Hunter

HUNTER

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: Hunter, mercenary

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile, Prime Earth

First Appearance: Hawk & Dove V #7 (May, 2012)

Powers: Hunter was an unparalleled hunter, marksman, tactician and hand-to-hand combatant. He was armed with a gun that shot harpoons and nets and equipped with a teleportation device he wore on his wrist.

History: (Hawk & Dove V #7, 8) - Hunter sacrificed his eye to learn the secrets of the Great Hunt, and from there on out he became one of the world’s greatest hunters and serving the Great Hunt became his entire life’;s work. He was hired by the D’Yak, a sect that opposed the Servants of Horus, who’d worshiped the hawk for centuries. The D’Yak sent Hunter after Hawk and Dove, avatars of war and peace, but told him not to kill them but to bring them back pieces of each. Hunter ambushed the heroes and expertly exploited Hawk and Dove’s weaknesses and kept them separate to best them in combat. He managed to sever one of Hawk’s fingers and a lock of Dove’s hair. Having gotten what he came for he told them they’d fight again. A woman named Xyra appeared and struck Hunter, and the disgruntled villain activated his teleportation device and disappeared. Xyra was a Servant of Horus and warned the heroes that the D’Yak would use the tokens Hunter had taken from Hawk and Dove to create a magical totem capable of destroying them, and offered refuge in a nearby warehouse with the rest of the Servants of Horus. Hunter presented the tokens to high priest D’Khan, who admonished him when Hunter talked about the restraint he needed to keep from killing Hawk and Dove, because that was the endgame of every hunt. D’Khan reminded him that the D’Yak were to fulfill a prophecy that stated Hawk would end up killing Dove. After they recuperated Hawk, Dove and Xyra stormed the temple of D’Yak, with Hawk fending off the D’Yak foot soldiers while Dove and Xyra made their way to the worship center. Xyra explained that according to legend D’Yak was the serpent who corrupted Eden, and after Eden’s fall he devoured the angels overhead and ruled the skies. Hawk and Dove were avatars that represented reincarnated angels, which is why the D’Yak wanted them dead. They were stopped by Hunter, but Dove, no longer at the disadvantage of being surprised, managed to defeat and disarm him. Xyra told her to use Hunter’s sword to kill him, because once his deal with the D’Yak was over he’d hold a vendetta against her and hunt her to the ends of the Earth. Dove refused to slay her downed foe, saying that as an avatar of peace it was unthinkable. D’Khan ambushed Dove, blasting her with a magic spell and bragging that the totems he had would transfer Hawk and Dove’s powers to him. Dove called him a small man and a false prophet, goading D’Khan into revealing his true dragon form. They fought, and Hawk finally caught up, grabbing Hunter’s sword and impaling D’Khan, killing him. Hunter said that with his business with the D’Yak concluded he was leaving, teleporting away to find a new hunt. Hawk and Dove didn’t like the fact that evil forces were always drawn to them, and Xyra said it was the nature of their powers that they would always attract those seeking power or to tear them apart. Hawk and Dove didn’t know what dark days might be ahead of them, but they knew they’d always be there to stand up for those who needed help.

Comments: Created by Rob Liefeld.

Hunter greatly resembled the 31st Century Legion of Super-Heroes foe Hunter, and it’s possible he’d the Prime Earth version of him, but any connection between them is speculation at this point.