Randy Stradley, Dark Horse Comics. January 1992-February 1993.
  • Reprinted as DHP #34-36. Dark Horse Comics, 1991. Print.
  • Compiled in Aliens vs. Predator #0, Aliens vs. Predator TPB, AvP Omnibus Vol1, and AvP The Original Comics Series HC 30th-Anniversary Edition(Apr 22 2020)
  • AvP: Prey. Steve Perry, and S. D. Perry. Bantam, May 1994. Print.
dhp34-36

DHP 35: The very first Dark Horse Predator story shows a Yautja aboard their ship winning a duel for the right to hunt on the destination planet. In the text, two unseen characters discuss opposing views of how technology benefits our culture.

DHP 36: The most eagerly-awaited storyline begins in this month's issue of Dark Horse Presents! They are the galaxy's most deadly alien races; now, the time has come for them to meet at last! It's the kiande amedha and Yautja together in one story! The story will then continue in a full-color miniseries coming out next month!

DHP #35-36 Predator cover by Chris Warner.

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Alien vs Predator

References
AvP
  • Alien vs Predator. Randy Stradley. Dark Horse Comics. June-Dec 1990. Print.
  • Reprinted in:
    • Aliens Magazine Vol. 1 #1-11, February-December 1991.
    • Predator (German anthology series) #2-5, March-September 1991.
  • Collected in:
    • Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special (Apr 01, 1991)
    • Aliens vs Predator TPB (Dec 01, 1991)
    • Aliens vs Predator TPB Lmtd Edition (Dec 01, 1992)
    • Dark Horse Classics - Aliens versus Predator (Feb-July 1997)
    • Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus: Volume 1 (June 2007)
    • AvP The Original Comics Series HC 30th-Anniversary Edition(Apr 22 2020)

Issue #0: Originally published in three installments in Dark Horse Presents, this edition collects the blockbuster "prequel" tale written by Randy Stradley and illustrated by Phillip Norwood. This storyline takes place prior to events contained in the Aliens vs. Predator four-issue, full-color series.

Issue #1: Continuing the story begun in the pages of Dark Horse Presents #34-#36, this is it - Dark Horse Comics' most ambitious project to date! The inhabitants of the colony planet Ryushi are peaceful ranchers - men and women who lead simple lives. But their lives are tragically shattered as they become part of a "coming of age" ceremony for that race of deadly alien hunters - the Yautja. However, the Yautja's prey are not the human inhabitants of Ryushi, but rather something far more dangerous - kiande amedha!

Issue #2: The quiet settlement on the planet Ryushi is turned into a battleground as the Yautja clash with the vastly superior numbers of the kiande amedha horde - with the few remaining humans caught in the middle fighting both sides! However, when it becomes apparent that the kiande amedha are winning, the humans and the Yautja are faced with a tough choice: trust each other - or die!

Issue #3: All hell breaks loose as the warring Yautja begin their attack on the kiande amedha brood - with the planet's inhabitants caught right in the middle! Machiko Noguchi has a plan to roust all the invaders, but what can she do alone, with only a gun at her side?

Issue #4: Action is the key word for this final issue of comicdom's best-selling direct-sale comic book series! Machiko Noguchi's only allies against the ever-increasing kiande amedha horde are a lone Yautja and a man on the brink of death!

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AvP: The Hunt

References
AvP
  • AvP: The Hunt. Peter Briggs, 1991. Script.

Briggs was the first person to undertake the project of writing an AvP movie, set in the future and involved the Colonial Marines. It was ultimately rejected and not revisited until Paul W. S. Anderson picked it up. Anderson's new script was completely different and modeled on the AvP comic.

The script is available to read in HorrorLair.

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AvP: The Surviving Game

References
Surviving Game
  • AvP: The Surviving Game. John Galántai Arpad (under pseudonym Damien Forrestal), 1993. Print.
  • This is an unauthorized AvP novel published in Hungary.
  • A direct sequel to 2017 - Dead Heat in New York

The story concerns Chigusa Holdings, a company contracted to transport vast quantities of waste off of Earth to be dumped onto other, uninhabited planets. After responding to a distress call from a human colony, the ship's crew encounter the kiande amedha , as well as the Yautja that are hunting them. Into this situation comes Dutch Schaefer, the last survivor of the 1987 incursion with Jungle Hunter.

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AvP: Deadliest of the Species

References
Deadliest Species
  • AvP: Deadliest of the Species. Chris Claremont, Eduardo Barreto. Dark Horse Comics, Dec 1993-Jan 1994. Print.
  • AvP: Deadliest of the Species GN. Dark Horse Comics, Nov 1996. Print.
  • Compiled in AvP Omnibus Volume 2
  • The comic is a continuation of elements Aliens: Renegade, which served as a build-up to Deadliest of the Species.
  • The future military organization known as Strikeforce also appears in Aliens: Xenogenesis.

In a skyliner high above the kiande amedha-contaminated Earth (as seen in Aliens: Outbreak), Caryn Delacroix can't sleep. Terrifying images of pursuit, disfigurement, and bloody death have invaded her peaceful dreams and her safe and privileged world. But they're only nightmares... Or are they? The beautiful trophy-consort of corporate magnate Lucien Delacroix soon discovers that nightmares do come true, and that there are fates worse than death, as a Yautja comes to call.

Far from her sheltered, affluent existence in the sky as the trophy-wife of a corporate magnate, Caryn Delacroix now finds herself playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as she is stalked by the fearsome Yautja. But is this real - or just a lethal virtual reality scenario constructed by the mysterious super-computer, TOY? Unfortunately, Caryn doesn't have time to figure out the answer, as she's too busy scrambling for her life! And as if the Yautja weren't enough of a threat, in her bid for escape Caryn comes face-to-face with... an kiande amedha horde!

