Alien had its turn guest starring on January’s Marvel covers, now it’s Predator’s time to get the spotlight! The Predator will be appearing on the covers of 6 Marvel series in May.
Since making its debut in the landmark 1987 film, the remorseless alien killer has invaded pop culture in film, comic books, video games, and more. Now, locked in combat with Marvel's greatest heroes from Spider-Man to the Fantastic Four, the Predator begins a new conquest. Capturing the horrifying, unforgiving nature of Predator with classic Marvel Comics storytelling, these outstanding covers are sure to capture the imagination of both Marvel and Predator fans as they prepare for what's next. Look through all the variants in the gallery below!
Don't miss your chance to enjoy this unparalleled mashup by collecting each Predator variant cover starting in May. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as Marvel reveals more of these extraordinary covers and be on the lookout for exciting news about new Predator adventures coming your way this year.
On Sale 5/5
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #65 PREDATOR VARIANT COVER by CORY SMITH
On Sale 5/12
FANTASTIC FOUR #32 PREDATOR VARIANT COVER by SUPERLOG
SPIDER-WOMAN #12 PREDATOR VARIANT COVER by JUAN JOSÉ RYP
On Sale 5/19
THE MIGHTY VALKYRIES #2 PREDATOR VARIANT COVER by JUNGGEUN YOON
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #14 PREDATOR VARIANT COVER by CHRIS SPROUSE
On Sale 5/26
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #26 PREDATOR VARIANT COVER by MATTIA DE IULIS
Though Aliens will be making its solo Marvel debut in March, we’re still waiting for an announcement regarding Marvel’s first Predator series. We should hopefully be hearing more over the next 2 or 3 months on that front. Marvel have also previously announced their first Predator Omnibus collection which is due out in August.
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cannon fodder for the marvel heroes and seems this is what predator and alien franchise will be best used for sadly :/
It's literally just variant covers.
Matter of time, teasers for whats upcoming I bet :P
And I will definitely most likely
#whinge when it happens.
But not before that.
It's nothing more than drumming up some interest before the solo series rocks up as with Alien. That Miles one looks gorgeous though.
Yeah, right now I'm not convinced it means we'll be seeing the Predators pop up in the Marvel stories. Good covers, though.
If they did Punisher vs. Predator it could be interesting. Judge Dredd vs Predator was pretty good.
I mean, Aliens and Predators have already fought half the DC roster so it's not like them fighting Marvel characters would be something that's unprecedented. And yeah, it's absolutely going to happen, the only question is will they be in-continuity (to the Marvel U) or stand-alone stories like Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe?
As for these covers, my favourites of these are definitely the Miles Morales and Valkyrie ones. Those both look great.
I wonder if there will be as many covers featuring the Predator as they did for Alien, and I've seen A LOT of Alien covers in my local comic book shop. For there to just be only six covers for Predator kind of... I don't know... seems lacking. You'd think there'd be one where a Predator is actually holding the skull of a Marvel hero or villain, or a comedic one with Deadpool...
As for the Aliens and Predators being cannon fodder for the Marvel characters... You know, I'm glad I am not the only one who fears this. I mean the Marvel fandom really sees the Alien and Predator characters as that, and I would think that maybe Marvel's writers do too since current writers were Marvel fanatics who probably came up with their own fandom material before being hired by Marvel...
Quote from: judge death on Feb 17, 2021, 07:56:44 PM
cannon fodder for the marvel heroes and seems this is what predator and alien franchise will be best used for sadly :/
They're monsters. They die in the films too.
Quote from: SM on Feb 19, 2021, 06:02:36 AM
They're monsters. They die in the films too.
I think he means that Marvel might depict the Alien and Predator as being casually, and easily curb-stomped by the Marvel characters... I mean... in some cases that WOULD happen with the cosmic level/high tier level characters like... Thor or Phoenix, but I think he's afraid that the street level/low level heroes i.e. Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil, would easily beat Aliens and Predators.
Regardless if EU feats would be accounted for from the Dark Horse publications or not.
^That, with dark horse these vs comics was spinnoffs and very few, the highest number was two issues against superman with aliens and another with judge dredd but that was it. Marvel with their 30+ super heroes who beats interstellar villains, and xmen beating 100 meter tall robots in most comics wont have issues beating aliiens and if they do it often with them and not a single spinn off, then this might become the norm, and when seeing so many ask for punisher vs aliens, wiolverine vs aliens, I fear they will do a lot of these vs comics or have them in their standard issues of comics. Have to see. But when doing so damn many pr pictures and alternative covers with the heroes against aliens and predators....
I cant remember they bombarded their comic covers with star wars and pictures of darth vader vs spiderman when they got the star wars license back in 2012.
It's not an infrequent thing. They did when they were launching a solo Mary Jane series too.
What? the highest number was two issues against superman? Someone doesn't know their crossovers very well. :laugh:
Predator has fought superman, batman in 3 full series, magnus robot fighter, justice league, Tarzan, terminator, Witchblade, Motorhead, Ghost, Judge Dredd in 2 series, and Archie in two series. Probably some I missed too.
I have no issue if marvel wants to do crossovers also.
People complaining about crossovers on a site dedicated to a crossover is a special kind of bizarre.
