This September, the Predator will join the Marvel Universe for the very first time as he relentlessly hunts Wolverine across decades of Marvel Comic history in the highly-anticipated Predator Vs. Wolverine. "They say I'm the best there is... but I sure as @#$% don't feel that way," Wolverine says in the preview of Marvel's Predator Vs. Wolverine. "Not now. Now that I'm the hunted."
Previously announced by the 20th Century Studios imprint of Marvel Comics, the four-issue limited series is written by acclaimed writer Benjamin Percy (Wolverine) with art from Greg Land (Avengers: Beyond), Andrea Di Vito (X-Men Annual #1), Ken Lashley (Venom), and Kei Zama (Spider-Gwen: Shadow Clones).
On Thursday, Marvel revealed a new look at Predator Vs. Wolverine, and as you can see below, Logan looks bloodied as the prey of a the deadly hunter known as Yautja. As part of extraterrestrial species' rite of passage, the young Predator is out to achieve the rank of Blooded — which can be obtained when its decades-long hunt ends with Wolverine's death.
What is Marvel's Predator Vs. Wolverine about?
The official description of Predator Vs. Wolverine reads:
"THE THRILL IS THE KILL! The bloodthirsty saga you've been waiting for! Wolverine has lived one of the longest and most storied lives in Marvel Comics history. Now witness the untold greatest battles of Logan's life — against a Predator! One Yautja seeks the greatest prey in existence — and finds it in Weapon X. From the blood-ridden snows of the Canadian wilderness to the sword-slinging streets of Madripor, Wolverine and a Predator break everything in their paths on their way to the ultimate victory…or glorious death."
"I'm not going to say I was born to write this crossover... but sometimes the universe reveals why you were created. I am a child of the eighties. I cannot tell you how many times I watched Predator, just as I cannot tell you how many Wolverine comics I have read, because that would be like telling you how many breaths I've taken or cheeseburgers I've eaten," writer Percy said in a press release announcing the series. "The mythologies of both are ingrained in me so deeply they might as well be strands of DNA or wisps of soul. The guns, claws, beef, and blood of both franchises have been stewing in my brain since 1987, when I read myself to sleep every night with a stack of Marvel comics and my friends and I used to play 'Predator' with Nerf guns in the woods and river near our neighborhood."
Percy is also writing the recently-announced Sabretooth War, a 10-part Wolverine storyline described by Marvel as "the definitive Wolverine and Sabretooth story" and "the most violent Wolverine story ever told."
Predator Vs. Wolverine #1 is hits shelves on September 20.