Safely back in her deluxe home in the skies, Caryn Delacroix is plagued by nightmares in which Yautja and kiande amedha abound, all of them intent on destroying her. The problem is, the nightmares are proving to be "Virtually Real"!

Caryn Delacroix discovers that she's been lied to, and the Yautja she assumed was a figment of her own tortured imagination is quite real - and being held captive on board her husband's skyliner. In a desperate bid for escape, the Yautja forces Caryn to choose between her safe home in the skies versus an uneasy alliance with the fearsome creature.

With an ailing Yautja in tow, trophy wife Caryn Delacroix leaves the many deceptions of her former sheltered life behind, only to fall into the hands of rogues scheming to kidnap and sell her on the black market.

While Caryn Delacroix is forced to undergo another genetic transformation at the hands of kidnappers who intend to sell her on the black market, the Yautja makes life rough for the other inhabitants of Space Station Samara. However, everyone is in for some pretty "Rude Awakenings" when they discover that one of the space station's inhabitants is an Queen!

Sometimes the choice between the lesser of two evils is no choice at all. Caryn Delacroix, having escaped the black-market profiteers, takes off in a Thelma-and-Louise-style T-bird through the corridors of Space Station Samara in search of her sometime ally, the Yautja. Will he be her savior, or her assassin? All this, and the pseudo-kiande amedha TecSeks, too!

Trapped in an kiande amedha nest on Samara Station, trophy wife Caryn Delacroix fights for her life and identity against the raging memories trapped inside her genetically perfect body and the former allies who want her dead. TecSeks, kiande amedha-killer robots, are loose inside the poorly defended station, already overwhelmed by its search for a Yautja, which means no back-up for the others trapped in the Hive. To save them, Caryn prepares herself for the ultimate sacrifice...

Trapped in an kiande amedha Hive deep in the heart of Space Station Samara, Caryn Delacroix and the team of soldiers sent to hunt her have one way out - the Preator ship in which Caryn came to the station. In a station without gravity, rapidly losing all atmosphere, all that lies between them and freedom is a vicious horde of kiande amedha-killer robots, and one cranky mother kiande amedha. Will Caryn's strange transformation be their salvation or their death?

On their way to find the source of the deadly TecSek raid that decimated Samara Station with a Queen on board, the transformed Caryn Delacroix and the Yautja "Big Mama" put the other humans through the deadliest training they will ever face - a series of brutal tests designed to turn them into the fiercest hunters in the universe. What happens when humans become Yautja?

Caryn Delacroix is lost in a virtual world with her arch rival, Bobby DeMatier. Jumping from the old west to distant planets to the crime-ridden streets of 1920s America, they are locked in a battle for possession of TOY, the living computer that controls the SkyLiner spacecraft and the architect of their dreams. Elsewhere on the ship, Shirow and DeMedici search for the cause of the kiande amedha takeover. As the clues unravel, their suspicions lead them to a betrayal that is closer than they'd like it to be. All this, plus the debut of a brand-new kiande amedha hybrid!

Something evil is lurking the corridors of SkyLiner Liberté, leaving death and carnage in its wake. Caryn and her band of Yautja believe it's an kiande amedha Hive, but they're gonna find out they're wrong. Dead wrong.

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AvP: Blood Time

References
Blood Time
  • DHC #25. 1994. Dark Horse, Print.
  • Compiled in Predator Omnibus: Vol.2

On the remote planet Ryushi, a small ranching community becomes an unwilling participant in a deadly ritual: extraterrestrial Predators have seeded Ryushi with Alien eggs in order to create the ultimate hunt.

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AvP: The Hydra Factor

References
Hydra
  • Aliens vs Predator: The Hydra Factor. Szemerey Thomas (under pseudonym Damien Forrestal), 1994. Print.
  • This is an unauthorized AvP novel published in Hungary.
  • A direct sequel to 2017 - Dead Heat in New York

The novel links the events of the many of the previous Alien and Predator films together, explaining that they were the result of the Yautja setting traps for humans and introducing them to the kiande amedha, before going on to cover the creature's latest trap for humanity.

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AvP Hunter's Planet

References
Hunter Planet
  • David Bischoff. Hunter's Planet. Bantam, December 1994. Print.

The best time of Machiko Noguchi Naguchi's life came in the wake of the Ryushi colony massacre. It was then that she abandoned her human heritage and ran with the Yautja as a dedicated Hunter. But it was only two years before she returned to live with humanity and work for the Chigusa Corporation.

Livermore Evanston is an ambitious developer who has built the ultimate hunter's paradise: a world just beyond the reach of human regulations, populated by ferociousm genetically engineered animals. But Evanston didn't plan on being patronized by the galaxy's most ruthless Yautja - or the kiande amedha they brought along as prey. As his human customers fall victim to the unsceduled hunt, Evanston realizes that the Yautja must be curbed, and there's only one woman for the job. But there's even more to this world than meets the eye, and Machiko Noguchi may only have one way out: to take complete control of the deadliest planet in known space!

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AvP: Blood Time

References
dhc25
  • DHC #25 Randy Stradley, Sept 1994. Dark Horse, Print.
  • Collected in AvP War TPB and AvP Omnibus vol1.

DHC #25 Cover #1 AvP pencils by Paul Mendoza

Also in this issue, Randy Stradley and Phill Norwood bring you "Aliens vs. Predator: Blood Time," a violent glimpse into alien rites of passage. The price of failure is death!

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AvP: Duel

References
duel
  • AvP: Duel. Randy Stradley, Dark Horse Comics, Mar-Apr 1995. Print.

#1: The violent clash of kiande amedha against Yautja left the planet Ryushi a desolate wasteland. But now, years later, a mysterious alien beacon beams a distress signal from the supposedly abandoned world. When Marine ship Brilliant responds to the call for aid, they step neck deep into disaster!

