The success of that first AVP comics mini-series resulted in 13 other miniseries or stories between 1990 and 2000. This was followed by a break in publication of regular AVP comics for a period of ten years that saw the release of only two original trade paperbacks (an AVP movie spin-off and its sequel in 2004 and 2006), three AVP DVD-set promo mini-comics (in 2005, 2007 and 2008), and two collected omnibus editions reprinting all the previous AVP series in 2007.
The series also spawned a side-series of AVP cross-overs with other popular comic book characters from Dark Horse and other companies--four to date--such as Batman, Superman, the Terminator, and various Image comics characters. Much as with other earlier Alien and Predator cross-overs with outside characters, these stories are not thought to exist in the same continuity as the rest of the AVP line.
Set mostly in the future, the AVP comics introduce the idea of the Predator race--refered to as the Hunters --capturing Xenomorph Aliens, seeding planets with them, and hunting them for sport, often with the disastrous results of out of control battles between the two species, with humans caught in the middle.
These stories were the first to start fleshing out detailed information about the Predator culture and the nature of their interactions with the Aliens. The AVP line has also referenced and used characters and plot elements from Dark Horse's individual Predator and Aliens comics lines, establishing that all three lines exist in the same general continuity.
