Aliens vs. Predator: Three World War #1 (Of 6)

It has been two decades since Dark Horse first provided the matchup of Aliens vs. Predator, which I suppose most comics buffs in the 90's have avidly devoured. Since then, Dark Horse has revisited the concept more than a few times, and the title bout has also been translated to movies. Dark Horse has decided to relaunch the and the franchises in 2009 and apparently this matchup is getting the same treatment, even bringing back the original creative team of Randy Stradley and Rick Leonardi. This series attempts to tie together story threads introduced in the original AvP series and new Aliens and Predator storylines, setting the stage for an epic AvP brawl. One other thing: the cover by Raymond Swanland rocks and it's good it's provded outsized in this HQ Minutemen scan.

A centuries-old interstellar conflict threatens humanity's very existence as a long-lost Predator 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 -- Aliens, weaponized and under their malefic control. This puts earthmen 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.

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