#2: It's hard enough going toe-to-toe with the kiande amedha, even if you are the toughest Marine hombres around. But throw in a batch of fresh Yautja, and the only solution to this dilemma will have you wiping blood from your goggles for the next week!

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AvP: War

References
AvP War
  • Aliens: Predator War. Randy Stradley, Dark Horse. May-Aug 1995. Print.
  • Aliens: Predator War. SD Perry, Bantam, December 1999. Print.
  • AvP War TPB collects AvP: Blood Time (DHC #25), AvP: Duel 1-2, and AvP: War 0-4.
  • These events take place in between Prey and Hunter's Planet.
  • Characters from Aliens: Berserker appear in AvP: War and AvP: Three World War.

Sometimes reeling-in the catch of your life can mean the end of your life. Machiko Noguchi, the last survivor of the colony on Ryushi, is journeying aboard a massive Yautja ship when a freshly caught Queen snaps her tethers, destroying all in her path. Unfortunately for her, Machiko Noguchi is in that path.

First blood or last breath. Those are the only choices! The Yautja converge on the seed planet, Bunda, for the biggest bug hunt yet, each taking position to draw first blood. Machiko Noguchi, and now a full-fledged member of the Yautja clan, is forced into a duel in order to claim her rightful place in the upcoming hunt. When a new group of humans shows up, including the three survivors from the end of Aliens: Berserker, what began as sport becomes serious business.

The quick death of a fractured spine, or the extended agony of birthing a Chestburster. If you had your choice, which would it be? Find out how a band of displaced humans deals with this dilemma. Loose ends begin to tie together.

kiande amedha and Yautja: two deadly species fighting for domination of an otherwise abandoned world. What they did not count on was the added confrontation of the deadliest species of all... the species known as humans! Guns are pumped, knives are wrapped, and claws are sharpened in preparation for the all-out battle for the planet Bunda! Three bloodthirsty armies prepare themselves for an all-out WAR!

War is all about lines, the kind you draw between your enemies and your allies. Those lines become blurred. Machiko Noguchi has abandoned her Yautja allies and joined the human survivors on Bunda. Perhaps she will reconsider her position when the humans find themselves caught between the ultimate in rocks and hard places! It is the final battle of this all-out war, with the kiande amedha on one side and Yautja on the other, and the out-manned humans hang their only hopes on a fearsome and uncontrollable suit of MAX berserker armor!

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AvP: Booty

References
booty
  • AvP: Booty. Barbara Kesel, Dark Horse, Jan 1996. Print.
  • Collected in Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus: Volume 2, October 2007.

The USCM — or people posing to be them — have captured a live Queen! But when pirate Yautja attack the Marines, even the toughest fighters in the galaxy might not be able to hold on to her! Enter Evie, Shel, and Norley, three ordinary, if well-armed, human beings who get caught in the ensuing crossfire. By the time they realize that they're really just extras in the big battle scene, it may be too late to escape from the savagery of either the kiande amedha or the Yautja!

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Aliens: Hive

References
Hive
  • Aliens: Hive. Dark Horse Comics / Kenner, 1998. Unpublished. Print.

Aliens: Hive Wars was a 1998 line of action figures produced by Kenner Products and sold exclusively by Kay Bee Toys. Despite its title, it included Yautja and Marine characters, each of which was loosely based on those seen in the films.

The Aliens Hive Planet- a new Yautja hunting ground for deadly kiande amedha! The heroic Marines, a team of Cyborg-tech warriors (amongst them Hicks and Integer3), have volunteered to destroy the kiande amedha menace before the entire universe is demolished. It's the galaxy's last chance for survival as the vicious kiande amedha, ferocious Yautja and fearless Marines clash in the ultimate battle of domination!

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AvP: Eternal

References
Eternal
  • AvP: Eternal 1-4. Ian Edginton. Dark Horse Comics, June-Sept 1998. Print.
  • AvP: Eternal TPB. Dark Horse Comics, September 08, 1999. Print.
  • This story compiled in AvP Omnibus: Vol.1 and AvP: Eternal TPB

In an opulent city of the future, a mysterious techno-baron controls the fate of the world. Yet, with his vast riches and power, the black-clad figure known as Nor cannot stop the hand of death. Or can he? His thoughts are consumed by his latest discovery: a crash-landed Yautja ship. It is his belief that the Yautja hold the key to eternal life. Even if he stands before the answers he seeks, is he willing to go through the Yautja' deadly kiande amedha cargo to get it?

Becka Shaw is a talented reporter. Her one flaw? She does not know when to quit. When kiande amedha appear in a Hong Kong-style city, it is a safe bet that her flaw may prove fatal. On field assignment in Africa, she was reporting on a political uprising. Her journalistic sense uncovered a strange trail of clues. Like a moth to a flame, Becka cannot resist breaking the story of a lifetime. No more than Yautja can resist hunting the galaxy's deadliest killing machines.

kiande amedha loose in a futuristic city causing mayhem and bloodshed is one thing. When they are pursued by Yautja, the fiercest hunters in the galaxy, things quickly go from bad to worse. One of the people caught in the middle is Becka Shaw, devil-may-care journalist and all-around trouble magnet. The other is Nor, techno-baron with a dark past. Becka won't let anyone get in the way of her story. Nor won't let anything stand between him and the secrets to immortality that the Yautja hold. When these two clash, it might be the kiande amedha and Yautja that run for cover!

Journalist Becka McBride and mystery man Gideon Lee finally come face to face - though not in the way you'd expect. But there's still the matter of kiande amedha running around the sewers and subways. As Lee, Becka, and hired mercenary, Cabot, prepare for a final hunt, they know a band of Yautja is waiting in the shadows to take on whoever is left standing.

There are several continuity contradictions in this report.

