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|caption = The Chun Yull incarnation of the Faceless Hunter as depicted in ''Green Lantern'' vol. 4 #15 (November 2006). Art by [[Ethan Van Sciver]] (penciller), Oclair Albert (inker), and Moose Baumann (colorist).
|caption = Chun Yull captures [[Hal Jordan]], art by [[Ivan Reis]].
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|debut = ''[[Strange Adventures]]'' #124
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*[[Superhuman strength]], stamina, durability, and senses
* [[Superhuman strength]], stamina, and senses
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* Absorbing replication
*Absorption of matter and energy
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[[File:Strange Adventures 142.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Strange Adventures'' #142, artist [[Murphy Anderson]].]]
[[File:Strange Adventures 142.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Strange Adventures'' #142, artist [[Murphy Anderson]].]]
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{{main|Strange Adventures}}
The Faceless Hunters first come to public attention in 1961 after one of them, '''Klee Pan''', is intercepted trying to steal major world sculptures such as the [[Mount Rushmore]] heads and the [[Easter Island]] statues. [[Oregon]] [[highway patrol|Highway Patrolmen]] Bob Colby and Jim Boone are assigned to Mount Rushmore, and confront Klee Pan, who explains that he '''comes from Klaramar - a world revolving within an atom on the planet [[Saturn]]''' and he is looking for a stone face left on Earth millennia ago which can help prevent Saturn exploding. He reveals that an evil Faceless Hunter, '''Chun Yull''',<ref>Note: who has a name problem - he is initially called '''Chan Yull''' in ''Strange Adventures'' #124, but Chen Yull throughout the rest of the story, Chun Yull in ''Strange Adventures'' #142, and Chan Yull throughout ''Strange Adventures'' #152, then '''Chun Yull''' again in ''DC Presents'' #77-78 and thereafter.</ref> has planted an 'ultimate energy time-bomb' and threatened to detonate it unless he is made supreme ruler, but died giving no clues as to where the face, which can defuse the bomb, was hidden. Boone deduces that the face is on [[The Moon]], and Klee Pan takes Colby and Boone there and then to Saturn - after cutting the face from the Moon's surface. When the face is destroyed by a trap set by Chun Yull, the patrolmen help reconstruct it (using an [[astronomy]] book Boone happens to have had in the patrol car), disarm the bomb and save the planet. The Faceless Hunters replace the face on the Moon in gratitude, and Klee Pan gives both men telepathic abilities.<ref name="autogenerated1961">"The Face Hunter From Saturn" in ''Strange Adventures'' #124 (January 1961).</ref>
The Faceless Hunters first come to public attention in 1961 after one of them, '''Klee Pan''', attempts to steal major world sculptures such as the [[Mount Rushmore]] heads and the [[Easter Island]] statues. Oregon police officers Bob Colby and Jim Boone confront Pan, who explains that he comes from Klaramar, a microscopic world on the planet Saturn, and seeks an ancient stone face to stop it from exploding. He reveals that an evil Faceless Hunter, '''Chun Yull''',<ref>Also known as '''Chan Yull'''</ref> threatens to destroy Earth with a time bomb unless he is made its supreme ruler. Colby and Boone stop the bomb, after which Pan rewards them with telepathic abilities.<ref name="autogenerated1961">"The Face Hunter From Saturn" in ''Strange Adventures'' #124 (January 1961).</ref> Chun Yull returns on several occasions, but is continually defeated.<ref>"The Return of the Faceless Creature" in ''Strange Adventures'' #142 (July 1962).</ref><ref>"Threat of the Faceless Creature" in ''Strange Adventures'' #153 (June 1963).</ref>

