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AKA: GRENDEL
The original and best in Matt Wagner's long-running series of masked anti-heroes, Hunter Rose was a young genius gifted with extraordinary physical and mental prowess and just a little too much time to spare. Finding that excellence breeds boredom if not channelled correctly, Rose set about becoming a crime kingpin, hired killer and all-round roguish gadabout before dying at the age of 21 by the hands of his lycanthropic nemesis, Argent. More Grendels have followed in Hunter Rose's footsteps but few have done the job with such an innate sense of style.
Trademarks: Effete novelist by day, criminal mastermind and world-class assassin by night.
On Screen: Wagner's nefarious creation hasn't worried the big screen as of yet. If an actor were to make Hunter Rose come alive, we'd put our money on Jamie Bell providing the right amount of romantic menace.
Did You Know?: Grendel has faced off against Batman twice – in the comic-book crossovers Devil's Riddle & Devil's Masque and Devil's Bones & Devil's Dance.
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