Aliens/Predator: Deadliest of the Species is a 12 issuecomic booklimited series published byDark Horse Comics in1993-1995.
It was written byChris Claremont, with art in the first three issues byJackson Guice (pencils) andJohn Beatty (inks),Eduardo Barreto took over art duties in issue #4. According to Claremont, "The in-house description is 'Thelma and Louise with serious attitude and really big guns.'"[1] It is among the longer stories told for theAliens vs Predator series, being twelve issues compared to the average four issue storyline of its predecessors and the covers half of the secondAVP Omnibus.
The Story takes place in the futuristicAlien vs. Predator universe, where Earth has been overrun byAliens, 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".
Apart from the Aliens/Predator universe crossover, Claremont also made references to his previous short comicRenegade.[2]
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 theX-Men."[1]
The comics were collected as twotrade paperback and then later released as a single volume:
It is also collected in:
Steve Watson reviewedAliens: The Deadliest of Species: Predator forArcane 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]
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