After quite a futuristic epic, comprised of several mini-series (making it more confusing for casual readers to jump in, which seems to be the new Marvel Method), as well as several crossovers with superheroes, it’s good to see Predator go back to basics, somewhat.

What we have here is a futuristic UFC x Predator story; the toughest fighters and martial artists come together for a secret tournament to entertain the world’s wealthiest people, with a Yautja about to strike.

The setup here feels fairly generic, with the fighting tournament being an incredibly popular topic of late; it seems like this sort of thing is making a resurgence across other media too, with both Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter movies releasing this year.

In the wake of DC KO and other fighting tournament-based comics, however, this can’t help but feel underwhelming. The Yautja almost feels like an afterthought, and the way that the lead human character is set up to make him so sympathetic makes this feel a bit more predictable than it should be.

There’s some nice touches to the art, and the brief moments of gore are well handled, but in general this first issue left me feeling a bit meh about the whole thing. Having already got my hands on issue 2, we’ll see if things improve as the story continues.

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