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Witchblade/Aliens/Darkness/Predator: Overkill

References
Witchblade/Darkness
  • Witchblade/Aliens/Darkness/Predator: Overkill 1-2. Paul Jenkins, Top Cow/Dark Horse Comics, Nov-Dec 1999. Print.

Sara Pezzini's hometown New York City is being visited by some very unexpected guests. It seems kiande amedha may be looking for a place to hatch their Ovomorphs. Jackie Estacado also seems to be looking for something, although what it is, we aren't quite sure of yet. With such powerful forces at the same location, the Yautja is sure to be on the hunt for one or all of them as prey.

It's every man, woman and Darkling for themselves as Detective Pezzini and Jackie Estacado confront the mysterious alien force stalking them through the city. The tension grows as high as the body count as Sara and Jackie try to reign in the Yautja and its kiande amedha sidekick before it can rip out their respective skulls and put them on the mantelpiece. Join the Witchblade and the Darkness in a modern day retelling of the battle at Rourke's Drift! This is a comic to be hidden from granny, unless you're planning on cleaning up on the insurance.

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AvP: Xenogenesis

References
Xenogenesis
  • AvP: Xenogenesis 1-4. Andi Watson, Dark Horse Comics, Dec 1999 - Mar 2000. Print.
  • AvP: Xenogenesis compiled in AvP Omnibus: Vol.2

Part of a crossover with Predator: Xenogenesis and AvPXenogenesis.

Andi Watson and Mel Rubi kick it up a notch - and AvP will never be the same!!! A girl named Charley is doing time on a prison colony. Her boyfriend Elliot has a step-mom in The Company who's willing to get Charley out of stir... for a price. All Charley and Elliott have to do is pull a heist at a rival company's research complex. Simple, until a certain dreadlocked hunter from space frees the research. And you get just one guess as to what that "research" is.

Charley and Elliott located the deadly "research" being conducted by a rival to The Company, and now they're trapped inside the complex! When a Yautja comes to free and hunt this captive kiande amedha, Charley and Elliott might have a ticket out of this mess... if they're not casualties of the crossfire.

It's all just one big mess! Charley and Elliott survive an attack by kiande amedha and reach the safe containing the prized kiande amedha Ovomorphs. Too bad someone or something got to it first! Problem is, Charley and Elliott's employer won't give them the security codes to get out of the complex until they've completed their mission. What's worse? A particularly creative Yautja has turned the entire complex into a hunter's maze!

With kiande amedha overrunning the secret complex, the remaining people trapped inside are in the middle of a deadly cat-and-mouse game between the creatures and the ultimate hunter the Yautja! And Charley and Elliot are in the most dangerous predicament of all even if they survive the kiande amedha, they've been chosen as the Yautja' new prey! What began as a simple mission of corporate piracy has turned into a horrific battle for survival!

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AvP Annual #1

References
AvP Annual
  • AvP Annual #1. Dark Horse Comics, July 07 1999. Print
  • Old Secrets appears in AvP Omnibus: Vol.1
  • Hell-Bent, Pursuit, Lefty's Revenge, Chained to Life and Death compiled in AvP Omnibus: Vol.2

When Aliens vs. Predator first appeared, it shattered sales records. Now, the magic is back with this super-sized special, featuring five stories written and drawn by some of the best Aliens and Predator artists! For the first time, the top AvP drawing talent has the opportunity to tell their stories, their way. This Annual also features pinups by surprise guest artists. Don't miss out on this ultimate showdown!

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AvP: The Web

References
Web
  • DHP #146-147. Ian Edington, Derek Thompson and Brian O'Connell. Dark Horse Comics, Sept 1999. Print.
  • Compiled in AvP Omnibus: Vol.1

Alien vs Predator Cover: David Michael Beck.

The starship Herakles is on a collision course with the galaxy's two deadliest species in AvP: The Web.

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Witchblade / Aliens / Darkness / Predator: Mindhunter

References
Mindhunter
  • Witchblade / Aliens / Darkness / Predator: Mindhunter 1-3. David Quinn. Top Cow / Dark Horse Comics, Dec 2000 - Feb 2001. Print.
  • Witchblade / Aliens / Darkness / Predator: Mindhunter TPB. Top Cow / Dark Horse Comics, Aug 29 2001. Print.

Jackie Estacado, possessor of the mysterious malevolent force known as the Darkness, and Sara Pezzini, wielder of the Witchblade, survived their first bloody skirmish with kiande amedha and Yautja. Now begins an even stranger, more horrific nightmare as the war continues in a way our Earthbound heroes have never imagined. To survive, they must cut through a shroud of illusory violence and bottomless time. If they can't find a way to prevail in this wild, new arena, they will be responsible for the end of human life on Earth!

Jackie Estacado and Sara Pezzini, a team already on unsteady ground, find themselves pushed beyond their limits. Each with hunting and survival skills honed beyond that of a normal human, the mob hitman and urban detective are unprepared for the challenge they now face. Ripping through the mysterious false reality imposed upon them (issue #1), they discover that they've been abducted and imprisoned on a huge, living spacecraft high in Earth orbit, an ever-changing prison ship controlled by the mind of a madman. Their fellow inmates? Swarms of kiande amedha, legions of Yautja, and acidic fear. It's a grudge match in floating hell!

It's the final gauntlet of the ultimate big budget action movie on paper! Jackie (The Darkness) Estacado and Sara (Witchblade) Pezzini have unravelled the mystery of the Mindhunt - but now they must make a last stand for all humanity. They're trapped aboard a shuttlecraft hurtling toward Earth, but they are not alone. Fighting by their side is one mean mutha of a Yautja with the power of the Witchblade! It'll take all three "heroes" to stop the unspeakable horror of an kiande amedha-Darkness hybrid!

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AvP vs. Terminator

References
Terminator
  • AvP vs. Terminator 1-4. Mark Schultz. Dark Horse Comics, April - June 2000. Print.
  • AvP vs. Terminator TPB. Dark Horse Comics, May 30, 2001. Print.

