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

[MajorHoy]

NOTE: This thread / poll was first started in January of 2019.

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With 112 people having voted,

* Helena Bertinelli (post-CoIE version) = 54 votes
* pre-CoIE Helena Wayne (from Earth-2, 1st appeared 1977) = 38 votes
* (New52) Helena Wayne (post-Flashpoint / 2011) = 10 votes
* Golden Age Huntress (1st appeared 1947) = 7 votes

All other options still have less than 7 votes.

[adrikito]

N52 Helena Wayne. Who had some adventures with Powergirl in Earth 0.

I liked the character

[Speed Force League Unlimited]

Helena Bertinelli, didn't know another Huntress existed while reading stories with her in them.

[married guy]

Helena Wayne

[MajorHoy]

NOTE: This thread / poll was first started in January of 2019.

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With 120 people having voted,

* Helena Bertinelli (post-CoIE version) = 58 votes
* pre-CoIE Helena Wayne (from Earth-2, 1st appeared 1977) = 41 votes
* (New52) Helena Wayne (post-Flashpoint / 2011) = 10 votes
* Golden Age Huntress (1st appeared 1947) = 8 votes

All other options still have less than 7 votes.

[bretmaverick2]

First was Helena Wayne, Earth 2.

I later heard Mockingbird had been a Huntress at Marvel and tracked down that B&W story.

[MajorHoy]

. . . I later heard Mockingbird had been a Huntress at Marvel and tracked down that B&W story.

For those not familiar with it, I did post the first page of that tale earlier in the thread:

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) . . .

[TheKryptonMan]

Helena Bertinelli, didn't know another Huntress existed while reading stories with her in them.

Yeah , me too . I'm not really a fan of the Huntress to be honest. I did like the Helena/ Matron from the Grayson series and saw potential there for the character.

[MajorHoy]

NOTE: This thread / poll was first started in January of 2019.

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With 125 people having voted,

* Helena Bertinelli (post-CoIE version) = 62 votes
* pre-CoIE Helena Wayne (from Earth-2, 1st appeared 1977) = 41 votes
* (New52) Helena Wayne (post-Flashpoint / 2011) = 10 votes
* Golden Age Huntress (1st appeared 1947) = 9 votes

All other options still have less than 7 votes.

[Koriand'r]

My first introduction...

HUNTRESS Wonder_Woman_v.1_271.jpg

Then I bought her complete Post-Crisis series, the 2 or 3 limited series, Birds of Prey and the New 52 stuff.

Has she ever had a story or used gadgets that leaned more on her relation to Catwoman than Batman? I remeber the live action BoP Huntress somehow having cat like powers but that doesn't really count. To me the mother/daughter angle should be just as strong if not stronger than the daddy's girl relationship that's mostly pushed in the comics.

[MajorHoy]

My first introduction...

HUNTRESS Wonder_Woman_v.1_271.jpg

That would be the pre-CoIE version (Helena Wayne) from Earth-2, who was killed off towards the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Then I bought her complete Post-Crisis series, the 2 or 3 limited series, Birds of Prey and the New 52 stuff.

Now this gets confusing.
The post-Crisis / pre-Flashpoint Huntress was a new character: Helena Bertinelli, not Helena Wayne.

During the New 52, "Huntress" was back to being a Helena Wayne from Earth 2, but slightly different from the pre-CoIE version of Helena Wayne.

Has she ever had a story or used gadgets that leaned more on her relation to Catwoman than Batman? I remeber the live action BoP Huntress somehow having cat like powers but that doesn't really count. To me the mother/daughter angle should be just as strong if not stronger than the daddy's girl relationship that's mostly pushed in the comics.

Part of the problem with her leaning more towards her Catwoman side vs. the Batman side was that the pre-CoIE Earth-2 version of Catwoman had been a criminal, but had given up her life of crime after marrying Bruce (and before Helena was born).

And as far as I'm aware, Catwoman has no family ties to Helena Bertinelli / Huntress.

[RobinGA]

I'm showing my age by admitting it was the Golden Age Huntress that I read first (reprints).

But the one who always will have my heart is the Helena Wayne Huntress.
I'm not at all sure she will get the treatment she deserves.
But hope springs eternal that somehow she will be more than someone on a bench,
who gets a couple of minutes just before the game is called.

[MajorHoy]

I'm showing my age by admitting it was the Golden Age Huntress that I read first (reprints).

But the one who always will have my heart is the Helena Wayne Huntress.

Same here (says the guy who's starting to qualify for "senior citizen" discounts).

[MajorHoy]

NOTE: This thread / poll was first started in January of 2019.

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With 130 people having voted,

* Helena Bertinelli (post-CoIE version) = 65 votes
* pre-CoIE Helena Wayne (from Earth-2, 1st appeared 1977) = 42 votes
* (New52) Helena Wayne (post-Flashpoint / 2011) = 11 votes
* Golden Age Huntress (1st appeared 1947) = 9 votes

All other options still have less than 7 votes.

[Mark Trail]

more to follow later . . .

That's the one for me