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Predator Omnibus #1
Predator Omnibus, Vol. 1
Dark Horse Comics set the comics industry on its ear with its comics expansion of the Predator mythos, a comics series so true to the spirit of the original 20th Century Fox film blockbuster that concepts from the first Predator comics series were incorporated into the Predator screen universe. Now, the three core Dark Horse Predator graphic novels- Concrete Jungle , Cold War , and Dark River -and several other chilling Predator tales, some never before reprinted, are collected together for the first time, in a value-priced, quality-format omnibus, featuring over 400 explosive story pages in full color. Written by screen and television scribe Mark Verheiden ( The Mask, Battlestar Galactica) and comics legend Dan Barry and illustrated by Chris Warner, Ron Randall, Dan Barry, and others, Predator Omnibus Vol. 1 is an essential piece of the Predator mythos and a great entry point into the storied Dark Horse Predator library.
The definitive comics collection of all things Predator starts here!
The definitive comics collection of all things Predator starts here!
432 pages, Paperback
First published August 22, 2007
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January 7, 2019
Couldn’t finish this one. Only got through about 20% before the acute testosterone poisoning and manly-man overcompensation got to be too much. The protagonist is like every tough cop cliche blended together into a toxic smoothie of insecure teenage boy wish fulfillment.
As for the Predators, who should have at least been interesting? There’s nothing new. No development or insight. They’re just generic killers with high tech guns for our protagonist to fight so everyone can see how tough and manly and special he is.
As for the Predators, who should have at least been interesting? There’s nothing new. No development or insight. They’re just generic killers with high tech guns for our protagonist to fight so everyone can see how tough and manly and special he is.
April 17, 2021
Good writing and art direction across the board here.
May 30, 2017
May 29, 2017: I am a huge Predator nerd, so naturally I had to go back to the earliest graphic novels to see where the franchise was trying to head back in those days. What can I say, this omnibus feels very early 90's - just what the franchise should be all about.
The first three stories feature Dutch's brother - Detective Schaefer of NYPD. Dutch is missing after the events of the first movie, while his equally macho brother must face a group of Predators that have been using New York as their personal hunting grounds. Eventually he gets involved in the international cover-up and travels to Siberia, where more Predators begin targeting a research station. But man-hunting aliens don't leave him alone there either; soon Schaefer must follow a trail to South America - the place where his brother was seen last.
New York story borrows elements from the second movie, even copying some of the scenes. This is actually what Predator 2 would have looked like if they didn't eventually rewrite it. Not a bad variation on a cult classic, but Schaefer's behaviour was borderline psychotic. His roid rage bravado was getting stale by the page. But I guess that is what was popular back in the day: authority-defying lone heroes vs. clueless police lieutenants. All three episodes suffer from some repetition and cheesy one-liners.
"Right of Passage" and "The Pride at Nghasa" were two odd little tales set in colonial Africa. I actually thought the art and writing were the strongest here, even though I didn't like the Predator design as much. I enjoyed that the man vs alien scenes were rather original, compared to the rest of the stories. Definitely the best in the set.
"The Bloody Sands of Time" and "Blood Feud" take us back to World War I and Feudal Japan respectively. I didn't care for these two. The focus of these stories was to shock, rather than to tell a cohesive narrative. Both were hard to follow, being rather rushed, made little sense, and featured subpar art.
Read Schaefer's story for the nostalgia, African tales for the great entertainment, and skip the rest.
The first three stories feature Dutch's brother - Detective Schaefer of NYPD. Dutch is missing after the events of the first movie, while his equally macho brother must face a group of Predators that have been using New York as their personal hunting grounds. Eventually he gets involved in the international cover-up and travels to Siberia, where more Predators begin targeting a research station. But man-hunting aliens don't leave him alone there either; soon Schaefer must follow a trail to South America - the place where his brother was seen last.
