Marvel's T'Challa Battles a Yautja in First Look at Predator vs. Black Panther Comic

Marvel reveals interior artwork and Predator versus Black Panther #1 variant covers.

By Cameron Bonomolo - July 18, 2024 03:05 pm EDT

If it bleeds, Wakanda can kill it. Marvel's 20th Century Studios imprint presents Predator versus Black Panther, a four-issue crossover comic pitting a Yautja Predator King against King T'Challaof Wakanda. Benjamin Percy — who wrote last year's Predator vs. Wolverine — teams with artists Christopher Allen (Black Panther), Sean Damien Hill (Bishop: War College), Lee Ferguson (Blade), and inker Craig Yeung (Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda) for the new limited series, which hits stands August 21st.

Marvel Comics is previewing Allen's interior artwork along with a lineup of Predator vs. Black Panther variant covers. The just-revealed covers showcase the new Yautja designs with pieces by Ken Lashley (Venom War: Carnage), Philip Tan (Wolverine: Deep Cut), Pete Woods (Deadpool: Black, White & Blood), Skottie Young (Strange Academy), Edwin Galmon (Marvel's Voices Legends), and Leinil Francis Yu (Wolverine).

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Predator versus Black Panther #1 cover by Ken Lashley
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The bloody new series pits Black Panther and his allies — the Dora Milaje and Wakanda's War Dogs, the Hatut Zeraze — against an army of the fiercest hunters in the known universe.

The official synopsis: "Wakanda... is prey? You saw the Marvel Universe's most tenacious mutant go up against one of the greatest killing machines in history in Predator vs. Wolverine — and survive. Now the planet Earth lives on in Predator lore…a planet full of the most exhilarating prey they could imagine! And the strongest weapons in the Multiverse are in their sights. When a young Predator with something to prove comes for Wakanda's vibranium, the Black Panther faces an enemy whose resources rival those of his great nation. Who will prove stronger?"

"What's the Black Panther story people are most familiar with? The battle over the throne between T'Challa and Killmonger. I'm channeling something similar to that here — except on a cosmic scale," Percy told io9. "This Predator King has two sons who are at war with one another. Vibranium might be the weapon that determines their claim."

Predator vs. Black Panther #1 is on sale August 21st from Marvel Comics.