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Chapter
1: The Himalayan Incident
A woman showed up in Nepal asking questions about Manhunter.
An old man told her of a strangely clad, masked man
who'd appeared there looking for someone who'd sought
refuge there. He said he wanted no trouble, but assassins
were told to attack. He easily fended them off and continued
his search.
He entered a monastery hidden deep in the mountains
and found his prey (after defeating several of its greatest
warriors), then simply disappeared.
The interpol agent thanked the old man and walked away,
as Manhunter rose and removed his disguise.
Chapter
2: The Manhunter File
Interpol agent Christine St. Claire returned to her
office in Zurich. She'd lost Manhunter's trail in Nepal,
but picked it up again in Calcutta. She explained to
her supervisor (who wanted to discontinue the case)
that Paul Kirk had recently surfaced after being thought
dead for 30 years. Her file showed him that in recent
times, Manhunter had appeared as both hero and assassin,
but the bodies of his victims always disappeared. His
fingerprints confirmed him as being Paul Kirk. He also
appeared to be able to heal wounds quickly.
Chapter
3: The Resurrection of Paul Kirk
St. Claire found her man(hunter) in Marrakech. He was
injured and on the ground near a few of his victims.
He gave her a gun and asked her to keep watch while
he healed. In the meantime, he told her his story:
He was a big game hunter in the '30s and later became
a vigilante. He joined the war effort (WWII) at the
government's request. By the time it was over, he'd
lost his drive. He attempted to go back to game hunting,
but was killed by an elephant.
He woke up 25 years later after having been experimented
on by Dr. Myros, a man he'd saved from the Nazis in
1945. The men he'd been battling were from the same
"council" which had resurrected him. They
were all clones of Paul Kirk.
His first assignment had been to kill an Interpol agent
so they could replace him with one of their own. St.
Claire's boss arrived and attacked them.
Chapter
4: Rebellion
Manhunter killed St. Claire's boss, Damon Nostrand.
Kirk told St. Claire how he'd rebelled against the "council"
and how he was now hunting them. They found Nostrand's
hotel key and checked out his room. Inside, they found
wanted posters already printed up for both of them.
Chapter
5: Cathedral Perilous
Manhunter and St. Claire ended up in Istanbul. Inside
and ancient church, they encountered a council meeting,
where some of the lesser members expressed discontent
with their higher-ups. Manhunter made his presence known
and took a council member at gunpoint. Manhunter was
temporarily overmatched, but with a little luck, got
free. Both he and St. Claire escaped. The council knew
they'd escaped with a recording, but St. Claire's father,
a member, believed he could get it back from her.
Chapter
6: To Duel the Monster
Japan: Manhunter got a step closer to finding the council's
secret headquarters, but came face to face with his
mentor. St. Claire was able to keep her father from
getting the recording. He was killed shortly thereafter.
Manhunter and Asano Nitobe fought. As the master prepared
to deliver the killing blow to his pupil, St. Claire's
voice rang out from a helicopter above - she played
the recording, proving Nitobe had been double-crossed.
Nitobe joined Manhunter's side against the council.
Chapter
7: Gotterdammerung
Batman and Gordon checked out a murder scene. The victim
was a 9th degree blackbelt, but that couldn't save him
from a shotgun blast. Later that night, the Prime Minister
of Congola was assassinated at a party at Wayne Manor.
The assassin got away, but Batman was able to grab his
weapon. Batman traced the gun back to the man who was
Manhunter's weaponsmith.
Batman watched as Manhunter killed an assassin sent
to kill Kolu Mbeya. Batman offered to help, but Manhunter
turned him down - this was a job for killers, and Batman's
code was against it.
Batman beat them to their next destination and stopped
two assassins gunning at them. Kolu was killed. Batman
joined them as they battled into the council's headquarters.
Inside, Batman faced off against the man who was believed
killed in Gotham City: Dan Kingdom. Kingdom had joined
the council and placed a clone of himself in order to
fake his own death.
Manhunter got to the leader and the group was helped
out by Kolu, who'd faked going down so he could be used
as a surprise later. While the others got into a plane,
Manhunter set off the self destruct. He was inside when
the place exploded.
The council was destroyed, but Manhunter died with it.
Manhunter:
The Final Chapter
St. Claire and Nitobe chased the final Kirk clone into
Gotham City, where Batman watched. Dressed as Manhunter,
the clone was killed.
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