Archie vs Predator #1

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Writer: Alex DeCampi
Artist: Fernando Ruiz

When I first read about Archie vs Predator I was excited. I am a fan of both. We have seen Archie in these situations before (Meets Punisher; Meets Kiss). Predator has never been in this type of crossover before that I know off, with a genre like Archie.

I was looking forward to it, then I read issue one. Massive let down.

This issue was just a typical Archie story with all the Archie players in motion. There are only hints of the Predator with panels seen through his special vision and only one image of Predator in the issue. If you didn’t know any better, you would think it was a regular issue of Archie.

It does make some sense, to have them presented as normal, but I think this issue should have been more. We know who all the players are, no need to introduce them to us.

That said it is nice to see Archie and gang presented as Archie and gang, and not alternate version of our beloved Riverdale bunch.

This is a four issue mini-series, so hopefully issue two will ramp things up. Let’s get the slow stuff out of the way, and get to the Predator next.

FINAL THOUGHT: Not bad, just underwhelming and didn’t reach as far as I thought it should.

RATING: 6