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Predator (2022) (Single Issues)
Predator #1 1:25 Variant Cover By Ryan Brown
HUNT. KILL. REPEAT. In the near future, a young girl sees her family slaughtered by the deadliest and most feared hunter in the a PREDATOR. Years later, though her ship is barely holding together and food is running short, Theta won't stop stalking the spaceways until the Yautja monster who killed her family is dead...or she is. Ed Brisson (IRON FIST, GHOST RIDER) and Kev Walker (DR. STRANGE, DOCTOR APHRA) forge a violent, heartbreaking and unforgettable new chapter in the PREDATOR saga not to be missed!
40 pages, Comic
First published August 10, 2022
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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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August 22, 2022
I only picked this up because I collect all of the Predator/Alien Marvel variant covers, and this issue had a variant with the Predator holding Iron Man’s decapitated head. Very cool.
But the story itself was actually pretty solid and accompanied by some beautiful art. I’m glad I picked this up and I’ll probably check this whole series out whenever a trade for it drops. This is a solid start to a Predator ongoing…
But the story itself was actually pretty solid and accompanied by some beautiful art. I’m glad I picked this up and I’ll probably check this whole series out whenever a trade for it drops. This is a solid start to a Predator ongoing…
August 16, 2022
When I saw this was coming out and that Ed Brisson would be writing it, I knew it would be good but damn this was a freaking amazing first issue. Great art, really good story idea and execution and even had some sad moments that really got me. This has the potential to be a top tier series.
August 11, 2022
Great first issue. The one who lost everyone as a child has been the predator this whole time. But what happens when she's all alone? Hunt or be hunted.
August 22, 2022
The hunt is on
conclusion: A great start for this series - recommended for everybody interested. 5/5
story: Theta, child of two human interstellar colonists witnesses the brutal murder of her parents by a Predator. Saved by the spaceship's A.I. Sandy the daughter promises revenge. Years have passed and Theta has become a force to be reckoned with and with every sucessfull hunt she comes closer and closer to her actual prey...
rating: The first issue of "Predator" really caught me. Brisson delivers an intruiging start for his run. An emotional backstoy sets the base for what's to come. Theta's motives are understandable and her development is great. It's fresh to see the prey become the hunters. As a new-comer in the Predator business I feel entertained as well as informed. I learned some new things in this comic and actually understood what they were talking about - so that's off for a good start. The art by Kev Walker does the rest - it's clear, smooth yet a bit dirty - of course the green blood is always an outstanding point of interest.
conclusion: A great start for this series - recommended for everybody interested. 5/5
August 12, 2022
While the story of revenge for having your loved ones killed isn't definitely something new, Ed Brisson did reverse the role of the predator and prey to give the story a new twist with some bombastic art to boot. And this is a high time for the franchise with the new movie being a hit and Marvel starting to publish new comics.
This first issue introduces us to the human protagonist, who might remind readers a bit of 'Naru' from 'Prey', but despite having the quite done and dusted background of being motivated by revenge her character was fleshed out quite methodically and her ships AI has its unique attitudes to be quite likeable.
This issue had a fair bit of action sequences which were drawn with jubilant style and colors, giving a sense of action and urgency. The ship designs were quite delightful and the author did try to give us a bit of information about the activities of the Predators as a race of hunters. But I myself expected some more actions, specially knowing about the history of the franchise.
Overall, any reader will fill invested in Theta after learning of her past and her mission and her dire predicaments after the ending of this issue.
This one gets, 3.5 out of 5 stars from me.
This first issue introduces us to the human protagonist, who might remind readers a bit of 'Naru' from 'Prey', but despite having the quite done and dusted background of being motivated by revenge her character was fleshed out quite methodically and her ships AI has its unique attitudes to be quite likeable.
This issue had a fair bit of action sequences which were drawn with jubilant style and colors, giving a sense of action and urgency. The ship designs were quite delightful and the author did try to give us a bit of information about the activities of the Predators as a race of hunters. But I myself expected some more actions, specially knowing about the history of the franchise.
Overall, any reader will fill invested in Theta after learning of her past and her mission and her dire predicaments after the ending of this issue.
This one gets, 3.5 out of 5 stars from me.
August 12, 2022
Nope! Didn't like it. Just not my style and not what i would have enjoy as a Predator comic series. I won't continue with it!
September 14, 2022
A solid first chapter :) super stoked to dip back into this universe. I really like the art style too.
September 21, 2022
I had no idea what Marvel were planning to do with this title when it was announced, I purposely kept away from plot summaries so as to be surprised. When it comes to the Alien books it's a safe bet it's going to be set in the same kind of rough time as the first three films; but with Predator you never know. It could be set in modern day, historically, or even in the distant future. There's no real consistent setting for the franchise. And I was excited to see where this new title might go.
