
Predominantly transpiring in the present day of the 21st century, the series acts as a spin-off to both the Alien franchise and the Predator franchise, portraying mankind's encounters with both alien species and how they shape the human civilization such as the Marines and those involved with Weyland-Yutani Corporation that is seen in the Alien franchise of the future. Throughout the series, audiences see the involvement of the forerunners of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in the history of these alien creatures as Weyland Industries, headed by Charles Bishop Weyland, who seeks immortality and the advancement of the company whereas the Yutani Corporation, headed by Ms. Yutani, seeks to study creatures and technology from space and acquire their technology and weaponry for organized warfare. Amidst the actions of the two corporations, civilian characters are forced to survive infestations of Xenomorphs and clashes with Yautjas, eventually leading to the future merger between the two companies and the development of interstellar travel and eventually wars with other races from space and other advanced technologies. Predator story was published by Dark Horse Comics in Dark Horse Presents #34–36 (November 1989 – February 1990). #Avp extinction predalien queen series#.However, in a story infamous within the fanbase, a 14-year old boy on a tour of Fox Studios saw the bust and proclaimed, " Wow! Cool alien!" This prompted the artists to re-design the Predalien's dreadlocks, which were initially a tendril-like mass of tails, to make them look more like a traditional Predator's.

This design, which included the signature Predator mandibles with a Xenomorph body, was more similar to Dorman's artwork.

Predator: The Hunt, the film would have been heavily based on the crossover comic books, and would have introduced a Predalien significantly different than the beast that finally appeared in 2007.Īt first, the special effects artists for the film wanted to emphasize the Xenomorph aspects of the Predalien since the creature wasn't technically an offspring of a Predator, as well as to clarify what side of the conflict the monster was fighting on.

Concept art by Dave Dorman for the creature initially surfaced with the second draft of Peter Briggs' unproduced script for an Alien vs.
