Lance Hunter

Lance Hunter
Lance Hunter
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain Britain Weekly #19 (February 16, 1977)
Created by	Gary Friedrich (writer) Herb Trimpe (artist)
In-story information
Species	Human
Team affiliations	Royal Navy MI-13 MI6 S.T.R.I.K.E.
Abilities	Trained special agent Spy and munitions expert

Lancelot "Lance" Hunter is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Captain Britain Weekly #19 (February 16, 1977) and was created by writer Gary Friedrich and artist Herb Trimpe.

Hunter is a Royal Navy Commander who became Director of S.T.R.I.K.E. before later gaining the rank of Commodore and becoming Joint Intelligence Committee Chair.

In the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Blood portrays the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the character.

Created by Gary Friedrich, and first penciled by Herb Trimpe, 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 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 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 Civil War: Battle Damage Report one-shot in 2007.

After Tod Radcliffe, a Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies traitor secretly working for the Red Skull, was exposed, Commander Lance Hunter introduced himself as the Director of S.T.R.I.K.E. to Nick Fury. 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 Nazi activities. It was then revealed that Red Skull had kidnapped the British Prime Minister, James Callaghan and had set a germ bomb over London to be detonated at midnight. Hunter, aided by Fury and the pair's respective superheroes, Captain Britain and Captain America, stopped the bomb which had been placed on the minute hand of the Big Ben and thwarted the Red Skull's plans.

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