Superman vs. Predator

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Superman vs. Predator is an intercompany crossover pitting DC Comics icon Superman against the Predator creature first seen in the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Predator.

1 Previous encounters
2 Plot outline
3 Publication
4 See also

[edit] Previous encounters

A previous storyline had already featured the other DC Comics icon Batman fighting the Predator, while Superman had also been shown battling the Aliens from the Alien film series. Most recently Batman and Superman have been shown battling both the Predators and the Aliens side by side.

[edit] Plot outline

Superman goes to investigate a mysterious alien ship in the Central American jungles, where he is afflicted by a virus that significantly drains his powers. The Predator nonetheless senses he is a worthy opponent and begins stalking him with the intention of making him its next trophy. Though weakened and dazed, Superman takes on the Predator in a battle to save the Earth from falling under the domination of the Predator race, and he has to think of a way to either outwit the creature or use what remains of his strength to overpower him, or else...

[edit] Publication

Superman vs. Predator (by David Michelinie and Alex Maleev, DC Comics, 3-issue mini-series, 2000, tpb, 2001, ISBN 1-56389-732-6)

[edit] See also

Batman versus Predator
Superman/Aliens
Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator (by Mark Schultz and Ariel Olivetti, 2-issue mini-series, January 2007)

v • d • e Superman in popular media
Actors:	Bud Collyer • Kirk Alyn • George Reeves • Bob Holiday • Danny Dark (v) • David Wilson • Christopher Reeve • Beau Weaver (v) • John Haymes Newton • Gerard Christopher • Dean Cain • Timothy Daly (v) • Tom Welling • George Newbern (v) • Brandon Routh • Yuri Lowenthal (v)
Film:	Superman (1948) • Atom Man vs. Superman • Superman and the Mole Men • Superman (1978) • Superman II • Superman III • Supergirl • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace • Superman Returns • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Television:	Adventures of Superman • Superboy • Lois & Clark • Smallville • Look, Up in the Sky!
Animation:	1940s cartoons • The New Adventures of Superman • Superman (1988) • Superman: The Animated Series • Legion of Super Heroes
Video games:	Atari 2600 (1979) • Arcade game (1988) • NES (1988) • Sega Genesis (1992) • The Death and Return of Superman • Superman 64 • Shadow of Apokolips • Countdown to Apokolips • Superman Returns
Other media:	Radio • Broadway Theater • Newspaper Strips

v • d • e Alien, Predator and Alien vs. Predator
Alien films	Alien • Aliens • Alien³ • Alien: Resurrection
Predator films	Predator • Predator 2
AvP films	AVP: Alien vs. Predator • AVP: Alien vs. Predator 2
Film characters	Bishop • Hicks • Hudson • Newt • Ripley • Ripley clone • List of characters in the Alien series
Comics	Aliens • Aliens versus Predator • Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator • Aliens vs. Predator/Witchblade/Darkness • Batman/Aliens • Batman versus Predator • Green Lantern versus Aliens • JLA vs. Predator • Judge Dredd vs. Aliens • Predator • Predator vs. Judge Dredd • Predator vs. Magnus, Robot Fighter • Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator • Superman/Aliens • Superman vs. Predator • Tarzan vs. Predator • WildC.A.T.s/Aliens
Novels	Aliens (Earth Hive) • Aliens vs. Predator • Predator
Alien games	Alien (1982) • Alien (1984) • Aliens: The Computer Game (Activision) • Aliens: The Computer Game (Software Studios) • Aliens (MSX) • Aliens (arcade) • Alien³ • Alien³ (SNES) • Alien³ (Game Boy) • Alien³: The Gun • Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure • Alien Trilogy • Aliens Online • Alien: Resurrection • Aliens: Thanatos Encounter • Aliens: Colonial Marines (cancelled) • Aliens: Unleashed • Aliens: Extermination
Predator games	Predator • Predator: Soon The Hunt Will Begin • Predator 2 • Predator 2 (Perfect 10) • Predator (mobile) • Predator: Concrete Jungle
Alien vs. Predator games	Alien vs Predator (SNES) • Alien vs Predator: The Last of His Clan • Alien vs. Predator (arcade) • Alien vs Predator (Jaguar) • Alien vs Predator (Lynx) (cancelled) • Aliens versus Predator / Gold Edition • Aliens versus Predator 2 / Gold Edition • Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt • Aliens versus Predator: Extinction • Alien vs. Predator 2D • Alien vs. Predator (mobile) • Alien vs. Predator 3D
Alien & Predator Universe	Derelict • Fiorina "Fury" 161 • LV-426 • M41A pulse rifle • M56 Smart Gun • M577 A.P.C. • Non-canon castes from the Alien films • Nostromo • Predator • Predator language • Space Jockey • Sulaco • United States Colonial Marines • USM Auriga • Val Verde • Weapons of the Colonial Marines • Weyland-Yutani • Xenomorph • Xenomorph-Yautja War
Miscellaneous	Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual • Alien Loves Predator • The Alien Legacy • Alien Quadrilogy • Alien War • Batman: Dead End • Cultural references to Alien