Dark Horse is an American comic book company based out of Portland, Oregon which publishes the Aliens and Predator comics lines, as well as crossover comics featuring the two franchises as the separate Aliens vs. Predator line, and crossing all three lines over in joint projects with various other properties.
In 1992, Dark Horse set another trend with another landmark series by co-publishing Batman versus Predator, a major 3-issue miniseries with mainstream comics powerhouse DC Comics. The miniseries was a huge success and resulted in numerous other collaborations and cross-overs between the Aliens, Predator and AVP franchises and other Dark Horse and non-Dark Horse comics lines.
Over the intervening years, Dark Horse has published a vast number of Aliens, Predator and Aliens vs. Predator comics limited series, one-shots, and short comics stories, collected variously in trade paperback form. To date, Dark Horse has published 55 Aliens series/titles, 32 Predator series/titles, 17 AVP series/titles, and 17 miscellaneous crossovers with other major comics lines.
The Aliens comic books were first published by Dark Horse Comics in 1988 and set in the Alien fictional universe. Some stories often feature the company Weyland-Yutani and the United States Colonial Marines. Originally intended as a sequel to James Cameron's Aliens, the first mini-series features the characters of Rebecca 'Newt' Jorden and Corporal Dwayne Hicks. Later series also included the further adventures of Ellen Ripley. Other stories are completely unique to the Alien universe, and are often used to explore other aspects of the species, such as their sociology and biology.
