Archie vs Predator - Hardcover

De Campi, Alex

3.63

980 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1616558059 ISBN 13: 9781616558055

Publisher: Dark Horse Books, 2015

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America's favorite teen meets the galaxy's fiercest hunter! When Archie and friends hit Costa Rica for Spring Break, party games and beach games are soon replaced by the Most Dangerous Game! Lured by the challenge of Betty and Veronica's unparalleled fierceness, a teenaged Predator from the stars follows the gang back to Riverdale, where it prepares for its most bizarre hunt ever, but will the kids even realize they're in danger before they end up in the creature's horrifying trophy case?!

Collecting issues #1-#4 of the smash-hit Archie vs. Predator!

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About the Author:

Alex de Campi is well known for her 2005 mini-series Smoke (published by IDW Publishing, art by Igor Kordey), which was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series, and her 2006 manga series Kat & Mouse (published by Tokyopop, art by Federica Manfredi). De Campi's work falls outside the superhero genre, with Smoke being a political thriller, and Kat & Mouse detailing the adventures of two mystery-solving high school students (a "CSI for tweens"); she has published work for children (e.g. Agent Boo) and for the European market (e.g. her French language sci-noir series Messiah Complex). Her other work includes the Valentine mobile comic, which is the main focus of her column Uncanny Valleygirl at the comics industry website Bleeding Cool. The author lives in London, England U.K..

Review:

"Even in a time when the company’s most critically successful book is a moody supernatural horror story where the entire cast is about two seconds away from being murdered by zombies, Archie Vs Predator still seems like a beautiful, beautiful dream." -Comics Alliance

"Archie Vs. Predator" #1 is a gift from God himself." -Comic Book Resources

"‘Archie Vs. Predator’ Is the Most Messed Up Comic You’ll Ever Read" -MTV

“It'll be interesting to see just how far de Campi's script dials up the violence, how long the characters remain ignorant to the fact that the Predator is among them and how well these elements continue to be integrated in "Archie-style" by Ruiz but so far, so good.” -Adventures In Poor Taste

"So whether Archie and Jughead end up smeared in mud battling their alien assailant to the death, or with their skulls and spinal columns hanging on a trophy room wall somewhere, you can most definitely count me in for the rest of this story which is a sentence I honestly never thought Id write in a comic review.” -Big Comic Page

"Should you buy this issue and series? Absolutely. Tell your friends, buy one for a random stranger. Give a copy to your kids and prepare for the questions. This issue was everything it should have been and everything I wanted.” -Comic Bastards

"Archie Vs. Predator #1 takes a huge risk and it pays off incredibly well, resulting in a satisfying teen comedy horror story. Fans and rubberneckers alike will find something to enjoy in these pages. Here's hoping that this only leads to more weird collaborations between these two publishers.” -Comic Book Resources

"The end result is going to be something unsettling, and unlike anything currently being published, but we only get a glimpse at what that will be here. Now that the pieces are in place, there's no reason to think that the rest of the series isn't going to be absolutely insane, and that's a good thing.” -Comicosity

"In an ARCHIE comic, this could easily have been tacky; instead, it's pretty awesome.” -ComicWow!

"This one could be a classic.” -Den of Geek

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