In Dark Horse's Aliens vs Predator, it's revealed that Predators habitually seed alien worlds with Xenomorph eggs in order to cultivate hunting stock, having found them to be the ultimate challenge. This theory complements the clashes fans have seen so far between Xenomorphs and Predators, where the latter tend to take heavy casualties but come out ahead. The Predators haven't remained obsessed with hunting despiteВ their incredible technological advancement: they were able to continue advancing becauseВ they're hunters.

This would allow hunter species - but onlyВ hunter species - to escape the natural limit the Xenomorphs place on spacefaring civilizations. But one of the few things known about Predator culture is their absolute veneration of hunting, and it's possible this would exempt them from the cycle, as their first and last instinct would be to destroy Xenomorphs wherever they found them. Iris describes a seductive process where each civilization that encounters the AlienВ monstrosities tries to use them, and eventually - through accident or malice - is destroyed by that decision. While the process Iris describes serves to kill off any and all organic life which leaves its own solar system, it could also serve as a selection process which weeds out any species not inherently and immediately hostile to Xenomorphs. perhaps by coming from a society which would instead kill Xenomorphs on sight. To escape this process of destruction, a spacefaring race would have to avoid beginning this cycle. use it to make yourselves better.'В Iris' words suggest the Xenomorphs aren't merely a challenge faced by humanity, but an eventual hurdle that any organic race will face when it heads for the stars, and she implies that each species eventually fails this test, generally because of their desire to first harness the Xenomorphs and then to merge with them. First, you tried to harness the fire as a weapon, like all the ones before you have done. 'When organic species grow arrogant enough to travel the stars. InВ Marvel's recent Alien #6В - from Philip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larroca - the synthetic human known as Iris reveals that the Xenomorphs act as a cosmic test for spacefaring races. Related: Marvel's Alien Confirms Predators Are Way Worse Than Xenomorphs

But while 2012's Prometheusand its sequels revealed the origin of the Xenomorph species, far less is known about how the Predators came to be. The two franchises fit together perfectly, as Xenomorphs are the perfect predator - so deadly that even their blood burns like acid - and Predators are the perfect hunters, traveling the galaxy to find alien species worthy of their abilities. The deadly aliens have a long history battling and killing each other both on and off the screen, and as of 2020, Marvel Comics has acquired the rights to both.ДЇirst seen in 1979's AlienВ and 1987's PredatorВ respectively, Xenomorphs and Predators first clashed in Dark Horse Comics' Dark Horse Presents #34-36, with their rivalry coming to cinemas in 2004's Alien vs. Marvel's Alienrecently revealed the grand, cosmic purpose of Xenomorphs within its universe, but while fascinating in its own right, this plot twist also sets up a dark origin forВ the Predatorrace.

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