Billy Hunter!
When
Billy was a young bunny, Eerie Magazine brought out Hunter, about a
half demon half human who was a scout for the United States Armed Forces
before the entire government collapsed. Demian Hunter was the product
of the rape of his mother by the demon Ophal, who also killed his
mother's husband. Demian wore a whup ass skintight suit with a
computerized helmet for communications and night vision. In the first
story he is in the former Rocky Mountains and he is about to freeze to
death, Billy will never forget the line on the second page of that story
where Hunter prays 'that the barely functioning thermal unit of the
suit will not for a while fail'!
Eerie # 57, 1974.
As
can be see Hunter's suit is more appropriate for an episode of The
Running Man, I amped it up and had I colored it I would have made it
green and black. I really like how this high tech combat gear is
supplemented with skins and a ragged cape. Hunter's primary weapon is
some kind of electrified rod, I couldn't get behind that so I gave him a
knife and a firearm.
I like your version much better. Eerie's combination of '70s track suit and Conan furs is just a little too jarring for me.
ReplyDeleteI believe I remember this magazine from the 1970's-I like your version better!
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