Scott's Take: Predator Kills The Marvel Universe by Benjamin Percy, Marcelo Ferreira (Illustrator), Daniel Picciotto (Illustrator), Brent Peeples (Illustrator), and Leinil Yu (Cover Art)

 

Predator Kills The Marvel Universe by Benjamin Percy, Marcelo Ferreira (Illustrator), Daniel Picciotto (Illustrator), Brent Peeples (Illustrator), and Leinil Yu (Cover Art), is the fourth book in the series. This is the sequel to Predator vs Spider-Man.

 

In this book, the Earth suffers a sneak attack from the Predators which quickly wipes out several major heroes. It is up to the survivors of the ambushes to rally together and take the fight to the Predators. The Predators are armed with arsenal of vibranium and are also getting help from Kraven the Hunter to turn the Earth into a hunting zoo.

 

The main trio of people who actively fight back is Spider-Man, Iron Man and Wolverine. Many heavy hitters are nerfed (weakened or written poorly) and have unrealistic deaths in this particular universe to make this bloody and violent book work. The heroes have to be taken by surprise continually for more than half of the read, along with being dumb, to make things work.

 

In Predator versus Black Panther, it was directly asserted that the Panther would be playing a big role in this book. He does not. He stays on the sidelines for most of this book.

 

There is a lot of fighting which happens off screen that I would of like to see. Like the Punisher vs Predators or Dr. Strange and She Hulk vs the Predators.  Instead of seeing the battles, we see the aftermath repercussions.

 

The characterization of Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Wolverine is really good. But, one can tell these are favorites as they are some of the very few characters who actually stay in character for the read.

 

The book is over quickly as once the heroes rally together in issue four, there is one more issue, and done. There is setup for a fifth book, but we will see if the series continues. Whether it will or not has yet to be announced. If one was done, I would like to see how the world rebuilds with just the survivors, the arsenal of alien technology now scattered across the planet, and the surviving Predators still on Earth.

 

I read this through the Marvel Unlimited App.

 

 

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Scott's Take: Godzilla vs the Marvel Universe by Ryan North, Gerry Duggan Gerry Duggan, John Romita Jr. (Illustrator), Giuseppe Camuncoli (Illustrator), and Leinil Yu (Cover Art)

 

Godzilla vs the Marvel Universe by Ryan North, Gerry Duggan, John Romita Jr. (Illustrator), Giuseppe Camuncoli (Illustrator), and Leinil Yu (Cover Art), collects a series of one shots (one shots for those who don’t know are single issue stories that are supposed to be self-contained). I read these through the Marvel Unlimited app.  In these one shots, Godzilla crossovers and battles various heroes in various times throughout the history of Marvel.  So, you have the 90s X-men vs Godzilla, 80s Spider-man vs Godzilla, Modern Thor vs Godzilla and more. This is just a fun crossover with various heroes dealing with Godzilla.

 

They don’t seem to connect at all and there are no shared creative teams or story. Most of the reads have good art except for the John Romita Jr for the Fantastic Four. I think his art is blocky. Most of these stories are action packed with humor. Some of which is forced, such as Nick Lowe’s editorial jokes in the Spider-Man story. I think he negatively impacted the story overall, but I also have a negative opinion of him based on his public comments about Spider-Man fans. The only story I really did not like was the Hulk vs Godzilla which goes downhill once he introduces some vague villain from the Godzilla Universe. I’d never heard of the character and the story made no sense. 

 

Overall, I think this is a fun collection that leans heavy into the Marvel Universe and not as much in the Godzilla Universe.

 

By the way, there is another Godzilla series that seems completely separate.  Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe has two issues so far at Marvel Unlimited as that is all they have put up. The collected volume is supposed to be released in March 2026. It seems to be completely separate and has all the heroes teaming up to stop him.

 

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Scott's Take: Marvel Tales by J. Michael Straczynski, Will Robson (Illustrator), Bernard Chang (Illustrator), Elena Casagrande (Illustrator), and Leinil Yu (Cover Art)

 

Marvel Tales by J. Michael Straczynski (usually referred to as JMS), Will Robson (Illustrator), Bernard Chang (Illustrator), Elena Casagrande (Illustrator), and Leinil Yu (Cover Art), is a series of one shots (stand-alone single issue stories) collected here that I read through Marvel Unlimited. Most of these are team ups or vs between two characters except for Spider-Man vs the Sinister Sixteen. Rocket Raccoon and Dr Doom team up, Captain America and Volstagg (Thor’s friend) team up, while there is Ghost Rider vs Galactus, Nick Fury takes on Fing Fang Foom (Space Dragon), and other interesting tales.

 

These are fun interesting stories. Some of which are funny. I enjoyed all of them. My favorite was Rocket and Doom’s team up but The Volstagg, Nick Fury ones made me see the characters in a new light. The Spider-Man was the funniest. The plot in the Spider-man has various heroes like Thor, Strange, more trying to share a nice dinner while villains are eating in the same French Restaurant.

 

Each team up or vs are fun reads that shake things up by putting characters together who usually don’t get to team up except for Hulk and Strange. They team up a lot. I think this is a read worth reading.

 

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