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Dan Hunter
Dan Hunter

Dan Hunter

87 appearances Β· Golden Age Β· 1948–2010 Β· 3 key issues
Who is Dan Hunter?

Dan Hunter was a resourceful young frontier scout of the American Revolutionary era who partnered with the legendary woodsman Tomahawk (Tom Hawk), serving alongside him as his trusted sidekick and a member of Tomahawk's Rangers. He relied on sharpshooting skill and frontier cunning rather than any superhuman ability.

Few characters can claim a Golden Age debut forged by the legendary team of Bill Finger and Bob Kane, but Dan Hunter is exactly that β€” a 1948 original who first stepped onto the page in Star Spangled Comics and went on to carve out a presence across an impressive 87 catalogued appearances spanning more than six decades. His longest home is Tomahawk, that beloved frontier-era DC series, though he's also shown up in the pages of World's Finest Comics and Five-Score Comic Monthly, keeping remarkable company along the way β€” sharing adventures with the likes of Batman, Bruce Wayne, Superman, Robin, and Dick Grayson. With three key-issue appearances to his name and a publishing life stretching all the way to 2010, Dan Hunter is a quiet testament to the durability of Golden Age DC storytelling, and a rewarding discovery for any collector digging into the deeper strata of the DC universe.

⚠ Identity β€” our best guess (help us confirm)

Real name. Daniel "Dan" Hunter

Powers. None; skilled frontier scout/fighter and marksman (no superpowers)

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Teams & affiliations
Daily PlanetGotham City Police Department
β˜… First appearance
Star Spangled Comics #87
Dec 1948

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1948–2010

Star Spangled Comics #87 β˜… 1948
Star Spangled Comics #87
Tomahawk #21 1954
Tomahawk #21
Tomahawk #45 1957
Tomahawk #45
Tomahawk #78 1962
Tomahawk #78
Tomahawk #123 1969
Tomahawk #123
The Fury of Firestorm #42 1985
The Fury of Firestorm #42
The Robin Archives #2 2010
The Robin Archives #2

Appearances

Star Spangled Comics (1941)
Danger Trail (1950)
All-American Western (1948)
Leave It to Binky (1948)
#22
House of Mystery (1951)
#25
The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956)
#13
Mammoth Annual (1959)
#1
House of Secrets (1956)
Tales of the Unexpected (1956)
#74
Five-Score Comic Monthly (1961)
Century Comic (1961)
#94
The Fury of Firestorm (1982)
#42
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#24
Time Masters (1990)
Millennium Edition: World's Finest No. 71 (2000)
The Robin Archives (2005)
#2