For the past few years, Marvel’s been pumping out comics based on franchises from 20th Century Studios. The Alien and Predator franchises have gotten the core focus, and both monsters have also made their way to the Marvel Universe through some crossover books. Naturally, things aren’t stopping there, and everyone’s favorite big game hunter will soon duke it out with Marvel’s prime A-lister, Spider-Man.
Come 2025, Peter Parker will be hunted again in the Predator vs. Spider-Man miniseries. After the recently-ended Predator vs. Black Panther, the Predator still find themselves in need of some good prey, and go to the Big Apple with their sights set on Spidey. Ben Percy, who’d already written the alien’s fights against Panther and Wolverine, will pen this new clash, with art courtesy of Strange and Avengers Assemble’s Marcelo Ferreira. In the last crossover, the Yautja targeted Panther to steal some of Wakanda’s Vibranium, so what’s the reason for going after Peter? That’s currently unclear, but Percy teased what’s about to go down is “one of the best comics I’ve ever written.” And for those who remember, this crossover also brings things full circle: in 2022, Marvel had variant covers pitting its various heroes fighting the Predator, Peter and Miles included.
Predator vs. Spider-Man.
The galaxy’s greatest hunter targets everyone’s favorite wall crawler in #MarvelComics’ ‘Predator vs. Spider-Man’ by writer @Benjamin_Percy and artist @marc_ferreira, coming in 2025. pic.twitter.com/QDrBOKf86w
— Marvel Comics (@MarvelComicsHQ) November 22, 2024
Whatever endgame this is all building to, like some Alien vs. Predator vs. Marvel event, the Predator vs. Spider-Man is a nice little profile boost for ol’ Preds. We’re supposed to be getting Predator: Badlands next November, which will make the alien the lead protagonist instead of a monster the human characters have to overcome. It’s actually one of two Predator movies coming next year—20th Century hasn’t revealed the second yet, but both films and this new miniseries comic make it clear that 2025 will belongs to the Yautja.
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