Hunter (comics)

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Hunter is the name of two DC Comics supervillains who appear in stories of the Legion of Super-Heroes. They are not to be confused with Rip Hunter.

Hunter
Otto Orion/Adam Orion
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceOtto Orion
Adventure Comics #358 (July 1967)
Adam Orion
Superboy (1st series) #199 (November 1973)
Created byCary Bates
Dave Cockrum
In-story information
Alter egoAdam Orion
Otto Orion
Place of originSimballi
Team affiliationsLegion of Super-Villains
Abilities
  • Mastery of hunting and tracking

Fictional character biographies[edit]

Otto Orion[edit]

The first Hunter first appeared in Adventure Comics #358 (July 1967). Otto Orion is a master hunter on the planet Simballi where he became its sole ruler. Hoping to find new prey to hunt, he hunts the Legion of Super-Heroes, and is killed in battle.

Adam Orion[edit]

The second Hunter first appeared in Superboy (1st series) #199 (November 1973). Adam Orion is the son of Otto Orion, who blamed the Legion for his father's death and tried to get revenge on them, but was thwarted by Bouncing Boy. Some years later, he joined the extended Legion of Super-Villains gathered by Nemesis Kid.

In Final Crisis, he was among the supervillains in Superman-Prime's Legion of Super-Villains.

Powers and abilities[edit]

Neither version of Hunter had any actual powers, but they were both master hunters and trackers.

In other media[edit]

The Adam Orion incarnation of Hunter appears in Legion of Super Heroes, voiced by Khary Payton. This version has a thick Australian accent.

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