The Predator has long been a key figure in the world of science fiction and horror.
It’s a terrifying alien, proving itself to have a superb amount of power that would
make any regular Joe absolutely horrified if they ever ran into one in a dark alley.
But those aspects of the Predator have also made it an interesting foe to pin up against
some of the comic book worlds mightiest heroes, leading to some crazy crossovers over the
years.
So today, we’re taking a look at some of these unreal battles with our list of the
top 10 superheroes who fought the predator.
10 Superman Of course the man of steel has gone head to
head with the predator!
Published in 2001, Superman is sent to investigate a derelict spacecraft found in the jungles
of Central America found by a STAR Labs expedition.
Upon finding it, he’s afflicted by an alien virus that causes his powers to fluctuate
all over the place.
To make matters worse, a group of mercenaries working for a scientist tries to kidnap them,
but that’s when the Predator makes an appearance.
The Predator sees Superman as a worthy foe to take him on, and also take back its stole
tech from that scientist bro.
It ran for three issues as a mini series.
9 Witchblade & The Darkness Released in 2000, this crossover is pretty
indicative of many of the other crossovers on our list.
Titled Aliens Predator Witchblade The Darkness: Mindhunter, this mouthful of an three issue
limited crossover that pits the Darkness and Witchblade against Aliens and Predators in
a battle that will dictate the survival of the human race.
Which I kinda feel is the premise for most of these Predator crossovers.
Anywho this series ends with the two fighting on an alien shuttlecraft heading for Earth,
trying to kill their foes before they arrive, with the Darkness somehow becoming an Alien-Darkness
hybrid.
Joy.
It would also have a sequel, titled Overkill, which I sincerely hope was a subtle joke.
8 The Justice League Dark Horse and DC published this one in February
of 2001 and it’s super weird.
It’s a one shot (thank god) that I can’t even begin to describe because of how preposterous
it is, so here’s the official summary instead.
“They’ve hunted the Dark Knight Detective.
They’ve gone after the Man of Steel.
Now they’re prepared to go after the most challenging prey imaginable: the entire Justice
League of America.
The worlds greatest suoer-heros go up against the galaxy’s deadliest hunters in JLA vs
Predator.
When a group of Predators arrive on Earth, they make targets of each of the JLA members,
relishing in the thrill of the hunt.
They engage in the ultimate sport of attempting to kill the most powerful heroes ever known.
But how can any foes, even ones as relentless as the Predators, possibly beat out heroes?
Because this time, the Predators are equipped with the incredible powers of the Justice
League itself!
With the help of a rogue Dominion geneticist, the aliens have transformed themselves into
‘meta-predators’; super powered versions pf the same ultimate hunters who stalk the
universe’s most dangerous game!
Can even the mighty JLA withstand the savage onslaught of a squad of Predators with Superman’s
strength, the Flash’s speed and Plastic Man’s morphing powers?”
Bloody F***, eh?
My favourite part?
That hideous cover.
Just…ugh.
7 Archie This one is utter gold.
Archie versus THE PREDATOR.
Archie has had a few crossovers over the years, including a hilarious one with the Predator,
but this one takes the cake.
It also takes no mind to shy away from becoming a complete blood bath, despite, you know,
Archie being geared towards family friendly demographics.
To be fair, these days Archie has even venturing into darker territory, especially with Afterlife
with Archie series, which was really fantastic.
This 4 issue story arc was released in 2015, and revolves around Archie and the gang taking
a Spring Break vacation in Costa Rica.
Predator pops on by, chases them in an attempt to kill them, and it results in Archie basically
getting slaughtered while Betty watches on.
6 Magnus, Robot Fighter So you’re probably wondering, who on Earth
is Magnus Robot Fighter?
Well you’re in for a treat.
Created in 1963, Magnus is a comic book hero crafted by Russ Manning that was published
by Gold Key Comics, and later Valiant and Acclaim comics before Dark Horse officially
took over the character in 2010.
Magnus was a human fellow who fought rogue robots in the year 4000.
This crossover was released by Dark Horse in 1992, the premise for this comic is this.
