XENOMORPH TIMELINE
Aliens vs. Predator is a comic released in 1990. Its story takes place around 2189, about 10 years after Alien 3 (2179) and about 192 years before Alien Resurrection (2381). In the Legacy Predator timeline, it comes after Aliens versus Predator: Extinction (around 2189) and before Aliens vs. Predator: Prey (around 2189).
"Aliens vs. Predator," released by Dark Horse Comics from June to December 1990, is a comic book series of five issues numbered #0 to #4. Written by Randy Stradley and drawn mostly by Phill Norwood, with Chris Warner on the last issue, it was the first crossover between the two franchises. Issue #0, printed in black and white, collects the prologue first serialized in "Dark Horse Presents" #34 to #36.
On the colony planet Ryushi, the ranchers of Prosperity Wells are about to ship their first herd of rhynth. A Predator ship has seeded the planet with Alien eggs for a coming-of-age hunt. When the hunters' leader, Broken Tusk, is knocked out and taken by the colonists, the young Predators turn on the humans. The Aliens spread through the colony, and administrator Machiko Noguchi has to decide whether to trust the captive hunter.
The story was adapted as the novel "Aliens vs. Predator: Prey" (1994).
On the ranching colony of Ryushi, young Predators arrive to hunt Aliens as a rite of passage. The colonists are caught in the middle, and administrator Machiko Noguchi must fight alongside the hunter Broken Tusk.
Credits : Randy Stradley (Writer) Phill Norwood (Artist) Chris Warner (Artist)