Alien vs. Predator - Timeline

[lightsyder]

I've added all the original story novels now. Feel free to check through the placements of stuff you've read and see if it all matches up.


Go ahead, if you like.

Edit: You already did, lol.


I would like that too. Schaefer brothers is a really interesting idea, since you have the Dutch types all tied in with the prequel novel, the short story, and then the bonus of that 2008 novel that was hinted to include Dutch using an alias.

Yep, then add in Concrete Jungle, Cold War and Dark River plus Hunters 1 thru 3 and then the stories tied to the other characters in Hunters...of course you you've basically got a full timeline...lol

 

[lightsyder]

Is there another thread with an AvP timeline?

 

[Pro Bot]

Alien Shared Universe - Headcanon Timeline (V2.0)

Doing this again in release order cos of Terminator confusing timeline, and UPDATE, we're gonna have the Whedonverse trown into this as well. Alien vs. Predator Universe Canon Timeline (Credits to @Pro Bot ) https://www.thecomicboard.com/threads/alien-vs-predator-timeline.14759/ Terminator...

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Alien vs Predator Timeline by Iceman109

This is my headcanon timeline of the Alien vs Predator franchise inspired by @Pro Bot's and @Megatron's timelines so I figured I might do my own cover of the franchise this will take stuff that is not canon in @Pro Bot's and make them as canon in my version, I will be moving the events of I...

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[Pro Bot]

Yep, then add in Concrete Jungle, Cold War and Dark River plus Hunters 1 thru 3 and then the stories tied to the other characters in Hunters...of course you you've basically got a full timeline...lol

Fun fact, Predator versus Judge Dredd acknowledges the first Predator movie and the 1989 comic book as canon, having referenced Yautja visting New York and featuring a future member of the Schaefer family. It's part of the official Judge Dredd canon, so uh... that's something.

Schaefer (Psi-Judge)

Judge Schaefer was a Psi-Judge operating under the Psi-division in Mega-City One. She was the great-granddaughter to Alan "Dutch" Schaefer and was knowledgeable of her ancestor's encounters with the Yautja species. She would ultimately accompany Judge Joseph Dredd in hunting down a lone Predator...

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I think it and Alien versus Predator versus The Terminator are the only crossovers that have a direct tie to the main series, since that one is an official sequel to Alien: Resurrection that takes all the existing movies for each franchise at the time to be canon to it. The Vampirella crossover does reference Weyland Corp and Weyland-Yutani too, if that counts. Aliens vs. Avengers is an alternate timeline that ties in with Prometheus and Alien: Covenant lore.

 

[lightsyder]

Fun fact, Predator versus Judge Dredd acknowledges the first Predator movie and the 1989 comic book as canon, having referenced Yautja visting New York and featuring a future member of the Schaefer family. It's part of the official Judge Dredd canon, so uh... that's something.

Schaefer (Psi-Judge)

Judge Schaefer was a Psi-Judge operating under the Psi-division in Mega-City One. She was the great-granddaughter to Alan "Dutch" Schaefer and was knowledgeable of her ancestor's encounters with the Yautja species. She would ultimately accompany Judge Joseph Dredd in hunting down a lone Predator...

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Those Schaefer's are everywhere. Even have a Dutch Schaefer in the AvP arcade game

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

Fun fact, Predator versus Judge Dredd acknowledges the first Predator movie and the 1989 comic book as canon, having referenced Yautja visting New York and featuring a future member of the Schaefer family. It's part of the official Judge Dredd canon, so uh... that's something.

Schaefer (Psi-Judge)

Judge Schaefer was a Psi-Judge operating under the Psi-division in Mega-City One. She was the great-granddaughter to Alan "Dutch" Schaefer and was knowledgeable of her ancestor's encounters with the Yautja species. She would ultimately accompany Judge Joseph Dredd in hunting down a lone Predator...

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Yes, I'm aware of those references, having read the comic.

 

[Pro Bot]

I think it's interesting that Superman/Aliens is canon to DC but Green Lantern versus Aliens is not due to the deaths of Brik and Salaak. Technically that crossover was never referenced in any of the AVP/DC crossovers though, but let's assume that all AVP/DC crossovers are canon to DC (except that one), that makes the short comic story Aliens: Incubation canon to both the main DC comics universe and the AVP universe, since Batman/Aliens is a sequel to it.

It's possible that GLvA is canon to the AVP/DC crossovers of course, but that would require Superman/Aliens to be cross-canon with both the AVP/DC crossover universe and the main DC continuity, similar to Incubation.

 

[Pro Bot]

Just to check, based on Post-Crisis lore, Krypton exploded in 1938, the Kents holding a baby Clark is 1965 (1964?) and the story regarding Superman killing the three parallel reality Kryptonians is from 1988, yes? It's for the Superman/Aliens comic.

 

[Megatron]

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Just to check, based on Post-Crisis lore, Krypton exploded in 1938, the Kents holding a baby Clark is 1965 (1964?) and the story regarding Superman killing the three parallel reality Kryptonians is from 1988, yes? It's for the Superman/Aliens comic.

someone made a POst-Crisis detailed timeline out there. Unfortunaly I'm too busy to send it rn. When I'm free I'll send it to you.

 

[Pro Bot]

Something I completely missed, but David's Lab: Last Signs of Life has text, both on the thumbnail and in the video, stating "Post Date: 2017 [?]/[?]/17", so I guess it's set in 2117? Took Weyland-Yutani over a decade to investigate David's lab after his message to them, I suppose.

 

[iceman109]

Could Power Rangers and Starship Troopers be connected due to the fact that Lost Galaxy and Firefly used the armor that was in Starship Troopers?

 

[Pro Bot]

The Starship Trooper armour is reused in lots of things. Firefly reused it. I wouldn't bet on it personally.

 

[iceman109]

Probably just a design of armor that's popular in the multiverse

 

[Pro Bot]

Did Death of Superman happen a decade later in the AVP crossovers or did more information come out about it after he returned?

 

[lightsyder]

Is Stalking Shadows Chapter 4 set on New Years Eve or New Years Day? The first one means December 31st which makes Chapter 5 set in April 2001, not 2000.

It's not super clear. The chapter is dated 2000 and starts with Dutch in a fight. Then we switch to Scott on base thinking about New years day being a holiday and he tells his boss he was out for a walk after celebrating the new year so maybe the chapter then goes to 2001. Chapter 5 is marked as 2002.

 

[lightsyder]

Just finished the Marvel Predator run and I must say it was much better than I thought it would be. I hope we get a volume 4 at some point.

So, John Schaefer says he was frozen forty years. Since he was woken up in 2066 (have to assume Theta told him it was 2068 and he new he woke up a few years prior to that) that means he was taken around 2026 give or take a year or 2. We last saw him in 2017 in Hunters III. Dude doesn't age much and loves those flowered shirts....lol