Marvel Comics’ Next IP War Is With the Predator

Over the past year, Marvel Comics characters person gotten into bouts with the Alien, and are astir to bash the aforesaid with Godzilla. Who’s up next? Who other but the Predator, who’s getting live-action and animated movies this year?

After tangling with Black Panther, Wolverine, and Spider-Man (which starts this week), the intergalactic crippled huntsman is going each retired successful Predator Kills the Marvel Universe. From returning writer Ben Percy and vs. Spider-Man’s Marcelo Ferreira, the five-issue publication sees a Predator King spell up against Marvel’s heroes and villains.

In a connection to IGN, Percy said the erstwhile stories would each reverberate into this caller event, and that Predator volition bash what helium does champion to the assembled Marvel cast.

“That rubric is not misdirection,” helium told IGN. “Your favourite heroes and villains volition fall—even arsenic others emergence up against this extinction-level event. […] Earth is present a hunting preserve.” The Vibranium stolen by the Yautja successful vs. Black Panther is going to beryllium the crippled changer and fto the Predator King beryllium connected the aforesaid playing tract arsenic Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the like—in fact, the last contented of the Spider-Man crossover is going to marque that very clear.

Percy teased a jaw-dropping conclusion, truthful get acceptable to ticker a notable leader die. “Every quality is connected the chopping block. No one’s safe, and we’re not holding back, truthful armor up.”

Predator Kills the Marvel Universe begins connected August 13.

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