{"id":26201,"date":"2020-07-05T19:28:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T02:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=26201"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:39","slug":"the-icons-alien-and-predator-now-call-marvel-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=26201","title":{"rendered":"The Icons Alien and Predator Now Call Marvel Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geekandsundry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/dark-horse-comics-phill-norwood-top.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rights to the legendary science fiction and horror characters <strong>the Alien<\/strong> and <strong>the Predator<\/strong> have been acquired by <strong>Marvel<\/strong>. As of now, there is no information on the creative team or stories that these icons will be involved in, but two images have been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of now this acquisition does not imply these characters will be a canon part of the <strong>Marvel Universe<\/strong>. The comics will expand the stories and mythology of the <em>Alien<\/em> and <em>Predator<\/em> films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Finch,<\/strong> known for his work on <em><strong>Batman<\/strong><\/em>, drew a pair of teaser images of both the <strong>Xenomorph<\/strong> and the <strong>Predator.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alien_Cover_Finch1-655x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"26202\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alien_Cover_Finch1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?attachment_id=26202\" class=\"wp-image-26202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alien_Cover_Finch1-655x1024.jpg 655w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alien_Cover_Finch1-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alien_Cover_Finch1-768x1201.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alien_Cover_Finch1-982x1536.jpg 982w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Alien_Cover_Finch1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Predator-1-671x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"26203\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Predator-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?attachment_id=26203\" class=\"wp-image-26203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Predator-1-671x1024.jpg 671w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Predator-1-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Predator-1-768x1171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Predator-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finch, a true fan of the characters said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cAlien and Predator are the two of the most identifiable, iconic characters of all time, and I love them for that. But mostly, it\u2019s being fortunate enough to be a kid when they were new. I\u2019ve seen every movie they\u2019ve ever been in, and I cannot wait to see them wreaking havoc in the Marvel Universe. I drew my pictures of them with a massive smile on my face.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future is bright for the future of the former <strong>Dark Horse Comics<\/strong> titles. While Dark Horse has been publishing the <em>Alien<\/em> and <em>Predator<\/em> comics for 30 years, the titles will now be headed up by <strong>Marvel Comics<\/strong>. This move is very similar to when <strong>Marvel<\/strong> relaunched the <strong>Star Wars Comics<\/strong> back in 2015. The move is not surprising due to <strong>Disney<\/strong> now owning both companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/alien-predator-marvel-comics-xenomorph-iron-man-avengers\">IGN<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alien and Predator have been acquired by Marvel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":26203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[48,2508,3128,217,450,1778,3129,3126,644,3127],"class_list":["post-26201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comics-2","category-comics-videogames","tag-alien","tag-dark-horse-comics","tag-david-finch","tag-disney","tag-marvel","tag-marvel-comics","tag-marvel-universe","tag-predator","tag-star-wars-comic","tag-xenomorph"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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