Having in fact teleported himself to Saturn instead of dying, Chun Yull later revives and vows revenge on the patrolmen who had thwarted him, and on Earth. He captures Colby and Boone and builds a new bomb, then teleports them all to Klaramar, where Klee Pan once again foils Chun Yull and returns Colby and Boone to Earth.<ref>"The Return of the Faceless Creature" in ''Strange Adventures'' #142 (July 1962).</ref> A year later, Chun Yull telepathically commands Colby and Boone to build a machine which increases his size and transports him to Earth again, which he threatens to destroy unless he is made 'Earth Citizen Number One'. After the [[United Nations]] comply, he reveals that he lied - Faceless Hunters are unable to destroy a planet unless they are citizens of it. Meanwhile, Colby and Boone manage to beam themselves to Klaramar and Klee Pan saves Earth and again captures Chun Yull.<ref>"Threat of the Faceless Creature" in ''Strange Adventures'' #153 (June 1963).</ref>


===DC Comics Presents===
===DC Comics Presents===
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After this defeat, Chun Yull is imprisoned within inescapable 'Spheres of Light', from which he is almost instantly freed by [[Enchantress (DC Comics)|The Enchantress]] because she needed his space traveling powers; he then travels the stars for over 20 years looking for a sorcerer she wishes to team up with to rule the Universe. Together with Yggardis the Living Planet,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/obscure/y.htm#Yggadris |title=Yggardis the Living Planet |publisher=Mykey3000.com |access-date=2010-10-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115084228/http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/obscure/y.htm#Yggadris |archive-date=2010-01-15}}</ref> Atom Master, Kraklow the Mystic, [[Vandal Savage]], Mister Poseidon and Ultivac, Chun Yull and The Enchantress form part of a criminal organization known as The Forgotten Villains.<ref>"Triad of Terror" in ''DC Comics Presents'' #77 (January 1985).</ref> Superman joins a disparate group of minor heroes from the 20th century and the future banded together as 'The [[Forgotten Heroes]]'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adamarnold.net/forgottenheroes/annotations.html |title=Forgotten Heroes: Summaries & Annotations I|access-date=February 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124191333/http://www.adamarnold.net/forgottenheroes/annotations.html |archive-date=January 24, 2007}}</ref> and defeats Chun Yull in the future, returning him to captivity.<ref>"The Triad" in ''DC Comics Presents'' #78 (February 1985).</ref> He later briefly reappears during the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' as a member of [[Lex Luthor]] and [[Brainiac (character)|Brainiac's]] army of villains.
Chun Yull later allies with the [[Enchantress (DC Comics)|Enchantress]] and forms a criminal organization known as the Forgotten Villains alongside Yggardis the Living Planet, Atom Master, Kraklow the Mystic, [[Vandal Savage]], Mister Poseidon, and Ultivac.<ref>"Triad of Terror" in ''DC Comics Presents'' #77 (January 1985).</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yggardis the Living Planet |url=http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/obscure/y.htm#Yggadris |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115084228/http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/obscure/y.htm#Yggadris |archive-date=2010-01-15 |access-date=2010-10-16 |publisher=Mykey3000.com}}</ref> [[Superman]] joins a disparate group of minor heroes from the 20th century and the future banded together as 'The [[Forgotten Heroes]]'<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adamarnold.net/forgottenheroes/annotations.html |title=Forgotten Heroes: Summaries & Annotations I|access-date=February 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070124191333/http://www.adamarnold.net/forgottenheroes/annotations.html |archive-date=January 24, 2007}}</ref> and defeats Yull in the future, returning him to captivity.<ref>"The Triad" in ''DC Comics Presents'' #78 (February 1985).</ref> Following the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' continuity reboot, Yull remains an enemy of the Forgotten Heroes.<ref>"Millennium Then" in ''Resurrection Man'' #25 (June 1999).</ref><ref>"Fighting Maad pt 4: Mubar" in ''Young Justice'' #50 (December 2002).</ref> He later becomes a bounty hunter, and [[Jemm]] assumes leadership of the Faceless Hunter species.<ref>"Revenge of the Green Lanterns, part 3" in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #12 (July 2006). Note: a one panel cameo appearance only in a super-villain crowd scene.</ref><ref>"Wanted: Hal Jordan, Chapter 2" in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #15 (December 2006).</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090814-dc-november2009-solicits-superman.html |title=Thanksgiving on New Krypton: A November '09 Superman Preview |publisher=Newsarama.com |access-date=2010-10-16}}</ref>

