Predator (comics)
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The Predator comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

s are part of the Predator
Predator (film)
Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, and Kevin Peter Hall. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox....

 franchise published by Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

.

Stories

  • Predator (a.k.a. Predator: Concrete Jungle)
    • 1-4 by Mark Verheiden, Chris Warner and Ron Randall, June 1989-March 1990
      • June 1989-March 1990: The events of Predator #1-4 revolve around NYC Detective Schaefer, the brother of Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer. Detective Schaefer and his partner, Detective Rasche, discover a Predator in New York City
        New York City
        New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

         during a drug deal gone bad. Schaefer believes the Predator and a mysterious army general have a connection to his brother, Dutch, which leads Schaefer on a hunt into Colombia
        Colombia
        Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

        . There in South America
        South America
        South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

         Schaefer has yet another run in with a Predator as well as a Colombian drug lord - an old NYC adversary. Successfully eluding both, Schaefer is transported back to the U.S. only to find a government plot to hand him over to the Predators. Predator #1-4 are collected together as the trade paperback
        Trade paperback (comics)
        In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...

        : Predator: Concrete Jungle. The title should not be confused with the game of the same name.

  • Predator 2: Movie Adaptation
    • 1-2 by Franz Henkel, Dan Barry and Mark Bright, February 1991-June 1991

  • Predator: Big Game
    • 1-4 by John Arcudi and Evan Dorkin, March 1991-June 1991
      • U.S. Army Corporal Enoch Nakai, must rediscover his Navajo
        Navajo people
        The Navajo of the Southwestern United States are the largest single federally recognized tribe of the United States of America. The Navajo Nation has 300,048 enrolled tribal members. The Navajo Nation constitutes an independent governmental body which manages the Navajo Indian reservation in the...

         roots in a fight to the death with an alien Predator.

  • Predator: Cold War
    • 1-4 by Mark Verheiden and Ron Randall, September 1991-December 1991
      • When a Predator spacecraft crashlands in the isolated Northern tundra of Siberia
        Siberia
        Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

        , Detective Shaefer is called upon to aid the US military in capturing the technology. Unfortunately, the Russian forces have their eyes on the craft as well.

  • Predator: The Bloody Sands Of Time
    • 1-2, by Dan Barry and Chris Warner, February 1992
      • A strange carnage in the Nicaragua
        Nicaragua
        Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

        n jungle for which an US soldier is blamed responsible leads his defender Central Intelligence Agency
        Central Intelligence Agency
        The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...

         operative Griggs Irving to recall similar incidents registered in South Vietnam
        South Vietnam
        South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...

         in 1968 and in France
        France
        The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

         during World War I
        World War I
        World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

        .

  • Predator: Rite of Passage
    • 1-2, by Ian Edginton, Rick Leonardi, Dan Panosian and Greg Wright, October 1992-November 1992
      • A Maasai boy and a young Predator come into conflict during their respective rites of passage
        Rites of Passage
        Rites of Passage is an African American History program sponsored by the Stamford, Connecticut US public schools. The program consists of an extra day of schooling on Saturday for 12 weeks, service projects, and a culminating educational trip to Gambia and Senegal. Gambia and Senegal are the...

        . Predator: Rite of Passage was later collected together with Predator: The Pride at Nghasa in the Dark Horse
        Dark Horse Comics
        Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

         Classics special Predator: Jungle Tales.

  • Predator: Race War
    • 0-4 by Andrew Vachss, Randy Stradley, Jordan Raskin and Lauchland Pelle, February 1993-October 1993

  • Predator: The Pride at Nghasa
    • 1-2 by Chuck Dixon, Enrique Alcatena, Clem Robins and Chris Chalenor, May 1993-August 1993
      • Kenya
        Kenya
        Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

        , Late August, 1936. A series of night attacks decimate the workers during the building of a new railroad, prompting a famous hunter, two park rangers and their African assistant to track down and fight what the locals call a 'demon of the forest' that is said to appear only when the 'hunting star' crosses the sky. Predator: The pride at Nghasa was later collected together with Predator: Rite of Passage in the Dark Horse
        Dark Horse Comics
        Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

         Classics special Predator: Jungle Tales.

