The Predator comic books are part of the Predator franchise and has had several titles published based on the license, most of which are part of the Dark Horse Comics line (Dark Horse also publishes the Aliens and Alien vs. Predator lines of comics) but other comics by other distributors have been made. All Predator solo comics, not counting crossovers like Fire and Stone, were set on Earth in either the present or past until Marvel´s 2022 reboot moved the setting for the first time from Earth and into the future. Some continuity was retained due to the return of John Schaefer.
| Title | Issues | Creative team | Cover dates | Notes |
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| Predator | #1–4 | June 1989 – March 1990 | Also known as Predator: Concrete Jungle, unrelated to the video game of the same name. Set during a blistering heat wave in New York, as police begin to discover evidence of a sadistic killer, Detective John Schaefer, the brother of Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from the first Predator film, quickly learns it is the extraterrestrial hunters, drawn by the heat and the prey. | |
| Predator 2 | #1–2 |
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February – June 1991 | Comic book adaptation of the film Predator 2. Original screenplay by Jim and John Thomas. |
| Predator: Big Game | #1–4 |
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March – June 1991 | |
| Predator: The Bloody Sands of Time | #1–2 |
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February 1992 | |
| Predator: Cold War | #1–4 |
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September – December 1991 | When a Predator spacecraft crashlands in the isolated Northern tundra of Siberia, John Schaefer is called upon once again to aid the US military in capturing the technology. Unfortunately, the Russian forces have their eyes on the craft as well. |
| Predator: Race War | #0–4 |
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February – October 1993 | Issue 0 was published between issues 2 and 3. Black and white prison gangs unite to kill a Predator who's killing members of both. |
| Predator: Bad Blood[1] | #1–4 |
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December 1993 – June 1994 | |
| Predator: Dark River | #1–4 |
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July – October 1996 | |
| Predator: Kindred | #1–4 |
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December 1996 – January 1997 | |
| Predator: Hell & Hot Water | #1–3 | April – June 1997 | The crew of a Peruvian fishing boat encounter a Predator visiting Earth to hunt dangerous aquatic life. | |
| Predator: Primal | #1–2 |
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July – August 1997 | |
| Predator: Nemesis | #1–2 | December 1997 – January 1998 | ||
| Predator: Hell Come A-Walkin' | #1–2 | February – March 1998 | Set during the Civil War, the men of the northern and southern armies unite to stop a Predator that's stalking and killing men from both sides. | |
| Predator: Homeworld | #1–4 |
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March – June 1999 | |
| Predator: Xenogenesis | #1–4 | August – November 1999 | ||
| Predator | #1–4 |
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June 2009 – January 2010 | Also known as Predator: Prey to the Heavens. |
| Predators[2] | #1–4 |
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June 2010 | Prequel comic series to the 2010 film Predators. |
| Predator: Fire and Stone | #1–4 |
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October 2014 – January 2015 | Fire and Stone crossover event tie-in. |
| Predator: Life and Death | #1–4 | March – June 2016 | Life and Death crossover event tie-in. | |
| Predator: Hunters | #1–5 |
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May – September 2017 | This trilogy features surviving characters from previous stories in a rare use of continuity. Such as Enoch Nakai from Big Game. |
| Predator: Hunters II | #1–4 |
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August 2018 – January 2019 | |
| Predator: Hunters III | #1–2 |
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February – March 2020 | Only two of the four planned issues were released. All four were collected in the trade paperback. |
| One-shots | ||||
| Predator: Invaders from the Fourth Dimension | #1 |
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July 1994 | |
| Predator: Jungle Tales | March 1995 | |||
| Predator: Strange Roux |
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November 1996 | ||
| Predator: Captive | May 1998 | |||
| Predators: Preserve the Game |
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July 2010 | ||
| Predators Movie Adaptation |
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Comic adaptation of the 2010 film Predators. | ||
Crossovers with the Alien franchise are in their own separate article.
| Title | Issues | Creative team | Cover dates | Co-publisher | Notes |
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| Batman versus Predator | #1–3 | January – February 1992 | DC Comics | Published in regular and Prestige format concurrently. | |
| Predator versus Magnus Robot Fighter | #1–2 | November 1992 – May 1993 | Valiant Comics | ||
| Batman versus Predator II: Bloodmatch | #1–4 | December 1994 – March 1995 | DC Comics | ||
| Tarzan versus Predator: At the Earth's Core[3] | #1–4 |
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January – June 1996 | Not an intercompany crossover. | |
| Predator versus Judge Dredd | #1–3 | October – December 1997 | Fleetway Publications | Also published in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 3) #36–38 in the UK. | |
| Batman versus Predator III | #1–4 |
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November 1997 – February 1998 | DC Comics | |
| Superman vs. Predator | #1–3 | 2000 | |||
| Archie vs. Predator[4] | #1–4 |
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April – July 2015 | Archie Comics | |
| Archie vs. Predator II | #1–5 |
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September 2019 – March 2020 | ||
| One-shots | |||||
| The Transformers UK | #284 | August 18 1990 | Marvel UK | The cover depicts Starscream being stalked by a mysterious bounty hunter, who was later confirmed to be the Predator.[5] | |
| JLA versus Predator |
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2001 | DC Comics | ||
Stories published in other comics unrelated to the Predator franchise.
| Title | Issues | Creative team | Cover dates | Notes |
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| "Rite of Passage" | Dark Horse Comics #1–2 | August – September 1992 | ||
| "Blood Feud" | Dark Horse Comics #4–7 |
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November 1992 – February 1993 | |
| "The Pride at Nghasa" | Dark Horse Comics #10–12 | May – August 1993 | ||
| "Bad Blood" | Dark Horse Comics #12–14 |
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August – October 1993 | |
| "The Hunted City" | Dark Horse Comics #16–18 |
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December 1993 – February 1994 | |
| "Blood on Two-Witch Mesa" | Dark Horse Comics #20–21 |
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April – May 1994 | |
| "Hunting the Heroes: Predators Attack!" |
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September 1995 | This was a story event in which Predators attack heroes of the Dark Horse Heroes comics. | |
| "Predator: 1718" | A Decade of Dark Horse #1 |
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July 1996 | "Raphael Adolini" is misspelled "Rafael Andolini". |
| Title | Issues | Creative team | Cover dates | Notes |
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| Predator: Day of the Hunter | #1-6 |
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August 2022 – January 2023 | |
| Predator: The Preserve | #1-5 |
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March 2023 – July 2023 | |
| Predator vs. Wolverine | #1–4 |
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September – December 2023 | |
| Predator: The Last Hunt | #1–4 |
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February 2024 | Reintroducing a cryogenically frozen John Schaefer in 2168 from the Dark Horse line. |
The details of the publication of the comics and trade paperbacks include:
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