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The Monster Hunters agree that Gorgilla should be taken back to the wild where he originated. While doing this, the team is attacked in their plane via an alien-looking craft. They are saved, though, with quick thinking from Clayton, who is now revealed to be the superhero Hurricane, sometimes called
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Their first meeting was at the Explorer's Club in New York City owned by Stanley Hathaway. This club would become the public front for the team. They identified themselves, and Druid revealed the origin of his powers. The group exchanged stories of their monster battles, and developed suspicions of
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After this, not much is known about the further adventures of the Monster Hunters, who started drifting apart over time and eventually disbanded. Since then Bloodstone and Druid have died, while Zawadi disappeared. Until recently, Makkari was the only member of the original team that was still
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with Dr. Druid calming the creature with telepathy. It is revealed during this time that Adam Clayton is the "real" name of Jake Curtiss, and that a "mystery man" was controlling Gorgilla. This was done to have Gorgilla divert a police escort of an African Premier to a bridge where a bomb was
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During the battle, Bloodstone's secrets and origin are revealed. The three remaining members of the team then go on a rescue mission to free Hurricane from the mystery villain that has caused all this. Battling monster after monster on an island in the
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to explain some events in the history of the Marvel Universe that were no longer plausible due to previous retcons. Their adventures are set during the late 1940s and 50's, a time when (in real life) Marvel/
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when they too did the same. Bloodstone, while investigating where the alien Grottu had come from, was saved by Zawadi and decided to bring her along also.
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one another, which they kept secret for the time being. Their meeting was cut short by a mysterious man waking a sleeping
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found a coffin at the ocean's bottom containing a very alive Namora. She has since joined that team.
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When countless monsters began appearing around the world, suspicion turned to curiosity.
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The battle with Gorgilla takes place in many areas of New York and finally ends at the
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Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone (and the Monster Hunters)
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Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster Hunters
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was mostly printing stories about strange monsters and alien invaders.
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at The UnOfficial Handbook of the Marvel: The Lost Generation Universe
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at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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Doctor Druid
Ulysses Bloodstone
Publisher
Marvel Comics
First appearance
Roger Stern
Mike Manley
The Explorer's Club
Ulysses Bloodstone
Doctor Druid
Makkari
Namora
fictional group
American comic books
Marvel Comics
shared universe
Marvel Universe
retcon
Atlas
Ulysses Bloodstone
Makkari
Eternal
Hurricane
psychic
mystic
Doctor Druid
Wakanda
Namora
Sub-Mariner

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