Alien vs. Predator, or Aliens versus Predator (both titles abbreviated AvP), is a science fiction-horror fiction series spanning several media. The series is a crossover between two famous film franchises about extraterrestrial beings: the Aliens and the Predators. In Alien vs. Predator, the two species are in conflict with one another.
The first Alien vs. Predator story was published by Dark Horse Comics in Dark Horse Presents #36 (February 1990...
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Alien vs. Predator, or Aliens versus Predator (both titles abbreviated AvP), is a science fiction-horror fiction series spanning several media. The series is a crossover between two famous film franchises about extraterrestrial beings: the Aliens and the Predators. In Alien vs. Predator, the two species are in conflict with one another.
The first Alien vs. Predator story was published by Dark Horse Comics in Dark Horse Presents #36 (February 1990). In November of that year, Predator 2 was released in theaters, and includes a scene depicting an Alien skull as one of the Predator's trophies. The film mentions Erich von Däniken's idea that Earth experienced alien visitations in the past.
Currently, the Alien vs. Predator universe consists of a range of media including comics, novels, computer/video games, and feature films, the rights to which all belong to 20th Century Fox Studios. There have so far been two installments in the Alien vs. Predator film franchise.
A crossover novel series...
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