Faceless Hunters

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Faceless Hunters
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The Chun Yull incarnation of the Faceless Hunter as depicted in Green Lantern vol. 4 #15 (November 2006). Art by Ethan Van Sciver (penciller), Oclair Albert (inker), and Moose Baumann (colorist).
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Strange Adventures #124 (January 1961)
Created by Gardner Fox (writer)
Mike Sekowsky (artist)
Characteristics
Place of originKlaramar
Notable membersChun Yull
Inherent abilities

The Faceless Hunters are a race of alien supervillains in the DC Comics universe that first appeared in Strange Adventures #124 (January 1961). They were created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky. The Faceless Hunters hail from Klaramar (the word Klar-a-mar breaks down into "clear of imperfection": Klar is the German language term for "clear", and "mar" can mean either blemish or imperfection).

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Publication history

The Faceless Hunters made three appearances in DC Comics flagship science fiction anthology title, all written by Gardner Fox - Strange Adventures, in issues #124 (January 1961) with artists Mike Sekowsky and Murphy Anderson, #142 (July 1962) with art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson, and #153 (June 1963), with art by Gil Kane and Sid Greene. All three stories also featured on the covers of those issues, with art by Murphy Anderson.

Since then they have made few appearances in the DC Universe: as one of 'The Forgotten Villains' in DC Comics Presents #77-78 (January - February 1985), written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by Curt Swan and Dave Hunt, briefly in Resurrection Man #25 (February 1999) and Young Justice #50 (December 2002), in Green Lantern (vol. 5) #12 (July 2006) and #15-16 (December 2006 - January 2007), written by Geoff Johns, and most recently in Superman: World of New Krypton #9 (November 2009).

Fictional character biography

Strange Adventures

Strange Adventures #142, artist Murphy Anderson. Strange Adventures 142.jpg
Strange Adventures #142, artist Murphy Anderson.

The Faceless Hunters first come to public attention in 1961 after one of them, Klee Pan, attempts to steal major world sculptures such as the Mount Rushmore heads and the Easter Island statues. Oregon police officers Bob Colby and Jim Boone confront Pan, who explains that he comes from Klaramar, a microscopic world on the planet Saturn, and seeks an ancient stone face to stop it from exploding. He reveals that an evil Faceless Hunter, Chun Yull, [1] threatens to destroy Earth with a time bomb unless he is made its supreme ruler. Colby and Boone stop the bomb, after which Pan rewards them with telepathic abilities. [2] Chun Yull returns on several occasions, but is continually defeated. [3] [4]

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Chun Yull later allies with the Enchantress and forms a criminal organization known as the Forgotten Villains alongside Yggardis the Living Planet, Atom Master, Kraklow the Mystic, Vandal Savage, Mister Poseidon, and Ultivac. [5] [6] Superman joins a disparate group of minor heroes from the 20th century and the future banded together as 'The Forgotten Heroes' [7] and defeats Yull in the future, returning him to captivity. [8] Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot, Yull remains an enemy of the Forgotten Heroes. [9] [10] He later becomes a bounty hunter, and Jemm assumes leadership of the Faceless Hunter species. [11] [12] [13]

Powers and abilities

The Klaramarians are normally of sub-atomic size, although they can control this, and are often much taller than humans, with a corresponding increase in strength. They also have access to extremely advanced alien technology. Both Chun Yull and Klee Pan possess great strength and the ability to absorb the material or energetic properties of anything they touch and project those properties explosively. Yull displayed the unique quality of giving himself unaided flight using his abilities while battling Superman. [14]

Most Klaramarians also appear to be telepaths. Klee Pan demonstrated the ability to grant limited telepathy to deserving humans. [2]

Other versions

A Faceless Hunter appears in JLA/Avengers #4 as a brainwashed minion of Krona.

In other media

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References

  1. ↑ Also known as Chan Yull
  2. 1 2 "The Face Hunter From Saturn" in Strange Adventures #124 (January 1961).
  3. ↑ "The Return of the Faceless Creature" in Strange Adventures #142 (July 1962).
  4. ↑ "Threat of the Faceless Creature" in Strange Adventures #153 (June 1963).
  5. ↑ "Triad of Terror" in DC Comics Presents #77 (January 1985).
  6. ↑ "Yggardis the Living Planet". Mykey3000.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  7. ↑ "Forgotten Heroes: Summaries & Annotations I". Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2007.
  8. ↑ "The Triad" in DC Comics Presents #78 (February 1985).
  9. ↑ "Millennium Then" in Resurrection Man #25 (June 1999).
  10. ↑ "Fighting Maad pt 4: Mubar" in Young Justice #50 (December 2002).
  11. ↑ "Revenge of the Green Lanterns, part 3" in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #12 (July 2006). Note: a one panel cameo appearance only in a super-villain crowd scene.
  12. ↑ "Wanted: Hal Jordan, Chapter 2" in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #15 (December 2006).
  13. ↑ "Thanksgiving on New Krypton: A November '09 Superman Preview". Newsarama.com. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  14. ↑ DC Comics Presents #78 (February 1985)
  15. ↑ "Faceless Hunter Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 30, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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