The Predator has claimed the Green Goblin as its latest victim in Gabriele Dell'Otto's variant cover for Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man #8.
Dell'Otto's Amazing Spider-Man #8 variant shows a Yautja hunter sitting atop a building while holding the Green Goblin's iconic mask while a large full moon looms in the background. The variant is one in a series Marvel recently put out highlighting a new Predator run launching in July. Other variant covers show the alien hunter sparring with the X-Men, tracking the Avengers, brutally defeating the Hulk and more.
Predator #1 -- which comes from Brisson (Iron Fist, Ghost Rider), Walker (Dr. Strange, Doctor Aphra) and cover artist Leinil Francis Yu -- will go on sale July 6. Based on the 1987 film of the same name starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by John McTiernan, the series doesn't appear to feature the Predator hunting down characters across the Marvel Universe. Rather, Predator follows a woman on a mission for revenge against one of the creatures. The synopsis for the first issue reads, "The story kicks off when a young girl sees her family slaughtered by a Predator. Years later, though her ship is barely holding together and food is running short, Theta won’t stop stalking the spaceways until the Yautja monster who killed her family is dead…or she is."
“I've been obsessed with Predator since first seeing the film at the drive-in theater as a kid," Brisson previously said about working on Predator. "I can still remember sitting there in horrified fascination and then acting out the movie for my classmates the following week at school. I bought the VHS and wore the hell out of the tape. Getting to write the characters launch for Marvel is a dream come true. When they offered me the gig, I already had a million ideas ready to go. Not only am I excited to write a Predator book, but I'm doubly excited to be working with Kev Walker on the series. The pages he's turned in so far and mind-blowing. He's delivered awe-inspiring alien planets; huge, blood-pumping action scenes: and devastatingly emotional beats all in the space of the first issue. I really think we're making something quite special here.”
Marvel confirmed Green Goblin/Norman Osborn will appear in Amazing Spider-Man #8 when Peter Parker receives a new suit and glider from Oscorp. The issue, which comes from writer Zeb Wells and artist John Romita Jr., goes on sale July 27.
Source: Marvel