After the Crisis, nothing is known of Chun Yull or the other Faceless Hunters until he and the Forgotten Villains battle the Forgotten Heroes again; this time 1.93 million years in the past. He is returned to captivity back in the 20th century in [[Rip Hunter|Rip Hunter's]] Time Machine, after being abandoned with the rest of the Forgotten Villains by Kraklow and defeated by [[Animal Man]].<ref>"Millennium Then" in ''Resurrection Man'' #25 (June 1999).</ref> Eighteen months later he is fighting [[Young Justice]] on the island nation of Zandia.<ref>"Fighting Maad pt 4: Mubar" in ''Young Justice'' #50 (December 2002).</ref>

===Revenge of the Green Lanterns===
{{see also|Green Lantern}}
Just over three years later, three Faceless Hunters working as bounty hunters, including Chun Yull, are hunting Green Lanterns.<ref>"Revenge of the Green Lanterns, part 3" in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #12 (July 2006). Note: a one panel cameo appearance only in a super-villain crowd scene.</ref> They take control of the minds of a number of the [[Global Guardians]] to capture Green Lantern [[Hal Jordan]]; but are mistakenly attacked by a team of [[Rocket Reds]] assuming Green Lantern is with them - thwarting their plans to wipe his memory.<ref>"Wanted: Hal Jordan, Chapter 2" in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #15 (December 2006).</ref>

===New Krypton===
{{see also|Superman: World of New Krypton}}
The Faceless Hunters later appeared in ''Superman: World of New Krypton'' #9 (November 2009), under the command of [[Jemm|Jemm, Son of Saturn]] who appears to be the [[de facto]] ruler of all three known Saturnian races, including the albino "Koolars", and the yellow skinned "Faceless Hunters".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090814-dc-november2009-solicits-superman.html |title=Thanksgiving on New Krypton: A November '09 Superman Preview |publisher=Newsarama.com |access-date=2010-10-16}}</ref>


==Powers and abilities==
==Powers and abilities==
The Klaramarians are normally of sub-atomic size, although they can control this, and are often much taller than humans, with a corresponding increase in strength. They also have access to extremely advanced alien technology. Both Chun Yull and Klee Pan possess great strength and the ability to absorb the material or energetic properties of anything they touch and project those properties explosively. Chun Yull displayed the unique quality of giving himself unaided flight using his abilities while battling Superman.<ref>''DC Comics Presents'' #78 (February 1985)</ref>
The Klaramarians are normally of sub-atomic size, although they can control this, and are often much taller than humans, with a corresponding increase in strength. They also have access to extremely advanced alien technology. Both Chun Yull and Klee Pan possess great strength and the ability to absorb the material or energetic properties of anything they touch and project those properties explosively. Yull displayed the unique quality of giving himself unaided flight using his abilities while battling Superman.<ref>''DC Comics Presents'' #78 (February 1985)</ref>


Most Klaramarians also appear to be telepaths. Klee Pan demonstrated the ability to grant a limited gift of telepathy to deserving humans.<ref name="autogenerated1961"/>
Most Klaramarians also appear to be telepaths. Klee Pan demonstrated the ability to grant limited telepathy to deserving humans.<ref name="autogenerated1961"/>


==Other versions==
==Other versions==
A Faceless Hunter appears in ''[[JLA/Avengers]]'' #4 as a brainwashed minion of [[Krona (comics)|Krona]].
===[[JLA/Avengers]]===
Faceless Hunter is among the mind-controlled villains defending [[Krona (comics)|Krona]]'s stronghold in #4.


