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Lancelot "Lance" Hunter is a
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appearing in
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s published by
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. He first appeared in ''
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'' #19 (February 16, 1977) and was created by writer
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and artist
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. Hunter is a
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who became Director of
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before later gaining the rank of
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and becoming Joint Intelligence Committee Chair.Noted on
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's canon Captain Britain
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. "new JIC Chair, head of Brit intelligence, appointed: Lance Hunter. Good man. We go way back. We hear about new MI5 Director tomorrow." ''12:52 AM Jan 10th from web''
The character made his live-action debut in the
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television series ''
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'', portrayed by
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.


Publication history

Created by
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, and first penciled by
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, Hunter made his debut in ''Captain Britain Weekly'' #19 on February 16, 1977. He was the UK, and S.T.R.I.K.E., counterpart to Marvel's
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, Agent of
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Hunter continued to appear within the pages of ''Captain Britain Weekly'' throughout the rest of 1977 but would not appear on panel again until 30 years later in the ''
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: Battle Damage Report'' one-shot in 2007.


Fictional character biography

After Tod Radcliffe, a Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies traitor secretly working for the
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, was exposed, Commander Lance Hunter introduced himself as the Director of S.T.R.I.K.E. to
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. The agents of S.T.R.I.K.E. and S.H.I.E.L.D. worked together to track down the Red Skull's
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activities. It was then revealed that Red Skull had kidnapped the
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,
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and had set a germ bomb over
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to be detonated at midnight. Hunter, aided by Fury and the pair's respective superheroes,
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and
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, stopped the bomb which had been placed on the minute hand of
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and thwarted the Red Skull's plans. Hunter aided Captain Britain in the capture of villain Lord Hawk, and took the injured hero to S.T.R.I.K.E. headquarters to recover. However, while there Captain Britain's spirit was summoned away by
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where he did battle with a monstrous giant. Injuries suffered in this spirit realm transferred to the Captain's real body. Hunter ordered the doctors to keep working to save the stricken hero. When Hunter finally admitted defeat at the bed side of Captain Britain's lifeless body, the Captain returned to the real world and left the base. Sometime after S.T.R.I.K.E. was dissolved, Hunter gained the rank of
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and was seen alongside Contessa Valentina Allegro de Fontaine, and
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briefing British superhumans on the details of the British
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. Following the Skrull invasion of Earth, and the revelation that the then- Joint Intelligence Committee chair person was in fact a
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impostor, Hunter was made the new JIC Chair. Hunter agreed to let S.H.I.E.L.D. European Division take charge of the cleanup when Mys-Tech was defeated, as MI-13 didn't have the resources. He approved keeping MI-13 out of the loop entirely, which infuriated Pete Wisdom when he found out. Hunter the appears as a supporting character in the 2016 ''Mockingbird'' series. He is reintroduced as a much younger man and given a romantic connection to Mockingbird, echoing the character's live-action adaptation in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''.


Powers and abilities

Lance Hunter has years of Naval training, with an expertise in
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, well as experience in espionage from working for British Intelligence.


Other versions

In Earth-22110, Lance Hunter is Rifleman. He is a
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member.


In other media

Lance Hunter appears as a regular character in the second season of the
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TV series ''
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'', portrayed by
Nick Blood Nick Blood (born 20 March 1982) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Lance Hunter in Marvel's ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and ''Kieran in ''Trollied''. Early life Blood was born in Aylesbury, England. He joined his local drama club a ...
. He debuted in the season two premiere "Shadows" as a decorated member of the SAS turned freelance
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working for
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's reconstituted
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in a team under the leadership of his old acquaintance, Isabelle Hartley. In the following episode, "Heavy is the Head", Coulson formally recruits him as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. In the episode "A Hen in the Wolf House", Hunter's ex-wife Bobbi Morse joins the team, causing tension between the two before they eventually reconcile. In
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, Hunter and Morse are forced to leave S.H.I.E.L.D. after they are caught by Russian forces in Siberia and almost cause an international incident. He returns in the fifth season episode "Rewind" to get
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out of military custody and help him reunite him with his team after they are sent to the future. Late into ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' season two, it was reported that Blood would appear in a spin-off series as Hunter along with
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as Bobbi Morse. However, the development of the spin-off series was put on hold indefinitely, which meant that Hunter and Morse remained series regulars for season 3. ''
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'' announced that the series had been ordered by the network under the title ''
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'', but on May 12, 2016, ABC announced that the show would not be produced.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Lance Characters created by Gary Friedrich Characters created by Herb Trimpe Comics characters introduced in 1977 Fictional SIS agents Fictional commanders Fictional Royal Navy personnel Fictional Special Air Service personnel Fictional mercenaries in comics Marvel Comics television characters Marvel UK characters S.H.I.E.L.D. agents