New York story borrows elements from the second movie, even copying some of the scenes. This is actually what Predator 2 would have looked like if they didn't eventually rewrite it. Not a bad variation on a cult classic, but Schaefer's behaviour was borderline psychotic. His roid rage bravado was getting stale by the page. But I guess that is what was popular back in the day: authority-defying lone heroes vs. clueless police lieutenants. All three episodes suffer from some repetition and cheesy one-liners.
"Right of Passage" and "The Pride at Nghasa" were two odd little tales set in colonial Africa. I actually thought the art and writing were the strongest here, even though I didn't like the Predator design as much. I enjoyed that the man vs alien scenes were rather original, compared to the rest of the stories. Definitely the best in the set.
"The Bloody Sands of Time" and "Blood Feud" take us back to World War I and Feudal Japan respectively. I didn't care for these two. The focus of these stories was to shock, rather than to tell a cohesive narrative. Both were hard to follow, being rather rushed, made little sense, and featured subpar art.
Read Schaefer's story for the nostalgia, African tales for the great entertainment, and skip the rest.
December 19, 2025
The bulk of this collection is made up of the "John Schaefer" trilogy, the inital three Predator comic miniseries. The first one, "Concrete Jungle" is essentially "what if Arnold had starred in Predator 2" - only it's not Dutch Schaeffer, it's his older brother John who is very mad at the government for disappearing his brother Dutch after the events of movie 1. His quest for his missing brother is the throughline of the three minis. There's no resolution to it, nor is it ever very interesting. John is very much "we have Arnold at home", to the point that I'd be very interested to learn about the timeline between "Concrete Jungle", any initial plans for Predator 2, and the movie Predator 2 ended up being (city predator but no Arnold).
Writer Mark Verheiden just crams as many action hero lines in his speech bubbles as he can. This does not really work without Arnold's actual charisma to deliver them! Also, Arnold usually just has functional dialogue in the movies between one-liners. It's a shame cuz the other two have good concepts (lady Soviet commander at a Siberian whaling station / wounded Predator starts a cult of personality Kurtz style), they're just tethered to this boring ass protag!
Highlight of the collection is for sure "Bloody Sands of Time", a World War I epic that mostly feels like writer-artist Dan Barry wanted to talk about World War I but threw some Predators in. Paths of Glory Yautja fixfic hmmm? The frame story is rather hilariously about a narco commando (gotta cosplay the first movie a little) up on phony charges after he was found at the scene of a Predator massacre in Central America. His lawyer (totes not Wilford Brimley) has gotta find proof that there's totally such a thing as alien skin hunters, and is given a classified folder by a Deep Throat motherfucker in a trenchcoat (STRONG hints that this is a yautja in disguise which is so fucking funny) that tells the story of another time this happened, namely Verdun 1916.
Wilford and his paralegal/mistress Gwen read this story between bouts of lovemaking and it is so hilarious how horny Mr Barry is for MILF Gwen. This series dances around f-bombs but we get to see every inch of her as she reads from a manila folder about the slaughter of those brave boys on the Somme. I love when creatives are forthright about their interests!
Also v good without laffs: Rite of Passage, a wordless tale of vengeance as a Maasai warrior hunts down the Predator that killed his tribe.
Writer Mark Verheiden just crams as many action hero lines in his speech bubbles as he can. This does not really work without Arnold's actual charisma to deliver them! Also, Arnold usually just has functional dialogue in the movies between one-liners. It's a shame cuz the other two have good concepts (lady Soviet commander at a Siberian whaling station / wounded Predator starts a cult of personality Kurtz style), they're just tethered to this boring ass protag!
Highlight of the collection is for sure "Bloody Sands of Time", a World War I epic that mostly feels like writer-artist Dan Barry wanted to talk about World War I but threw some Predators in. Paths of Glory Yautja fixfic hmmm? The frame story is rather hilariously about a narco commando (gotta cosplay the first movie a little) up on phony charges after he was found at the scene of a Predator massacre in Central America. His lawyer (totes not Wilford Brimley) has gotta find proof that there's totally such a thing as alien skin hunters, and is given a classified folder by a Deep Throat motherfucker in a trenchcoat (STRONG hints that this is a yautja in disguise which is so fucking funny) that tells the story of another time this happened, namely Verdun 1916.
