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Predator (Marvel Comics)
Predator, Tome 1: Le jour du chasseur
Une jeune fille voit sa famille décimée par une créature impitoyable. Devenue adulte, Theta est animée par une soif de vengeance qui ne sera tarie que lorsque le Predator qui a tué ses parents, sera mort. Et peu importe le nombre de ses congénères qu'elle devra massacrer en chemin. Ed Brisson (New Mutants) prend le contre-pied des films Predator : ici, le tueur sanguinaire n'est plus le chasseur mais bien la proie ! Une idée qui donne une saveur unique à ce premier tome, notamment grâce aux dessins dynamiques de Kev Walker, un habitué de SF qui dessine actuellement la nouvelle série Guardians of the Galaxy pour Marvel.
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 18, 2023
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Ed Brisson
753 books108 followersComic book writer.
Credits include: COMEBACK, SHELTERED, THE FIELD (Image Comics), SECRET AVENGERS (Marvel), ROBOCOP, SONS OF ANARCHY, HELLRAISER (BOOM!) and X-FILES/TMNT: CONSPIRACY (IDW). Plus, you know, a bunch of stuff I can’t talk about yet.
Credits include: COMEBACK, SHELTERED, THE FIELD (Image Comics), SECRET AVENGERS (Marvel), ROBOCOP, SONS OF ANARCHY, HELLRAISER (BOOM!) and X-FILES/TMNT: CONSPIRACY (IDW). Plus, you know, a bunch of stuff I can’t talk about yet.
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July 5, 2025
PT Adoro o universo de Alien e Predador, por isso, depois da excelente experiência que tive com a nova fase de Alien, não podia deixar passar a oportunidade de fazer o mesmo com Predador. Felizmente, tal como Alien, Predador também não desilude.
Gostei imenso do que os autores construíram aqui. A história segue Theta, uma sobrevivente de um ataque de Predadores que parte numa jornada de vingança. Ao longo do caminho, transforma-se numa verdadeira caçadora de Predadores — uma autêntica durona.
A narrativa é sólida do início ao fim. Li o volume de uma assentada, tão envolvido estava com a ação e a evolução da personagem.
Recomendo vivamente a todos os fãs deste universo!
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EN I love the Alien/Predator universe, so after the great experience I had reading the new Alien series, I couldn’t miss the chance to do the same with Predator. Fortunately, just like Alien, Predator didn’t disappoint.
I really enjoyed what the creators built here. The story follows Theta, a survivor of a Predator attack who embarks on a quest for revenge. Along the way, she becomes a true Predator hunter — a total badass.
The narrative is solid from start to finish. I read the whole volume in one sitting, completely drawn in by the action and the character’s journey.
Highly recommended for fans of this universe!
Gostei imenso do que os autores construíram aqui. A história segue Theta, uma sobrevivente de um ataque de Predadores que parte numa jornada de vingança. Ao longo do caminho, transforma-se numa verdadeira caçadora de Predadores — uma autêntica durona.
A narrativa é sólida do início ao fim. Li o volume de uma assentada, tão envolvido estava com a ação e a evolução da personagem.
Recomendo vivamente a todos os fãs deste universo!
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EN I love the Alien/Predator universe, so after the great experience I had reading the new Alien series, I couldn’t miss the chance to do the same with Predator. Fortunately, just like Alien, Predator didn’t disappoint.
I really enjoyed what the creators built here. The story follows Theta, a survivor of a Predator attack who embarks on a quest for revenge. Along the way, she becomes a true Predator hunter — a total badass.
The narrative is solid from start to finish. I read the whole volume in one sitting, completely drawn in by the action and the character’s journey.
Highly recommended for fans of this universe!
June 21, 2023
4.5 stars. This was awesome!!! So in the year 2041, our main character, Theta , had to watch her parents get slaughtered by a predator when she was young. Brisson did a great job making this sad and tragic as hell. From there she vows to hunt the predators down to find the one that killed her parents. Now in her early twenties probably, this journey was such a blast. Just her and the spaceship’s A.I. flying around planet to planet taking out predators while also learning about them from their black boxes from their ships. Also she ran into all kinds of drama in between. Kev Walker’s art was absolutely amazing throughout this book. The next volume can’t get here soon enough.
