Predator (2022 comic book)

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Predator
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
Format Ongoing series
Genre
Publication dateAugust 2022 – present
No. of issues14
Main character(s)Theta Berwick
John Schaefer
Creative team
Written byEd Brission
Artist(s)
Collected editions
Day of the Hunter ISBN   1-3029-2619-5
The Preserve ISBN   1-3029-2620-9

Predator is an ongoing Predator comic series published by Marvel Comics since August 10, 2022. Originally announced for a 2021 release, [3] [4] written by Ed Brission with art by Kev Walker, Netho Diaz, and Francesco Manna, the series (a succession of miniseries) follows the human hunter Theta, who in the future of Alien makes it her mission to hunt down all active trophy hunters of the Yautja species. Collected as the graphic novels Day of the Hunter (2022–2023), The Preserve (2023), and The Last Hunt (2024), the series also features classic Predator characters such as John Schaefer. The series has received a generally positive critical reception. It was one of two new Predator comics by Marvel, along with Predator vs. Wolverine . [5]

Contents

Premise

Day of the Hunter

Having killed six Yautja over the course of fifteen years, searching for the hunter who killed her family and crew as child, Theta dedicates her her life to becoming the ultimate hunter, picking off numerous big-game hunters in her quest for revenge. [6] [7] [8]

The Preserve

Years after the previous volume, on a planet far from Earth, eight strangers awake to find themselves in a deadly game. But this time, the Yautja aren't the only ones on the hunt: someone has the Yautja in their sites—and they've been searching for this game preserve for a long time. Prepare for a brutal, carnage-filled adventure that will turn everything you thought you knew about the Yautja on its head! [9]

The Last Hunt

For years, Theta had hunted down Yautja, trying to find the one that killed her parents. [10] With her vendetta complete, Predator: The Last Hunt, she also sets her sights on a new mission: freeing human captives from the Yautja's game preserve planet. [11] On the volume's development, series writer Ed Brission stated:

"Theta has been carrying a lot of guilt over the events of the last arc and has made it her mission to find the Predator Stasis Farms and free the hundreds (thousands?) of prisoners being held for the [Yautja's] hunting pleasure. "[A]t the same time, her twenty-plus years of [experience] hunting is all coming to a head as she suddenly finds herself in the crosshairs as it becomes clear that her mission may be a trap." [11]

Characters

Reception

Day of the Hunter

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1August 20228.2/1013 [17]
2September 20227.4/108 [18]
3October 20228.5/104 [19]
4November 20228.0/105 [20]
5December 20226.8/104 [21]
6January 20238.4/102 [22]
Overall7.9/1036 [23]

The Preserve

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1March 20237.9/1010 [24]
2April 20238.8/103 [25]
3May 20238.0/101 [26]
4June 20237.9/103 [27]
5July 20238.4/102 [28]
Overall8.2/1019 [29]

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