Wilford and his paralegal/mistress Gwen read this story between bouts of lovemaking and it is so hilarious how horny Mr Barry is for MILF Gwen. This series dances around f-bombs but we get to see every inch of her as she reads from a manila folder about the slaughter of those brave boys on the Somme. I love when creatives are forthright about their interests!
Also v good without laffs: Rite of Passage, a wordless tale of vengeance as a Maasai warrior hunts down the Predator that killed his tribe.
October 14, 2011
This is a comprehensive collection of the first series of Predator comics. It probably is not the best book to start with if you're trying to jump into the canon. I say that because the first part of the book is intolerable, whereas the second, less voluminous part, does its best to redeem the mythos that the first half tried so hard to taint.
My problem is that the first half of the omnibus is a series of stories starring Detective Schaffer, Dutch's brother (see original movie). This relationship serves no real purpose, at least in this book, other than to give the extremely wooden protagonist a reason to get into recurrent entanglements with the Predators. The contrivances are one thing, but the real problem is the Schaffer character. He is so wooden and emotionless to the point of total unbelievability that it's offensive to the reader. He is a hulking, brutish yet, in contradiction, refined cop who does whatever he wants without the thought of consequence. He never shows an ounce of humanity and solves every problem, whatever the scale, with excessive violence. *Note that I'm not prudish when it comes to violence or language, rather I feel its employment should have a logical motivation within the story. Another HUGE problem is that he uses enough tongue-and-cheek one-liners to make Peter Parker seem like a mute. Seriously, it happens in almost every cell Schaffer is featured in, and there are a lot. When it comes to some comics cheese can be applied, but with a grater. In PO the writer crushes the story with a wheel of cheddar. The only thing I can say I took from the first half of the book is a list of cliches to avoid in my own writing.
The second half was much better--believable characters, interesting stories--very enjoyable. If only the bulk of the book was more like this.
I may go for the second omnibus if the summary abstains from any mention of the detestable Detective Schaffer.
My problem is that the first half of the omnibus is a series of stories starring Detective Schaffer, Dutch's brother (see original movie). This relationship serves no real purpose, at least in this book, other than to give the extremely wooden protagonist a reason to get into recurrent entanglements with the Predators. The contrivances are one thing, but the real problem is the Schaffer character. He is so wooden and emotionless to the point of total unbelievability that it's offensive to the reader. He is a hulking, brutish yet, in contradiction, refined cop who does whatever he wants without the thought of consequence. He never shows an ounce of humanity and solves every problem, whatever the scale, with excessive violence. *Note that I'm not prudish when it comes to violence or language, rather I feel its employment should have a logical motivation within the story. Another HUGE problem is that he uses enough tongue-and-cheek one-liners to make Peter Parker seem like a mute. Seriously, it happens in almost every cell Schaffer is featured in, and there are a lot. When it comes to some comics cheese can be applied, but with a grater. In PO the writer crushes the story with a wheel of cheddar. The only thing I can say I took from the first half of the book is a list of cliches to avoid in my own writing.
The second half was much better--believable characters, interesting stories--very enjoyable. If only the bulk of the book was more like this.
I may go for the second omnibus if the summary abstains from any mention of the detestable Detective Schaffer.
May 17, 2020
Lots of fun. Captures the 80s tough-guy action-movie aesthetic pretty perfectly.
July 10, 2020
I bought this back in high school after reading most of the Dark Horse Alien series because I had enjoyed that at the time and thought this would be decent, too. I put it down after the first story because it was aggressively bland. I powered through it this time because it’s been staring at me from my bookshelf for too long.
Anyway this is still pretty aggressively bland. The cop-out of “it’s Schaefer, the heretofore unknown brother of Dutch!” is almost funny in how cynical it is. Just write some other character in, why does he have to be related to Dutch? All of the Schaefer stories are generic edgy ‘90s action stuff. Actually, most of the stories in this collection are, but those specifically. The only one that was kind of interesting was the wordless one set in old timey Africa. I’m not sure why all of these felt compelled to stay earthbound or otherwise expand the Predator lore. The idea of “Predators throughout history” is kind of neat, but none of these stories do anything particularly fun with it.
