The Monster Hunters are an informal band of adventures founded by immortal warrior; Ulysses Bloodstone. He was joined by the mystical Doctor Druid, the super fast Hurricane, the Wakandan warrior; Zawadi[1] and later Namora herself.[2] He hoped to use the team in the never ending battle of the monsters plaguing the planet Earth.[1]
History
In 1956, the Bloodstone travelled to Africa due to a request by a friend Lynn Avery. He arrived to stop Grottu a mutated giant ant. The creature controlled an army of ant that headed straight for the city of Mombasa. However the passed through revealing their true plan to escape on a ship to conquer the world. He shot at Grottu's antennae limiting his control of the army. He found a warehouse full of sugar and then dumped it on Grottu. His army attacked him eating the sugar and they appeared to have killed the creature.[3] He followed back through the creature destructive path to the land of Wakanda. There he was a attack by a Tyrannosaurus rex but was saved by a Wakandan warrior named Zwadi. He was not able to find the true origin of the creature but believed that it hailed from a land deep underground. She accompanied him back home to New York and at the Explorer's Club they formed a team with Makkari and Doctor Druid they formed the Monster Hunters.[1]
One of their first adventures as a team was to take down Gorgilla who was sent to New York City by the Deviant Kro. They tracked the creature throughout the city and tried to capture him at Yankee Stadium. They failed and the trial lead them to the Statue of Liberty and Doctor Druid used his powers to calm the best so they could return it to the wild.[4] They traveled to Midnight Mountain to return the creature but they was attacked by the Lizard Men. But with the help of Gorgilla they were able to fight them off.[5] Makkari was kidnapped in the fight and falling the trail they encounter Gigantus. They was able to fight him off destroying their ship in the process. They traveled deep beneath the Earth to find the layer of Kro. They freed their friend but Kro escaped when they was set upon by Kro's mutates allowing him time to escape.[6]
In 1958, Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters traveled to a Long Island research center, where they meet the newly formed team called the First Line.They was then attacked by a series of mutated humans who had been turned into monster by a Skrull device.[2]See Also
- 5 appearance(s) of Monster Hunters (Earth-616)
- 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Monster Hunters (Earth-616)
- 1 minor appearance(s) of Monster Hunters (Earth-616)
- 2 mention(s) of Monster Hunters (Earth-616)
- 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Monster Hunters (Earth-616)
- 4 image(s) of Monster Hunters (Earth-616)
- 6 member(s) of Monster Hunters (Earth-616)