In the year 2032, John Connor and the human resistance forces wage war on the evil super-computer, Skynet. Sensing ultimate defeat, Skynet goes into hiding. Centuries later, it is awakened by stealth Terminators posing as human scientists. Now an even deadlier Skynet is creating invincible Terminator/kiande amedha hybrids! Earth's only chance lies in the hands of a legendary heroine named Ripley and... the Yautja?! Even this ancient hunter race understands that Skynet threatens all life in the universe. Plus, they love a good fight!

It's Ellen Ripley and Annalee Call against the ultimate nightmare killing machine: a Terminator-kiande amedha hybrid! How can such a horrible thing exist? The answer may lurk in the memory of the destroyed Terminator named Trollenberg, or in the guiding voice of a savior who lived centuries ago - John Connor! And the Yautja? They continue a mysterious agenda that happens to include hijacking Ripley. All this, and a plot to resurrect Skynet! Fasten your gravity drive safety harness - it's going to be a bumpy ride!

The deadly Terminator-kiande amedha hybrids are getting closer and closer to Los Alamos 235 and to the ability to reproduce themselves. Meanwhile, Ripley is being held on board a Yautja ship and is about to undergo a little exploratory surgery. Be there as three of the greatest ass-kickers in sci-fi continue to duke it out - with humanity stuck in the middle!

This is the cataclysmic, atom-smashing climax to end all climaxes, as kiande amedha, Yautja, Terminators and humans collide... with all of the future as the prize! No one, no thing walks away from this one unscarred; after years (centuries, actually) of victimization and horror, will Ripley regain control of her life? She may come out on top of the kiande amedha, Yautja, and Terminators, but don't bet on a "happy" ending!

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Alien vs Predator

References
AvP
  • Alien vs Predator. 20th Century Fox, Aug 6, 2004. Movie.
  • Alien vs Predator: Unrated Director's Cut. 20th Century Fox, Nov 22 2005. DVD.
  • AVP: Alien vs. Predator: Novelization. Cerasini, Marc A., Paul W. S. Anderson, and Shane Salerno. Harper Entertainment, 2004. Print.

When the wealthy and ambitious Charles Bishop Weyland funds an expedition to Antarctica in 2004, he hopes to find a mysterious source of heat that has been detected. Led by a tough guide, Alexa Woods, Weyland and his team uncover a pyramid, but they also find malevolent parasitic kiande amedha. Making matters worse, another extraterrestrial species, the Yautja, arrive to hunt the other kiande amedha, with the humans caught in the middle of the conflict.

No matter who wins, we lose.

Note: The Peter Weyland origin contradicts the Charles Bishop Weyland origin (Prometheus, Alien vs. Predator).

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AvP: Thrill of the Hunt

References
Thrill Hunt
  • AvP: Thrill of the Hunt Mike Kennedy, September 01 2004. Dark Horse.

In the farthest reaches of space, a creature terrified us. Acid blood. Armored skin. Razor-sharp teeth. No mercy. In the depths of a rain forest, another creature hunted us. Perfect camouflage. Fearsome weapons. Brutal methods. No conscience. In 2004, these monsters clashed on Earth in the greatest battle the universe has ever known. But far in the future, long after a technological catastrophe that started a second Dark Age, all memory of these two species has been forgotten. And when Mankind again reaches for the stars, we will discover that, truly, those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Once again, Man is caught in the middle of a deadly struggle.

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AvP: Panel to Panel

References
Panel to Panel
  • AvP: Panel to Panel. Dark Horse Comics, Jun 07 2006. Print.

Two extraterrestrial species have haunted - and hunted - mankind throughout history: one a parasitic killing machine that uses humans as unwilling hosts for its lethal offspring, the other a relentless stalker that uses otherworldly stealth technology and weaponry to take men as grisly trophy kills. For over two decades, Dark Horse Comics has catalogued these terrifying contacts, harnessing the talents of a virtual who's who list of comics, science-fiction, and fantasy illustrators to bring these tales to life. And now, one deluxe volume gathers all the best of these visual horrors into one arena.

Aliens/Predator Panel to Panel showcases page after page of some of the most compelling artworks ever seen in graphic fiction, stunning visions by John Bolton, Dave Dorman, Mark Schultz, Richard Corben, Mike Mignola, Doug Wheatley, Arthur Suydam, Mark A. Nelson, Alex Maleev, Den Beauvais, Glenn Fabry, Jon Foster, David Michael Beck, Sam Keith, Doug Mahnke, and many, many more.

Aliens/Predator Panel to Panel is an absolute must for any Aliens, Predator, and Alien vs. Predator collection as well as for science-fiction and fantasy art enthusiasts.

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AvP: Superman / Batman

References
Superman Batman
  • AvP: Superman / Batman 1-2. Mark Schultz, DC/Dark Horse Comics, Jan-Feb 2007. Print.
  • Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator TPB. May 2007. Print.
  • Collected in DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Aliens TPB in April 2016.

They're back! The relentless killing machines known as kiande amedha and the unstoppable race of hunters called Yautja have returned to Earth. But saying "they're back" isn't quite accurate - Batman discovers that the two races, sealed away from the human population, have been here all along! Can he and Superman get them off our world before they threaten the planet's existence?

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AvP: Deadspace

References
Deadspace
  • AvP: Deadspace Vol 1 Dark Horse. March 2008.

Mini-comic included with Best Buy DVD of AVP: Requiem. Also includes a gallery of AvP pin-ups by various artists.

A two-man salvage crew board a damaged human ship, only to wind up stumbling into the last part of a vicious battle between kiande amedha and Yautja, who have already killed countless humans in the cross-fire.

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AvP: Requiem

References
AvP Requiem
  • AvP: Requiem. 20th Century Fox, Apr 15 2008. Movie.
  • AvP: Requiem. 2007. Print.