September 18, 2023
Theta is a certified interstellar badass, hope there's a continuation but if not this was a very solid standalone.
This Chick Makes Even Ripley look like a Damsel in Distress.
This Chick Makes Even Ripley look like a Damsel in Distress.
May 15, 2023
I loved this book. The Predators have been hunting humans and all other species for sport. Always with technology and surprise in their favour. I am glad someone is taking the fight to them.
Now, in the year 2056, humans are capable of interstellar space travel. The Predators just have more targets to choose from. In 2041, Theta is the only survivor of a Predator attack. For the next 15 years, she has been hunting them. Scavenging their own weapons, armour, technology, and learning their tactics, but hunters will only be hunted for so long before they turn the tables.
It's a great brutal action-packed book. As I said, it is great seeing Theta taking down these monsters. I am glad this series is continuing even in the mini series format. Love the story, and the artwork matches the brutal action perfectly. I am also glad that the swear words are not #£#&* out as (used sparingly). This adds to dramatic moments. The book finishes with a thumbnail variant cover gallery.
Now, in the year 2056, humans are capable of interstellar space travel. The Predators just have more targets to choose from. In 2041, Theta is the only survivor of a Predator attack. For the next 15 years, she has been hunting them. Scavenging their own weapons, armour, technology, and learning their tactics, but hunters will only be hunted for so long before they turn the tables.
It's a great brutal action-packed book. As I said, it is great seeing Theta taking down these monsters. I am glad this series is continuing even in the mini series format. Love the story, and the artwork matches the brutal action perfectly. I am also glad that the swear words are not #£#&* out as (used sparingly). This adds to dramatic moments. The book finishes with a thumbnail variant cover gallery.
March 4, 2023
Probably more of a 3.5, but the art is well done.
This is Marvel's first foray into the world of Predator. I do have to say, it was a bit better than how the Alien series started out. I feel like Marvel is going through a bit of "growing pains" as it tries to delve into this franchise. One thing I think they did correctly is to not ignore the existence of what Dark Horse had published in the past and we see that with the release of Omnibus editions, despite the delays in publishing those. I still sort of think it was stupid for Disney to take this franchise away from Dark Horse. Even with Marvel money, I don't really think they're doing a better job than what Dark Horse did most of the time. Were all the Dark Horse comics good? No, but some of them were extremely well done and I have yet to encounter that from Marvel.
One thing I think is quite interesting about the Predator story here is that it pushes humanity further into the future. It's sitting in a time frame around where Aliens is set as a franchise. I've seen some people speculate because they will eventually do an Aliens vs. Predator comic, which will hopefully have the presence of the Colonial Marines, but we shall see. This series starts off with more of an Aliens vibe, where you have a prospector type of goal on a family ship, but this time a Predator wipes out everyone on the ship. Since children aren't exactly worthy of the Predator they leave behind a lone child, a young girl named Theta. She grows up with the ship AI as her only companion basically and as she gets older she fosters the desire for revenge against the monster that killed her family. Now Theta is on the hunt for the hunters and surprisingly she gets quite good at killing them. By the time the majority of this story catches up to us, she has managed to kill a surprising amount of Predators (20+, which is a LOT given their abilities) and she has salvaged enough of their equipment to make her own armor and weapons collection. This is totally a head nod toward the original Aliens vs. Predator series which featured the character Machiko Noguchi, who was taken in by the Predators and trained. Theta takes a very different path and wants to see their entire race wiped out. Which I'm sure is painfully unrealistic.
