Archie vs. Predator #1

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Warning for Gore

Comments

[commodus]

I might be alone here. But I'd have rather seen The Predator adapt to their more goofy style, rather than turning something silly like Archie comics into a bloodbath.
I mean, like if The Predator came to their world for a vacation, and ended up getting challenged to a surf-off or something, that would have been pretty funny :)

Though, regardless of my qualms, the artwork here is very nicely done.

[thehood]

Afterlife with Archie made it work though.

[burkeonthesly]

You have made me aware that we were deprived of a surf-off against a Predator. Damn.

Or a burger eating contest against Jughead.

[7dialsmystery]

Jughead would have won it.

Re: Or a burger eating contest against Jughead.

[burkeonthesly]

I can just see the predator breaking down in tears of shame, half a bun dangling from one of its mandibles. It has been defeated by the hoo-man eating prowess, how can it ever return home?

Only with the help of a zany scheme, of course.

[jmacq1]

So far it doesn't quite feel as smooth a pairing as some of the other Archie crossovers, but it still never fails to amuse me to see these.

I still think Archie meets the Punisher is the best, though.

[crinos]

So, they just completely fail to notice or care about the blood raining down on them from above. Just, not gonna acknowledge that at all.

And yeah, this crossover makes no fucking sense. I mean The whole schitck of the Predator is they kill worthy prey. They explicitly don't go after anyone who isn't carrying some sort of weapon.

I mean look, they have to invent the plot device of Betty finding a dagger in a temple, and even then Predator looks at these chumps and is like "eh, this isn't worth my time"

You know, there are a shit ton of horror movie icons that go after dumb teens: Freddy, Jason, Leatherface. Hell, the Aliens would be a better fit for this than the Predator. WHY THE FUCK DOES THIS EXIST?

[thehood]

This one is a teenage Predator, who has a crush on Betty and Veronica, same rule don't apply.

That being said, Cheryl and Jason were holding machetes when the Yautja killed them. That counts.

[crinos]

....Teen predator that has a crush on Betty and Veronica.

Seriously.

*Deep sigh* Okay, we can roll with this.

[burkeonthesly]

That actually kind of works with the surf contest I've become aware that this should have had.

[thatnickguy]

The whole thing winds up being better than it ever had any right to be. It's silly and gets sillier along the way.

[sanjuro]

I was going to make a comment about that. Predators aren't indiscriminate killers. They're honorable to some degree.

[ozaline]

Oh this predator only kills them when they're armed too, but he seems to be a letter of the law type rather than spirit of the law.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

I'm guessing Cheryl and Jason came separately? Otherwise, kind of a jerk move to leave them behind. Then again, maybe they deserved it, depending on just what they did here.

And a teenage Predator? Is that why he's so sloppy about letting the others know he's right above them?

[thehood]

Yeah, they came in separately, it's why the gang assumed they just left.

[zechs80]

This mini-series was glorious.