Predator Crossover Comics

Absolute banger cover art! Although that’s kinda all this one shot offers. Because it’s a free comic book day issue as well as a one shot it’s pretty bare bones and basic. There’s some humans, some aliens, and a predator or two, and not much really happens. Which is why it’s the last ranked on this list.

It did however provide me with this goofy panel of this Yautja who I genuinely can’t tell if he’s smiling or not lol, he looks so joyous

Unlike the last one which didn’t have much going on, this one almost felt like it had too much going on?? Or more so that things would happen or shift that didn’t make sense, or would occur out of nowhere. I might’ve been looking for too much in a random 4 way crossover comic from 2007 I guess. The artstyle also just wasn’t my cup of tea tbh, definitely not my favorite.

There's an interesting concept with the Yautja that almost went somewhere neat before they just kinda throw it out? Idk, maybe bc it's short they couldn't include everything they wanted or tell the story fully but it's just not very good storywise. The yautja in this comic start out with being a group who mistakenly landed on earth during the ice age and were unable to leave, so they went underground and over time developed their own society that's a bit more tame compared to that of the usual yautja we see. But where they have lived underground forever is now no longer safe for them to stay, and when they go out to the surface to search for somewhere new, they are shocked by the humans and civilization that now exists. Thats actually something really interesting to me!

Batman was even able to communicate with them and convinces them to allow him and Superman to help them leave Earth as long as they don't harm humans. All of that sounded pretty cool but for some reason like off page, right after Superman brings them all into his house or whatever to transport them out of the volcano (that's about to get exploded) the Yautja randomly decide to attack and everyone acts like they weren't just working together ?? Then Superman and Batman are like "well I guess you can't change how someone's wired to act" it was so out of nowhere? We already established these yautja as different and more willing to work together and communicate, so why the sudden switch up?

The xenomorphs are also kinda an afterthought, they don’t really do anything until the last issue? And while they cause some trouble they don’t do too much and aren’t necessarily a main focus. A lot of things also happen off page that makes events on page kinda confusing? There's a random government agency who wants to nuke the volcano the Yautja are living under, there’s also a robot Superman that shows up in the 3rd or 4th issue out of nowhere that was not explained so I was left so confused on how Superman was suddenly in two places at once and also somehow a robot?? I guess that would maybe make more sense to me if I was reading other DC or Superman comics from this specific time period.

I’m not a huge fan of “insert kills the insert universe” stuff, like media where all your favs die when realistically they’re too powerful to die to whoever is attacking. I don’t care for mean spirited stuff like that and don’t really enjoy watching characters I like get offed in brutal ways lol… however this is only 3, maybe 4 issues in now and Sue Storm is supposed to be a big part of it and I think is going to be the powerhouse that takes them down so maybe I’ll continue reading just to see what goes on with her.

This is also actually a follow up to some other comics on this list, the Marvel specific ones. Kraven The Hunter actually joins up with the Yautja (one specific clan of Yautja to be specific lol) in the spiderman specific miniseries and basically gives them all the info to hunt down all the superheroes on Earth… also the Guardians of the Galaxy whom they easily kill (which just felt like "look we killed fan favs bc we're so serious and edgy).. So idk if you like this kinda concept im sure you’ll enjoy it, you kinda gotta put aside your reasoning and common sense with these to just enjoy the carnage but like I said it's just not for me personally.

The lowest ranked specific Marvel character vs Predator crossover I have on here. The art itself is pretty nice, the Yautja themselves look great and it has some interesting set up. The problem for me was that set up was kinda all this comic was about. It has no real resolution to me, it just kinda ends abruptly. Spider-Man himself doesn’t do a whole lot in the final fight and it’s more focused on setting up Kraven the Hunter joining the Yautja, which is an interesting concept on its own but again kinda leaves the title character out a bit. Mary Jane and a random girl are here too but again just don't do a whole lot.

This also has two types of Yautja if you like that, one absolutely deranged one and the other Yautja that have come to take him out as he doesn’t follow their code. Except I swear these are the same Yautja that come back in kills the marvel universe so ig they also don’t follow their own code?? I’m not sure.

Probably the most brutal one I’ve read out of the superhero ones surprisingly?? Which is weird considering that there's a Wolverine one too...

Again with the pretty nice art but just not the best ending, but I still liked the story more that the last two marvel ones. T’Challa gets knocked out way too many times oh my god 😭 this one is interesting and has a lot more story going for it, with some actual backstory for the Yautja themselves who are coming to Wakanda to look for vibranium. The Yautja is a runt and outcast, and wants to both prove himself as the superior brother as well as to get revenge. His design is also very cool! One of the most unique Yautja designs I've seen so far!

Not as brutal as the Spider-Man one and all the characters like T’Challa, Shuri etc are all nice to follow. Wish it got a bit more time to continue on but I understand it’s a miniseries, it also had a somewhat rushed/ unfinished ending just like the spiderman one, but at least it was still primarily focused on Black Panther and Shuri and not some random enemy of theirs lol.

The weakest of the 3 Predator vs Batman parts, in both writing and imo the artstyle. This one includes Huntress which is a super interesting concept to compare her and the Yautja, but her involvement falls a little flat and she ends up more so just being a sidekick almost to Batman. Also I know this is from like the early 2000s ish but I mean Huntress gets punched in the face one and is down for the count, can’t see can barely walk or move etc etc but Batman gets a concussion and he’s fine to run around and fight?? 🤨 It felt a bit… idk unequal lol

At the very least with the art the Yautja himself looked pretty good, I liked how they colored their helmet/mask it was very purpley. Although at certain angles the shape of the helmet would get super wonky and look too big for his body sometimes lol.

I was initially unsure what I would think of this one with how it started (they fake out killing Martian Manhunter and I thought it would be another "we're killing everybody!" comic) but it's actually an interesting concept, the predators all seem to be able to counter or match each superhero's power, like they are all specifically meant to go against one specific hero given by the marks on their armor. Tbh I didn't take as much notes on this one as the rest bc it was pretty short but it was nice to see the whole team and not just Batman or Superman fight these guys. Also this has Plastic Man in it that's a positive I think.

The art in this one is pretty nice tbh, love how the artists uses those harsh black shadows in the artwork and the Yautja looks amazing! They do some pretty different perspective/angles on faces which are interesting, but ultimately makes some faces look kinda wonky lol

The concepts/ideas and the basics of the story in this were pretty interesting! Like it feels like you’re average superhero vs mad evil scientist plot line but just with a Yautja in the mix. The Yautja isn’t seen as necessarily a bad guy, he’s just trying to recover his ship and get rid of any evidence of Yautja presence on Earth, which is pretty typical for them. I even like the ending for the Yautja and Superman. I think my problems with this one just have to do with some of the side characters that are just one offs for this series. I feel like they weren’t handled as well as they could’ve been, and when they started to go in one direction with one character, I didn’t really like it at all. I even was convinced they were going to pivot at the end and have that previous choice be a misdirection, but no it wasn’t and that honestly pissed me off I just wanted to finish it and be done. I think it was meant to show this anti-gun young “liberal” woman as a hypocrite by making her side with a eugenics genocide for some reason?? And showed the old pro-gun white guy as the morally right person and I’m not sure if it was meant?? To be taken politically but I mean, the guy literally says “this is why you liberals aren’t smart” or something and that line came out of nowhere?? But yeah not sure what it was truly trying to convey maybe I was misinterpreting it or something but besides those side characters everything else especially focused on the Yautja and Superman themselves were good.