The Predator

Dark Horse 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, Battlsestar Galactica) and comics legend Dan Barry and illustrated by Chris Warner, Ron Randall, Dan Barry and others.

Across the centuries, humanity's capacity for violence has marked time as surely as the movement of the stars. And from those very stars have come an invisible participant in our history, the extraterrestrial Predator, who has used mankind's own penchant for murder and mayhem as a shadow to cover its own bloody tracks. But the Predator has not passed through the ages unnoticed, and despite the alien killer's strength, cunning, and advanced technology, there are few things more certain than how far men are willing to go when it's time for a little payback! Predator Omnibus Volume 4 concludes the complete presentation of these never-before-collected classic Dark Horse Predator tales, presenting over three hundred thrilling story pages in a high-quality, value-priced format and featuring work by top comics creators.

It has been two decades since Dark Horse first provided the matchup of Aliens vs. Predator, which I suppose most comics buffs in the 90's have avidly devoured. Since then, Dark Horse has revisited the concept more than a few times, and the title bout has also been translated to movies. Dark Horse has decided to relaunch the and the franchises in 2009 and apparently this matchup is getting the same treatment, even bringing back the original creative team of Randy Stradley and Rick Leonardi. This series attempts to tie together story threads introduced in the original AvP series and new Aliens and Predator storylines, setting the stage for an epic AvP brawl. One other thing: the cover by Raymond Swanland rocks and it's good it's provded outsized in this HQ Minutemen scan.

Trophy hunters from another world, hiding in plain site, drawn to heat and conflict. A historical scourge, lethal specters, powerful, savage, merciless. Utilizing their feral instincts and otherworldly technology in the sole pursuit of the most dangerous game . . . Man. Whether haunting the blazing deserts of the Southwest, stalking the claustrophobic woods of the Pine Barrens, or infiltrating a maximum security prison, the Predators take no prisoners and leave only death in their grisly wake. But even these bestial killing machines can meet their match when men swallow their fear and channel their own primal rage . . . and the hunter becomes the hunted! Dark Horse Comics set the comics industry on its ear with its comics expansion of the Predator mythos, comics so true to the spirit of the Fox film blockbuster that concepts were incorporated into the Predator screen universe. Predator Omnibus Volume 2 continues the complete presentation of these comics classics-some never before collected-featuring over 400 gripping story pages in full color, penned by a who's-who of top writers.

For the Predator, the game is man, so he heads to the grounds with the biggest trophies–the Paloverde State Penitentiary. They say that when you kill a killer, all his kills belong to you, and Predator's looking to rack up the big numbers. Full-color throughout. Graphic novel format.