Anyway this is still pretty aggressively bland. The cop-out of “it’s Schaefer, the heretofore unknown brother of Dutch!” is almost funny in how cynical it is. Just write some other character in, why does he have to be related to Dutch? All of the Schaefer stories are generic edgy ‘90s action stuff. Actually, most of the stories in this collection are, but those specifically. The only one that was kind of interesting was the wordless one set in old timey Africa. I’m not sure why all of these felt compelled to stay earthbound or otherwise expand the Predator lore. The idea of “Predators throughout history” is kind of neat, but none of these stories do anything particularly fun with it.
July 16, 2022
This omnibus did not blow my socks off, but it was a fun enough read. The first three stories tie in nicely to the very first Predator film (1987). They follow Dutch Schaefer's brother, who is a detective in the NYPD who finds himself embroiled in combat with the Predator aliens when they arrive in New York to hunt. The second story in this collection stands out as a great addition to the Predator mythos, as Schaefer has to travel all the way to Siberia to battle against the aliens who find themselves stuck in an inhospitable environment.
While the artwork in the stories is old-fashioned by today's standards it still looks great and holds up well when compared to its more modern competition.
One draw-back of this collection is in the characterisation, which I found shallow at times. Schaefer is portrayed as a typical late-80s/early 90s action grunt, complete with cheesy one-liners, and a hard-ass attitude. But if you're prepared to look past the wooden characters, then there are good stories to be explored here.
I recommend this to die-hard fans of the Predator franchise, and people who love Sci-fi action stories.
While the artwork in the stories is old-fashioned by today's standards it still looks great and holds up well when compared to its more modern competition.
One draw-back of this collection is in the characterisation, which I found shallow at times. Schaefer is portrayed as a typical late-80s/early 90s action grunt, complete with cheesy one-liners, and a hard-ass attitude. But if you're prepared to look past the wooden characters, then there are good stories to be explored here.
I recommend this to die-hard fans of the Predator franchise, and people who love Sci-fi action stories.
July 23, 2019
These early Predator stories (as well as early Aliens stories) are where Dark Horse showed they knew how to do licensed comics. Most of the comics in this volume are direct sequels to the first Predator movies starring the brother of Arnold's character. There are also some pretty cool one shots and shorter stories as well set in Africa, different time lines, etc.
It's really pretty cool how Dark Horse explored the Predator Universe in so many different settings, and I look forward to reading future volumes.
It's really pretty cool how Dark Horse explored the Predator Universe in so many different settings, and I look forward to reading future volumes.
September 24, 2022
Well, this one is certainly not for everyone, but for the fans of Predator and of 80's action movies this is definitely going to be something of pure joy and nostalgia. Don't come here looking for artistic writing or groundbreaking mystery or finesse, but if you just came to enjoy mindless action and cheesy dialogue filled with varied and interesting drawings featuring the iconic Predators you have reached the right place indeed.
This omnibus contains some of the earliest comic issues published by Dark Horse and you can clearly feel the influence of the first movie of the franchise in these stories. I would now write a few lines expressing my feelings about each of the story on offer.
'Concrete Jungle' is the first ever original Predator comic series. It deals with the brother of Dutch, John Schaefer, who is an NYPD detective. It is clearly apparent that this has heavily influenced the second movie. While the author did some things better than the movie, but some things were just better done on big screen.
'Cold War' once again features John Schaefer, but this time he goes to Siberia and teams up with a Russian woman named Lt. Ligachev to deal with another party of Predators. I liked this one most of the trilogy featuring Schaefer, the setting is quite promising for a movie in my opinion, the drawing was very good and Ligachev was a great addition too.
'Dark River' is definitely the weakest of Schaefer trilogy, despite having some delightful art. The story is just too similar in essence and execution of the previous two and the dialogue was a bit too cheesy even for the 80's action movies feel it was trying to achieve.
