The Predator is a terrifying science fiction icon who originates from the 1987 film starring
action adventure legend Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Predator possess technology far advanced that what humans on Earth have; they have
a remarkable ability to hunt and stalk their prey using advanced stealth tools, they have
highly advanced weapons, their amour allows them to camouflage themselves seamlessly,
and they can fire off plasma projectiles.
Plus their bodies can sustain a huge amount of damage, and are capable of healing after
multiple gunshot wounds.
If the films are any signifier, a human facing off against a Predator is no easy feat.
But what about a superhero?
In a previous video, we explored the top 10 times Predator has faced off against some
of our most beloved heroes and super powered individuals.
Now, we’re jumping into hypothetical land and exploring what superheroes out there the
Predator could surely defeat in battle.
Don’t expect Superman or Batman on this list, that’s for sure.
So with that in mind, let’s jump into our list of the top 10 Superheroes that the Predator
Could beat!
10 Skate Man Skate Man was created in 1983 by Neal Adams.
Which is weird, because Neal Adams is often considered one of the greatest legends in
comic book history.
Anywho, Skateman popped up in his own self-titled comic published by Pacific Comics.
His alter ego was Billy Moon, and he had no super powers; he was in great physical shape,
and could hold his own in hand to hand combat.
But perhaps the oddest thing about him was how he chose to fight crime.
Billy was a Vietnam vet with an interest in martial arts and….the best part here….roller
derby.
After his best friend is killed by a biker gang, a depressed Billy meets a young boy
named Paco who shows him his comic book collection, ultimately inspiring Billy to wrap a scarf
around his face, become a vigilante, and fight crime ON HIS ROLLER SKATES.
It’s the roller skates that complicate things.
Now imagine Skate Man coming face to face with a Predator.
Think about how the Predator would react to a dude rolling around on roller skates trying
to kick its butt.
Yeah.
Don’t need to be super imaginative to guess how that would go.
9 Bat-Cow This is an obvious choice for this list.
Bat-Cow would not be seen as a foe in the eyes of a Predator.
She would be seen as lunch.
A walking plate of raw beef.
A delicacy from the planet Earth for the Predator to mow down on.
And hey, look at that, Bat-Cow lives at the Wayne Enterprises dairy farm WITH A BUNCH
OF OTHER LOVABLE AND DELICIOUS ANIMALS FOR THE PREDATOR TO EAT.
It’s like a freaking buffet for the alien warrior.
The only positive to a Predator mowing down on Bat-Cow is that she contains a synthetic
hormone that was fed into her thanks to a pharmaceutical experiment of Professor Pyg’s,
which ultimately can allow for mind control.
So hey, even if the Predator ate Bat-Cow, Damian Wayne could avenge his beloved pet
by manipulating the Predator into a horrible, horrible death.
8 Leather Boy Speaking of cows, this predator stands no
chance against THE predator, it’s our next number is Leather Boy!
Leather Boy, aka Gene Lorrene, who once upon a time attempted to join tried to join the
Great Lake Avengers.
The thing is though, dude didn’t have a super power, he was just obsessed with BDSM.
When the Great Lakes Avengers realized this, he was kicked off the team, and later, would
become a villain, and don a Doctor Doom inspired version of his BDSM outfit.
Oh boy.
Anywho, this boils Leather Boy down to a dude who is just a really human who defines himself
solely based off of his kink.
Sure other humans have beaten a Predator before, but hey, he ain’t no Arnold.
Meaning he would be easy for a Predator to kill, if that Predator chose to do so.
Perhaps his presence would be so offensive to the Predator that it would just feel the
need to straight up murder him, just cause.
7 Howard the Duck Howard the Duck, who first appeared in 1973’s
Adventure into Fear issue 19, is three foot anthropomorphic duck.
He smokes cigars, and typically doesn’t wear pants.
He has no actual super powers, but he is skilled is a form of martial arts known as Quak-Fu,
which he has used on multiple occasions to defeat foes of a much larger stature than
he is.
He also seems to have some mystic talent, and once Doctor Strange ever offered to train
him, but Howard declined the offer.
He’s also donned a suit of powered amour called the Iron Duck that had foot mounted
leaping coils, a chest mounted search light and flamethrowers.
But is all of that enough to take on the Predator?
While Howard could arguably last a little while longer in a fight against a Predator
than most of the other numbers on this list, it seems very likely that the Predator’s
more advanced technology would give it an advantage that would eventually lead to Howard’s
defeat.
Plus all those years of cigars surely wouldn’t help much with Howard’s stamina, even if
he was able to hold his own for a while.
Wonder if the Predators have a taste for duck?
6 Robin – Damian Wayne Sure, okay, putting a Robin on this list is
a bit of a debate.
One of the previous Robins faced off against a Predator warrior his age in one of the Batman
Predator crossovers in the 90s and lived to see another day.
But consider this.
A full grown Predator warrior comes across the Batcave, searching for Batman, who he
considers to be a worthy foe.
While entering the Batcave using his incredibly stealth abilities and surpassing Batman’s
security (assuming Batman has never encountered a predator before and doesn’t know what
to expect), the alien gets in, and who does he encounter by chance?
Damian Wayne.
Damian, having no previous experience with a foe like this, would like succumb in battle.
Or, do as his mentor does; get away, and then do everything in his power and knowledge to
craft a way to strike against this foe when they inevitably meet again.
