PREDATOR COMICS: Discuss all things Predator

[Thundarr]

This thread is for discussing any and all Predator comics. Stories you liked. Stories you didn't like. Stories or crossovers you'd like to see. Whatever, just as long as it's Predator Comics related.

I really enjoy a lot of those Predator/DC crossover stories. Predator vs Batman, Predator vs Superman, etc. I'd like to see more comics like that. Maybe some Predator/Marvel crossovers. Like Predator vs Deadpool, Predator vs Punisher, Predator vs Wolverine, etc.

One thing I don't like about Predator Comics is their tendancy to ignore the rules established in the movies. Predators are attracted to heat and conflict. Modern day Congo, Vietnam in the 1960's, etc. There was an issue of Predator that took place in Siberia at winter time during WWII. They covered the conflict part but not the heat (predators hate the cold). In another issue a predator was attacking a man who was just driving home from work. Predators only hunt you if you pose a threat. Otherwise there's no sport in it. Killing a banker who's just driving home doesn't fit the bill. In an issue of Aliens vs Predator, a group of predators massacred an entire family that was just sitting down to dinner. Again, totally against their code of conduct. Unarmed prey, especially children, are supposed to be off limits to them. But in these comics they sometimes are written with all the moral discrimination of Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers.

 

[random_havoc]

Here's a review I did of the most recent Predator series from Dark Horse:

http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/125091449029130.htm


I agree with all your criticisms by the way Thundarr. The predators aren't that overly complex of a fictional culture to right, why the heck can't people stick to the fairly basic rules? Even the AvP movie had them fighting in the bloody arctic.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

This thread is for discussing any and all Predator comics. Stories you liked. Stories you didn't like. Stories or crossovers you'd like to see. Whatever, just as long as it's Predator Comics related.

I really enjoy a lot of those Predator/DC crossover stories. Predator vs Batman, Predator vs Superman, etc. I'd like to see more comics like that. Maybe some Predator/Marvel crossovers. Like Predator vs Deadpool, Predator vs Punisher, Predator vs Wolverine, etc.

One thing I don't like about Predator Comics is their tendancy to ignore the rules established in the movies. Predators are attracted to heat and conflict. Modern day Congo, Vietnam in the 1960's, etc. There was an issue of Predator that took place in Siberia at winter time during WWII. They covered the conflict part but not the heat (predators hate the cold). In another issue a predator was attacking a man who was just driving home from work. Predators only hunt you if you pose a threat. Otherwise there's no sport in it. Killing a banker who's just driving home doesn't fit the bill. In an issue of Aliens vs Predator, a group of predators massacred an entire family that was just sitting down to dinner. Again, totally against their code of conduct. Unarmed prey, especially children, are supposed to be off limits to them. But in these comics they sometimes are written with all the moral discrimination of Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers.

Perhaps the economy is hard on the Predators too, and they just gotta cut corners to make hunting ends meet.

 

[Thundarr]

Perhaps the economy is hard on the Predators too, and they just gotta cut corners to make hunting ends meet.

Funny.

Personally, I'd like to see more Predator comics set in the past. Like how about a predator hunts vikings in ancient Scandinavia? Then a band of viking warriors hunt down the predator. The predator picks them off one by one until there's only one left. And that viking's name is... Wait for it... Beowulf!

Or how about if a predator shows up in ancient Japan and ends up going against Ogami Itto, The Lone Wolf. This one is easy since both Predator and Lone Wolf & Cub are published by Dark Horse.

A predator lands in ancient England during the summer and starts hunting knights. It's slain by Uther Pendragon, who takes its sword which is Christened Excalibur.

Then there's all the more modern historical stories. Like the South Pacific during WWII. Or South East Asia during the Vietnam War. A predator could hunt mercenaries working for South American drug cartels. The list goes on and on.

 

[Punisher Rising]

I read some of the Dark Horse Predator comics back in the day, good reading. I remember loving Jungle Tales and Kindred. I need to buy the TPBs one of these days.

 

[Thundarr]

Since both Predator and Star Wars are Dark Horse comics, what if a predator were to start hunting jedi? Predator vs Anikin Skywalker!

 

[Punisher Rising]

Anything is possible with comic crossovers.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

People would whine that Jedi's couldn't be killed by savage Predators, while others would whine that they should be capable of the task, though not easily, and even more others would say Batman trumps them both. And we want none of that.

 

[Thundarr]

People would whine that Jedi's couldn't be killed by savage Predators, while others would whine that they should be capable of the task, though not easily, and even more others would say Batman trumps them both. And we want none of that.

I don't think there would be a problem as long as the predators are hunting jedi on Krashyyyk, Tattooine, or Endor or something and not Hoth. Maybe a predator lands on a tropical planet that's being fought over between the Seperatist Droid Armies and the jedi and their clone troopers. The predator stalks and kills the battle droids one by one, then the clones and eventually the jedi and his padawan. The jedi counsel send Aninkin and an elite squad of clone troopers to investigate, speculating that General Grievous is on the planet and that's why they lost contact with their troops. The predator eliminates the clones one by one. Then it's down to General Skywalker who finally defeats the predator.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

See? That's sorta my point there. =/

You'll get people who say the Jedi's should win hands down.

Others will say the Predators should win hands down.

In all truth, it'll just be a fanboy fight.

 

[Thundarr]

See? That's sorta my point there. =/

You'll get people who say the Jedi's should win hands down.

Others will say the Predators should win hands down.

In all truth, it'll just be a fanboy fight.

The people who think that the jedi should win hands down need to realize that the jedi aren't all powerful. If they were then Order 66 would have been a complete failure. Also General Grievous was able to single handedly kill at least 4 jedi, and he's just a cyborg.

Likewise, the predator's aren't all powerful either. They're probably too alien for the jedi to be able to completely dominate them with the force. But they have been defeated by Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Danny Glover, and Batman, so a jedi should be able to defeat him as well.

Point is, it would be a good fight and one worth seeing.

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

I wouldn't think the fanboy backlash would be worth it. =/

But I'm not a big fan of SW, so I probably wouldn't see it anyway. XD

 

[Thundarr]

Some other Predator stories I'd like to see:

Predator vs Lone Wolf & Cub

Predator vs Xena: Warrior Princess

Predator vs Red Sonja

Predator vs Conan The Cimmerian

Predator vs Thundarr The Barbarian

Predator vs King Arthur

Predator vs Hercules

Predator vs Klingons

Predator vs Beastmaster

Predator vs Drizzt Do'Urden

Predator vs The Punisher

Predator vs Deadpool

Predator vs Wolverine

Predator vs Rulk

 

[Gabe99]

AFTER STAR WARS, DARK HORSE DECLARES THE "YEAR OF THE HORSE"

How the new Alien, Predator and Prometheus comics will share a universe


Roberson, Tobin, Sebela, And Williamson Talk Aliens, Predator And Prometheus At Dark Horse

 

[Gabe99]

Is this real concept art from Prometheus?

prometheus engineer concept art