Overall, it was a pretty entertaining comic. It was interesting to see the Predators engage with humans of the future, which is something a lot of the movies even ignore at this point. Whereas the popular classic video games rendition always featured the ability to play as a Colonial Marine, hell, even the collectible card game had that! I still await the AVP film that actually features these classic settings rather than modern man running around fighting the super tech of Aliens... it does get boring over and over again. While Theta is a pretty good character to get behind, she's no Noguchi and this is one of the reasons that I'm sort of walking away with... but Dark Horse was writing such good stories for this franchise. Disney obviously isn't super loyal, they let Hulu franchise out the latest Predator film and look how incredible that was? It was so well done, and I just don't think Disney would think to write content like that. In the end, I really just hope it's going to take Disney a little while to get a handle on this franchise and what fans are really looking for. It seems like it has trouble with the Star Wars franchise from time to time, but it also feels like the Disney strategy there is to inundate it's fans with content whether or not it's worth making. At least with the Aliens/Predator franchises they seem to be taking a bit of a slower feel, so that I do appreciate on their part. I'll keep reading for a time and see if these get any better... but I still sorely wish they would just hand it all back to Dark Horse, who generally wrote better stories in the first place as far as I'm concerned.
This is Marvel's first foray into the world of Predator. I do have to say, it was a bit better than how the Alien series started out. I feel like Marvel is going through a bit of "growing pains" as it tries to delve into this franchise. One thing I think they did correctly is to not ignore the existence of what Dark Horse had published in the past and we see that with the release of Omnibus editions, despite the delays in publishing those. I still sort of think it was stupid for Disney to take this franchise away from Dark Horse. Even with Marvel money, I don't really think they're doing a better job than what Dark Horse did most of the time. Were all the Dark Horse comics good? No, but some of them were extremely well done and I have yet to encounter that from Marvel.
One thing I think is quite interesting about the Predator story here is that it pushes humanity further into the future. It's sitting in a time frame around where Aliens is set as a franchise. I've seen some people speculate because they will eventually do an Aliens vs. Predator comic, which will hopefully have the presence of the Colonial Marines, but we shall see. This series starts off with more of an Aliens vibe, where you have a prospector type of goal on a family ship, but this time a Predator wipes out everyone on the ship. Since children aren't exactly worthy of the Predator they leave behind a lone child, a young girl named Theta. She grows up with the ship AI as her only companion basically and as she gets older she fosters the desire for revenge against the monster that killed her family. Now Theta is on the hunt for the hunters and surprisingly she gets quite good at killing them. By the time the majority of this story catches up to us, she has managed to kill a surprising amount of Predators (20+, which is a LOT given their abilities) and she has salvaged enough of their equipment to make her own armor and weapons collection. This is totally a head nod toward the original Aliens vs. Predator series which featured the character Machiko Noguchi, who was taken in by the Predators and trained. Theta takes a very different path and wants to see their entire race wiped out. Which I'm sure is painfully unrealistic.
Overall, it was a pretty entertaining comic. It was interesting to see the Predators engage with humans of the future, which is something a lot of the movies even ignore at this point. Whereas the popular classic video games rendition always featured the ability to play as a Colonial Marine, hell, even the collectible card game had that! I still await the AVP film that actually features these classic settings rather than modern man running around fighting the super tech of Aliens... it does get boring over and over again. While Theta is a pretty good character to get behind, she's no Noguchi and this is one of the reasons that I'm sort of walking away with... but Dark Horse was writing such good stories for this franchise. Disney obviously isn't super loyal, they let Hulu franchise out the latest Predator film and look how incredible that was? It was so well done, and I just don't think Disney would think to write content like that. In the end, I really just hope it's going to take Disney a little while to get a handle on this franchise and what fans are really looking for. It seems like it has trouble with the Star Wars franchise from time to time, but it also feels like the Disney strategy there is to inundate it's fans with content whether or not it's worth making. At least with the Aliens/Predator franchises they seem to be taking a bit of a slower feel, so that I do appreciate on their part. I'll keep reading for a time and see if these get any better... but I still sorely wish they would just hand it all back to Dark Horse, who generally wrote better stories in the first place as far as I'm concerned.
January 13, 2023
This starts off very strong.
