Four months ago, Marvel Comics announced their plan to launch a new on-going comic series featuring our favorite intergalactic hunter, the Predator! Headlined with the acclaimed talent of writer Ed Brisson and artist Kev Walker, this promising new series would reportedly revolve around a new character named Theta, a woman with a personal vendetta to find the deadly Predator that slaughtered her family when she was only a young child.
When a delay in its release caused some fans to panic over the comic’s future, writer Ed Brisson recently calmed those fears by reassuring fans that the Predator comic was still being worked on and definitely would be released.
Now today, thanks to the official newsletter of Ed Brisson, the Predator writer further elaborated on the current status of his new Predator series. And not only did Brisson double-down on confirming that Marvel’s new Predator comic is still currently being worked on, but he informed fans that the series will be coming out “later in the year”!
Per Ed Brisson:
“Predator has not been canceled. It was just pushed back to later in the year. We’re all hard at work on the book — I’m currently working on the script to issue #5 and Kev Walker is well into art on #3.
As to the release date, I don’t have specifics at this time. Nothing that I can share at least.
I promise all of you that the wait will be worth it. I’ve been really happy with the scripts and Kev’s art is absolutely stunning. I wish I could show you the pages in my inbox, but I’m pretty sure that Marvel would have me murdered for it.”
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Nothing else new in the announcement from a quick glance, but Marvel's Predator is now back on, for a July release this time.
It will be interesting to see how the do-over relaunch is handled.
Fingers crossed
I am much more excited with the creative team on Predator than I was for Alien, that's for sure.
"A lot of you have been reaching out, asking for updates on PREDATOR. I haven't been able to say much beyond "We're still working on it." Right now, the answer remains the same, but...not for long. Very shortly, I should have some news for everyone on this front."
It would appear good news is coming!
Covers were amazing at least.
That's my assumption. In a week or two, comic solicitations for May will be public. A month after that, June's. A month after that, July's. So we'll have a clearer picture if it looks like it's been scrapped within 2 & 1/2 months I think.
Though the comic could very well be dead and we only have the omnibus to look forward to.
They don't always confirm if books are dead in the water like that old Doctor Doom book and the New Warriors relaunch.
Without knowing what the brothers and Disney settled on it's pretty much up in the air with what's going on. My opinion being the book as we know it is probably dead but we'll probably know something by either the new film or once the convention circuit for Marvel is done with this year.
I'll give you something to be excited about...
Spoiler
I'm trying to get excited over this premise and failing
Yes, Marvel Comics Knows Disney Has Settled The Predator Lawsuit
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/yes-marvel-comics-knows-disney-has-settled-the-predator-lawsuit/
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/no-predator-comics-from-marvel-at-all-in-2021-now/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/predator-2-with-ed-brisson/id972402820?i=1000389980174
I'm up to 40 different covers. I still need 3 of the Clayton Crain covers, the Patrick Gleason 1:500 cover and the Inhyuk Lee 1:500 cover. I think I can swing the funds to get the 3 Clayton Crain covers that I need next week. I also have all the variants of issues 2-4 and am jyst missing the 1:25 for issue 5. My LGS has a copy of the issue 5 1:25 for me but it is currently misplaced and until it is in the box at home I consider it to be needed still.
GuapoPogi
Report back when you find all of them.
How many different Alien covers have you found? I have found 45 but I only have 39 so far. I have not gotten my hands on either of the two 1:500 covers or any of the four Clayton Crain covers yet.
I'm also trying to find info on covers 0113, 0114 and 0115 but I am beginning to suspect that for some reason they skipped those three numbers.
GuapoPogi
What other Marvel books has this happened to?
Ed's comment below does sound firmer than the previous one, which is good.
"Predator has not been canceled. It was just pushed back to later in the year. We're all hard at work on the book — I'm currently working on the script to issue #5 and Kev Walker is well into art on #3.
As to the release date, I don't have specifics at this time. Nothing that I can share at least.
I promise all of you that the wait will be worth it. I've been really happy with the scripts and Kev's art is absolutely stunning. I wish I could show you the pages in my inbox, but I'm pretty sure that Marvel would have me murdered for it."
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But thanks buddy!
Good job staying on top of this!
I don't know. Sometimes these cases can drag out for year(s). At least for me, it's hard to logically imagine that this book was put in the works by Marvel Comics to be released a few months after some unknown day, month and year whenever all legal issues & possibly appeals have been concluded plus the judge hopefully ruled their way. There is too many unknowns. It doesn't seem to be smart business sense in my eyes.
And considering these issues will likely go to print August/September, it's hard to imagine the lawsuit was the reason for the delay because I can't fathom the lawsuits being concluded by then. The delay is likely either the Penguin deal or something we haven't considered, I wager.
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/2021/06/22/writer-ed-brisson-updates-fans-on-marvels-new-predator-comic/