Does Prey make Predator: 1718 Non-canon?

[Frosty Venom]

Does Prey make the Predator: 1718 comic non-canon with it's depiction of the Raphael Adolini 1715 Flintlock Pistol? Can these stories somehow work together?

[SiL]

It was never canon. It was a fun 10 page comic but it never had any real influence on anything.

[Local Trouble]

It was never canon. It was a fun 10 page comic but it never had any real influence on anything.

@Xenomrph Can you make it fit?

[Frosty Venom]

Could these stories work together in some kind of fun non-canon way would you say?

[SiL]

No. Adolini dies a year later in entirely different circumstances without ever meeting Greyback.

[Frosty Venom]

Ah I see so we get two different depictions of Adolini

[BlueMarsalis79]

Nice picture Frosty Venom, love that idea for the PredAlien's back protrusions.

[SuperiorIronman]

Does Prey make the Predator: 1718 comic non-canon with it's depiction of the Raphael Adolini 1715 Flintlock Pistol? Can these stories somehow work together?

Adolini dies in 1719 as a result of the events of Prey, no longer 1718, or having Greyback involved.

Hunting Grounds does have a flintlock pistol trophy and it's not Predator 2 Adolini's. However, a Predator still gets one meaning you could at least rationalize it as a Predator encountering a pirate given that's one of the few if only other story featuring a Predator getting a flintlock. So assuming this isn't Greyback since he'll be getting Naru's pistol and the Adolini isn't Adolini or has the same name, 1718 can still work assuming you're a bit more broad about whose involved in it.

[Xenomrph]

It was never canon. It was a fun 10 page comic but it never had any real influence on anything.

I disagree with your opinion.

It was never canon. It was a fun 10 page comic but it never had any real influence on anything.

@Xenomrph Can you make it fit?

I'd have to re-read it, but probably.

[SiL]

What did it influence? What movie acknowledged its existence?

[Corporal Hicks]

Ah I see so we get two different depictions of Adolini

Precisely! As soon as they revealed the date I was expecting another depiction of the pistol that would contradict the comics. Ultimately, this depiction is the depiction as the movies take precedence when it comes to lore, but the comic is always there for us to enjoy and there's nothing to stop another movie doing something with pirates in the future. 

[Xenomrph]

What did it influence? What movie acknowledged its existence?

I'm not sure "a movie never referenced it" it an airtight argument for "nobody ever considered it canon". It could have been canon, and then the writers for Prey opted to do something different.

I'll pick Andrew Gaska's brain, he was the keeper of the Predator story bible.

Ah I see so we get two different depictions of Adolini

Precisely! As soon as they revealed the date I was expecting another depiction of the pistol that would contradict the comics. Ultimately, this depiction is the depiction as the movies take precedence when it comes to lore, but the comic is always there for us to enjoy and there's nothing to stop another movie doing something with pirates in the future. 

Also, this.

[Corporal Hicks]

I'm not sure "a movie never referenced it" it an airtight argument for "nobody ever considered it canon". It could have been canon, and then the writers for Prey opted to do something different.

I'll pick Andrew Gaska's brain, he was the keeper of the Predator story bible.

It's not worth getting into this argument again. It was canon for the expanded universe as of the late 2010s when Fox decided to do this bible and reconcile as much as they can. It was never solid canon for the movie universe.

[JokersWarPig2]

You can make 1718 work even with Prey, it would just imply Naru's death and then you'd have to explain how the pirate captain got it, which could be a fun story in itself.

[Xenomrph]

I'm not sure "a movie never referenced it" it an airtight argument for "nobody ever considered it canon". It could have been canon, and then the writers for Prey opted to do something different.

I'll pick Andrew Gaska's brain, he was the keeper of the Predator story bible.

It's not worth getting into this argument again. It was canon for the expanded universe as of the late 2010s when Fox decided to do this bible and reconcile as much as they can. It was never solid canon for the movie universe.

That's the short answer yeah. My point was addressing the "it was never canon" idea.