Get your first look at Predator: Badlands #1 from Marvel Comics, written by Ethan Sacks with art by Elvin Ching, the official prequel to the upcoming movie.
Taking place shortly before the new film, which stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, you’ll meet Dek, a young Predator on the hunt, before he encounters broken android Thia.
“For a writer who grew up a lifelong fan of the ‘Predator’ franchise, there is no bigger game than the chance to hunt with the Yautja,” Sacks said via press release. “Working hand in hand with the filmmakers behind ‘Predator: Badlands,’ we made sure this prequel story fits into the cinematic saga like a puzzle piece. It’s going to give fans a deeper, richer experience – especially when they get to feast their eyes on Elvin Ching’s art.”
Added Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg, “Badlands is the first Predator movie to draw inspiration so heavily from the comic books. So it’s with great delight that you and I now get to look at splash pages, from the minds of Ethan and Elvin, of a formative adventure for our characters that serves as a perfect companion to the film. Dek kicking a** in his very own comic book is a dream come true.”
Predator: Badlands #1 Preview
Check out four unlettered interior pages and three covers from the November 12, 2025, publishing issue here! Click the thumbnails for a larger version:
Predator: Badlands #1 Official Synopsis:
THE HUNT BEGINS.
In the one-shot, a young Yautja warrior named Dek is given a seemingly simple task by his father: retrieve a piece of technology from a derelict spaceship that crashed years ago. Inside, however, an ancient and deadly threat lies in wait.
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