MARVEL To Publish ALIEN & PREDATOR Comicbook Stories

I woke up this Friday morning (here in Singapore, July 3rd) to news that Marvel Comics will be publishing new ALIEN And PREDATOR stories starting in 2021, taking over from Dark Horse comics! (See "official word" posted below from Dark Horse).

The notion of the franchises being acquired is nothing "new", actually, as apart of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2017. And while we can collectively speculate and wonder about feature film crossovers with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, thus far we'll have to contend with the comic books crossovers first.

(Comic book art by David Finch, featured on comicbookmovie.com / News Source).

"What's next for Aliens and Predator comics:
After 30 years of publishing the greatest Aliens/Predator/AvP stories in the Xenoverse, Disney will be pulling the publishing license from Dark Horse. As the new owners of Fox, this is their right, of course. Dark Horse has been one of the longest-standing and most successful of Fox’s licensing partners over the nearly 35 years we have worked with them. Our first Aliens series, written by Mark Verheiden and illustrated by Mark A. Nelson, was a smash success, moving away from the generic storylines common in film and television-based titles and toward actual sequels to the original material. The success of Aliens led directly to another series based on a Fox science fiction film, Predator, written by Mark Verheiden and illustrated by Chris Warner. This first series was the basis for the Predator film sequel, and Warner’s iconic first issue cover served as the inspiration for the sequel’s film poster. The natural extension of those licenses led Dark Horse to come up with the monster hit, Aliens vs Predator. Mixing the two franchises was a huge success with fans, and became one of the most successful series in the history of the direct market.

After many years of shepherding these amazing worlds, Dark Horse will not be publishing any new material effective Jan 1, 2021."

Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics (Read more here: @darkhorsecomics)