Kev Walker is a strong artist. He captures the Predators very well and his environments are great.
Unfortunately the world Ed Brisson creates here feels very empty. There's spaceships and human corporations and multiple worlds, but it all feels very hollow. I was just reading an adaptation of Alien where you see all the characters interacting with the spaceship... and the world just feels lived in and come alive. Here it's just generic spaceships and hovercrafts and a corporation with space ports.
It's a simple revenge tale.
Kev Walker is a strong artist. He captures the Predators very well and his environments are great.
Unfortunately the world Ed Brisson creates here feels very empty. There's spaceships and human corporations and multiple worlds, but it all feels very hollow. I was just reading an adaptation of Alien where you see all the characters interacting with the spaceship... and the world just feels lived in and come alive. Here it's just generic spaceships and hovercrafts and a corporation with space ports.
It's a simple revenge tale.
February 11, 2024
Predator, Vol 1: Day of the Hunter is an entertaining new addition in the Predator mythos, bolstered by outstanding artwork from Kev Walker. The pace is quick and the action is plentiful and writer Ed Brisson adds some new twists to the Predators themsevles. Unfortunately, the big drawback is the central character of Theta. She was a young girl when she saw her parents killed by one of the creatures. Flash forward fifteen years and now she's some predator killing machine, having taken down twenty plus of them in the past couple of years. There's no mention of how she has been able to accomplish this, or where she got her training from. It's just 'fifteen years later' and the young girl is now a total badass. It's a dumb move on the Brisson's part and it's something that could have easily been fixed in a multitude of ways. She's not exactly a Mary Sue as she does get her ass handed to her a couple of times, but she's close enough to make you roll your eyes.
Still, it's an enjoyable enough addition that boasts some killer visuals and it's easy enough to overlook. I'm looking forward to see what the next Volume brings.
Still, it's an enjoyable enough addition that boasts some killer visuals and it's easy enough to overlook. I'm looking forward to see what the next Volume brings.
December 24, 2023
3.5 Stars
This is a fun action-packed ride, but that's to be expected with this franchise. I don't think I have ever read a Predator comic before, though I swear I've seen them around for ages. I like Ed Brisson, so I didn't have any hesitation to pick this up.
I didn't really go for the art, and the colours didn't really help clear things up. Overall, it's not a very good-looking book. The Predators look great, but everything else was a little on the weak side. In an action comic, the art really has the chance to elevate a book rather than a dialogue focused story.
This is a fun action-packed ride, but that's to be expected with this franchise. I don't think I have ever read a Predator comic before, though I swear I've seen them around for ages. I like Ed Brisson, so I didn't have any hesitation to pick this up.
I didn't really go for the art, and the colours didn't really help clear things up. Overall, it's not a very good-looking book. The Predators look great, but everything else was a little on the weak side. In an action comic, the art really has the chance to elevate a book rather than a dialogue focused story.
February 17, 2023
There’s nothing super fancy about Brisson’s run of Predator. The art won’t knock your socks off. The story is a classic revenge tale where the hunter becomes the hunted, but I really like the setup and main character Theta. And of course, the perennially cool predators themselves. Sometimes the back to basics approach is the answer, and in a sea of comics that are constantly trying to do too much this workman like volume of Predator really hits the spot.
Of course I can’t review this volume without mentioning how dumb it is that Marvel is renumbering the SAME book with the SAME characters AND creative team after only six issues! But maybe a new number one will get this story out to more readers. I don’t know if that really works, but whatever, the story I like will carry on and that is good enough for me.
Of course I can’t review this volume without mentioning how dumb it is that Marvel is renumbering the SAME book with the SAME characters AND creative team after only six issues! But maybe a new number one will get this story out to more readers. I don’t know if that really works, but whatever, the story I like will carry on and that is good enough for me.
