PREDATOR (2009)

"PREDATOR #4 John Arcudi (W), Javier Saltares (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover) On sale Dec 23 FC, 40 pages $3.50 Miniseries Think that a third-world civil war is messy? How about an off-world civil war? Caught in the middle of a blood feud between rival Predator clans in an east African war zone, private military contractor Thorpe barely makes it back to base with his hide intact after a pitched firefight with a squad of extraterrestrial marauders. But clean sheets and hot chow will provide cold comfort once the alien killers and their lethal technology track Thorpe down, and he has precious little time to marshal the Graham Directive Security crew for a desperate defense. They might have had a chance had they not lost their most potent ally, a lone rival Predator warrior, but now Thorpe and the GDS soldiers are out of options and out of time as they prepare to make their stand-their last stand. Don't miss the explosive conclusion to the all-new Predator series. And be on the watch for a special preview of the new Aliens vs. Predator series, launching in January! "

"PREDATOR #3 (of 4) John Arcudi (W), Javier Saltares (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover) On sale Oct 28 FC, 40 pages $3.50 Miniseries While the guns-for-hire of Graham Directive Security knew they were entering a third-world war zone when they signed on, they never bargained for stumbling into the middle of an interplanetary blood feud. After barely surviving a brutal firefight with a squad of Predator soldiers, Thorpe and Briggs hightail it to the GDS compound only to find their base under siege by the offworld marauders. Thorpe and his crew haven't got a prayer of survival-that is, they wouldn't if they didn't have the most unlikely ally in the universe. Blood is in the air as Predator returns to comics with extreme prejudice in a deadly new series written by John Arcudi (Aliens, B.P.R.D.) and illustrated by Javier Saltares (Ghost Rider). Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Dark Horse Predator series. "