Aliens vs. Predator: Xenogenesis #1

The "Aliens vs. Predator" universe gets a fresh chapter with this 1999 Dark Horse launch, kicking off a four-issue series from writer Andi Watson and artist Mel Rubi. Hugues Labiano's cover art frames two human characters — a bald man gripping a pistol and a dark-haired woman with a finger raised to her lips — in a tense, hushed moment, while a massive, snarling Predator looms behind them with teeth bared and mandibles spread wide. That contrast between the quietly determined humans and the hulking alien hunter sets a charged, conspiratorial tone that makes this first issue hard to pass up.