Reviews

Predator Omnibus, Volume 1 by Dan Barry, Chris Warner, Mark Verheiden, Ron Randall

kristinasshelves's review

2.0

I've enjoyed all of the Predator and Alien vs. Predator movies, but this graphic novel collection was hard to get through. The bulk of the collection is composed of three stores featuring Shaefer, Dutch's brother, on a quest to find the truth after the events of the original movie. The art style is typical for comics of the 90s, with macho males and fleeting appearances by women, who are hypersexualized. The artwork of the actual predators was well done, but I was apathetic to the rest.

This omnibus also includes some shorter Predator comics, following the creatures through different periods of history. While these shorter stories were slightly better, they did not redeem this collection unfortunately.

jmbz38's review

4.0

I really enjoyed this collection of Predator stories. Personally I liked the first three stories a lot more than the later stories. The stories at the beginning of this volume feel like a comic book version of a cheesy 80s action movie. Meaning they perfectly capture the tone of the first two Predator films. These stories aren't sophisticated prose, but they aren't meant to be. These stories are incredibly entertaining. I had a harder time with the stories featured later in the book. Less action and the dialogue made it hard to understand. I felt that I was taken out of enjoying the story because I had to work so hard to parse through the dialogue I was reading. I recommend this Omnibus to anyone who likes high action comics/80s movies, and doesn't mind slightly dated/clunky dialogue.

shaunhamill's review

4.0

Lots of fun. Captures the 80s tough-guy action-movie aesthetic pretty perfectly.