Aliens vs. Predator: The Essential Comics Volume 1 is a trade paperback comic book published by Dark Horse Books on October 16, 2019. It was also published simultaneously in the digital format via Dark Horse Digital. It was part of the company's Essential Comics reissue program, which sought to collect and re-release the key comics from all of Dark Horse's Aliens, Predator and Aliens vs. Predator lines as easily-accessible trade paperbacks. The book was edited by Randy Stradley and Diana Schutz, while the cover art was an amalgamation of the covers from the Aliens vs. Predator trade paperback and Aliens vs. Predator #2, both by Phill Norwood.
Publisher's Summary[]
Two of cinema's greatest monsters clash in a battle that spans the galaxy and extends across one woman's lifetime! Collected in one volume for the first time is the complete Machiko Noguchi/Aliens versus Predator trilogy — over 400 pages of extraterrestrial action! Collects the original AvP series, AvP: War, and AvP: Three World War.