  • Predator: Bad Blood
    Predator: Bad Blood
    Predator: Bad Blood is a 4-issue series created by Dark Horse Comics revolving around the titular character Predator .Much of the story takes place in real life Pine Barrens, New Jersey. All 4 issues have been collected in Predator Omnibus volume 3....

    • 1-4 by Evan Dorkin and Derek Thompson, December 1993-June 1994

  • Predator: Invaders from the Fourth Dimension
    • One Shot by Jerry Prosser
      Jerry Prosser
      Jerry Prosser is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for his work with Dark Horse Comics.-Biography:Prosser was part of Dark Horse Comics from its early days, and was one of five creators, who as Team CGW created the Comics' Greatest World line for Dark Horse Comics...

      , Jim Somerville and Brian Garvey, July 1994

  • Predator: 1718
    • One Shot by Henry Gilroy and Igor Kordey, July 1996
      • The story of who Raphael Adolini was, and how the elder Predator at the end of Predator 2 obtained his flintlock pistol. Originally published in "A Decade of Dark Horse" issue 1, and later collected in "Predator Omnibus" volume 2.

  • Predator: Dark River
    • 1-4 by Mark Verheiden, July 1996-October 1996

  • Predator: Strange Roux
    • One Shot by Brian McDonald, November 1996

  • Predator: Kindred
    • 1-4 by Jason R. Lamb and Scott Tolson, December 1996-January 1997
      • Kindred follows the events centering on the extremely ordinary town of Fleener Creek, Oregon. The town remains ordinary until a Predator returns after 30 years drawing into action Buddy Wilcox, a family man who has a personal agenda against this particular Predator. Sheriff Kelly Mathis hunts a serial killer named McCutcheon who is now, not only on the run from the authorities, but on the run from a Predator as well.

  • Predator: Hell and Hot Water
    • 1-3 by Mark Schultz, April 1997-June 1997

  • Predator: Primal
    • 1-2 by Kevin J. Anderson, Scott Collins and John Lowe, July 1997-August 1997
      • A wild duel ensues when a Predator runs into the path of an angry Grizzly Bear
        Grizzly Bear
        The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America...

         mother during a hunting season in Alaska
        Alaska
        Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

        .

  • Predator: Nemesis
    • 1-2 by Gordon Rennie and Colin MacNeal, December 1997-January 1998

  • Predator: Hell Come a Walkin'
    • 1-2 by Nancy Collins, February 1998-March 1998

  • Predator: Captive
    • One Shot by Gordon Rennie and Dean Ormston, May 1998
      • Billionaire industrialist Tyler Stern holds the only known captive Predator in a controlled biosphere where he can study the alien killing machine in its own habitat.

  • Predator: Homeworld
    • 1-4 by Jim Vance and Kate Worley, March 1999-June 1999

  • Predator: Xenogenesis
    • 1-4 by Ian Edginton, August 1999-November 1999

  • Predator 2009 (a.k.a. Predator: Prey to the Heavens)
    • 1-4 by John Arcudi, June 2009-January 2010
      • The world's attention is focused painfully on a brutal third world Civil War, a merciless sectarian conflict sparing neither soldier nor civilian, grandmother nor child. But amidst the terror and carnage, where great nations and powerful interests jockey for position and advantage, another blood feud rages in the shadows, one no more humane but decidedly less human. Two warring tribes from the stars have chosen Earth's killing fields as their arena, with each clan sworn to eradicate the other . . . and all who stand between them. Each is the other's prey, each the other's Predator.

