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Predator: 1718 is a one-shot comic book published by Dark Horse Comics, serving as a prequel to the 1990 film Predator 2. The story revolves around pirate captain Raphael Adolini as while dealing with a mutiny from his crew, he teams up with a Yautja against them.[1] Published in the special anniversary anthology series A Decade of Dark Horse #1 in July 1996, the storyline was written by Henry Gilroy and drawn by Igor Kordey. Bennett Taylor would then portray Raphael Adolini in the 2022 film Prey.

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In 1718, Captain Raphael Adolini arrives at a remote island to learn his crew had stolen sacred items from a church, as well as killing a priest. Disturbed by their actions, Adolini insists the stolen items be returned for the sake of their souls, leading his crew to mutiny against him. After killing some of his rebelling crew, he retreats into the jungle of the island with the treasure, pursued by his crew, who come across a watching Yautja. On finding each other each being attacked by Adolini's crew, the human and Yautja join forces against the humans, Adolini wielding his trusty sword and flintlock pistol, and the Yautja wielding his own weaponry. After the battle is done, Adolini is seemingly mortally wounded, and offers the Yautja his pistol before the Yautja returns to the stars.[2][3]

Reception

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Predator: 1718 received good reviews.[4][5][6][7]

In other media

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In the 2022 film Prey, Raphael Adolini is portrayed by Bennett Taylor, depicted as an Italian translator hired by the French.[8] In August 2022, Taylor revealed that he had based his performance in the film off of reading Predator: 1718, with the film's director Dan Trachtenberg having permitted him to rewrite his lines to be based on Adolini's pirate captain past in the storyline, Taylor imagining him to have survived the events of the 1718-set Predator: 1718 up to the events of the 1719-set Prey, having been seeking out the Yautja who saved his life before being hired by the French.[9][10] Taylor subsequently expressed interest in reprising his role as Adolini in a potential Prey prequel serving as a loose direct adaptation of Predator: 1718.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Cotter, Padraig (March 22, 2022). "The Predator Legacy Character The Series Must Introduce". Screen Rant.
  2. ^ Henry Gilroy (w), Igor Kordey (a), Igor Kordey (col), Steve Dutro (let), Randy Stradley (ed). "Predator: 1718" A Decade of Dark Horse, no. 1 (July 1996). Dark Horse Comics.
  3. ^ Matadeen, Renaldo (August 12, 2022). "Prey's Deadliest Weapon Can Trace Its Origins Back to Dark Horse Comics". Comic Book Resources.
  4. ^ Joslin, Clint (November 7, 2020). "Val Verde Incident #17 – Predator: 1718". ComicBookInvest.
  5. ^ Thapa, Shaurya (July 24, 2022). "Prey: 10 Comics To Read Before The Upcoming Predator Movie". Screen Rant.
  6. ^ Vaux, Robert (August 16, 2022). "Prey's Biggest Easter Egg Highlights a Terrific Predator Comic". Comic Book Resources.
  7. ^ Ruiz, Fran (October 13, 2024). "Best Predator comic books of all time". Space.com.
  8. ^ Brady, Erin; Shaw-Williams, Hannah (August 15, 2022). "The Significance Of The Raphael Adolini Pistol In Prey Explained". /Film. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  9. ^ Wake, Damien (August 10, 2022). Prey: Le tournage raconté par Bennett Taylor (Raphael Adolini) Interview. La Séance de Minuit. Archived from the original on August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ Notman, Adam (August 12, 2022). Bennett Taylor — Q&A — By Adam Notman — Prey — Predator Prequel — Raphael Adolini. PatrickPredator. Archived from the original on August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ Taylor, Bennett [@bentayman] (August 13, 2022). "@bentayman Would you be interested in returning as Raphael Adolini in the future, in a potential adaptation of the original 'Predator: 1718' comic book which introduced him (as a prequel to Prey)? Did you read '1718' also, before portraying the character? Bennett Taylor: Yeah! 1000% I would. It would be so cool to portray the pirate he is in the comic. I read it before shooting and I tried to bring as much of that character into Prey that made sense" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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