Citizens of Gunnison, Colorado, are caught up in the crossfire in 2004 when a lone Yautja and the kiande amedha bring their longstanding conflict to Earth. It is the Yautja's mission to wipe out all traces of the kiande amedha infestation from Earth, no matter who gets in the way.

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AvP Omnibus Volume 1

References
[AVP Omnibus]
  • AvP Omnibus Volume 1. Dark Horse Comics, June 13 2007. Print
  • Collecting:
    • Aliens Vs Predator
    • Blood Time (AvP War #0)
    • Duel
    • War
    • Eternal
    • The Web (DHP 146-147)
    • Old Secrets (AVP: Annual)
    • The Web (DHP #146-#147).

Humankind's two ultimate nightmares come together in mortal combat, and whoever wins-we lose. On the remote planet Ryushi, a small ranching community becomes an unwilling participant in a deadly ritual: extraterrestrial Yautja have seeded Ryushi with Ovomorphs in order to create the ultimate hunt. What the Yautja do not know is that an Queen Ovomorph is amongst those they have sent as potential hunting stock.

When the Yautja arrive, the hunters become the hunted amidst a monumental swarm of kiande amedha, and they may need to turn to the very same humans they regard as little more than potential trophies to give them any hope of survival.

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AvP Omnibus Volume 2

References
[AVP Omnibus]

Humankind's most lethal adversaries battle for supremacy, and whoever wins--we lose. In a sky-liner high above the kiande amedha-contaminated earth, Caryn Delacroix cannot sleep. Terrifying images of pursuit, disfigurement, and bloody death have invaded her peaceful dreams in her safe and privileged world. They are only nightmares . . . or are they? The beautiful trophy-consort of corporate magnate Lucien Delacroix soon discovers-that nightmares do come true and there are fates worse than death-when a Yautja comes to call.

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Weyland-Yutani Archives

References
AvP Requiem
  • AvP: Requiem - Weyland-Yutani Archives. 20th Century Fox. Blu-ray Bonus Feature. 2008.

Presented in the form of a classified Weyland-Yutani report, the Weyland-Yutani Archives provide a wide range of background information on the kiande amedha and Yautja, including their biology, society and, in the case of the latter, technology.

The archives are a database of text articles presented in the form of a technical report prepared by Weyland-Yutani personnel following experimentation and study conducted by the company's scientists.

The articles cover a range of subjects related to the kiande amedha and Yautja creatures, focusing in particular on the complex biology of the former and the advanced weaponry and technology of the latter. The majority of the information is based on what is shown in the films of the Alien, Predator and Alien vs. Predator franchises, although some entries, particularly those examining the Yautja, are based on information from the expanded universe comic books and novels from Dark Horse Comics and Bantam Books, respectively. Other articles are more theoretical and expansive in nature. Several of the entries are accompanied by 3D digital renderings and/or clips from the then-extant films of the franchise that provide visual examples of the subject matter being covered.

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AVP-R: Preparing for War

References
AvP Requiem
  • Prepare for War: The Making of AVP:R. 2008. Documentary.

A 15min overview of the making of Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem).

This featurette is found on the R1 Extreme Unrated Edition and the R2 Ultimate Combat Edition DVDs of Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.

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AvP Civilized Beasts

References
Civilized Beasts
  • AvP Civilized Beasts. Mike Kennedy, Dark Horse Comics, April 23, 2008. Print.

The new world was an unspoiled frontier perfect for colonization, a virtual paradise of boundless beauty and limitless resources, untouched by human hands . . . but not untouched, as the unsuspecting colonists soon discovered. Now marooned on a planet infested with the deadliest kiande amedha species ever encountered, the colonists learn firsthand the Law of the Jungle: adapt or become extinct. And a little helping hand couldn't hurt, inexplicably provided by the selfsame Yautja who destroyed the colonists' ship and made them prisoners in paradise. Are these extraterrestrial hunters actually showing sympathy for the humans' plight, or do they have something even more monstrous in mind?

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AvP: Three World War

References
3worldwar

AvPThree World War ties together story threads introduced in the 1989 AvP series and new Aliens and Predator story lines, setting the stage for the most epic AvP brawl ever imagined.

Issue #1: A centuries-old interstellar conflict threatens humanity's very existence as a long-lost Yautja clan stakes its claim for galactic dominance, intent on exterminating its rival clan, the selfsame trophy hunters who have plagued Earth's history and every world they have touched. And if the advanced technology and military precision of this new threat weren't enough, they have an even more terrifying weapon at their disposal -- kiande amedha, weaponized and under their malefic control. This puts earth-men in the dangerous position of parlaying with the same alien warriors who have relentlessly hunted them, and who better to carry out the negotiations than Machiko Noguchi, the only human known to have spent time alongside the Hunters.

Issue #2: Machiko Noguchi is the only human known to have lived among the extraterrestrial hunters known as Yautja -- and she's had plenty of up-close-and-personal experience with another deadly, otherworldly life form, the xenomorph kiande amedha, hunting the beasts alongside her Yautja hosts. Machiko Noguchi thought those days were long past, but now a long-lost rival clan of warlike Yautja has emerged, using specially bred kiande amedha as weapons, and both Yautja and humans are threatened. Now, Machiko Noguchi must again don her Yautja armor and negotiate a possible alliance with the very same race that made trophies of humans for centuries. And when you "negotiate" with Yautja, there will be blood!

Issue #3: Against her better judgment, Machiko Noguchi is back with the Yautja, trying to forge a coalition between the clan that once accepted her and a strike force of USCM. But it's an uneasy alliance at best as neither side understands the motives or mores of the other. Every gesture is a challenge, every altercation an invitation to battle. But the real battle is yet to come-against a rogue clan of warlike Yautja with an army of kiande amedha under their control. It is said that no plan survives contact with the enemy, but Machiko Noguchi's plan can barely stand up to her allies!

