Aliens vs. Predator: Three World War is a six-issue limited comic book series that was first published by Dark Horse Comics from January-September 2010. It was written by Randy Stradley, illustrated by Rick Leonardi, inked by Mark Pennington, colored by Wes Dzioba, lettered by Nate Piekos and edited by Chris Warner and Samantha Robertson, with cover art by Raymond Swanland. Warner also provided a variant cover for the first issue. The series served to relaunch the Aliens vs. Predator comics line after a ten-year hiatus (although several one-shot tie-in comics had been released during this time, to coincide with the release oft he Alien vs. Predator films). It was preceded by the prequels Aliens: More Than Human and Predator: Prey to the Heavens.