Predator #3

Predator remains a fun series for fans of the franchise, and the latest issue from Marvel Comics is no exception. Read Full Review

Psycamorean

May 21, 2023

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DDJamesB

May 17, 2023

It's nothing crazy but it's entertaining. I like that it's simple and doesn't try to be more than what it should be.

Hed-Veta

May 24, 2023

And here things start to go badly, comparing with the previous two issues. Because all the tension of the previous issue is blown away already in the first half of this one. The characters quickly return the ship back, simultaneously captivating the hijacker, a piano from the bushes in the form of River Ghosts saves Teta and the team. Already in this issue, it becomes clear to us that Theta will be quietly fitted with a new arm. The only interesting part of the number is a small monologue by Paolo, who reveals himself to us slightly as a character. But the death of a Predator in this issue is just a shame. Not in the sense that the predator has disgraced himself, this scenario decision is frankly shameful. The predator begins to fight the Ghosts while the wounded Tattoo is quietly taken away to the returned ship, which makes the ending of the previous issue a cheap cliffhanger. Ghosts wound the predator (who is in FULL ARMOR) a couple of times. Then he is saved by his fellow predator... So that the wounded predator then blows itself up. Someone will say, they say, "well, predators behave like that, it dishonored him and he killed himself." A number of questions immediately arise - if saving others is a shame, for what the hell did the second Predator save the first one? To then approach the wounded hunter and say, "You're a weakling, hold the axe. You can blow yourself up, I'm off."? Were the Predator's injuries fatal? Yes, no, he was quite standing on his feet. He wasn't wearing paper armor. The predator who inflicted a hell of a lot of damage to the team and took Theta out of the game (in fact, no, they will glue a new hand to her) is simply taken out of the narrative in the laziest possible way. He fought himself, he hurt himself, he was depressed, he exploded. And all this in a couple of pages. If you really wanted to take the Predator out of the narrative, why not do it more creatively? Let him defeat the Ghosts, but having received a monstrous wound that would not allow him to self-destruct. Then a second hunter would arrive and fulfill the mute request of his comrade, triggering the self-destruction mechanism. It could have been a much better silent scene, which better revealed predators as comrades in general and characters in particular. As a result, it turns out that this issue simply resets all the bets of the previous one, solves the problems they set with the help of pianos from the bushes, and again ends with a cliffhanger with a conflict within the team about the control of the ship. And at the same time, the plot of the comic hardly moved anywhere from the point where it stopped in the second issue. Very lazy and very frustrating. But thanks to Netho Diaz for a great drawing. The detail, panel layout and dynamics are still great. It's just a pity that the reference from the screens on the predator ship did not migrate to the release version of the comic. more

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater

May 25, 2023

Mediocre at best. We’ve seen Theta for nine issues now, she still has no personality, there is still no reason to care about her as a character, and the story is taking a long time to get where it’s going, if it’s going anywhere at all. I can almost guarantee this will be future dollar bin filler