November 24, 2023
Thought it was lame of the main character not to
December 10, 2023
Probably better than 3/5. Minimal superfluous plot, but still got a bit sentimental at times (between severings of flesh)
March 12, 2023
Undeva între 3 și 4. Artă bună, povestea nu e rea. O fetiță supraviețuiește unui atac Predator în care familia și restul echipajului sunt uciși, apoi preia nava și își dedică tot restul vieții răzbunării. În cele din urmă are ocazia.
6 numere bune, suficient cât să nu devină plictisitor. Evident, Theta, luptătoarea noastră, e ceva mai badass decât te-ai aștepta, dar suntem într-un univers în care norocul ține cu cei îndrăzneți :) Pentru un nou capitol în istoria Predator nu e o poveste deloc rea. Să vedem ce urmează să facă Marvel din asta.
6 numere bune, suficient cât să nu devină plictisitor. Evident, Theta, luptătoarea noastră, e ceva mai badass decât te-ai aștepta, dar suntem într-un univers în care norocul ține cu cei îndrăzneți :) Pentru un nou capitol în istoria Predator nu e o poveste deloc rea. Să vedem ce urmează să facă Marvel din asta.
June 9, 2025
Para começar, preciso falar que entre as três franquias da 20th Century Fox que viraram quadrinhos recentemente pela Marvel, Aliens, Predador e Planeta dos Macacos, acredito que a que se saiu melhor foi esta aqui, a de Predador. O quadrinho é escrito por Ed Brisson, que confesso, não sou muito fã do trabalho na Marvel. Mas os desenhos são de Kev Walker que sempre me brinda com quadrinhos que gosto bastante. Este aqui não é diferente. Ele mostra a jornada de uma menina, no futuro, perseguindo um Predador específico que ela acredita ter massacrado e assassinado seus pais, enquanto ela era enviada ainda criança em sua nave familiar de pesquisa. Acompanhamos ela assassinando Predador a Predador até se encontrar com a frota espacial de onde a nave de sua família de exploradores saiu. E então, tudo muda. A coisa fica mais difícil e a tripulação da frota e a própria protagonista precisam tomar decisões impensadas para que ambas missões continuem a acontecer. Esse sim eu quero ler a continuação.
March 15, 2024
Set in the future..
Theta has a particular reason to search and kill a particular Predator..
During this search she's made a habit of killing other Predators..but her time may be running out.
Very cinematic rendering as Theta becomes a younger version of Ripley...
Theta has a particular reason to search and kill a particular Predator..
During this search she's made a habit of killing other Predators..but her time may be running out.
Very cinematic rendering as Theta becomes a younger version of Ripley...
January 25, 2023
An o.k. story but didn't take me all the way in. I'm just over the bad ass chick as the main character. Would've liked more WHY on the Predators.
April 17, 2023
3,5 estrelas
November 18, 2024
An Entertaining Entry
Love the art style - clean, crisp, clearly laid out. Straightforward story with necessary beats and satisfying pacing. Natural lack of true resolution so that the series can continue if people like it, which I did. Enough to continue on? Probably at some point. But not sure where else they can go with the character.
Love the art style - clean, crisp, clearly laid out. Straightforward story with necessary beats and satisfying pacing. Natural lack of true resolution so that the series can continue if people like it, which I did. Enough to continue on? Probably at some point. But not sure where else they can go with the character.
June 15, 2025
I love predator lore and aesthetic and doesn't disappoint
August 10, 2024
It was really fun and interesting. The main character has a little bit of protagonist effect going on but not in a way that pulls away from the story.
September 5, 2024
What a start to new hunting season at Marvel! Fantastic art and great story the next Graphic Novel is already ordered and I can’t wait!
May 11, 2024
This really didn't feel like a Predator story. What makes a good Predator story for me is how we get to know a Predator through their hunts (Predator, Predator 2, Prey) and we didn't have that here, we just get Predators showing up to get slain by Theta, usually thanks to luck. I think there were probably much better stories about the other Predators she hunted up to this point because here she didn't have to work for it. My second criteria for a good Predator story is expanding Predator lore and we didn't have any of that with this volume.
