Predator: Invaders From the Fourth Dimension

by Jerry Prosser, Jim Somerville (Illustrator)

It's 1959, and Hollywood is spewing out dozens of grade-Z alien invasion movies. But what happens when a real invader from outer space shows up in the back lot of a movie studio? Predator lands in Hollywood when he's hunting for some new talent, and the only roles these actors are getting are dead-end parts!
With the aid of special glasses, 11-year-old Tommy Anderson is the only one who can see the Predator. But can this over-imaginative boy convince adults that there's really a murderous monster stalking him? It's mayhem at the drive-in when Predator comes a-huntin'!

50 pages, Unknown Binding

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Jerry Prosser is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for his work with Dark Horse Comics where he helped create the Comics' Greatest World line and worked on licenced properties such as Aliens and Predator.

Reviews

[James DeSantis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay this was too dumb for me. Little kid vs predator. Just...yeah...stupid.

[✮Octjillery✮ · Rating 3 out of 5]

[My reviews are generally for me/my memory and can therefore contain spoilers. They're typically not here to provide you with a reason to read or not read something.]

Note: I read this via the first massive omnibus (on Kindle). The plan is to review each trade/mini-series/whatever as I finish them, rather than the whole omnibus or every single issue.

First thought with this one was, "Ugh, just gonna be goofy, and there's a kid." But then it was honestly really fun. The parallels between the in-comic movie and the comic itself were a nice touch in the background, and Tommy was actually pretty badass.

The art is clean and colorful. No real complaints there.

[Mega · Rating 4 out of 5]

I honestly am not sure about what I just read. It was like I was reading out the plot of some kind of family sci-fi movie, or an episode of a kids cartoon, except this one just so happened to have the Predator in it, and honestly?...... I dug the heck out of it. I would totally watch this if it was actually a movie or part of some kind of Predator TV show. Probably would be much better than that The Predator movie we got in 2018.

Issue #1

[Donavon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kid VS Predator done right.