Predator is a comic book short story that was first published by Dark Horse Comics in Free Comic Book Day: Aliens/Predator in May 2009. It was written by John Arcudi, illustrated and inked by Javier Saltares, inked by Howard and Mark Irwin, colored by Wes Dzioba, lettered by Nate Piekos and edited by Chris Warner and Samantha Robertson, with cover art by Zach Howard and Brad Anderson. The story served to relaunch the Predator comics lines after a ten-year hiatus and was a prequel to the four-issue series Predator: Prey to the Heavens, produced by the same creative team.