With the debut of Alien #1 only a week away, Marvel’s solicitation for June are now up revealing that we’ll be seeing the launch of their first Predator series! Marvel’s debut Predator series will be written by Ed Brisson, with artwork from Kev Walker.
In the near future, a young girl sees her family slaughtered by the deadliest and most feared hunter in the universe: a PREDATOR. Years later, though her ship is barely holding together and food is running short, Theta won’t stop stalking the spaceways until the Yautja monster who killed her family is dead…or she is. Ed Brisson (IRON FIST, GHOST RIDER) and Kev Walker (DR. STRANGE, DOCTOR APHRA) forge a violent, heartbreaking, unforgettable new chapter in the PREDATOR saga not to be missed!
Variant cover by Philip Tan.
Unlike Aliens’ 14 variant covers, Predator #1 will only have a modest 12 and is currently slated for release at some point in June. This will be Ed Brisson’s first venture into Predator. Brisson wrote Marvel’s Dead Man Logan and their short-lived relaunch of Ghost Rider. Talking about the announcement on Twitter, Brisson said:
The world we’re building here is one I’m incredibly proud of and I cannot wait to get this book into people’s hands.
Artist Kev Walker is known for his work on Warhammer comics, and illustrating cards for Magic: The Gathering. He’s also been working with Marvel for some years on their various Avenger spin-offs. And like Brisson, this will Walker’s first time working on a Predator series.
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Because it's BOOOOOORING
Nobody remembers this:
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Everybody remembers THIS:
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Same thing:
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(That was the closest I could get to finding shot of Alien with its lips closed)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/c2/77/17c2778e373c93022c72959856355410.gif
Nothing to see here, folks!
I know what day today is Kailem....
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4a/11/1c/4a111cefb139e10a03868e3635e50185.gif
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-cancels-orders-for-predator-1-delays-until-november/
Errr.... Yeah. I wouldn't qualify that as tracing. It's probable at most the plasma caster and shoulder armor were referenced, but that is such an overused design, that I couldn't be certain it's from that item. It's like referencing a model of car at this point. That's why I think we shouldn't throw out the "tracing" accusations until the great eagle-eye RT or others finds proof.
Well I prefer not to make declarations without evidence. Like you, after seeing what we've seen now from both Marvel and Dark Horse, would I bet on it happening? Absolutely. But I don't want to make definitive statements and disparage an artist here without proof first.
Instantly saw this one, I'm so used to seeing this being is used, it might as well count as tracing the comic cover that inspired it
Sure, it's not as bad as the Alien situation, but if you think Predator won't be full of shameless traced Hunting Grounds or Neca stuff, then you are wrong
Hmm. Traced or referenced? Give us some images if traced. If referenced, then it is what it is. So many artists reference all sorts of things these days, from humans, to vehicles, to toys, to animals, to guns and to landscapes.
I wonder precisely the same thing my friend. Like a Xeno not baring its teeth, it is such a rare thing to find in art.
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Add that to the six we knew so far:
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https://i.ibb.co/ynQTVHp/FF2018032-Superlog-Predator-Var-scaled.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/0tkHRHT/SWOMAN2020012-Ryp-Predator-Var-scaled.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/BgK2cGg/MIGHTYVALKYRIES2021002-Predator-Var-scaled.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/RPGLvf3/MMSM2018026-De-Iulis-Predator-Var-scaled.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/wrJjXFX/GARGAL2020014-Predator-VAR-scaled.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/zHzLd6M/Thor-15-versus-Predator-variant-cover.jpg
When I started collecting again as an adult DOTS was one of the first I sought out. All I can say is that I've only read it once and even that was a struggle. It's rock bottom for me lol.
I had stopped collecting by the time the Xenogenesis crossover happened. I do remember flipping through one of the issues at a store around the time it was released. I remember thinking "At least I'm not missing anything."
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But Xenogenesis is just astoundingly awful, by all accounts. I mean, my god.
"predators getting spin kicked in the face"
Then we need to expand your AvP collection my friend! A lot of people are critical of Aliens vs. Predator: Deadliest of the Species, but I think even they would suggest it's an upgrade from Xenogenesis!
https://i.imgur.com/2EWzNPi.pngi
Oops! lol Did you like that one?
And speaking of Theta...