==In other media==
==In other media==
* A Faceless Hunter appears in the ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' two-part episode "The Siege of Starro!", voiced by [[John DiMaggio]]. This version is a violent outcast from a peaceful society. When [[Starro]] attacked their planet, only to find that the faceless inhabitants were immune to its parasites, the Faceless Hunter struck a deal with it to destroy his own planet in exchange for becoming its herald. Ever since, he traveled across the universe, preparing planets for Starro's destruction before eventually coming to Earth. While the Faceless Hunter defeats the heroes who Starro could not possess and prepares to drain Earth's energy for Starro, he is foiled by [[Batman]], [[Booster Gold]], [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]], [[Firestorm (comics)|Firestorm]], and [[B'wana Beast]]. Undeterred, the Faceless Hunter captures B'wana Beast and uses his powers to combine the Starro parasites into one giant monster capable of destroying planets and draining energy on its own. Batman infiltrates the Faceless Hunter's ship and defeats him while B'wana Beast sacrifices himself to destroy Starro.
* A Faceless Hunter appears in the ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' two-part episode "The Siege of Starro!", voiced by [[John DiMaggio]].<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Faceless Hunter Voice - ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'' (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Batman-The-Brave-and-the-Bold/Faceless-Hunter/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref> This version is a violent outcast from a peaceful society and a servant of [[Starro]] who is immune to his parasites.
* The Chun Yull incarnation of the Faceless Hunter appears as a character summon in ''[[Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eisen |first=Andrew |date=October 4, 2013 |title=DC Characters and Objects - ''Scribblenauts Unmasked'' Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/scribblenauts-unmasked/DC_Characters_and_Objects |access-date=May 30, 2024 |website=IGN}}</ref>
* A Faceless Hunter leader named '''[[Jemm]]''' appears in the ''[[Supergirl (2015 TV series)|Supergirl]]'' episode "Human For a Day", portrayed by [[Charles Halford]]. This version of the species hail from [[Saturn]].
* A Faceless Hunter leader named '''[[Jemm]]''' appears in the ''[[Supergirl (2015 TV series)|Supergirl]]'' episode "Human For a Day", portrayed by [[Charles Halford]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jayson |first=Jay |date=November 17, 2015 |title=Constantine's Charles Halford Cast As Jemm On ''Supergirl'' |url=https://comicbook.com/news/constantines-charles-halford-cast-as-jemm-on-supergirl/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |website=Comicbook.com |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=facelesshunter DCU Guide: Faceless Hunter]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=facelesshunter DCU Guide: Faceless Hunter]
* [http://www.adamarnold.net/forgottenheroes/wwvillians.html 'Vanishing Point': Forgotten Villains]
* [http://www.adamarnold.net/forgottenheroes/wwvillians.html 'Vanishing Point': Forgotten Villains]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070124191333/http://www.adamarnold.net/forgottenheroes/annotations.html 'Vanishing Point': Forgotten Heroes]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070124191333/http://www.adamarnold.net/forgottenheroes/annotations.html 'Vanishing Point': Forgotten Heroes]


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Faceless Hunters
The Chun Yull incarnation of the Faceless Hunter as depicted in Green Lantern vol. 4 #15 (November 2006). Art by Ethan Van Sciver (penciller), Oclair Albert (inker), and Moose Baumann (colorist).
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceStrange Adventures #124 (January 1961)
Created byGardner Fox (writer)
Mike Sekowsky (artist)
Characteristics
Place of originKlaramar
Notable membersChun Yull
Inherent abilities

The Faceless Hunters are a race of alien supervillains in the DC Comics universe that first appeared in Strange Adventures #124 (January 1961). They were created by Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky. The Faceless Hunters hail from Klaramar (the word Klar-a-mar breaks down into "clear of imperfection": Klar is the German language term for "clear", and "mar" can mean either blemish or imperfection).

Publication history

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The Faceless Hunters made three appearances in DC Comics flagship science fiction anthology title, all written by Gardner Fox - Strange Adventures, in issues #124 (January 1961) with artists Mike Sekowsky and Murphy Anderson, #142 (July 1962) with art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson, and #153 (June 1963), with art by Gil Kane and Sid Greene. All three stories also featured on the covers of those issues, with art by Murphy Anderson.