December 3, 2023
Good artwork, but a pretty tired revenge story. “A Predator killed my family…oh no! I gotta spend my whole life killing them!”
Also, I’m tired of kick-ass girls with butch haircuts as the protagonist. In the original film a group of jacked soldiers had a hard time taking one down. This comic book is trying to tell me that some five foot nothing pixie sprite with hurt feelings is going to have killed 26 in a 15 year span?! Get eff’d Marvel!!!!
Also, I’m tired of kick-ass girls with butch haircuts as the protagonist. In the original film a group of jacked soldiers had a hard time taking one down. This comic book is trying to tell me that some five foot nothing pixie sprite with hurt feelings is going to have killed 26 in a 15 year span?! Get eff’d Marvel!!!!
May 30, 2024
Marvel has kinda missed the ball with Alien, Planet of the Apes, and now Predator.
Only 20 years in future and humanity is jetting through the cosmos.
A little girl who grew up alone and without any training is such an awesome Warrior that she takes out 27 Predators!
Hope vol 2 gets better...
Only 20 years in future and humanity is jetting through the cosmos.
A little girl who grew up alone and without any training is such an awesome Warrior that she takes out 27 Predators!
Hope vol 2 gets better...
January 11, 2023
DNF after 3 issues. Art is great but the lead character didn’t pull me in.
January 15, 2023
Hollow and unimaginative
November 30, 2024
Review is for the three volume arc
Serviceable and entertaining, it fulfills the implicit promise of the title.
Serviceable and entertaining, it fulfills the implicit promise of the title.
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July 15, 2024Set mainly in 2056, but rooted in flashbacks to 2041, which is already an interesting choice for a Predator comic that came out last year; only as far into the future as the second AvP film is in the past, yet apparently that will be enough time for humanity to become a spacefaring species - and that despite an aside suggesting we don't crack light speed until some point in those intervening 15 years, so fuck knows how that worked. Still, really that's background for a story which seems wary of mixing things up too much, but wants to add a little variety, so settles for moving the protagonist timeline up a bit. After all, the standard Predator story sees a human hunted, until they turn the tables, and once they're done, that's the end. Here, though, the human lead is hunting a specific Predator - the one who killed her family - and getting better and better at it as she kills others along the way, pushing that dynamic to the point of reversal. Which, yeah, is novel, and better than I'd expected from Brisson, who had surprised me as the choice to kick off a big new franchise acquisition, given he's one of those writers who's been knocking around Marvel for a few years without ever making much of an impact. Though he undoubtedly has an easier gig through being paired with Kev Walker, who has proven form when it comes to balancing relatable humanity with extreme violence in space adventures, even if here he's sometimes hobbled by colouring that can be so busy striving for mood as to obscure what's going on. Overall, though, the combination works often enough that I'd hail this as a worthy addition to the too-short list of good Predator stuff, if only it hadn't mucked up the primary rule that makes me love the concept, and shown humans who appear to be unarmed getting offed by a creature which ought to recoil from that.
May 25, 2024
Eins kann ich vorweg schon mal sagen: Theta Berwick ist ein absoluter Badass und lässt selbst Ellen Ripley wie einen Angsthasen aussehen.
Der Comic startet sehr temporeich und hat großartige Actionszenen. Als kleines Mädchen musste Theta mit ansehen, wie ihre Eltern von einem Predator auf einem neu erforschten Planeten getötet wurden. Jetzt, als junge Frau, ist sie die führende Predator-Jägerin im Weltall mit über 20 erlegten Yautja. Ed Brisson und Kev Walker nutzen sowohl die Dialoge als auch die Zeichnungen, um zu verdeutlichen, wie geschickt sie auf die Jagd nach den Mördern ihrer Eltern geht.
Die Zeichnungen sind zwar nicht das, was ich von einem Predator-Comic erwarten würde, sind aber auch nicht schlecht, die dunkle, düstere Farbpalette passt ausreichend zur Handlung, die Figuren sind von Kev Walker teilweise im Manga-inspirierten Zeichenstil gehalten.
