Warning! Spoilers for Predator vs. Black Panther #1 ahead!
Summary
OnePredator’s new cyborg upgrades are completely rewriting the species' way of hunting. The Yautja are known for being the galaxy’s strongest hunters, but these aliens follow a strict honor code to keep their hunts fair. To the hunter-warrior society, a Yautja’s true strength is determined only when the odds between prey and predator are equal. However, when the chances for one Predator are unfairly tilted in his opponent’s favor, he does what he must to forge himself into a stronger weapon.
Predator vs. Black Panther#1 by Benjamin Percy and Chris Allen is Marvel’s newest series of annual crossover events featuring one Marvel hero facing off against a member of the Yautja.
Last year,Wolverine endured a decades-long rivalry with a Predator, but this year the King of Wakanda has to defend his kingdom from a driven Yautja prince with too much to prove. After the Predator’s honor and hunting rights are stripped following an unfair match for dominance against his father’s favorite son, he travels to Earth forthe one material that can reshape himself and his destiny: vibranium.
Predator Officially Debuts Its ‘NIGHTMARE HUNTER’ Super-Yautja with An Epic Bloodbath
Predator fans are finally shown how terrifyingly deadly the newest Super-Yautja, the Nightmare Hunter truly is with one insanely epic bloodbath!.
The Predators' Honor Code is Their Society’s Greatest Doctrine
To Restore His Honor, He Must Adjust the Code
In the far reaches of the galaxy, two competing clans, each led by princes of the Yautja Empire, battle for the hunting rights of a system rich with prey. However, their father naturally favors one brother over the other, as the smaller of the two was born weaker and disfigured. After the Emperor gifts his favored son a vibranium staff, which shamefully gives him a greater advantage, the weaker Predator acknowledges thatto overcome his bodily limitations, he must reforge himself into a weapon.If he couldn’t beborn a stronger Predator, then he must evolve to become the strongest weapon.
Being a Yautja is about the shared creed of the species; his body is merely a tool that can be adjusted to fit the job.
Like the rest of his kind, the Predator believes strength is the ultimate path toward honor. However, the prince refuses to let his natural limitations hold him back. This Yautja, instead of wearinghis armor and weaponry, integrates his tech into his body. To him, being a Yautja is about the shared creed of the species; his body is merely a tool that can be adjusted to fit the job. He recognizes that physical strength alone doesn’t win the hunt, but thata skilled hunter requires intelligence to outsmart and outmaneuver its prey.
Black Panther’s New Costume Might Be His Coolest Design of All Time
Marvel’s upcoming Predator vs. Black Panther crossover comes with a new suit for the titular hero as he faces the galaxy’s most dangeorus hunter.
The Yautja Prince Isn’t the Only Modified Predator
Artificially Augmented Predators Make For Cooler Stories
While thePredatorfranchise has a disjunct collection of canon, especially within the Marvel crossover series,the prince isn’t the first Yautja to have cybernetically modified its bodyto gain an advantage. The NECA series ofPredatortoys released a clan of rogue Yautja that all employed mechanical augmentations into their bodies, and thePredator: Hunting Groundsvideo game featured a playable Bionic Predator character.The code and creed of the Yautja speciestend to vary between clans and interpretations of the code can be especially subjective.
Artificially enhanced Predators, whether it be through cybernetics or genetic manipulation, are a rarity among the species and always make for a unique read whenever they show up. The Yautja prince, adorned with a robotic leg and implanted wrist blades, is an especially interesting character before even considering the crossover series he debuts in. Seemingly breaking away from tradition to restore his honor, this royalPredatormay become an unstoppable force if, or when, he gets his hands on the awe-inducingpowers of Wakanda’s vibranium.
Predator
Predator is an action sci-fi franchise created by Jim and John Thomas, beginning with the original film released in 1987. The franchise follows a warrior alien race known as the Yautja who travel the far reaches of space looking for worthy prey to hunt, constantly bringing them to Earth due to the sheer amount of conflict harbored on it. The series has spun off into comic books and animated features and has even enjoyed several crossover events via film and video games with the Aliens franchise.