But, on a chance meeting, arguably, the predator would be able to kill him.
Cause, well, he’s a child.
And the Predator is not above being a child murderer.
At least when that child is considered a warrior, I suppose.
Moving on!
5 He-Man He-Man is more than a formidable foe.
He’s got super strength, super speed, he’s acrobatic, and has indestructible skin.
He’s gone up against the pre-Crisis Superman.
He’s fought against the snake-god.
He can endure explosions.
But here’s the thing; he’s super-duper naive.
And that’s his downfall, at least when facing off against a character as intelligent as
the Predator, who would easily be able to hunt him and find a way to lure him into its
trap.
Plus, compared to most of the other numbers on this list, He-Man is physically a much
better candidate to be considered prey by a Predator, so naturally the Predator would
bring it’s A game to take him down.
And, to be fair, considering He-Man has indestructible skin, there’s a good chance he would be
difficult to kill, but in terms of defeat, without a little help from his friends, he’s
a hero that the Predator would be able to manipulate at the very least.
Also, as Prince Adam, he’d probably be a goner.
4 Vibe These days, Vibe has gotten a way better portrayal
than the character ever deserved.
You may recognize this hero as the character on the CW’s Arrowverse shows, specifically
the Flash.
But, back before his big tv glamour days, Vibe was a character who first debuted in
1984 in Justice League of America annual issue 2.
Vibe was once the leader of a street gang in New York, who decided to give us on his
Los Lobos to join up with the superhero team.
Vibe has the ability to emit powerful vibration shock waves.
But you can take the man off the streets but can’t remove the street from the man; Vibe
would get the justice league in trouble with another rival street gang of his, in between
brake dancing and what not.
This had gotten Vibe a pretty laughable reputation.
He was also killed off on the job, and has been resurrected TWICE by villains.
Needless to say, Vibe’s reckless and carefree behavior in the comics would make him susceptible
to the more advanced tactics of a Predator.
While he could probably hold his own in a brief battle using his abilities, there’s
no way the hero could outsmart a Predator.
3 Frog Man Poor Frog-Man.
This sad excuse of a superhero is the son of a villain who went by the name of Leap-Frog,
and borrowed his father’s equipment in an attempt to become a hero and redeem his father’s
name.
This equipment gives him the ability to leap at great heights and long distances thanks
to electrical coils inside of his boots.
But aside from that, he doesn’t really do much of anything else.
And when you think of how many superheroes and villains there are who have a flight ability,
or an ability that could easily be used to attack a target at long range, Frog-Man doesn’t
really stand much of a chance.
So the argument that a Predator could f*** his s*** up is an easy one to make.
The character is often a nuisance in the Marvel universe, too, and often is only ever successful
in battle thanks to the efforts of other superheroes and a heaping pound of sheer luck.
2 Matter Eater Lad Matter Eater Lad was first introduced Adventure
Comics issue 303 back in 1962, Matter Eater Lad was a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes,
and is able to bite through and consume all forms of matter, including matter that is
supposedly indestructible, including SUPERMAN.
How did he get this power?
His home planet of Bismoll had an issue with their food; gradually, the food was poisoned
by microbes, so inhabitants of the planet evolved to be able to eat and digest any substance.
But aside from being able to eat and digest stuff, he can’t really do much of anything
else.
So in other words, his powers render him pretty useless against the Predator’s tactics,
giving him no proper means of defense.
Considering the Predator could use its stealth abilities, hunt Matter Eater Lad down, and
then murder him, he would be dead long before the unsuspecting hero really had any idea
of what was going on.
The only way that Matter Eater Lad could arguably defeat the Predator is if he clued in to the
fact that the Predator was there hunting him, and began to eat the Predator whole.
So, I guess, engaged in some weird alien cannibalistic-but-not-really methods.
I’d imagine a predator would digest overly well though,
all things considered.
Side note, gotta love his character bio; his parents are loving, and he has no special
girl friend.
Of course.
1 Arm Fall Off Boy Arm-Fall-Off-Boy’s superpower is literally
that his arm falls off of him.
He can removed his limbs, which he then uses as clubs to beat down his opponents.
When removing his limbs, his body makes a sound that reads as PLORP!
Ugh.
I mean, hey, in theory, you could argue how removing ones limbs could be useful….somehow.
But in practice, removing a limb is a serious disadvantage, especially if you’re coming
up against any of the kinds of villains that exist in the DC universe.
According to our previous number, in the Legionnaires issue 12 volume 4, Arm-Fall-Off-Boy got his
powers through being careless while holding the anti-gravity metal Element 152.
Arm Fall-Off-Boy first appears in Secret Origins Vol 2 issue 46 and tries out for the Legion
of Super-Heroes, and is rejected.
It is later revealed that when in a state of panic, Arm Fall Off Boy’s limbs will
fall off uncontrollably as a reaction.
So imagine this; it’s a dark and dreary night.
The Predator stalks the streets of…whatever city Arm-Fall-Off-boy is from.
The two come across one another in an empty alley way.
The Predator gets ready to kill.
Arm-Fall-Off-Boy takes one look at his alien foe.
And then completely and literally falls to pieces.
The Predator then grunts, seeing this shamble of a superhero and strides away, looking for
a foe that’s actually worthy of the hunt.
So yes, Predator wins here, hands down.
PLORP!