 Verheiden's introduction into writing comics came in June 1987, when he penned "The American", which was published by Dark Horse Comics in its second year of operation.Starting in March of the following year, he wrote what was to be the first of many Verheiden/Dark Horse comics based on the 20th Century Fox film-series "Aliens", and comics based on the similarly licensed property "Predator" soon followed.A character in the 2004 film "Alien vs.