Warning: Contains Potential Spoilers forPredator Kills the Marvel Universe #1!
It’s time forWolverineto step aside, as thePredatorfranchise unleashes the gnarliest version of Weapon X in the Marvel Universe. The traumatic origin of Wolverine’s adamantium skeleton is getting a dramatic overhaul during the sci-fi horror series’ latest crossover into Marvel Comics’ world of superheroes, turning the Yautja Weapon X’s most terrifying hunter yet.
Predator Kills the Marvel Universe#1, by the creative team of Benjamin Percy and Marcelo Ferreira, revealsthe deadliest Predator upgradeof all time, as Dr. Abraham Cornelius uses his new creation, Predator X, to attack a General that’s sent to keep an eye on the program.
Already the upgraded Yautja is more deadly than Wolverine could ever be.
Meet PREDATOR X, Marvel’s Fusion Of The Franchise’s Yautja Hunter With Wolverine’s Weapon X Past
Marvel first revealed Predator X in the monthly solicitations forPredator Kills the Marvel Universe#3, with Leinil Francis Yu’s cover for the issue featuring a Yautja in an homage to Wolverine’s Weapon X look. The first issue of the miniseries will formally debut the character, following up on a plot thread fromthePredator vs. Spider-Manseries.
Wolverine’s famousWeapon Xstory and costumewere a major part of writer Benjamin Percy’s firstPredatorand Marvel crossover withPredator vs. Wolverine, and the series' dangling threads are making a huge comeback in the universe’s grand culmination. That series has already revealed that the Yautja helmet inspired Barry Windsor-Smith’s classic Weapon X look, and now it’s officially coming full circle.
With Weapon X giving Wolverine his iconic and near-indestructible adamantium skeleton, this enhanced Predator could be the franchise’s scariest and most powerful yet. Whether the new Predator X also gets an adamantium upgrade, or possibly even more intimidating power-ups,the newPredator Kills the Marvel Universeseriescould create a super-powered monster worthy of their own comic or movie spin-off.
Predator’s Ultimate Upgrade Makes It Fully Prepared To Take On Every Hero The Marvel Universe Has To Offer
As this Yautja hunter moves on from Spider-Man and prepares to kill the entire Marvel Universe, the incredible powers on display could make this one ofthe bestPredatorcomic stories. Weapon Plus’ Predator X could take the crossover’s gory violence to the extreme, and not even Marvel Comics’ greatest heroes and villains are safe in the alternate universe adventure.
While thisWolverine-style Predator should fight many Marvel heroes, the events inPredator vs. Spider-Manexplain that Dr. Cornelius’ captured Yautja was at least an honorable hunter before being experimented on. Weapon X viciously gaveWolverineserious enhancements as a mutant hero, but thePredator’s twist on the traumatizing transformation could make Yautja the Marvel Universe’s most deadly threat imaginable.
Predator Kills the Marvel Universe #1will be available Jul 06, 2025, from Marvel Comics!
Wolverine
The human mutant Wolverine (a.k.a. Logan) was born James Howlett, blessed with a superhuman healing factor, senses, and physiology. Subjecting himself to experimentation to augment his skeleton and claws with adamantium, Logan is as deadly as he is reckless, impulsive, and short-tempered. Making him the X-Men’s wildest and deadliest member, and one of Marvel Comics' biggest stars. He’s played in Fox and Marvel’s movie franchises by Hugh Jackman.
