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word of advice : Contains SPOILERS for marauder : The Last Hunt # 2!ThePredatorfranchise is enter its bloodiest chapter yet , one fill with presumed role conclusions , epic hero return , and an ultra - deadly Super - Predator dubbed the ‘ Nightmare Hunter ’ . AsTheta stay her quest to decimate every Yautja in the galaxy , she stumbles right into a trap , and this time , it ’s not sure if she ’ll be able-bodied to fight her elbow room out .

InPredator : The Last Hunt#2 by Ed Brisson and Francesco Manna , Theta and her familiar , Paolo , discover a Predator - controlled satellite where they consider the Yautja ’s independent Stasis Farm is located . Since Volume 2 of twentieth Century Studios’Predatorstoryline , fans have learned thatPredators go to dissimilar planets across the galaxy to not only hunt their prey there , but also snatch their preyand keep them in stasis for upwards of nearly a century before awakening them to use as controlled fair game on one of their game preserve major planet .

The Predator world Theta is on inPredator : The Last Huntis believed to be home to the master key Stasis Farm , where all the abducted life history - forms are maintain before being awaken on any give conserve planet . However , this event let out that the Predators just wanted Theta to consider that . The Yautja have been trying to kill Theta for some prison term , so they take shape a trap by luring her to this abandon Stasis Farm , where the only living form in peck isperhaps the most vicious Predator in the story of the franchise : a Super - Predator yell the Nightmare Hunter .

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Arnold Schwarzenegger ’s iconic persona from 1987 ’s Predator , Dutch , is teased to be making a return to the franchise in the current persistence !

Predator’s Nightmare Hunter Could Be the Reason Behind the Title: ‘THE LAST HUNT’

Predator : The Last Hunt has already confirmed it is Predator ’s blinking chapter yet in the summary of effect # 2 , and now all fans need to know is exactly what it means by ‘ The Last Hunt ’ .

WhenPredator : The Last Huntwas first declare , fan collectively pondered : whose ‘ last hunt ’ is this plot line going to chronicle ? It seems unlikely that ‘ The Last Hunt ’ is reference the series as a whole , as 20th Century Studios practically just kicked off itsPredatoruniverse - it ’s not going to roll up this early . Another possibility is the retort of John Schaefer , a prominent champion from the Dark Horse Comics Predator serial and the older comrade of Dutch Schaefer . Perhaps John only return to the franchise for fans to see his ‘ last hunt ’ ?

However , as tragic as it may be , it seems ‘ The Last Hunt ’ is touch to Theta , and this Nightmare Hunter Predator may be the one to eventually put her down for good . reviewer have been following Theta since 20th Century Studios’PredatorVol . 1 # 1 , meaning she ’s been the chief protagonist this entire run . Throughout that prison term , Theta has killed more Predators than anyone in the serial ’ story , but now , fans may be bear spectator to her ‘ last hunt ’ as she eventually faces the one Predator she ca n’t kill : Nightmare Hunter .

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Why the Nightmare Hunter Predator is an Exceptionally Deadly Foe

Fans will learn more about Nightmare Hunter inPredator: The Last Hunt#3!

Readers only got a glance of the Nightmare Hunter on the last pageboy ofPredator : The Last Hunt#2 , though that was more than enough . Not only is this Super - Predator perfectly massive , but it has armored tusk , a plasma cannon at the ready , glow violent eyes mesh onto its targets , the classic two - pronged claw , and - oddly enough - a katana . This Predator just exudate deadliness in ways that are often found lacking in other Yautja , but the true indication that this predatory animal will be the death of Theta is base on the summary for the next issue .

At the end of this issue , lector are give the summary of the next return , along with a facial expression at the cover fine art . It ’s here that readers not only see an ikon of Theta being strangled by the Nightmare Hunter , but they are told the very name of this fauna for the first time . Issue # 2 does n’t mention the Nightmare Hunter by name . That ’s not until the indorsement teasing the next issue , along with an image of Theta in a in spades tight blot .

At this point , anything about the Nightmare Hunter and the potential for this narrative to chronicle Theta ’s ‘ last hunt ’ is totally speculative . However , fans wo n’t have to wait too much longer to find out the the true , asPredator ’s new Nightmare Hunter will quickly essay why this isPredator ’s bloodiest chapter yet - one Theta may not outlast .

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Predator : The Last Hunt # 2by 20th Century Studios is available now .

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Theta fighting a Predator.

A full-page look at Predator’s new Super-Predator: the Nightmare Hunter.

Preview for Predator: The Last Hunt #3 featuring Theta getting strangled by the Nightmare Hunter Predator.

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