Archie Vs. Predator #1
Script by Alex de Campi
Pencils by Fernando Ruiz
Inks by Rich Koslowski
Colors by Jason Millet
Letters by John Workman
Standard Cover by Fernando Ruiz, Rich Koslowski, and Jason Millet
Variant Cover A by Eric Powell
Variant Cover B by Francesco Francavilla
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Cover Price: $3.99

Wow, those Predators really get around. We know from the films that they treat our world like their own personal hunting lease. We’ve seen them fight virtually everything under the sun from Batman to Aliens to Tarzan, but nothing could have prepared us for Archie Vs. Predator #1! I saw this one in the lists and just knew I had to read it. And I bet you’re curious, too!

The setting is Riverdale as our buddy Archie and his pals debate on what to do on their Spring Break. Thanks to a miraculous windfall of Jughead’s, the group gets a free trip to a beach resort. The odd ducks out here are Cheryl and Jason, who seem bent on making life difficult for the teens.

He’s met The Punisher, he’s met KISS, and soon, Archie will go up against Predator!

It was announced back in October at NYCC that Dark Horse and Archie Comics would be teaming up for the crossover event called Archie Meets Predator from writer Alex de Campi (Grindhouse, Lady Zorro, Smoke/Ashes) with art by Fernando Ruiz.

Now, the 4-issue miniseries has been renamed Archie Vs. Predator, and a few of the covers for the first issue have been released. Check out the covers – from Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie), Eric Powell (The Goon), and Fernando Ruiz (veteran Archie artist) — as well as a promo image for Archie vs. Predator #1, here below.

Friday night at New York Comic-Con took Aliens fans way down memory lane with a look at the franchise’s evolution over the past 35 years, to celebrate the release of Dark Horse’s new comic book event Fire and Stone and Sega’s Alien: Isolation (fans got to see the trailer). Hosted by Dark Horse publicist Aub Driver, panel guests included Joshua Williamson (Predator), Paul Tobin (Prometheus), Alex De Campi (Grindhouse), Randy Stradley (vice-president of publishing Dark Horse Comics), and Chris Mooneyham (Predator).

Here’s the list of some of the striking slideshow issues-through-the-years that produced from the audience some ooohs, some ahhhhs, one groan (maybe), and some applause:

During a vicious xenomorph outbreak, terraforming engineer Derrick Russell leads a group of survivors onto a rickety mining vessel. They hope to escape the creatures overrunning their colony, but they’ll face horrors both in space and on the strange planet they crash on.

From critically acclaimed writer Chris Roberson and artist Patric Reynolds (Colder), Aliens: Fire And Stone #1 is the first issue in a blockbuster crossover event that ties directly into Ridley Scott’s 2012 film, Prometheus, as well as the Alien and Predator franchises.

Thanks to the fine folks at Dark Horse, we’re giving you a glimpse inside the first issue, which you can view here below. Aliens: Fire And Stone #1 is on sale September 24, 2014 and is available for pre-order now.

When the Prometheus never returned from her fateful journey to LV-223, the questions surrounding the origins of man went unanswered. Now, a new team of explorers seeks to uncover the dark mystery that holds not only the fate of the original mission, but possibly their own damnation.

From the Eisner Award–nominated team of Paul Tobin and artist Juan Ferreyra (Colder), Prometheus: Fire And Stone #1 is the first issue in a blockbuster crossover event that ties directly into Ridley Scott’s 2012 film, Prometheus, as well as the Alien and Predator franchises.

Thanks to the fine folks at Dark Horse, we’re giving you a glimpse inside the first issue, as well as a trailer for the trailer, both of which you can view here below. Prometheus: Fire And Stone #1 is on sale September 10, 2014 and is available for pre-order now.