Dark Horse Comics was a 25-issue color comics anthology series produced by the comic book company of the same name from 1992-1994. It featured numerous Aliens, Predator and Aliens vs. Predator stories throughout its two-year run, alongside stories featuring other Dark Horse properties and characters.

Dark Horse Comics was Dark Horse's second comics anthology series, following its original, flagship black-and-white title Dark Horse Presents, and served as a sister-series with works by many of the same creators or featuring the same characters and titles, only in a color format. (The only other comics anthology to feature A/P/AVP content being Dark Horse's Aliens Magazine in the UK, also in the early 90s.)

The Dark Horse Comics series was originally edited by Jerry Prosser and Diana Schutz (1-4). It was co-edited by Jerry Prosser, Dan Thorsland and Bob Cooper for issue 5, who were joined by Anina Bennett for issue 6-7, and then by Dick Hansom from issue 8-9. Issue 10 was edited by Cooper, Prosser and Hansom. Finally, from issue #11-25, the series settled on the editing team of Randy Stradley and Edward R. Martin III.

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Dark Horse proudly presents the newest addition to our winning stable: Dark Horse Comics! This monthly, color anthology will feature some of the hottest properties and creators in the known universe. Some of the storylines presented in the pages of Dark Horse Comics will spin off into their own monthly series. Don't miss placing your bets on this pony -- it's sure to be a winner!

Featured Aliens, Predator, and Aliens vs. Predator storiesEdit

• Dark Horse Comics #1, Aug. 1992
  • Predator: Rite of Passage (Part 1)
  • Renegade (Part 1) by Chris Claremont and Vince Giarrano, introducing characters and situations used in Claremont's following Aliens vs. Predator series, Aliens/Predator: Deadliest of the Species;
  • Special double-gatefold painted cover featuring the Predator by Dave Dorman
• Dark Horse Comics #2, Sept. 1992
  • Predator: Rite of Passage (Part 2)
  • Renegade (Part 2)

• Dark Horse Comics #3, Oct. 1992
  • Aliens: Horror Show (Part 1)
  • Aliens cover by David Roach

• Dark Horse Comics #4, Nov. 1992
  • Aliens: Horror Show (Part 2)
  • Predator: Blood Feud (Part 1)
  • Predator: Blood Feud cover by Leo Duranona

• Dark Horse Comics #5, Dec. 1992
  • Aliens: Horror Show (Part 3)
  • Predator: Blood Feud (Part 2)
  • Rare Aliens line-art cover by Dave Dorman

• Dark Horse Comics #6, Jan. 1993
  • Predator: Blood Feud (Part 3)

• Dark Horse Comics #7, Feb. 1993
  • Predator: Blood Feud (Part 4)

• Dark Horse Comics #10, May 1993
  • Predator: The Pride at Nghasa (Part 1)

• Dark Horse Comics #11, July 1993
  • Predator: The Pride at Nghasa (Part 2)
  • Aliens: Taste
  • Cover by Art Adams featuring Predator and Aliens insets.

• Dark Horse Comics #12, Aug. 1993
  • Predator: The Pride at Nghasa (Part 3)
  • Predator: Bad Blood (Part 1)
  • Aliens: Backsplash (Part 1)
  • Predator: Bad Blood cover painted by Derek Thompson

• Dark Horse Comics #13, Sept. 1993
  • Predator: Bad Blood (Part 2)
  • Aliens: Backsplash (Part 2)
  • Aliens: Backsplash cover painted by Kilian Plunkett

• Dark Horse Comics #14, Oct. 1993
  • Predator: Bad Blood (Part 3)

• Dark Horse Comics #15, Nov. 1993
  • Aliens: Cargo (Part 1)

• Dark Horse Comics #16, Dec. 1993
  • Aliens: Cargo (Part 2)
  • Predator: The Hunted City (Part 1)
  • Predator cover painted by George Pratt

• Dark Horse Comics #17, Jan. 1994
  • Predator: The Hunted City (Part 2)
  • Aliens: Alien (Part 1)

• Dark Horse Comics #18, Feb. 1994
  • Predator: The Hunted City (Part 3)
  • Aliens: Alien (Part 2)
  • Aliens: Alien cover by Paul Mendoza

• Dark Horse Comics #19, March 1994
  • Predator: The Hunted City (Part 4)
  • Aliens: Alien (Part 3)

• Dark Horse Comics #20, April 1994
  • Predator: Blood on Two-Witch Mesa (Part 1)
  • Predator: Blood on Two-Witch Mesa cover painted by Brom

• Dark Horse Comics #21, May 1994
  • Predator: Blood on Two-Witch Mesa (Part 2)

• Dark Horse Comics #22, June 1994
  • Aliens: Mondo Pest (Part 1)
  • Aliens: Mondo Pest cover by Ronnie Del Carmen

• Dark Horse Comics #23, July 1994
  • Aliens: Mondo Pest (Part 2)

• Dark Horse Comics #24, Aug. 1994
  • Aliens: Mondo Pest (Part 3)

• Dark Horse Comics #25, Sept. 1994
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Blood Time
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Blood Time cover by Paul Mendoza, Russ Heath and Jim Royal

See AlsoEdit

Dark Horse Comics (company)

Aliens (Comics Series)

Predator (Comics Series)

Aliens vs. Predator (Comics Series)

Dark Horse Presents

Aliens Magazine (UK)