  • Predators
    • 1-4 by Marc Andreyko and David Lapham, June 2010
      • The comic is a prequel
        Prequel
        A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...

         to the events depicted in the film Predators. A team of Navy Seals is in the midst of a firefight when it suddenly goes dark. They awake to find themselves in a new and more deadly environment, stalked by a strange enemy. One by one these special-ops officers are killed by an unseen threat, until only one man remains. All alone in a strange world, he must do what he knows best survive against all odds.

Crossovers

There are also other comic works which feature the Predator in crossovers
Fictional crossover
A fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, or because of unauthorized efforts by fans, or even amid common...

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  • Aliens vs. Predator, the better known comic books
  • Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator
    Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator
    Aliens versus Predator versus The Terminator is a comic published by Dark Horse Comics about fictional characters from three separate movie series: Alien, Predator, and The Terminator. The series was in four parts, with parts 2-4 having a tagline on their cover.-Part 1:The story begins in a...

  • Predator vs. Magnus, Robot Fighter (by Lee Weeks
    Lee Weeks
    Lee Weeks is an American comic book artist, known for his work on such books as Daredevil.-Career:Weeks made his professional comics debut in the 1980s, penciling, inking, and lettering a short story in Tales of Terror #5, a horror anthology published by Eclipse Comics...

    , Dark Horse, 1994, ISBN 1-56971-040-6)
  • Predator vs. Judge Dredd
    Predator vs. Judge Dredd
    Predator vs. Judge Dredd is an intercompany crossover featuring the galaxy's greatest lawman and the galaxy's greatest hunter. It was originally published in serial form in Judge Dredd Megazine and three-issue mini-series by Dark Horse...

  • Batman vs. Predator
    Batman vs. Predator
    Batman versus Predator is a comic book crossover featuring a duel between Batman and the creature from the Predator film. It was written by Dave Gibbons, with art by Andy Kubert and published by DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics in 1991....

  • Superman vs. Predator
    Superman vs. Predator
    Superman vs. Predator is an intercompany crossover pitting DC Comics icon Superman against the Predator creature first seen in the 1987 John McTiernan film Predator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.-Previous encounters:...

  • Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator
  • JLA vs. Predator (by John Ostrander
    John Ostrander
    John Ostrander is an American writer of comic books. He is best known for his work on Suicide Squad, Grimjack and Star Wars: Legacy, series he helped create.-Career:...

    , DC, one shot, 2001, ASIN: B0006RKADO
  • Tarzan vs. Predator at the Earth's Core (by Walter Simonson and Lee Weeks
    Lee Weeks
    Lee Weeks is an American comic book artist, known for his work on such books as Daredevil.-Career:Weeks made his professional comics debut in the 1980s, penciling, inking, and lettering a short story in Tales of Terror #5, a horror anthology published by Eclipse Comics...

    , 4-issue mini-series, 1996, tpb, 1997, ISBN 1-56971-231-X)
  • Aliens vs. Predator/Witchblade/Darkness:
    • Overkill (by Paul Jenkins
      Paul Jenkins (writer)
      Paul Jenkins is a British comic book writer and Gary Gygax's stepson. He has had much success crossing over into the American comic book market. Primarily working for Marvel Comics, he has had a big part shaping the characters of the company over the past decade.-Life and career:Paul Jenkins...

       and Clarence Lansang, Top Cow
      Top Cow Productions
      Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992.-History:...

      , 2-issue mini-series, 2000)
    • Mindhunter (by David Quinn, Mel Rubi
      Mel Rubi
      -Pencils:Interior pencilling work includes:* Aliens vs. Predator Annual * Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator #1 – #4 * Aliens vs...

      , and Mike Perkins
      Mike Perkins
      Mike Perkins is a British comic book artist known for both his inking work and full art duties on comic books such as Captain America, Ruse and Stephen King's The Stand.-Career:Mike Perkins began drawing at a very early age...

