Predator (comic book)
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The Predator comic books are part of the Predator franchise published by Dark Horse Comics.
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[edit] Stories
[edit] Predator
- Predator #1-4
by Mark Verheiden, Chris Warner, and Ron Randall
June 1989-March 1990: The events of Predator #1-4 revolve around NYC Detective Schaefer, the brother of Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer. Detective Schaefer and his partner, Detective Rasche, discover a Predator in New York City during a drug deal gone bad. Schaefer believes the Predator and a mysterious army general have a connection to his brother, Dutch, which leads Schaefer on a hunt into South America. There in South America Schaefer has yet another run in with a Predator as well as a Colombian drug lord - an old NYC adversary. Successfully eluding both, Schaefer is transported back to the U.S. only to find a government plot to hand him over to the Predators.
Predator #1-4 are collected together as the trade paperback: Predator: Concrete Jungle.
[edit] Predator 2
- Predator 2 #1-2
by Franz Henkel, Dan Barry, and Mark Bright
February 1991-June 1991
[edit] Big Game
- Predator: Big Game #1-4
by John Arcudi and Evan Dorkin
March 1991-June 1991
[edit] Cold War
- Predator: Cold War #1-4
by Mark Verheiden and Ron Randall
September 1991-December 1991
[edit] The Bloody Sands Of Time
- Predator: The Bloody Sands Of Time #1-2
by Dan Barry and Chris Warner
February 1992
[edit] Race War
- Predator: Race War #0-4
by Andrew Vachss, Randy Stradley, Jordan Raskin, and Lauchland Pelle
February 1993-October 1993
[edit] Bad Blood
- Predator: Bad Blood #1-4
by Evan Dorkin and Derek Thompson
December 1993-June 1994
[edit] Invaders from the Fourth Dimension
- Predator: Invaders from the Fourth Dimension #1
by Jerry Prosser and Jim Somerville & Brian Garvey
July 1994
[edit] Kindred
- Predator: Kindred #1-4
by Jason R. Lamb and Scott Tolson
December 1996-January 1997: Kindred follows the events centering on the extremely ordinary town of Fleener Creek, Oregon. The town remains ordinary until a Predator returns after 30 years drawing into action Buddy Wilcox, a family man who has a personal agenda against this particular Predator. Sheriff Kelly Mathis hunts a serial killer named McCutcheon who is now, not only on the run from the authorities, but on the run from a Predator as well.
[edit] Crossovers
There are also other comic works which feature the Predator in crossovers:
- Aliens vs. Predator, the better known comic books
- Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator
- Aliens vs. Predator/Witchblade/Darkness:
- Mindhunter (by David Quinn, Mel Rubi, and Mike Perkin, Dark Horse Comics, 4-issues miniseries, 2000, tpb, 96 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56971-615-3)
- Overkill (by Paul Jenkins and Clarence Lansang, Top Cow, 2-issue mini-series, 2000)
- Batman vs. Predator
- JLA vs. Predator (by John Ostrander, DC, one shot, 2001, ISBN B0006RKADO)
- Predator vs. Judge Dredd
- Predator vs. Magnus, Robot Fighter (by Lee Weeks, Dark Horse, 1994, ISBN 1-56971-040-6)
- Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator
- Superman vs. Predator
- Tarzan vs. Predator at the Earth's Core (by Walter Simonson and Lee Weeks, 4-issue mini-series, 1996, tpb, 1997, ISBN 1-56971-231-X)[1]
[edit] Publications
The details of the publication of the comics and trade paperbacks include:
- Predator:
- Concrete Jungle (by Mark Verheiden and Chris Warner, Dark Horse, 112 pages, 1990, ISBN 1-56971-165-8)
- Big Game (by John Arcudi, Evan Dorkin and Armando Gil, Titan Books, 112 pages, 1992, ISBN 1-85286-454-0, Dark Horse, 1996, ISBN 1-56971-166-6)
- "The Bloody Sands of Time" (by Dan Barry and Chris Warner, 2-issue mini-series, 1992)
- Cold War (by Mark Verheiden, Ron Randall and Steve Mitchell, Dark Horse, 112 pages, 1993, ISBN , Titan Books, 104 pages, 1995, ISBN 1-85286-576-8)
- Race War (by Andrew H. Vachss and Randy Stradley, Dark Horse, 144 pages, 1995, ISBN 1-56971-112-7)
- Kindred (by Scott R. Tolson and Jason Lamb, Penciller: Brian O'Connell, Roger Peterson and Inker: Bruce Patterson, 4-issue mini-series, 1996, tpb, 1997, ISBN 1-56971-270-0)
- "Dark River" (by Mark Verheiden, pencils by Ron Randall and inks by Rick Magyar, 4-issue mini-series, 1996)
- Hell & Hot Water (by Mark Schultz and Gene Colan, 3-issue mini-series, 1997, tpb, 1998, ISBN 1-56971-271-9)
- "Primal" (by Kevin J. Anderson, Penciller: Scott Kolins and Inker: John Lowe, 2-issue mini-series, 1997)
- "Nemesis" (by Gordon Rennie and Colin MacNeil, two-issue mini-series, 1997)
- "Hell Come a Walkin'" (by Nancy A. Collins and Dean Ormston, two-issue mini-series, 1998)
- "Captive" (by Gordon Rennie and Dean Ormston, one-shot, May 1998)
- "Xenogenesis" (by Ian Edginton, Mel Rubi (pencils) and Andrew Pepoy (inks), for Dark Horse, 1999)
- Predator Omnibus:
- Volume 1 (collects Concrete Jungle, Cold War, "Dark River" and others, 440 pages, August 2007, ISBN 1-59307-732-7)[2]
- Volume 2 (collects Big Game, Race War, and others, 360 pages, February 2008, ISBN 1-59307-733-5)[3]
- Volume 3 (collects ..., 344 pages, June 2008, ISBN 1-59307-925-7)[4]
- Volume 4 (collects Primal, Nemesis, Homeworld, Xenogenesis, Hell Come a Walkin', Captive, and Demon's Gold, 352 pages, October 2008, ISBN 1-59307-990-7)[5]
[edit] See also
- Predator, a novel series
- List of comics based on films
[edit] References
- Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to the Alien and Predator Films (by David A. McIntee, Telos, 272 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-903889-94-4)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Stanford W. Carpenter (1999) "The Tarzan vs. Predator Comic Book Mini-Series: An Ethnographic Analysis". International Journal of Comic Art. 1 (2). 195-215.
- ^ Dark Horse Comics > Profile > Predator Omnibus Volume 1
- ^ Dark Horse Comics > Profile > Predator Omnibus Volume 2
- ^ Dark Horse Comics > Profile > Predator Omnibus Volume 3
- ^ Dark Horse Comics > Profile > Predator Omnibus Volume 4
[edit] External links
- Dark Horse catalogue
- Nemesis press release
- Captive press release
- Profile for the Tarzan vs. Predator trade
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