Dark Horse and DC have collaborated to allow the Predator to enter the DC Universe a number of different times, but, in the humble (and very biased) opinion of this poster, it doesn't get any better than Batman Versus Predator.
Where to start on the badassness quotient? Well, okay, Batman wins. We hope that comes as a surprise to no one. If you really don't want to be spoiled by the ending, you probably shouldn't read on, but you should know that words alone cannot convey the sheer awesomeness of the comic.
Batman and the Predator actually fight twice, and the first time the Predator mops the floor with Batman. Batman, partially blind and badly burned, limps back to the manor and designs a suit of exoskeletal armor so that he can go out again to put down the alien menace in his city before he has fully healed. This torn up Batman in his sweet-ass exosuit successfully lures the Predator back to the cave, where the Predator gains the upper hand, trapping him under the giant penny.
I know, I know. Wait for it.
Before the Predator can kill Batman, Alfred shoots him in the chest with an antique blunderbuss. The injured Predator turns on him, grabs him by the neck, looks him straight in the eyes and… doesn't kill him, apparently because the butler showed no fear. The alien then runs upstairs, through a room in the manor filled with Bruce's family's hunting trophies, and out onto the grounds. After freeing himself, Batman (now stripped of his armor) follows him out into the woods, one more bat-themed weapon in hand.
And then our hero, mask off, suit gone, half injured, proceeds to beat the ever-loving piss out of the Predator with a baseball bat. Because Batman does gadgets and toys like nobody else, but when you strip all of that away, he is still the greatest hand to hand combatant in the world.
He is interrupted in his work by the arrival of a Predator warship, which delivers a number of other Predators. Upon seeing them, the original alien honorably commits suicide, and its fellows present Batman with the sword it used. Then they leave.
It might be hard to believe, but the actual thing is even more impressive than what I've described, and it's no wonder, being written by Dave Gibbons, and drawn and inked by a couple of Kubert brothers. The comic also inspired Batman: Dead End which borrowed the concept and made many allusions to it.
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