Issue #4: This time it's war! The forces of the shaky alliance between the "hunter" Yautja and USCM hits the beachhead established on the former colony world of Caparis VII by the enemy Yautja clan and the kiande amedha warriors under their control. No quarter is asked, and none is given as the Marines and the Hunters intend to destroy their foes, and the kiande amedha and their Yautja masters are fighting for their lives. But as the attack unfolds, Machiko Noguchi suspects that the allies have made a fateful blunder-and no one in command will listen to her warning!

Issue #5: Whoever said "War is Hell" didn't know the half of it. The USCM and their Yautja allies look to take the fight to the enemy Yautja and the kiande amedha horde they control -- but the daunting numbers of the bug swarm may be more than human and hunter can overcome. Their last hope may lie in the synthetic hands of the android David Sereda, who discovers the enemy's bug hatchery and a secret that may stem the deadly kiande amedha tide -- if he can survive long enough to tell the tale!

Issue #6: With the enemy Yautja clan and their murderous legion of kiande amedha war slaves ready to close the book once and for all on the alliance of Human and Yautja, the USCM and "Hunter" Yautja mount a desperate offensive behind enemy lines to unleash the one surprise element that could even the odds and win the day. But humans should never make the mistake that "the enemy of my enemy" can be counted on as a true friend, and with each Hunter packing a fissile self destruct, could this courageous assault really be nothing more than a nuclear suicide mission?

TPB: A long-lost Yautja clan stakes its claim for galactic dominance, intent on exterminating its rival clan, the self-same trophy hunters who have plagued Earth's history. And if the advanced technology and military precision of this new threat weren't enough, they have an even more terrifying weapon--a horde of kiande amedha under their malefic control. Earthmen must now side with the warriors who have relentlessly hunted them, but is the enemy of my enemy my friend or just another enemy waiting for its turn to strike?

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AvP: Forced Chase

References
Forced
  • AvP: Forced Chase. Ren Wargner, 2012. Print.
  • This is an unauthorized AvP novel published in Hungary.

The book is an adaptation of the video game Aliens versus Predator 2. On LV-1201, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation has set up an extensive research facility designed to study the kiande amedha and other extraterrestrial life that is abundant there. However, a containment failure unleashes the kiande amedha on the complex, drawing both the Yautja and the United States Colonial Marine Corps into a fierce three-way battle for survival.

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Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus and Other Stories

References
[Judge Dredd]
  • Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus and Other Stories. Dark Horse / 2000 AD. Oct 8 2014. Print.
  • Stories Included
    • Predator versus Judge Dredd
    • Judge Dredd versus Aliens: Incubus

Dark Horse and 2000 AD team up to bring you a collection of the classic stories Predator versus Judge Dredd and Judge Dredd versus Aliens in one handsome hardcover. It's up to Dredd to keep innocent blood out of the gutters of Mega-City One as he holds off the universe's most efficient killing machines.

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AvP Fire and Stone

References
Fire Stone
  • Aliens: Fire and Stone. Dark Horse Comics, 2015. Print.

Fire and Stone is a crossover with:

As the mercenary crew of the Perses leave the horror of LV-223 behind them, one passenger reveals a terrible new danger, and the crew soon find themselves in a deadly struggle between predator and prey!

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AvP: Armageddon

References
Armageddon
  • AvP: Armageddon (The Rage War #3). Titan Books, Sept 26 2016. Print.

The Rage launch the ultimate assault on the Human Sphere. Their greatest weapons are the most fearsome creatures in the galaxy—the kiande amedha.

Their ultimate target is Earth. Having fled centuries before, the Rage return to take revenge and claim the planet for their own. Now through a deal struck with the unlikeliest of allies, the human race may rely on the Yautja to ensure mankind’s ultimate freedom. Yet even the combined might of the two races may not be enough. The fate of the Earth may rest with a single android—Liliya of the Rage.

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Complete Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus Volume1

References
Omnibus
  • Complete Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus. Titan Books, Nov 28 2016. Print.
  • Collecting
    • Prey
    • Hunter's Planet
    • War

Contains three classic, previously published Alien vs Predator novels: Prey, Hunter’s Planet and War. Machiko Noguchi accepted the supervision of the Ryushi ranching colony as a challenge. Little did she know that soon she would defend it with her life. First the carcass of a spider-like alien is discovered. Then a rancher’s family is massacred. It soon becomes clear that two strains of alien life have landed near the settlement of Prosperity Wells. One kind has been spawned as the prey in a deadly hunt. The other is the Yautja.

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Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens

References
[Judge Dredd]
  • Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens. Dark Horse / 2000 AD / IDW Comics, July 2016 - July 2017. Print.
  • Collected in Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Splice and Dice TPB on October 4, 2017.
  • This serves as a sequel story to all of the previous Judge Dredd crossovers

The ultimate science-fiction crossover pits the legendary lawman Judge Dredd against the universe's supreme hunters, the Yautja, as they both try to survive an onslaught by the galaxy's ultimate killing machines, the kiande amedha!

Want to make apocalypse stew? Throw in four Judges, one insane genetic scientist, a smattering of emoji-based cultists, a dash of Yautja, and a pinch of essence of Xenomorph, mix, and retreat to the nearest bunker. In this issue, Dredd follows a criminal cult leader into the Alabama Morass. A crew of Yautja arrives on Earth to rescue a kidnapped comrade. And they both unwittingly wander into the territory of a revenge-obsessed, gene-splicing scientist who's just gotten his hands on a Xenomorph skull - and the universe's deadliest DNA!

