Huntsman of Zeus

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The Huntsman of Zeus is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Cephalus was a male human born in Ancient Greece long ago in the lands of Phocis where he was said to be the greatest hunter in the world. In that time, he came to be married to Procris but these years his beauty came to bewitch the goddess of the dawn Eos. Cephalus came to reject her advances as he was faithful to his mortal wife but from this brief encounter he came to hold onto one of Eos's gifts that was a javelin of light that never missed its target. Afterwards, Cephalus came to speak the words 'Dawn' in his sleep with his wife Procris overhearing it and becoming fearful that her husband had taken on a secret lover. Thus, she came to follow the hunter one morning where her rustling in the bushes caused Cephalus to throw his javelin thinking that he had found game to be killed. Upon checking his quarry, he came to find that he had mistakenly killed his wife and in his grief he committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea. This saw his soul falling into Tartarus where it was twisted for the crime of killing himself but he was spared when Zeus rescued him and raised Cephalus to be his personal huntsman. (Incredible Hercules v1 #139)

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Personality and attributes

In reality, he was once a man named Cephalus until his soul was taken from the afterlife by Zeus to become his personal huntsman. It was said that back when he was mortal that he had a beauty that once bewitched the goddess of the dawn. (Incredible Hercules v1 #139)

Powers and abilities

The javelin of light never missed its target once it was thrown and always found its quarry. (Incredible Hercules v1 #139)

After being turned into the Huntsman, he was endowed with a fraction of the power of the god Zeus. (Ka-Zar v1 #1)

During his hunts, he was accompanied by his Shadow-Hound that chased after his quarry for him. (Ka-Zar v1 #1)

Notes

  • The Huntsman of Zeus was created by Allyn Brodsky and Frank Springer where he made his first appearance in Ka-Zar Quarterly v1 #1/2 (August, 1970).

Appearances

  • Ka-Zar Quarterly v1: (1970)
  • Champions v1:
  • Incredible Hercules v1:

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