Aliens vs. Predator #3

The penultimate chapter of this 1990 Dark Horse series delivers a cover by Phill Norwood that puts the tension front and center: an armored Predator kneels amid a swarm of Xenomorphs, aiming a rifle point-blank at a rearing Alien while downed creatures and a facehugger-like form litter the smoke-filled ground around it. With acid-yellow haze curling up from below and multiple threats closing in from every angle, the image captures the brutal, outnumbered intensity that made this series such a compelling crossover. Randy Stradley's story and Phill Norwood's interior art round out a creative team clearly committed to doing justice to both franchises.