The alien begins, thanks to a radio broadcast of a championship boxing match, by brutally slaughtering the winner of the match in his own bed.īut this is Gotham, and a murder in which a man’s hands are severed and taken as trophies is just a Tuesday night. The Predator arrives in Gotham City, and attempts to find the biggest badass living there so that it can defeat them in single combat. If you can find a copy that’s just the Gibbons/Kubert storyline for a lower price, go for it. Predator, a compilation of three different Batman/Predator stories, but the sequels from other creative teams simply do not live up to the original. It was most recently reprinted in DC Comics/Dark Horse: Batman vs. Predator, and not simply permission to read it through a third-party app, now is the time to start scouring the secondhand market. But if you’re ever going to truly own a copy of Batman vs.
Predator will continue to be available on digital platforms for a while at least. To put it mildly, this seems like an improbable outcome.īatman vs. Predator were to be reprinted again, it would require an agreement between Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, the Walt Disney corporation, and Warner Bros. Marvel announced its intention publish new Predator comics earlier this month. In one of the final casualties of Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, Dark Horse Comics has lost its longstanding claim on the Predator license to Disney-owned Marvel Comics. Predator is a beautifully crafted and gripping comic, and it is never ever ever going to be reprinted again. The book was lent some genuinely unforgettable colors by Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh, and some, well, very 1991 covers by Arthur Suydam. It was pencilled and inked by Andy and Adam Kubert, titans of superhero draftsmanship and scions of the legendary Joe Kubert. The Eisner Award-winning - yes, it won an Eisner - three-issue series was written by Dave Gibbons (yeah, the co-creator of Watchmen). And that is exactly what happened with 1991’s Batman vs. But the far rarer outcome is when a group of all-time creators actually make an all-time comic. Phrases like “cash grab” and “cynical” come to mind.Ĭrossovers can prove the haters wrong by acknowledging the irony or leaning into a weird but sincere mashup. And expectations slide even further when it’s a crossover with a film property.
Crossover comics are not typically known for being the best of the medium.
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