Unfortunately, I began to feel uneasy as soon as I opened the book and it gives you a time-line breakdown that acknowledges the first four movies. I mainly began to worry because The Predator was absolutely awful, and did some terrible things with the mythology, and apparently we're going to be carrying on from that. And it seems like we're incorporating that in the strangest way possible; though I'm left to conclude that from best guesses, as we don't get clear answers here.
I'm talking about the setting. The book takes us into space, where humanity has developed interstellar travel and is exploring and colonising space. And it's happening twenty years from now. Now, we get no explanation for how this is happening, and I'm left to assume as The Predator is being included as canon here it means humanity did some super fast backwards development from the Yautja tech we got in that film.
Whilst I can readily believe humanity using alien tech to leap forward and get a few extra rungs up the ladder it feels ridiculously too soon in this book. I had to go back and check that I hadn't misread the date more than once.
There are two points in time that we concentrate on here, the first is 2041, where a ship has landed on a distant planet and the humans are busy establishing a small colony. It's here that we get the important backstory for our central character, Theta, and we come back to these events several times over the course of this first issue.
The second time, the present for the book, is 2056. So, in 2041 humanity has already developed space cruisers, is colonising planets, and has functioning AI's to help them. Folks wear cool jumpsuits, and have sci-fi guns. In 2056 the only thing we hear about is of colonies already closing down and moving on, places where you can pick up parts for old ships and gather supplies that have become remote locations with few populating it.
I know I keep going back to this point, but this all feels way too soon for this kind of stuff. Not only does it feel hard to believe that humanity will have advanced hundreds of years in less than two decades, but that fifteen years later space and colonies are treated like places that have been around forever. It feels like Ed Brisson has created a lived in sci-fi future like the Alien universe, but has set it too soon. If this was 2156 I wouldn't have an issue with it, but this is a time where I'd still be alive and wandering around (fingers crossed I will at least) and that just feels too jarring for me and keeps taking me out of the story.
The story itself is fine, though nothing super special yet. The book begins with two Yautja fighting on an alien planet, with one of the warriors being bested and executed. However, the other pulls off its mask to reveal a human woman, who seems pissed that she just killed the alien hunter. It turns out, this woman, Theta, is hunting Yautja, searching for a very specific one that killed her entire family when she was a girl.
Having forged her own battle armour, complete with bio-mask with dreadlocks attached to it, she's been going through the galaxy trying to learn what she can about the hunters, searching for her target. She's killed at least a dozen of them in her search, but her ship is close to trashed, and she desperately needs supplies. Trying to make her way to a remote supply facility, her ship crashes in the frozen wastes, a hundred miles from her target.
The introduction is kind of short, and the stuff that happens in the present is simple enough to get us introduced and get us invested in the story, with flashbacks to Theta's childhood trauma getting us invested in the character. There are few action scenes in the issue, and only a few places where we see any Yautja, and it does feel kind of light on that front; so folks hoping that we'll get dropped straight into the action will have to wait a bit it seems. But it's a decent enough start to the story, with some good art and strong visual designs.
Issue one of Predator is fine. And that feels about all I can say for it at this point. Quite often Predator comics work better as completed graphic novels where the whole story is able to be read in one, and Marvel's Alien books felt the same too. Perhaps this will be a decent month to month book, but that's still yet to be seen. As it stands, this was a fine enough comic, though one that I felt had a very serious flaw that dragged the quality down for me.
Unfortunately, I began to feel uneasy as soon as I opened the book and it gives you a time-line breakdown that acknowledges the first four movies. I mainly began to worry because The Predator was absolutely awful, and did some terrible things with the mythology, and apparently we're going to be carrying on from that. And it seems like we're incorporating that in the strangest way possible; though I'm left to conclude that from best guesses, as we don't get clear answers here.
I'm talking about the setting. The book takes us into space, where humanity has developed interstellar travel and is exploring and colonising space. And it's happening twenty years from now. Now, we get no explanation for how this is happening, and I'm left to assume as The Predator is being included as canon here it means humanity did some super fast backwards development from the Yautja tech we got in that film.
Whilst I can readily believe humanity using alien tech to leap forward and get a few extra rungs up the ladder it feels ridiculously too soon in this book. I had to go back and check that I hadn't misread the date more than once.
There are two points in time that we concentrate on here, the first is 2041, where a ship has landed on a distant planet and the humans are busy establishing a small colony. It's here that we get the important backstory for our central character, Theta, and we come back to these events several times over the course of this first issue.
The second time, the present for the book, is 2056. So, in 2041 humanity has already developed space cruisers, is colonising planets, and has functioning AI's to help them. Folks wear cool jumpsuits, and have sci-fi guns. In 2056 the only thing we hear about is of colonies already closing down and moving on, places where you can pick up parts for old ships and gather supplies that have become remote locations with few populating it.
