Superman vs. Predator
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Superman vs. Predator is an intercompany crossover pitting DC Comics icon Superman against the Predator creature first seen in the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Predator.
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[edit] Previous encounters
A previous storyline had already featured the other DC Comics icon Batman fighting the Predator, while Superman had also been shown battling the Aliens from the Alien film series. Most recently Batman and Superman have been shown battling both the Predators and the Aliens side by side.
[edit] Plot outline
Superman goes to investigate a mysterious alien ship in the Central American jungles, where he is afflicted by a virus that significantly drains his powers. The Predator nonetheless senses he is a worthy opponent and begins stalking him with the intention of making him its next trophy. Though weakened and dazed, Superman takes on the Predator in a battle to save the Earth from falling under the domination of the Predator race, and he has to think of a way to either outwit the creature or use what remains of his strength to overpower him, or else...
[edit] Publication
- Superman vs. Predator (by David Michelinie and Alex Maleev, DC Comics, 3-issue mini-series, 2000, tpb, 2001, ISBN 1563897326)
[edit] See also
- Batman versus Predator
- Superman/Aliens
- Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator (by Mark Schultz and Ariel Olivetti, 2-issue mini-series, January 2007)
| Superman in popular media | |
|---|---|
| Actors: | Bud Collyer • Kirk Alyn • George Reeves • Danny Dark • Christopher Reeve • Beau Weaver • John Haymes Newton • Gerard Christopher • Dean Cain • Timothy Daly • Tom Welling • George Newbern • Brandon Routh |
| Film: | Superman (1948) • Atom Man vs. Superman • Superman and the Mole Men • Superman (1978) • Superman II • Superman III • Supergirl • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace • Superman Returns • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut |
| Television: | Adventures of Superman • Superboy • Lois & Clark • Smallville • Look, Up in the Sky! |
| Animation: | 1940s cartoons • The New Adventures of Superman • Superman • Superman: The Animated Series • Legion of Super Heroes |
| Other media: | Radio • Broadway Theater • Newspaper Strips |
