Before Helena Bertinelli . . . before Helena Wayne . . .
back in 1947, in Sensation Comics #68 (August 1947), Wildcat met up with a woman who went by the name The Huntress.
To be continued . . .
Before Helena Bertinelli . . . before Helena Wayne . . .
back in 1947, in Sensation Comics #68 (August 1947), Wildcat met up with a woman who went by the name The Huntress.
To be continued . . .
A truly great villainess!
(Tigress would have been a much better name for her.)
It is a shame what all was lost in the transition from the golden-age to the silver-age.
Thanks, MajorHoy.
Last edited by scary harpy; 06-13-2021 at 07:21 AM.
A couple more pages from Sensation Comics #68 (August 1947):
Well, since she was hunting Wildcat and the public officials in her first appearance, Huntress did fit her.
Also, Zatara the Magician had an arch-foe who was called Tigress that he tangled with several times in the pages of Action Comics years before Huntress first appeared.
We'll save Roy Thomas' post-CoIE retconning the earlier days of Huntress for another time.
But Huntress was still around in the Silver/Bronze Age comic book stories, like
The Brave & the Bold #62 (October-November 1965)
Yes, but Huntress had the best Tigress costume.
Ruthless would have been a better name for her than Tigress. Those bumblebee sweaters did her no favors either.Also, Zatara the Magician had an arch-foe who was called Tigress that he tangled with several times in the pages of Action Comics years before Huntress first appeared.
She should have become a regular Batman villain. Many villains should have been rescued from golden-age obscurity...and moved into the Batman's rogues' gallery.We'll save Roy Thomas' post-CoIE retconning the earlier days of Huntress for another time.
But Huntress was still around in the Silver/Bronze Age comic book stories, like
Huntress returned to plague Wildcat again in the following issue (Sensation Comics #69, cover-dated September 1947):
To be continued . . .
Major Hoy just wanted to say how much I appreciate you and these threads introducing us to classic characters and keeping them alive.