Dan Abnett

Predator: Life and Death isn’t exactly reinventing the wheel, here. (A group of trigger-happy, battle-hardened military types touching down on a far-off planet, totally unprepared for the alien predators they’ll find lurking there? You’d be forgive if you feel like you’ve seen this movie once or twice or six times.) But I’m encouraged by the total competence with which this creative team checks all the boxes of a good Predator adventure. And with three issues left in this arc–and with sixteen parts left in Dark Horse’s new Xenoverse story cycle–there’s plenty of time left to stop checking boxes and do something outside the box.

    Guardians 3000 #1 Writer: Dan Abnett Artist: Gerardo Sandoval Colorist: Edgar Delgado Publisher: Marvel Making their first appearance back in 1969, the Guardians have been fighting Badoon for centuries. Caught in a seemingly endless loop in an alternative universe, it appears time has rest itself again, for Guardians 3000 #1 brings the old crew back …

Dark Ages #1 Written by Dan Abnett Art by I.N.J. Culbard Published by Dark Horse Comics In the first couple pages, Dark Ages #1 has a lot going for it. Minimalist cartooning with a simple image of a falcon catching a mice until the setting and characters are introduced. The main characters are a (sadly) interchangeable band of …