''Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator'' is a

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co-published by

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and

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who holds the rights to both Alien and Predator. It was written by Mark Schultz, with art by

Ariel Olivetti Ariel Olivetti (born November 15, 1967) is an Argentine comic book penciller best known for his work on American comic book titles such as ''Daredevil'', ''X-Man'', ''Space Ghost'' and ''Punisher War Journal''. Career Olivetti studied Graphic D ...

. It is a

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in which Superman and Batman have to battle both the Aliens and

Predator Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

. While both superheroes have had crossovers with the monsters individually, this was the first time they were with both at the same time. The two-part series was released on January 8 and then on February 14, 2007.

Plot

The story takes place somewhere in the Andes. It is revealed that during the Ice Age, a Predator ship landed on Earth and could not leave because it could not escape its gravitational pull. The Predators landed in a then-dormant volcano. Now in our modern time, a mountain climbing crew has gone missing in the Andes. Batman becomes the emissary of Superman, whom the Predators believe to be a sun spirit, through a show of strength. They decide to help the Predators leave Earth for the good of themselves and the planet.

Publication

*''Superman and Batman vs. Aliens and Predator'' (by Mark Schultz and

, two-issue miniseries, January 2007, tpb, 112 pages, DC Comics, May 2007, )

Other media

Merchandise

In 2019, toy company NECA unveiled a series of action figure box sets inspired by the crossover, as well as the prior ''

Superman/Aliens ''Superman/Aliens'' is an American comic book limited series about a battle between the superhero Superman and the aliens created by H. R. Giger (a.k.a. the Xenomorphs), from the ''Alien'' film series. The writers use the plot device of Superma ...

'' and '' Batman vs Predator'' miniseries. The figure sets included: ** Superman and Xenomorph ** Armored Batman and Predator ** Batman and Joker Xenomorph **

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome (writer), John Broome and artist Gil Kane, and f ...

(with alternate John Stewart head) and

Sinestro Corps The Sinestro Corps, occasionally known as the Yellow Lantern Corps, is a supervillainous analog to the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Universe. Their power is derived from the emotional electromagnetic spectrum of fear; the corps is led by the su ...

Predator

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