Aliens/Predator: Deadliest of the Species

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Aliens/Predator: Deadliest of the Species is a 12 issue comic book limited series published by Dark Horse Comics in 1993-1995.

It was written by

Thelma and Louise with serious attitude and really big guns.'"[1]
It is among the longer stories told for the Aliens vs Predator series, being twelve issues compared to the average four issue storyline of its predecessors and the covers half of the second AVP Omnibus.

Plot

The Story takes place in the futuristic

Aliens
, and the social elite have taken refuge in gigantic skyliners. Caryn Delacroix is the protagonist, with an unclear past regarding both the Aliens and Predators throughout most of the comic. An artificial intelligence serves as the primary antagonist, while the Xenomorphs and the Predator are many times in cooperation with Delacroix and her companions for parts of the series, in particular a Predator called "Big Mama".

Crossovers

Apart from the Aliens/Predator universe crossover, Claremont also made references to his previous short comic Renegade.[2]

Production

Claremont remarked that the editor of the series gave him far more creative freedom than he was accustomed to: "So long as I don't violate the basic parameters of the Alien/Predator universe - there's a limit to what we can establish about them, and I'm stretching that by establishing a female Predator - I can do pretty much what I want. I can write the kind of characters I want, and that's a freedom I haven't had in a long time, especially as regarding the X-Men."[1]

Publication

The comics were collected as two trade paperback and then later released as a single volume:

It is also collected in:

Reception

Steve Watson reviewed Aliens: The Deadliest of Species: Predator for Arcane magazine, rating it a 9 out of 10 overall.[6] Watson comments that "Barreto displays a thorough knowledge of the female anatomy in illustrating - very tastefully, I may add - a story which ultimately deals with maternal instinct and female intuition in a fascinating way. Written in a style which provides plenty of space for intrigue and surprise, this novel is a marvellous example of the form."[6]

See also

  • Aliens versus Predator

References

  • Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Alien and Predator Films (pages 241-242, by
    ISBN 1-903889-94-4
    )

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b O'Neill, Patrick Daniel (June 1993). "Claremont Returns With the Write Stuff". Wizard. No. 22. pp. 28–35.
  2. ^ 04/27/03: X-Men Creator Archived February 15, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Deadliest of the Species paperback details". Darkhorse.com. 1996-11-01. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  4. ^ "Deadliest of the Species hardcover details". Darkhorse.com. 1997-06-01. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  5. ^ "Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus Vol. 2 details". Darkhorse.com. 2007-10-17. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  6. ^ a b Watson, Steve (February 1996). "The Great Library". Arcane (3). Future Publishing: 90.

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