Predator hunts Spider-Man, Hulk, the X-Men, and more in delayed variant covers

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The iconic sci-fi franchise Predator preys on iconic Marvel superheroes this summer ... finally

Predator variant covers
Predator variant covers (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

Fresh of its Predator plans returning to its schedule in July, Marvel Comics is also reviving its Predator versus the Marvel Universe variant cover theme that it also initially announced last year. 

The iconic sci-fi property landed at Disney and therefore its comic book license landed at Marvel along with the Aliens franchise when Disney acquired 20th Century Fox's film assets.

Marvel has revealed all 20 covers and creators and their on-sale dates:

On sale July 6

  • Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #2 by Iban Coello
  • Jane Foster & The Mighty Thor #2 by Junggeun Yoon

On sale July 13

  • Savage Avengers #3 by Mirka Andolfo
  • Wolverine #23 by Kyle Hotz

On sale July 20

  • Avengers #58 by E.M. Gist
  • Miles Morales: Spider-Man #40 by Mattia De Lulis

On sale July 27

  • Iron Cat #2 by Mike Mayhew
  • X-Men #13 by James Stokoe

On sale in August

  • Amazing Spider-Man #7 by Cory Smith
  • Amazing Spider-Man #8 by Gabriele Dell’otto
  • Avengers Forever #8 by Juan Jose Ryp
  • Captain Marvel #40 by Cary Nord
  • Daredevil #2 by Bill Sienkiewicz
  • Defenders: Beyond #2 by Ron Lim
  • Fantastic Four #46 by Superlog
  • Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel #2 by Chris Sprouse
  • Hulk #9 by Dale Keown
  • Iron Man #22 by Bjorn Barends
  • Ms. Marvel & Wolverine #1 by Humberto Ramos
  • Thor #27 by Rahzzah
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Predator variant covers
(Image credit: Marvel Comics)

They're not actually in the Marvel Universe ... yet, but maybe someday Predator will be counted among the best Marvel villains of all time. 

Michael Doran

I'm not just the Newsarama founder and editor-in-chief, I'm also a reader. And that reference is just a little bit older than the beginning of my Newsarama journey. I founded what would become the comic book news site in 1996, and except for a brief sojourn at Marvel Comics as its marketing and communications manager in 2003, I've been writing about new comic book titles, creative changes, and occasionally offering my perspective on important industry events and developments for the 25 years since. Despite many changes to Newsarama, my passion for the medium of comic books and the characters makes the last quarter-century (it's crazy to see that in writing) time spent doing what I love most.

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