By John Acrudi (Writer), Javier Saltares (Art), and Wes Dzioba & Andrew Elder (Colors)
Some Thoughts Before The Review: The first issue of the Aliens re-launch was pretty odd all around. While it was written well and looked rather nice, it rarely felt like an Aliens comic. It will be interesting to see what John Arcudi, the writer of Aliens, does with the first issue of the Predator re-launch. At the very least, I hope that it feels like a Predator book…
The Story: Military men and mercenaries in Africa encounter Predators…
What’s Good and What’s Not So Good: I’m going to save you and I some time by getting the most important thing out of the way first. You ready? Predator #1 is a pretty bad comic. Ok, now with that out of the way…
While the debut of the new Dark Horse Predator series is a whole hell of a lot like Aliens #1 in ways (namely because the artwork, while solid, is a poor fit and because there’s a lack of alien action), it’s also worse than the Aliens book. And why’s that? Because it’s next to impossible to give a damn about anything that’s happening.
The one thing that Aliens #1 really had going for it was how well rounded John Arcudi’s victims…er…I mean characters felt right from the start. In Predator #1, the characters that Arcudi introduces could not possibly be any more forgettable. Military/mercenary clichés in every way. In addition, the first issue of Predator doesn’t really have any sort of hook outside of the initial “Predators hunt guys in Africa” idea. At least there’s a bit of mystery concerning what’s really going on in the Aliens series…
Conclusion: And here I had thought that Aliens #1 was disappointing…
Grade: D-
-Kyle Posluszny
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