"Hunt. Kill. Repeat. In the near future, a young girl sees her family slaughtered by the deadliest and most feared hunter in the universe: a PREDATOR," reads Marvel's description of Predator #1. "Years later, though her ship is barely holding together and food is running short, Theta won't stop stalking the spaceways until the Yautja monster who killed her family is dead...or she is."
The end of that blurb seems to depict Theta as going full Captain Ahab, which is something I definitely dig. 👍
I've never been a fan of setting Predator in the future, but I can see why they'd want to get on that early considering there's AvP also in the background.
Makes me wonder if the eventual AvP will feature the same characters from the independent Alien and Predator comics (like a crossover event between the two) or an actual different set of characters for an ongoing AvP series.
In May there will be 10 Marvel titles with Predator variant covers.
Wolverine 12,X-MEN 20,Amazing Spidey 65 & 66,Black Cat 6, Miles Morales Spiderman 26,Guardians of the Galaxy 14, Immortal Hulk 46, Strange Academy 10 and Champions 7. There are no pictures of the covers in the March Marvel Previews only lists the artist doing the cover.
Ah, the video game. Thought you meant the comic...
That takes Concrete Jungle off your list then!
No love for Predator 2?
Predator Incursion too. (Even though the whole trilogy sums up to be AvP.)
And Xenogenesis I'd like to forget.
Xenogenesis
Concrete Jungle
Forever Midnight
Flesh and Blood
Devil Dogs
Last Report From the KSS Psychopomp
Indigenous Species
Gameworld
We also have 2 near future stories with Hunting Grounds (2025) and Drug War (2022).
There's definitely an opportunity to show us more of that Predator 2 interior ship aesthetic that so many adore. And a chance to see more of the Predator homeworld could be fun. (Maintaining that sense of mystery isn't a necessity in comics like it is in film.) I wonder if they're grooming Theta to eventually become Marvel's version of Machiko? We shall see.
It's interesting that Marvel's "present day" features intergalactic space travel, so it won't be hard for them to execute on that inevitable Alien & Predator crossover event, as long as they're loosey-goosey with the Xeno's origin date. I suspect a Marvel vs Zombies type of event is already in the works with A & P.
While more challenging to a writer, I still do believe a comic can focus solely on a lone Predator as its main character, so I still hold out hope for that one day.
And this tagline "HUNT. KILL. REPEAT." I think I can dig it. It certainly sums up the Predator, or any sports hunter for that matter.
I love the cover concept but I do feel like that one is "too good". God, I hate how we're now defaulted to "where did that come from?" when it comes to these things!
I'm really intrigued by the future settings. It's not something we get too much of Predator-wise. Only really think of AvP itself, Forever Midnight (vomit), Flesh and Blood (yay) and one or two shorts in If It Bleeds (also yay) so be interesting to see it in it's own Predator comic. Adam and I talked about it on our Motion Tracker, but also curious to see if they follow Alien's aesthetic nature for the spaceships.
I'm not familiar with the creatives behind this yet, but I need to have a look at Kev's art and have a gander at some reviews of Ed's previous work.
I wasn't entirely sure we'd be seeing Marvel's first Predator series so soon, even with all the variant promotion they've been doing, so it'll be interesting to see how this goes!
I'm definitely in agreement an AVP is somewhere in the pipeline. Though I would sincerely hope it's not for two years at best of story arcs. The thing is for a big crossover is that you need to have a status-quo for things to be shaken up. An event can be fun but it's Alien and Predator that is the ongoing, not AVP. Most people simply don't like having a book interrupted by an event. When we get there I'd hope AVP is its own book to do the crossover.
Variant Cover by RYAN BROWN
Variant Cover by PHILIP TAN
Variant Cover by RAHZZAH
Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
LAUNCH VARIANT COVER BY DAVID FINCH
PREMIERE VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU
VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY INHYUK LEE
VARIANT COVER BY RON LIM
VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
WRAPAROUND CAMOUFLAGE VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
HUNT. KILL. REPEAT.
So this cover is awesome but is its basis a toy? It definitely has a Hot Toys kind of feel, but better, more dynamic, no seams. Or is just photorealistic art, which I've been surprised by in more than one occasion?
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PREDATOR2021001_Rahzzah.jpg