1ST ISSUE SPECIAL #5 – 1ST MANHUNTER – KEY ISSUE – JACK KIRBY CREATION – 1975

1ST ISSUE SPECIAL #5 – 1^ST MANHUNTER – KEY ISSUE – JACK KIRBY CREATION – 1975

AUGUST 1975 – 25 CENT COVER PRICE

1^ST APPEARANCES – MANHUNTER (MARK SHAW), MANHUNTER HIGHMASTER, THE CHOPPER, BRADFORD SHAW, THE HOG       

CHARACTERS – MARK SHAW, MANHUNTER, BRADFORD SHAW, GRANDMASTER, THE CHOPPER, THE HOG

STORYLINE – Manhunter: The Electric Head

Mark Shaw, a public defender, is frustrated in his attempts to gain justice and safeguard the innocent. His uncle introduces him to the ancient society of the Manhunters, whose arcane skills and weaponry have been employed to bring down many villains.

First appearance of Mark Shaw as he becomes the next Manhunter.

Shaw’s uncle put him into contact with the Grandmaster, leader of the arcane cult of the Manhunters. Swearing his allegiance, Shaw trained in the crime fighting sect’s methods and weaponry, and then assumed the outfit and power baton to become the new Manhunter.

Kirby’s Manhunter, however, didn’t gain earn a spot in an ongoing series. Instead, Shaw and the crime fighting cult played a bigger role in the pages of Justice League of America in 1977, when it was revealed that the Manhunters were the original galactic law-enforcers prior to the Green Lantern Corps.

PUBLISHER – DC COMICS

WRITER – Jack Kirby

INTERIOR ART – Jack Kirby

COVER ART – Jack Kirby