Who was the first "Huntress" you ever read about in a comic book?

[MajorHoy]

Who was the first character called "Huntress" you ever read about in a comic book?

Here are the possibilities I'm aware of:

* Golden Age Huntress (later given the name "Paula Brooks"), 1st seen fighting Wildcat in Sensation Comics #68 (August 1947)
* Huntress from Atlas Comics / Seaboard, 1st (and only?) appearance in The Destructor #3 (June 1975)
* Earth-1 Huntress (originally a villainess), 1st appearance in Batman Family #7 (September-October 1976)
* Barbara "Bobbi" Morse, 1st (and possibly only) appearance as "Huntress" in Marvel Super Action #1 magazine (January, 1976)
* Helena Wayne (Earth-2 daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, pre-CoIE version), 1st appearance in DC Super Stars #17 (November/December 1977) / All-Star Comics #69 (December 1977)
* Helena Bertinelli (post-CoIE version), 1st appearance in The Huntress #1 (April 1989)
* Carol Danvers (Amalgam Comics version of Huntress) in Legends of the Dark Claw #1 (April, 1996)
* (New52) Helena Wayne (post-Flashpoint Earth 2 daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle),1st appearance in Huntress #1 (December 2011)

Remember, we're not talking who your favorite version is.
The question being asked is which is the one you first read about in a comic book story.

[byrd156]

Not sure. I remember reading Helena Wayne in an Earth 2 Brave and the Bold book. It had Hugo Strange, Robin, Batman and Helena on the cover. I also read Robin Joker's Wild which I believe had Bertinelli in it around the same time.

[MajorHoy]

Not sure. I remember reading Helena Wayne in an Earth 2 Brave and the Bold book. It had Hugo Strange, Robin, Batman and Helena on the cover. I also read Robin Joker's Wild which I believe had Bertinelli in it around the same time.

I don't think that's "Huntress" you're referring to . . .



If that's the cover, that was the original Batwoman (Kathy Kane).
(Can't remember if Huntress was even shown in that story off-hand.)

[byrd156]

I don't think that's "Huntress" you're referring to . . .



If that's the cover, that was the original Batwoman (Kathy Kane).
(Can't remember if Huntress was even shown in that story off-hand.)

Ah I haven't read that in years. I guess then Bertinelli was my first Huntress.

[MajorHoy]

To try and clarify who we're talking about, . . .

Golden Age Huntress (later given the name "Paula Brooks"), 1st seen fighting Wildcat in Sensation Comics #68 (August 1947)

Huntress from Atlas Comics / Seaboard, 1st (and only?) appearance in The Destructor #3 (June 1975)

Earth-1 Huntress (originally a villainess), 1st appearance in Batman Family #7 (September-October 1976)

more to follow later . . .

[MajorHoy]

a few more . . .

Barbara "Bobbi" Morse, 1st (and possibly only) appearance as "Huntress" in Marvel Super Action #1 magazine (January, 1976)

(NOTE: She later went on to become Mockingbird)

Helena Wayne (Earth-2 daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, pre-CoIE version), 1st appearance in DC Super Stars #17 (November/December 1977) / All-Star Comics #69 (December 1977)

Helena Bertinelli (post-CoIE version), 1st appearance in The Huntress #1 (April 1989)

[adrikito]

N52 Helena Wayne... But I knew about Helena Bertinelli, I saw her in the animated world..

[Avi]

Helena Bertinelli in the pages of Nightwing and Huntress, which is coincidentally the first comic book I ever read.

[babyblob]

Helena Wayne Earth two was the first one I read about. I remember bein g confused because i didnt know it was an Earth Two story or even what Earth Two was. I jsut kept thinking when did Batman have a daughter.

[MajorHoy]

Now for the last two possibilities listed on the poll:

Carol Danvers (Amalgam Comics version of Huntress) in Legends of the Dark Claw #1 (April, 1996)

Marvel's Carol Danvers as Huntress:

(New52) Helena Wayne (post-Flashpoint Earth 2 daughter of Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle),1st appearance in Huntress #1 (December 2011)

This version of "Helena Wayne" has some big differences from the pre-CoIE version, not the least being that before taking on the Huntress identity, she (not Dick Grayson) had been her Earth's Robin.

[Gurz]

Bertinelli Forever.

[MajorHoy]

Bertinelli Forever.

Your response (with "Forever") worries me as to whether you just voted for your favorite Huntress or the first Huntress you ever read in a comic book story . . .

[Toreador]

First: Golden-age Huntress, villain, in a DC reprint.

Favorite: Earth 2 Helena Wayne.

[failo.legendkiller]

Helena Bertinelli in "Robin III Cry of the Huntress", since then she's one of my favorite.

[MajorHoy]

First: Golden-age Huntress, villain, in a DC reprint.

Yay! Now I'm not the only one!

By the way, numbers at the moment (which makes it easier to compare progresses later):

* Helena Bertinelli (post-CoIE version) = 12 votes
* pre-CoIE Helena Wayne (from Earth-2, 1st appeared 1977) = 6 votes
* Golden Age Huntress (1st appeared 1947) = 2 votes
* (New52) Helena Wayne (post-Flashpoint / 2011) = 2 votes