'Rite of Passage' was the first of the two short pieces based in Africa. I really liked this silent short. It reminded me a bit of 'Prey', the latest movie in the franchise.
'The Pride at Nghasa' was another enjoyable story, reminding of the hunting stories I used to love in my childhood, with a twist of the hunters being massacred by a Predator.
'The Bloody Sands of Time' was a mixed bag. While I really loved the characters of Griggs and Gwen, the story relied too much on the horrors of war and mindless slaughter instead of focusing on the characters for my liking.
'Blood Feud' was another story that had a promising beginning, focusing on a blind Samurai but rather failed to deliver later on. Despite being a short story this one seemed to drag a bit and lacked the action that I hoped for.
All in all, a fine example of the early days of Predator comics that is essential reading for any fans of the franchise and anyone who likes cheesy action movies.
My score - 4 out of 5 stars.
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This omnibus contains some of the earliest comic issues published by Dark Horse and you can clearly feel the influence of the first movie of the franchise in these stories. I would now write a few lines expressing my feelings about each of the story on offer.
'Concrete Jungle' is the first ever original Predator comic series. It deals with the brother of Dutch, John Schaefer, who is an NYPD detective. It is clearly apparent that this has heavily influenced the second movie. While the author did some things better than the movie, but some things were just better done on big screen.
'Cold War' once again features John Schaefer, but this time he goes to Siberia and teams up with a Russian woman named Lt. Ligachev to deal with another party of Predators. I liked this one most of the trilogy featuring Schaefer, the setting is quite promising for a movie in my opinion, the drawing was very good and Ligachev was a great addition too.
'Dark River' is definitely the weakest of Schaefer trilogy, despite having some delightful art. The story is just too similar in essence and execution of the previous two and the dialogue was a bit too cheesy even for the 80's action movies feel it was trying to achieve.
'Rite of Passage' was the first of the two short pieces based in Africa. I really liked this silent short. It reminded me a bit of 'Prey', the latest movie in the franchise.
'The Pride at Nghasa' was another enjoyable story, reminding of the hunting stories I used to love in my childhood, with a twist of the hunters being massacred by a Predator.
'The Bloody Sands of Time' was a mixed bag. While I really loved the characters of Griggs and Gwen, the story relied too much on the horrors of war and mindless slaughter instead of focusing on the characters for my liking.
'Blood Feud' was another story that had a promising beginning, focusing on a blind Samurai but rather failed to deliver later on. Despite being a short story this one seemed to drag a bit and lacked the action that I hoped for.
All in all, a fine example of the early days of Predator comics that is essential reading for any fans of the franchise and anyone who likes cheesy action movies.
My score - 4 out of 5 stars.
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June 24, 2015
Good follow up to the films and takes the reader on new adventures in the PREDATOR universe.
March 13, 2019
I really enjoyed this collection of Predator stories. Personally I liked the first three stories a lot more than the later stories. The stories at the beginning of this volume feel like a comic book version of a cheesy 80s action movie. Meaning they perfectly capture the tone of the first two Predator films. These stories aren't sophisticated prose, but they aren't meant to be. These stories are incredibly entertaining. I had a harder time with the stories featured later in the book. Less action and the dialogue made it hard to understand. I felt that I was taken out of enjoying the story because I had to work so hard to parse through the dialogue I was reading. I recommend this Omnibus to anyone who likes high action comics/80s movies, and doesn't mind slightly dated/clunky dialogue.
September 4, 2019
My rating for this is more 3.5 than three, but no half marks allowed in Goodreads.
Anywho, this is a book that I'd wanted to read for years, but always said later. Well, that "later" arrived and I finally gave myself the time to go ahead and wade into the Predator comics. It was every bit the over top action-adventure I had hoped for. There wasn't really any particularly deep plot evident in the stories, but they were fun. A horrific sci-fi adventure that just rolls on with both barrels firing. It felt bit dated and times, and was also bit too cliche. However, the people who are most likely to want to read this are people that are fans of the Predator franchise anyway. A fun book, and I'm glad I finally picked it up.
