Aliens / Predator: The Deadliest of the Species #9

Issue nine of twelve in this ambitious 1994 Dark Horse crossover series finds a shaven-headed woman center stage, her armored figure flanked on all sides by two of sci-fi's most fearsome hunters — a towering Alien looming directly behind her and a Predator mask visible at her side. John Bolton's painted cover work renders every detail with an eerie, almost photorealistic chill, perfectly capturing the tension of a human caught between deadly extraterrestrial forces. With Christopher Claremont writing and Eduardo Barreto on interiors, this penultimate stretch of the twelve-part saga promises the kind of high-stakes storytelling that made this series a standout of the Dark Horse monster crossover era.