I know I keep going back to this point, but this all feels way too soon for this kind of stuff. Not only does it feel hard to believe that humanity will have advanced hundreds of years in less than two decades, but that fifteen years later space and colonies are treated like places that have been around forever. It feels like Ed Brisson has created a lived in sci-fi future like the Alien universe, but has set it too soon. If this was 2156 I wouldn't have an issue with it, but this is a time where I'd still be alive and wandering around (fingers crossed I will at least) and that just feels too jarring for me and keeps taking me out of the story.
The story itself is fine, though nothing super special yet. The book begins with two Yautja fighting on an alien planet, with one of the warriors being bested and executed. However, the other pulls off its mask to reveal a human woman, who seems pissed that she just killed the alien hunter. It turns out, this woman, Theta, is hunting Yautja, searching for a very specific one that killed her entire family when she was a girl.
Having forged her own battle armour, complete with bio-mask with dreadlocks attached to it, she's been going through the galaxy trying to learn what she can about the hunters, searching for her target. She's killed at least a dozen of them in her search, but her ship is close to trashed, and she desperately needs supplies. Trying to make her way to a remote supply facility, her ship crashes in the frozen wastes, a hundred miles from her target.
The introduction is kind of short, and the stuff that happens in the present is simple enough to get us introduced and get us invested in the story, with flashbacks to Theta's childhood trauma getting us invested in the character. There are few action scenes in the issue, and only a few places where we see any Yautja, and it does feel kind of light on that front; so folks hoping that we'll get dropped straight into the action will have to wait a bit it seems. But it's a decent enough start to the story, with some good art and strong visual designs.
Issue one of Predator is fine. And that feels about all I can say for it at this point. Quite often Predator comics work better as completed graphic novels where the whole story is able to be read in one, and Marvel's Alien books felt the same too. Perhaps this will be a decent month to month book, but that's still yet to be seen. As it stands, this was a fine enough comic, though one that I felt had a very serious flaw that dragged the quality down for me.
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August 10, 2022Off to a good start!
The Predator series is in good hands with the Marvel move! Not the start you would have anticipated! But, the story has a good balance of current situation our lead character is in and moving to the back-story. It is engaging and full of drama and of course the brutally of our Beloved Predator! Can't wait to see how these stories develop and the more background into the Predator Universe!
The Predator series is in good hands with the Marvel move! Not the start you would have anticipated! But, the story has a good balance of current situation our lead character is in and moving to the back-story. It is engaging and full of drama and of course the brutally of our Beloved Predator! Can't wait to see how these stories develop and the more background into the Predator Universe!
October 12, 2022
Parece una reinterpretación del personaje de Machiko de la era Dark Horse pero haciendo su background más simplón. No sé hasta qué punto podrán aprovecharlo y crear un digno arco argumental. Por lo menos parece que va a querer indagar en la mitología Predator (además de asentarse en la cronología de las películas), y el estilo de dibujo, aunque no es el más comúnmente ideal para una colección de Predator. Creo que va a funcionar de cara al dinamismo y que la lectura se posicione de forma más general con toda clase de lectores.
July 16, 2024
A great first issue.
However, the only reason I read this was because it had a Peach Momoko variant cover.
I hope to figure out how to add an image into this review (perhaps in a future update). Still, it's a great illustration that combines the Predator design with a Japanese flair. The closer I look, the more I see that it like Momoko merge the Predator with a yokai. The kappa comes to mind. It's all in the eyes. The mottled green skin also resembled that of the kappa.
However, the only reason I read this was because it had a Peach Momoko variant cover.
I hope to figure out how to add an image into this review (perhaps in a future update). Still, it's a great illustration that combines the Predator design with a Japanese flair. The closer I look, the more I see that it like Momoko merge the Predator with a yokai. The kappa comes to mind. It's all in the eyes. The mottled green skin also resembled that of the kappa.
November 14, 2022
I have never gotten too deep into Predator. I loved the original film and watched it all the time growing up. This was a very good first issue and got me hooked into the story. Theta is a fun character with a good backstory. The art was decent and the story build up was solid. Very excited for issue 2.
January 17, 2023
As far as tales of revenge go, this one is no different - Predator kills girls family, girl spends rest of life hunting predator. What's different is how in the few pages contained herein, Ed Brisson manages to humanise the protagonist and make us root for her. I'm rooting for her. This has the makings of a solid story.
August 13, 2022
Hell of a first issue. Classic Predator shit, but the art by Kev Walker is some of his career best.
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September 18, 2022Wow
I did not expect this to be as good as it was. Brisson hit a grand slam with this issue! Can't wait to see where this story goes.
I did not expect this to be as good as it was. Brisson hit a grand slam with this issue! Can't wait to see where this story goes.
July 15, 2023
New story
A new Predator story that just what the fans need and the art is on point also, if you love Predators you will dig this story, seems like its gonna be a wild ride
A new Predator story that just what the fans need and the art is on point also, if you love Predators you will dig this story, seems like its gonna be a wild ride
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