Anywho, this is a book that I'd wanted to read for years, but always said later. Well, that "later" arrived and I finally gave myself the time to go ahead and wade into the Predator comics. It was every bit the over top action-adventure I had hoped for. There wasn't really any particularly deep plot evident in the stories, but they were fun. A horrific sci-fi adventure that just rolls on with both barrels firing. It felt bit dated and times, and was also bit too cliche. However, the people who are most likely to want to read this are people that are fans of the Predator franchise anyway. A fun book, and I'm glad I finally picked it up.
March 24, 2020
I've enjoyed all of the Predator and Alien vs. Predator movies, but this graphic novel collection was hard to get through. The bulk of the collection is composed of three stores featuring Shaefer, Dutch's brother, on a quest to find the truth after the events of the original movie. The art style is typical for comics of the 90s, with macho males and fleeting appearances by women, who are hypersexualized. The artwork of the actual predators was well done, but I was apathetic to the rest.
This omnibus also includes some shorter Predator comics, following the creatures through different periods of history. While these shorter stories were slightly better, they did not redeem this collection unfortunately.
This omnibus also includes some shorter Predator comics, following the creatures through different periods of history. While these shorter stories were slightly better, they did not redeem this collection unfortunately.
May 3, 2020
To be honest, when I went into this comic book, I wasn't really sure what to expect from it other than macho musclebound dudes fighting off predators. My hunch was correct and I've discovered that I really do not enjoy it at all. Way too much alpha male testosterone mixed into this comic and I find it very hard to believe that a human, no matter how muscley they are, can defeat a Predator.
I managed to get maybe halfway through the second comic where Schaefer went to Siberia and that's when I got tired of it. I've also discovered that I'm not a very big fan of Predator as a franchise as well so that's likely the reason behind my dislike of this comic. At least it was cheap when I bought it.
I managed to get maybe halfway through the second comic where Schaefer went to Siberia and that's when I got tired of it. I've also discovered that I'm not a very big fan of Predator as a franchise as well so that's likely the reason behind my dislike of this comic. At least it was cheap when I bought it.
March 5, 2024
I got a lot of mixed feelings on this one.
Concrete Jungle and Cold War are awesome, I'd read their counterparts (novel versions) and loved them. The rest of the comic were boring-ish.
Rite of Passage was good for a pure visual comic. But Dark River (which I didn't like) and The Pride of Nghasa were typical predator hunting stories. Don't get me wrong I like Predators, but my favorites are when they step out of the basic style. Examples, Samurai, Vikings, Indian Spirit etc.
Blood Feud does this, and it's actually interesting because of that. Bringing in the idea of reincarnation is different and interesting.
Concrete Jungle and Cold War are awesome, I'd read their counterparts (novel versions) and loved them. The rest of the comic were boring-ish.
Rite of Passage was good for a pure visual comic. But Dark River (which I didn't like) and The Pride of Nghasa were typical predator hunting stories. Don't get me wrong I like Predators, but my favorites are when they step out of the basic style. Examples, Samurai, Vikings, Indian Spirit etc.
Blood Feud does this, and it's actually interesting because of that. Bringing in the idea of reincarnation is different and interesting.
March 13, 2018
An excellent collection of the first Predator stories. Several of these follow-up on the initial Predator movie, and as the synopsis claims, made a large impact on the Predator mythos. This can clearly be seen by comparing the first story (Predator - Concrete Jungle) with the movie Predator 2, which was released soon after this comic series had completed. There are also several one shots included, which are enjoyable.
The main criticism I have of these stories is that they often repeat the same plot.
The main criticism I have of these stories is that they often repeat the same plot.
October 7, 2018
The compilation of Dark Horse Predator stories does not disappoint. The main stories follow Dutch's brother who is a cop and his encounters with the Predator. Interestingly, it seems Dutch does not return home after his encounter with the Predator. What happened to home? A mystery! The other tales deal with different locales and time periods and even a bit of a time jumping premise. Overall, there is not much additional lore about our trophy obsessed aliens but there is plenty of action, some dark humor, and plenty of bang for the buck in this first volume collection.