Since then they have made few appearances in the DC Universe: as one of 'The Forgotten Villains' in DC Comics Presents #77-78 (January - February 1985), written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by Curt Swan and Dave Hunt, briefly in Resurrection Man #25 (February 1999) and Young Justice #50 (December 2002), in Green Lantern (vol. 5) #12 (July 2006) and #15-16 (December 2006 - January 2007), written by Geoff Johns, and most recently in Superman: World of New Krypton #9 (November 2009).

Fictional character biography

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Strange Adventures

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Strange Adventures #142, artist Murphy Anderson.

The Faceless Hunters first come to public attention in 1961 after one of them, Klee Pan, attempts to steal major world sculptures such as the Mount Rushmore heads and the Easter Island statues. Oregon police officers Bob Colby and Jim Boone confront Pan, who explains that he comes from Klaramar, a microscopic world on the planet Saturn, and seeks an ancient stone face to stop it from exploding. He reveals that an evil Faceless Hunter, Chun Yull,[1] threatens to destroy Earth with a time bomb unless he is made its supreme ruler. Colby and Boone stop the bomb, after which Pan rewards them with telepathic abilities.[2] Chun Yull returns on several occasions, but is continually defeated.[3][4]

DC Comics Presents

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Chun Yull later allies with the Enchantress and forms a criminal organization known as the Forgotten Villains alongside Yggardis the Living Planet, Atom Master, Kraklow the Mystic, Vandal Savage, Mister Poseidon, and Ultivac.[5][6] Superman joins a disparate group of minor heroes from the 20th century and the future banded together as 'The Forgotten Heroes'[7] and defeats Yull in the future, returning him to captivity.[8] Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot, Yull remains an enemy of the Forgotten Heroes.[9][10] He later becomes a bounty hunter, and Jemm assumes leadership of the Faceless Hunter species.[11][12][13]

Powers and abilities

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The Klaramarians are normally of sub-atomic size, although they can control this, and are often much taller than humans, with a corresponding increase in strength. They also have access to extremely advanced alien technology. Both Chun Yull and Klee Pan possess great strength and the ability to absorb the material or energetic properties of anything they touch and project those properties explosively. Yull displayed the unique quality of giving himself unaided flight using his abilities while battling Superman.[14]

Most Klaramarians also appear to be telepaths. Klee Pan demonstrated the ability to grant limited telepathy to deserving humans.[2]

Other versions

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A Faceless Hunter appears in JLA/Avengers #4 as a brainwashed minion of Krona.

In other media

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References

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  1. ^ Also known as Chan Yull
  2. ^ a b "The Face Hunter From Saturn" in Strange Adventures #124 (January 1961).
  3. ^ "The Return of the Faceless Creature" in Strange Adventures #142 (July 1962).
  4. ^ "Threat of the Faceless Creature" in Strange Adventures #153 (June 1963).
  5. ^ "Triad of Terror" in DC Comics Presents #77 (January 1985).
  6. ^ "Yggardis the Living Planet". Mykey3000.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  7. ^ "Forgotten Heroes: Summaries & Annotations I". Archived from the original on January 24, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2007.
  8. ^ "The Triad" in DC Comics Presents #78 (February 1985).
  9. ^ "Millennium Then" in Resurrection Man #25 (June 1999).
  10. ^ "Fighting Maad pt 4: Mubar" in Young Justice #50 (December 2002).
  11. ^ "Revenge of the Green Lanterns, part 3" in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #12 (July 2006). Note: a one panel cameo appearance only in a super-villain crowd scene.
  12. ^ "Wanted: Hal Jordan, Chapter 2" in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #15 (December 2006).
  13. ^ "Thanksgiving on New Krypton: A November '09 Superman Preview". Newsarama.com. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  14. ^ DC Comics Presents #78 (February 1985)
  15. ^ "Faceless Hunter Voice - Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 30, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  16. ^ Eisen, Andrew (October 4, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  17. ^ Jayson, Jay (November 17, 2015). "Constantine's Charles Halford Cast As Jemm On Supergirl". Comicbook.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
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