      , Dark Horse Comics
      Dark Horse Comics
      Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

      , 4-issues miniseries, 2000, tpb, 96 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56971-615-3)
  • Dark Horse Comics had an event in 1995 called "Hunting the Heroes: The Predators Attack!" in which the Predators clashed with various heroes of Dark Horse' own Comics' Greatest World:
    • Agents of Law
      Agents of Law
      Agents of Law was a series published by Dark Horse Comics in 1995.It followed the story of Law, a powerful individual of dubious motives who took over Golden City after the events of Will to Power, which was the big event of the in-house Dark Horse line of superhero comics during the summer of 1994...

       issue #6.
    • Ghost
      Ghost (Dark Horse comics)
      Ghost is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by Dark Horse Comics. The character appeared in specials and monthly titles detailing the "afterlife" of Elisa Cameron and her search for the truth surrounding her apparent death....

       issue #5.
    • Motorhead issue #1.
    • X
      X (Dark Horse Comics)
      X is a comic book Character who starred in his own self-titled series published by Dark Horse Comics for their Comics Greatest World imprint...

       issue #18.

Latest release

Celebrating twenty years of Alien/Predator comics, Dark Horse is currently producing a new series based on the Predator
with 2 issues featuring writer John Arcudi and artist Javier Saltares set in war torn Eastern Africa during a sectarian civil conflict not just between Humans but Predators.

Publications

The details of the publication of the comics and trade paperbacks
Trade paperback (comics)
In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...

 include:
  • Predator:
    • Concrete Jungle (by Mark Verheiden
      Mark Verheiden
      Mark Verheiden is an American television, movie, and comic book writer. He is a co-executive producer for the television series Falling Skies for DreamWorks Television and the TNT Network.-Career:...

       and Chris Warner
      Chris Warner (comics)
      Chris Warner is a comic book writer and artist who has done work for Dark Horse, notably their mid-1990s line of Comics' Greatest World and Dark Horse Heroes....

      , Dark Horse, 112 pages, 1990, ISBN 1-56971-165-8)
    • Big Game (by John Arcudi
      John Arcudi
      John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on The Mask and B.P.R.D., and his series Major Bummer.-Career:Arcudi worked for Malibu Comics upon its founding in 1986, working on its Eternity line...

      , Evan Dorkin
      Evan Dorkin
      Evan Dorkin is an American comics artist and writer. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork...

       and Armando Gil, Titan Books, 112 pages, 1992, ISBN 1-85286-454-0, Dark Horse, 1996, ISBN 1-56971-166-6)
    • "The Bloody Sands of Time" (by Dan Barry and Chris Warner
      Chris Warner (comics)
      Chris Warner is a comic book writer and artist who has done work for Dark Horse, notably their mid-1990s line of Comics' Greatest World and Dark Horse Heroes....

      , 2-issue mini-series, 1992)
    • Cold War (by Mark Verheiden
      Mark Verheiden
      Mark Verheiden is an American television, movie, and comic book writer. He is a co-executive producer for the television series Falling Skies for DreamWorks Television and the TNT Network.-Career:...

      , Ron Randall and Steve Mitchell, Dark Horse, 112 pages, 1993, Titan Books, 104 pages, 1995, ISBN 1-85286-576-8)
    • Race War (by Andrew Vachss
      Andrew Vachss
      Andrew Henry Vachss is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths...

       and Randy Stradley, Dark Horse, 144 pages, 1995, ISBN 1-56971-112-7)
    • Kindred (by Scott R. Tolson and Jason Lamb, Penciller: Brian O'Connell, Roger Peterson and Inker: Bruce Patterson, 4-issue mini-series, 1996, tpb, 1997, ISBN 1-56971-270-0)
    • "Dark River" (by Mark Verheiden
      Mark Verheiden
      Mark Verheiden is an American television, movie, and comic book writer. He is a co-executive producer for the television series Falling Skies for DreamWorks Television and the TNT Network.-Career:...

