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Predator: Black, White & Blood with Joe Kelly in May 2025

Marvel Comics launches Predator: Black, White & Blood with Joe Kelly in May 2025, to follow similar Wolverine and Aliens anthologies.

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:27:08 -0600

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:41:09 -0600

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I have been running a bunch of scoops about upcoming Marvel Comics titles today, and this is probably the last one unless I get some more, but we will also be getting a Predator: Black, White & Blood anthology series, including a story written by Joe Kelly, for May. And covers from Federico Vicentini, Mahmud Asrar, Paolo Villanelli, and Simone Di Meo. And if you still doubt me, there is a stub of a tag for it on the official Marvel Comics website right here.

Previous examples of the Black, White & Blood anthologies from Marvel Comics, include Alien, Moon Knight, Marvel Zombies, Elektra, Deadpool, Wolverine, and Carnage. Traditionally they contain a number of stories with a focus on the art, in black and white, with a red colour addition. This format was pioneered by DC Comics with Harley Quinn: Black, White & Red, but Marvel Comics has seemed to weaponize it in recent years. It also makes for a reason to collect the books in boig treasury editions, and there is a massive market for this format in Europe as well. Marvel grabbed the Predator license a few years ago but had to wait a while for Fox to sort out its legal issues with the Predator property. It mostly had to do with films, but comic books got caught up in it, too, until the big guys settled.

UPDATE: Marvel just confirmed the news with a Rich Twitch, issuing a press release and artwork:

: Predator: Red, White And Blood

: Predator: Red, White And Blood

"This May, all-star comic creators deliver new thrilling tales set in the Predator universe in PREDATOR: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD, the latest installment in Marvel's popular anthology line that spotlights violent storytelling in black, white and blood red. Marvel's Black, White & Blood comics are where superstar creators can fully unleash pop culture's deadliest characters in shocking tales dramatically depicted solely in black, white, and blood red! This May, this epic format spotlights the brutal exploits of the galaxy's most feared hunter in PREDATOR: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD! Across four blood-soaked issues, the fiercest kills the spaceways have ever seen are brought to life by some of the industry's most exciting talents. Set across different periods of Predator history and featuring a wide variety of Yautja and settings, these stories are must-read for Predator and comics fans alike!"

From the mad imaginings of Joe Kelly (Amazing Spider-Man, Deadpool) and rising artist Álvaro López (Captain Marvel, Beware the Planet of the Apes) comes a gut-twisting new take on Predator! A young Predator trying to prove himself prowls the Australian frontier, but his hunt goes south when a run-in with a group of humans from a convict colony changes the trajectory of everyone's lives and takes readers on a journey never before seen in the Predator universe!

Writer Eliot Rahal makes his Marvel Comics debut with artist Brian Level in a bloody retelling of Arthurian legend that blends the horror of Predator's space tech with classic sword and sorcery!

Writer Sarah Gailey (White Widow) and artist Fran Galán (Carnage) put the Yautja's honor code to the test in a story of Predator infiltrating an international weapons industry conference!

PREDATOR: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD #1 (OF 4)
Written by JOE KELLY, ELIOT RAHAL & SARAH GAILEY
Art by ÁLVARO LÓPEZ, BRIAN LEVEL & FRAN GALÁN
Cover by SIMONE DI MEO
Variant Cover by PAOLO VILLANELLI
Variant Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
On Sale 5/21

You can catch up with some of my other Marvel Comics announcement leaks today right here: