Marvel Comics Unleashes PREDATOR: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD – A Savage Anthology Spanning Centuries
The Yautja are back, and this time, they’re hunting across history. Marvel has announced Predator: Black, White & Blood, a four-issue anthology series that spans different eras and locations, bringing the iconic alien killers to fresh, brutal settings.
This new comic, presented entirely in black, white, with splashes of blood red, continues the tradition of Marvel’s visceral anthology series.
Marvel’s 20th Century Studios imprint has assembled a top-tier creative team for the first issue, including Joe Kelly (Amazing Spider-Man) and Álvaro López (Beware the Planet of the Apes), Sarah Gailey (White Widow) and Fran Galán (Carnage), and Eliot Rahal (Bleed Them Dry) with Brian Level (Star Wars: Vader — Dark Visions).
Each story explores a different slice of the Predator mythos. Kelly and López deliver a “gut-twisting new take on Predator” that follows a young Yautja navigating the unforgiving Australian frontier. But what should have been a routine hunt takes a drastic turn when he encounters a group of humans from a convict colony.
The meeting sets off a chain reaction that changes the course of everyone’s fate, offering fans a storyline unlike anything seen in the Predator universe before.
Meanwhile, Rahal rewrites Arthurian legend Predator style. His story, brought to life by Level’s artwork, mixes the brutal technology of the Yautja with the magic and steel of classic sword-and-sorcery tales.
Then Gailey and Galán throw the alien hunter into a modern-day battleground, infiltrating an international weapons industry conference where the Yautja’s infamous code of honor faces a deadly test.
Visually, the series will carry the signature aesthetic of previous Black, White & Blood entries, including the blood-drenched one-shots for Carnage, Wolverine, Deadpool, Moon Knight, and Marvel Zombies.
The format has also extended to former Fox-owned properties, with Alien: Black, White & Blood and Darth Vader – Black, White & Red paving the way. And with Marvel recently launching Yautja crossover stories featuring Wolverine, Black Panther, and Spider-Man (set to release in April), it’s clear that the Predator universe is thriving under the Marvel umbrella.
The first issue of Predator: Black, White & Blood will feature a cover by Simon Di Meo (Batman and Robin), with variant covers by Mahmud Asrar (Psylocke) and Paolo Villanelli (Black Widow & Hawkeye).
Marvel is setting the stage for some of the most brutal Predator stories yet, and if the creative talent involved is any indication, this anthology is going to be a must-read for fans of sci-fi horror and action-packed storytelling.
Predator: Black, White & Blood #1 hits shelves May 21.
