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During the Great Comic Book Boom of the early 1990s crossovers between companies was a common practice. So it was that in November 1992 Dark Horse comics, which owned the rights to produce comics based on the 20th Century Fox ‘Predator’ character, teamed up with Valiant comics, which owned rights to the Magnus, Robot Fighter character originally published by Western / Gold Key, to produce a two-issue miniseries, ‘Predator Versus Magnus Robot Fighter’.
The series was written by the then head of Valiant, former Marvel Comics editor in chief Jim Shooter, with assistance from John Ostrander. Art was provided by comics veteran Lee Weeks, colors by Rachelle Menashe, and lettering by Pat Brosseau.
This 1994 trade paperback compiles both issues of ‘Predator Versus Magnus Robot Fighter’, and features cover art by Dave Dorman.
The series was one of the better incarnations of a Predator crossover. I won’t disclose any spoilers, save to say that Shooter’s plotting recognizes the need to keep things simple and straightforward over the course of just two issues (48 pages total). Weeks’s art does a serviceable job. Where the book suffered was in the color scheme, which reflects the limitations of the color printing processes used for most comics in the early 1990s (one of the reasons why Image Comics was formed is because the artists involved in its founding were intent on taking advantage of the highly expert color printing process of Malibu Comics, the company that was actually responsible for printing books from Image).
If you can find this trade paperback for a reasonable price, it’s certainly worth picking up. No way I would counsel spending the ridiculous sums of money that the speculators are asking for this book, given that you can find copies of the original comic books for sale at ‘fine’ condition for under $3…….
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Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021
The series was written by the then head of Valiant, former Marvel Comics editor in chief Jim Shooter, with assistance from John Ostrander. Art was provided by comics veteran Lee Weeks, colors by Rachelle Menashe, and lettering by Pat Brosseau.
This 1994 trade paperback compiles both issues of ‘Predator Versus Magnus Robot Fighter’, and features cover art by Dave Dorman.
The series was one of the better incarnations of a Predator crossover. I won’t disclose any spoilers, save to say that Shooter’s plotting recognizes the need to keep things simple and straightforward over the course of just two issues (48 pages total). Weeks’s art does a serviceable job. Where the book suffered was in the color scheme, which reflects the limitations of the color printing processes used for most comics in the early 1990s (one of the reasons why Image Comics was formed is because the artists involved in its founding were intent on taking advantage of the highly expert color printing process of Malibu Comics, the company that was actually responsible for printing books from Image).
If you can find this trade paperback for a reasonable price, it’s certainly worth picking up. No way I would counsel spending the ridiculous sums of money that the speculators are asking for this book, given that you can find copies of the original comic books for sale at ‘fine’ condition for under $3…….
Compiles the 1992 - 1993 miniseries from Dark Horse and Valiant comics
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021
During the Great Comic Book Boom of the early 1990s crossovers between companies was a common practice. So it was that in November 1992 Dark Horse comics, which owned the rights to produce comics based on the 20th Century Fox ‘Predator’ character, teamed up with Valiant comics, which owned rights to the Magnus, Robot Fighter character originally published by Western / Gold Key, to produce a two-issue miniseries, ‘Predator Versus Magnus Robot Fighter’.Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021
The series was written by the then head of Valiant, former Marvel Comics editor in chief Jim Shooter, with assistance from John Ostrander. Art was provided by comics veteran Lee Weeks, colors by Rachelle Menashe, and lettering by Pat Brosseau.
This 1994 trade paperback compiles both issues of ‘Predator Versus Magnus Robot Fighter’, and features cover art by Dave Dorman.
The series was one of the better incarnations of a Predator crossover. I won’t disclose any spoilers, save to say that Shooter’s plotting recognizes the need to keep things simple and straightforward over the course of just two issues (48 pages total). Weeks’s art does a serviceable job. Where the book suffered was in the color scheme, which reflects the limitations of the color printing processes used for most comics in the early 1990s (one of the reasons why Image Comics was formed is because the artists involved in its founding were intent on taking advantage of the highly expert color printing process of Malibu Comics, the company that was actually responsible for printing books from Image).
If you can find this trade paperback for a reasonable price, it’s certainly worth picking up. No way I would counsel spending the ridiculous sums of money that the speculators are asking for this book, given that you can find copies of the original comic books for sale at ‘fine’ condition for under $3…….
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