Dr. Reinstöt is hosting a party! AN APOCALYPSE PARTY! He's gotten his hands on some Xenomorph DNA: a dream come true for a mad genetic scientist who's already built a clan of animal hybrids. He's also captured a Yautja, and even his old acquaintance Judge Dredd has come knocking on his isolated lab's door. Now that his friends are here and ready to go, the only thing left to do is hit the town! They're taking the party to Mega-City One and raising hell!

Road trip! The mad, gene-splicing scientist Dr. Reinstöt is having the best summer ever as he hits the road toward Mega-City One. He's got a sweet ride: a stolen Yautja ship! He's got his new BFF, the murderous Archbishop Emoji, riding shotgun. And he's got snacks... or maybe he is a snack... for his homegrown crew of Xenomorphs. Spoilsport Judge Dredd and his killjoy Yautja friends are hot on their tail, trying to ruin everyone's fun, but Dr. Reinstöt has a secret weapon that will keep the party going. Until the end of time! Which might be tomorrow, if Reinstöt has his way. Either way, it's going to be a killer time.

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DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Justice League Volume 2

References
Omnibus
  • DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Justice League Volume 2. DC / Dark Horse, Mar 21 2017. Print.
  • Collecting
    • JLA versus Predator
    • Green Lantern versus Aliens
    • Batman/Tarzan: Claws of the Cat-Woman
    • Spyboy/Young Justice: Young Spies Like Us

In this collection of DC Comics crossovers, Dark Horse brings never republished material featuring a host of heroes back to fans in a single volume. The JLA take on the most frightening hunters in the universe - the Yautja - in adaptive superhero form! Batman teams up with Tarzan to resist the claws of the Catwoman as two orphan heroes protect their own jungles. Kyle Rayner must don the mantle of Green Lantern to turn back the tide of kiande amedha that Hal Jordan once permitted to live. Super-teens join forces as Spyboy and his friends work alongside Young Justice to defeat nightmarish foes.

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AvP: Life and Death

References
Life Death
  • AvP: Life and Death. Dark Horse Comics, 2016. Print.
  • Predator: Life and Death TPB. Dark Horse Comics, August 09, 2017. Print.

Life and Death is a crossover with:

The Yautja arrive on LV-223. The question is: are they here to finish the fight with the USCM, or will they join the marines in the battle against the Aliens? And who will Ahab side with?!

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AvP: Thicker than Blood

References
Thicker Blood
  • AvP: Thicker than Water. Jeremy Barlow, Dark Horse Comics, Dec 2019 - Mar 2020. Print.

The Yautja board a luxury charter spaceship, unleashing a path of terror and bloodshed. An adolescent girl and her younger 'brother' are the last to survive, and begin a cat-and-mouse chase with the attackers. They hope for an escape, but they haven't counted on the kiande amedha.

With nowhere left to run but into the Yautja' ship, every turn leads Maria and Tyler deeper into danger--until they discover a captive kiande amedha. Could the kiande amedha be the weapon to tip the scales in their favor, or will they find themselves caught in a crossfire?

Two kids, trapped aboard a crippled space liner with both a Yautja and a kiande amedha hunting them. They have only each other on which to depend, and getting even one of them out alive will require a sacrifice . . .

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AvP: Ultimate Prey

References
Ultimate Prey
  • AvP: Ultimate Prey. Titan Books. March 1 2022. Print.

The first anthology of original short stories featuring the confluence of two iconic properties, as the Predators seek the ultimate prey, the Xenomorphs from Alien.

Fifteen original short stories featuring the ultimate hunters, the Yautja from Predator, pitted against the ultimate prey, the Xenomorphs from Alien, with humans caught in the middle! Set on Earth and in the far reaches of space, in the past, present, and future, these tales are produced by a culturally and ethnically diverse of authors of varied genders, gathered exclusively for this anthology.

hanzo The authors include Louis Ozawa Changchien, who played “Hanzo” in Predators, Roshni “Rush” Bhatia, director of the Shadow at the Door, and Scott Sigler, author of Earthcore, Alive, and Aliens: Phalanx. Bestsellers include Jonathan Maberry, author of the Joe Ledger novels; Mira Grant, author of the October Daye, InCryptid, and Newsflesh novel series as well as Star Wars: Canto Bight and Alien: Echo.

The story Below Top Secret by Chris Ryall features a real historical event — the social media-driven "raid" on Area 51 that took place in 2019, in which a group of conspiracy theorists likewise attempted to enter the base in search of extraterrestrial life (although none actually breached the base perimeter).

Fifteen new and original stories for a first-of-its-kind anthology, set in the expanded AvP Universe.

Here the ultimate hunters, the Predators, pitted against their ultimate prey, the Xenomorphs from Alien, with humans caught in the middle! Taking place on Earth and in distant space, these tales have been crafted by a who's who of today's most talented authors of the fantastic.

Inspired by the events of the original Aliens vs. Predators movies, graphic novels and novels, these are the ultimate life-and-death struggles. Including a new story written by Jonathan Maberry and Louis Ozawa ("Hanzo" from the movie Predators) as Hanzo's brother faces the eternal threats of both the Yautja and the Xenomorphs. Publisher's Summary

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AvP: Rift War

References
AvP: Rift War
  • AvP: Rift War. Weston Ochse and Yvonne Navarro, Titan Books. June 21 2022. Print.

When the Predators choose LV-363 for a hunt and seed it with Xenomorph eggs, the result is bizarre alien hybrids and humans trapped between the Predators and their prey.

The planet LV-363 teems with exotic life, including a plant growing in the shadows of its deep rifts. The plant’s flower yields a valuable narcotic, and people are forced by the cartels to harvest it. When a Yautja (Predator) ship arrives for a hunting ritual, the Predators seed the rifts with Xenomorph eggs. The aliens emerge and the result is bizarre and deadly hybrids, with humans trapped between the Predators and their prey. These deadly Xenomorph hybrids—some of which possess the ability to fly—swarm out of control and may prove more than either the Yautja or the humans can defeat.

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