I quote, “A predator stalks North Am 4001, searching for his most prized trophy, the
X-O Manowar helmet.
The stolen trophy has fallen into the hands of a certain Goph, a man called Magnus, whose
steel-mashing strength has earned him the title Robot Fighter, thus the stage is set
for the battle of the 41st century!
Dear god that cover, though.
Yikes.
5 X In 1995, Dark Horse had a Predator event called
'Hunting the Heroes: The Predators Attack', which had the Predator take on various heroes
in Dark Horse’s universe.
X is hero with regenerative healing factor, who was experimented on with mutated DNA as
a child.
He was thought to have died in a fire, although he survived with amnesia.
With his enhanced strength and intelligence, he became rather violent, and hooked up with
a mobster’s wife who then murderer him because of it.
He regenerates though, becomes a serial killer calling himself X, and targets criminals and
corrupt politicians.
X took on the Predator in X issue 18, which would later be known as X: Hell Night.
The Predator comes after him when X is tracking down one of his enemies, who the Predator
is also stalking.
The two clash, X managing to impale him with his own spear.
4 The Terminator The Terminator is no stranger to cross over
comics.
This one though has him up against not only the Predator, but also Alien, aka a xenomorph
from the Alien franchise.
This comic, titled Aliens versus Predator versus the Terminator, was released in 2000
by Dark Horse, with the story taking place after the events of Alien Resurrection.
It features Clone Ripley returning to Earth to discover that there’s sleeper agents
from Skynet left over from the War of the Machines that are creating new Terminator
soliders.
Oh and a Predator is going to fight them, cause why not just throw that franchise into
the mix.
There’s a weird cross breed of Terminator Alien that ends up being spawned into this
hot narrative garbage mess, told over the course of 4 parts, with Ripley kind of being
more so the hero of the story than a terminator.
It’s like if someone took all of the aspects from all three franchises, threw them in a
blender, and just hoped for the best.
But hey, it ends with a whole lot of violence and death, and that’s kind of what you would
expect from a story like this anyway, right?
Right.
3 Judge Dredd Published in 1997 in the Judge Dredd Magazine,
this three part series features the Predator showing up in Mega-City One to hunt a challenging
prey; the Judges, of course!
The more judges the Predator kills, the more Dredd tries to stop this hunt, working with
a judge named Schaefer who is the great great grand daughter or Major Alan Dutch Schaefer,
aka Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the original Predator film.
2 Batman Batman taking on the Predator is probably
the Predator’s most iconic and memorable comic book mash up.
With volumes being released in between 1991 to 1998, it’s also a long running relationship.
But when you think about it, Batman’s grittier aesthetic does blend better with the Predator’s
style than most other mainstream superheroes.
The first volume, simply titled Batman vs Predator, features a Predator coming to Earth,
trying to eliminate Batman for the sport of it.
After Batman defeats it, it ends up committing an honour suicide with a sword that the Predator
commander then presents to Bats.
The second volume, Bloodmatch, has Huntress unwillingly aiding Batman in fighting a Predator,
and the third, Bloodties, has a Predator and its offspring hunting Batman and Robin, targeting
them because the Predators saw them as they saw themselves; father and son warriors.
Also worth noting, there’s a highly praised fan film thats been made depicting Batman
versus the Predator, and also Alien, called Batman: Dead End.
1 Batman AND Superman The only thing more intense than Batman versus
Predator is Batman AND superman versus the Predator.
Dear god, what a mash up.
The 2007 comic published by Dark Horse and DC is titled Superman and Batman versus Aliens
and Predator.
Yep.
So in this one, it’s revealed that during the Ice Age a Predator ship had landed on
earth and was unable to leave due to the planet’s gravitational pull.
Flash forward to modern day times, a climbing crew in the area near where the ship had landed
goes missing.
Batman and Superman work together to solve the issue, recruiting the Predators to take
on the xenomorphs and eventually end up helping the Predators leave earth for good.
Oh, and the Predators also think Superman is a sun spirit, which is pretty great.
There we have it friends!
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