Die Handlung selbst ist reines 80er und 90er Jahre B-Actionfilm-Futter mit einem Hauch von moderner Charaktererforschung. Als großer Fan dieser Art von Filmen habe ich diesen Aspekt geliebt. Die Action lässt einen atemlos am Ende zurück in der Hoffnung, dass es im zweiten Band genauso rasant weitergeht.
Ich hatte nicht wirklich große Erwartungen an diesen Band, aber Marvel startet mit Predator weitaus stärker und innovativer in die neue Reihe als bei Alien.
Der Comic startet sehr temporeich und hat großartige Actionszenen. Als kleines Mädchen musste Theta mit ansehen, wie ihre Eltern von einem Predator auf einem neu erforschten Planeten getötet wurden. Jetzt, als junge Frau, ist sie die führende Predator-Jägerin im Weltall mit über 20 erlegten Yautja. Ed Brisson und Kev Walker nutzen sowohl die Dialoge als auch die Zeichnungen, um zu verdeutlichen, wie geschickt sie auf die Jagd nach den Mördern ihrer Eltern geht.
Die Zeichnungen sind zwar nicht das, was ich von einem Predator-Comic erwarten würde, sind aber auch nicht schlecht, die dunkle, düstere Farbpalette passt ausreichend zur Handlung, die Figuren sind von Kev Walker teilweise im Manga-inspirierten Zeichenstil gehalten.
Die Handlung selbst ist reines 80er und 90er Jahre B-Actionfilm-Futter mit einem Hauch von moderner Charaktererforschung. Als großer Fan dieser Art von Filmen habe ich diesen Aspekt geliebt. Die Action lässt einen atemlos am Ende zurück in der Hoffnung, dass es im zweiten Band genauso rasant weitergeht.
Ich hatte nicht wirklich große Erwartungen an diesen Band, aber Marvel startet mit Predator weitaus stärker und innovativer in die neue Reihe als bei Alien.
December 22, 2023
I am not a Predator fanboy. I have only seen the original movie once, maybe twice, and I haven't seen any of the crossover films. That being said, I decided to take a chance on this book thanks to Marvel Unlimited and the fact this is written by Ed Brisson, whom I have started taking a liking to with his X-Men work.
The artwork is great, and the covers are brilliant. You don't really need to know much of anything regarding the Predator franchise to enjoy this self-contained story. There's a decent amount of science fiction tropes in the tale, but it's largely a tale of justice versus revenge. Without spoiling anything, the ending feels a little anti-climactic and it serves more as a beginning for more Predator. You could stop here and feel satisfied, but I think we're going to see more of the survivors in this tale. If you want to read some science fiction action that isn't tied to years and years of continuity, this is a good book to try.
The artwork is great, and the covers are brilliant. You don't really need to know much of anything regarding the Predator franchise to enjoy this self-contained story. There's a decent amount of science fiction tropes in the tale, but it's largely a tale of justice versus revenge. Without spoiling anything, the ending feels a little anti-climactic and it serves more as a beginning for more Predator. You could stop here and feel satisfied, but I think we're going to see more of the survivors in this tale. If you want to read some science fiction action that isn't tied to years and years of continuity, this is a good book to try.
December 2, 2024
I picked up the third volume in this new Marvel Predator series and didn’t realize it, so I’m circling back on Hoopla to read the two earlier volumes first. I have to say…I’m pleasantly surprised! I’m really glad they went with a futuristic SF setting that feels like it could be adjacent to the Marvel Alien universe, but so far has avoided even a subtle wink to the xenomorphs themselves. This feels like a series written by someone who probably read the older AvP series of novels with Machiko as the central protagonist and then said “how do I update that type of narrative with a different setting given the recent run of Predator movies?” There’s just enough characterization and it honestly clicks for some of the reasons that Alien Thaw worked (younger female protagonist in the vein of Ripley, scientist parents, support figure that might be AI…) while avoided the character overload and unfocused plot threads. I’m excited to see what else they do with this run moving forward.
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