      , pencils by Ron Randall and inks by Rick Magyar, 4-issue mini-series, 1996)
    • Hell & Hot Water (by Mark Schultz
      Mark Schultz (comics)
      Mark Schultz is an American writer and illustrator of books and comics. His most widely-recognized work is his self-created and owned comic book series, Xenozoic Tales, about a post-apocalyptic world where dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures coexist with humans...

       and Gene Colan
      Gene Colan
      Eugene Jules "Gene" Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series, Daredevil, the cult-hit satiric series Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series...

      , 3-issue mini-series, 1997, tpb, 1998, ISBN 1-56971-271-9)
    • "Primal" (by Kevin J. Anderson, Penciller: Scott Kolins and Inker: John Lowe, 2-issue mini-series, 1997)
    • "Nemesis" (by Gordon Rennie
      Gordon Rennie
      Gordon Rennie is a comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy....

       and Colin MacNeil
      Colin MacNeil
      Colin MacNeil is a British comics artist, best known for his work on 2000 AD and in particular on Judge Dredd and other stories within his world like Shimura and Devlin Waugh....

      , two-issue mini-series, 1997)
    • "Hell Come a Walkin'" (by Nancy A. Collins
      Nancy A. Collins
      Nancy A. Collins is a United States horror fiction writer best known for her series of vampire novels featuring her character Sonja Blue. Collins has alsowritten for comic books, including the Swamp Thing series, Jason Vs...

       and Dean Ormston
      Dean Ormston
      Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic 2000 AD and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.-Biography:...

      , two-issue mini-series, 1998)
    • "Captive" (by Gordon Rennie
      Gordon Rennie
      Gordon Rennie is a comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy....

       and Dean Ormston
      Dean Ormston
      Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic 2000 AD and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.-Biography:...

      , one-shot, May 1998)
    • "Xenogenesis" (by Ian Edginton
      Ian Edginton
      Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer.He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken: becoming successful in American comics before returning to work for 2000 AD.-Biography:...

      , Mel Rubi
      Mel Rubi
      -Pencils:Interior pencilling work includes:* Aliens vs. Predator Annual * Aliens vs. Predator vs. The Terminator #1 – #4 * Aliens vs...

       (pencils) and Andrew Pepoy
      Andrew Pepoy
      Andrew Pepoy is an American comic book artist writer and artist.-Early life:Andrew Pepoy was born on May 13, 1969 in Holland, Michigan.-Career:Pepoy began working as a professional artist while still in college at Loyola University Chicago....

       (inks), for Dark Horse
      Dark Horse Comics
      Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

      , 1999)

  • Predator Omnibus:
    • Volume 1 (collects Concrete Jungle, Cold War, Dark River, Rite Of Passage, The Pride at Nghasa, The Bloody Sands Of Time, and Blood Feud, 430 pages, August 2007, ISBN 1-59307-732-7)
    • Volume 2 (collects Big Game, God's Truth (from Dark Horse Presents 46), Race War, The Hunted City (from Dark Horse Comics 16-19), Blood on Two-Witch Mesa (from Dark Horse Comics 20-21), Invaders from the Fourth Dimension, and 1718 (from A Decade of Dark Horse 1), 360 pages, February 2008, ISBN 1-59307-733-5)
    • Volume 3 (collects Bad Blood (including Dark Horse Comics 12-14), Kindred, Hell and Hot Water, Strange Roux, No Beast so Fierce (from Dark Horse Presents 119), and Bump in the Night (from Dark Horse Presents 124), 344 pages, June 2008, ISBN 1-59307-925-7)
    • Volume 4 (collects Primal, Nemesis, Homeworld, Xenogenesis, Hell Come a Walkin, Captive, and Demon's Gold, 352 pages, October 2008, ISBN 1-59307-990-7)

See also

  • Predator
    Predator (novel series)
    The Predator novels are an extension of the Predator franchise, the most recent are published by Dark Horse Comics under their DH Press imprint...

    , a novel series
  • List of comics based on films

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