April 21, 2020
I finished this comic collection some time last summer (2019). The comic story arcs based on the brother of Arnie’s Dutch character in the original movie fell flat. The dialogue wasn’t what made the character work. The physical charm of one Arnold Schwarzenegger is what made that character work. Nevertheless, I have a soft spot for WWI narratives, and it was cool see see a predator hunt in the trenches and no man’s land.
January 5, 2021
A great collection of stories
I remember many of these stories an read them piecemeal as they came out. Some I never had the chance to purchase and only had part of the story. Its great to have them all collected in one place. The only reason for four stars is because I honestly found d some of the stories boring or a slog to read. All in all, a fun read and a definite recommendation to Predator fan boys like me.
I remember many of these stories an read them piecemeal as they came out. Some I never had the chance to purchase and only had part of the story. Its great to have them all collected in one place. The only reason for four stars is because I honestly found d some of the stories boring or a slog to read. All in all, a fun read and a definite recommendation to Predator fan boys like me.
May 28, 2017
Really Great
The stories and artwork here range from just so-so to fantastic. It's quite a mixed bag. Nonetheless I still give it 5 stars due to the value here. This graphic novel collection is HUGE. It took a long time to read it all. You get a lot of bang for your buck on some good Predator stories. Highly recommended!
The stories and artwork here range from just so-so to fantastic. It's quite a mixed bag. Nonetheless I still give it 5 stars due to the value here. This graphic novel collection is HUGE. It took a long time to read it all. You get a lot of bang for your buck on some good Predator stories. Highly recommended!
December 21, 2020
As with Dark Horse's Aliens comics, the shorter ones are better. The first three stories are cliché and feature the ridiculous and annoying brother of Schwarzenegger's original movie character, but the action throughout is much better than most of the original Aliens comics and the second Predator movie. Worth a read for Predator fans.
November 2, 2021
While a bit dated in the storytelling and art, these are good stories to continue from the original Predator movie. The hard nosed cop as a protagonist recalls the action movies of the late 80's and 90's but works for the story arc. Even sending the cop to Russia to track down the Predators captured the feel of using the Soviets as bad guy and sometimes good guys we saw during that time period.
December 3, 2024
A great big dollop of 90s nostalgia. Unfortunately, not everything is as much fun as I remembered, the stories mostly generic and predictable, and much of it spoiled by a leading character who is possibly one of the most dislikable in comic book history. I’m glad I read it for old times' sake, but I doubt this is a collection I’ll ever feel the need to return to.
August 26, 2018
Predators rule
This omnibus of Predator comics was just interesting from start to finish. They pick up where the movie, Predator, ended. The stories here are good reading. If you liked the Predator movie I think you just might like these stories.
This omnibus of Predator comics was just interesting from start to finish. They pick up where the movie, Predator, ended. The stories here are good reading. If you liked the Predator movie I think you just might like these stories.
August 6, 2018
DPL hoopla. This is just put the freaky monster(s) in a location and have it kill some stuff and fight somebody who (maybe) survives so they can show up later in the series. Then do it again. It's boring.
November 24, 2022
Interesantes historias, aunque el hermano de ducht es un cliche andado sienta bien para el ritmo noventero que se maneja en varias historias.
También se expande el lote con historias en África, siberia, la segunda guerra mundial y Japón.
Muy recomendable.
También se expande el lote con historias en África, siberia, la segunda guerra mundial y Japón.
Muy recomendable.
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January 12, 2025
Review is for all four Omnibus Volumes read consecutively
Like most such collections it shows it's age with several outmoded art styles, but the tales themselves, particularly the short form work, is quite enjoyable.
Like most such collections it shows it's age with several outmoded art styles, but the tales themselves, particularly the short form work, is quite enjoyable.
July 1, 2019
It's better than the movie The Predator. Good story bad art
January 1, 2021
Great opening stories to this new to me series. Interested to see if the quality will continue or if the series suffers like Aliens due to quantity over quality.
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