I don't think a lot of people consciously even see Alien vs Predator as a crossover anymore. They have been licensed together for so long and fit so snugly like a Ying and Yang symbol.
I only count aliens as im not a big predator fan:p but predator vs aliens material is natural.
But these are the released issues from my knowledge and I count only collections and not single issues:
Aliens vs superman
Aliens vs green lantern
Aliens vs superman 2
Batman vs aliens
Aliens vs judge dredd
Aliens vs judge dredd 2 splice and dice
Alien vs mindhunter
Aliens vs terminator vs predator
Vampirella vs aliens
And thats it.
Aliens vs Superman 2
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Feb 19, 2021, 10:28:34 AM
It's not an infrequent thing. They did when they were launching a solo Mary Jane series too.
...I would love to see a Mary Jane/Predator cover...
Preferably with Mary Jane decked out in Predator armor as a nod to Machiko.
Quote from: judge death on Feb 19, 2021, 04:04:15 PM
I only count aliens as im not a big predator fan:p but predator vs aliens material is natural.
But these are the released issues from my knowledge and I count only collections and not single issues:
Aliens vs superman
Aliens vs green lantern
Aliens vs superman 2
Batman vs aliens
Aliens vs judge dredd
Aliens vs judge dredd 2 splice and dice
Alien vs mindhunter
Aliens vs terminator vs predator
Vampirella vs aliens
And thats it.
Aliens actually wiped out some heroes for Image comics back in the day too. And they stayed dead after the fact.
Don't remember what the series was called.
But crossovers are literally what Marvel and DC are known for, their lore is based on title characters continually interacting with each other. So Marvel getting the Alien or Pred to eventually fight their heroes is an inevitability. You just hope that they are somewhat entertaining, even if it is just popcorn fun.
Batman Versus Predator's a masterpiece
Agreed, it's true to both characters visually and thematically.
Quote from: RakaiThwei on Feb 19, 2021, 06:06:09 AM
Quote from: SM on Feb 19, 2021, 06:02:36 AM
They're monsters. They die in the films too.
I think he means that Marvel might depict the Alien and Predator as being casually, and easily curb-stomped by the Marvel characters... I mean... in some cases that WOULD happen with the cosmic level/high tier level characters like... Thor or Phoenix, but I think he's afraid that the street level/low level heroes i.e. Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil, would easily beat Aliens and Predators.
Regardless if EU feats would be accounted for from the Dark Horse publications or not.
When are they ever easily defeated in these crossover things though?
A hero steamrolling a bad guy not only does the hero no favours, but is also a boring story. Most writers know better.
The predator covers look cooler and more dynamic than the alien ones.
Overall I'm not particularly thrilled, I never got into caped crusader super heroes, most of my nerd crap is horror, sci-fi and D&D type stuff, although I did really like Batman vs. Predator and even Aliens/Vampirilla.
I think it's a matter of taste, but I'd like to think marvel is putting a lot of energy into killer storylines.
Quote from: Kimarhi on Feb 20, 2021, 03:40:30 AM
Quote from: judge death on Feb 19, 2021, 04:04:15 PM
I only count aliens as im not a big predator fan:p but predator vs aliens material is natural.
But these are the released issues from my knowledge and I count only collections and not single issues:
Aliens vs superman
Aliens vs green lantern
Aliens vs superman 2
Batman vs aliens
Aliens vs judge dredd
Aliens vs judge dredd 2 splice and dice
Alien vs mindhunter
Aliens vs terminator vs predator
Vampirella vs aliens
And thats it.
Aliens actually wiped out some heroes for Image comics back in the day too. And they stayed dead after the fact.
Don't remember what the series was called.
But crossovers are literally what Marvel and DC are known for, their lore is based on title characters continually interacting with each other. So Marvel getting the Alien or Pred to eventually fight their heroes is an inevitability. You just hope that they are somewhat entertaining, even if it is just popcorn fun.
That was the Alien/Wildcats special where they wiped out most of Stormwatch. They gave Ellis free reign because he wanted to start The Authority series
Quote from: SM on Feb 20, 2021, 09:17:55 AM
When are they ever easily defeated in these crossover things though?
Batman and Superman vs Alien and Predator.
You know, the one where the art was done by Ariel Olivetti? Or maybe you know it as the comic where Batman and Superman go to this subterranean environment under a volcano, and find these pre-historic Predators fighting with Aliens and hilariously one-shot both species?
Quote from: Trash Queen on Feb 20, 2021, 05:12:05 AM
Batman Versus Predator's a masterpiece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKiAuiDyZTs
Meh, I didn't find it to be that great, if I'm being honest
Spoiler
Especially, when Gordon started literally begging "Oh Batman, come and save us, pleeease :'("
Quote from: RakaiThwei on Feb 22, 2021, 06:10:31 AM
Quote from: SM on Feb 20, 2021, 09:17:55 AM
When are they ever easily defeated in these crossover things though?
Batman and Superman vs Alien and Predator.
You know, the one where the art was done by Ariel Olivetti? Or maybe you know it as the comic where Batman and Superman go to this subterranean environment under a volcano, and find these pre-historic Predators fighting with Aliens and hilariously one-shot both species?
Not read that one.
It actually looked gorgeous from what I remember.
wish there were unique predator designs, not just jungle hunter
I think the Spider-Man one is my favourite.
