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| Title: | Predator |
| Publisher: | Dark Horse Comics |
| Type: | Limited series |
| Years published: | 1989-1990 |
| Total issues: | 4 |
| Featuring: | Predators |
| Creators: | Mark Verheiden; Chris Warner; Sam De La Rosa; Randy Emberlin; Ron Randall; Chris Chalenor; David Jackson; Jim Massara; Randy Stradley |
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Predator is a four-issue comic book series published from October to December, 1989 by Dark Horse Comics. It is the first licensed comic book relating to the Predator film franchise and takes place shortly after the events of the 1987 film Predator. All four issues of the series were collected in the Predator hardcover collection and the Predator: Concrete Jungle trade paperback.
Plot[]
The Predators are back, only this time their hunting ground isn't the tropical jungles of South America — it's the concrete and street jungles of New York City! It's the hottest summer on record, and Detective Schaefer suspects that his brother's disappearance is somehow tied to the wave of gruesome murders plaguing New York!
New York City's Detective Schaefer has seen it all, from domestic murders to drug-gang executions. But Schaefer's never seen the Big Apple awash in so much blood as tonight, with flayed bodies hung like meat being cured for mealtime. When Schaefer has a close encounter with one of the murderers, he realizes he's run into something much bigger than the police suspect. Can even the toughest cop stand up to the ultimate hunter?
Things get worse for Schaefer and his partner, Detective Rasche, as Rasche discovers the existence of a whole fleet of Predators ready to invade and Schaefer comes face-to-face with the Colombian drug lords! Also, general panic continues in New York as the Predators hunt for Schaefer and kill everyone in their path!
Schaefer and Rasche are reunited at last, but it's just in time to fight the battle of their lives! It's all-out war against the Predator army, and since the army and police want Schaefer and Rasche out of the way — the two must turn to one of their enemies for the manpower they need! Will anyone — or anything — be left standing when the smoke clears?
Issues
Annuals & Specials
Collections
- Predator Omnibus 1
- Predator: Concrete Jungle
- Predator: The Essential Comics 1
- Predator 30th Anniversary: The Original Comics Series
Notes & Trivia
- The Predator was created by director John McTiernan and screenplay writers Jim Thomas and John Thomas. They were introduced as an unidentified alien species in the 1987 sci-fi/action feature film Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. This film spawned several sequels as well as crossover films with the Aliens film series. Dark Horse Comics acquired the license to produce Predator comic book titles, beginning with the first four-issue limited series, Predator in 1989.