Hunter-Killer #1
Hunter-Killer #1, written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Marc Silvestri with inks by Joe Weems, Eric Basaldua, Ryan Winn, and Pat Aquino, introduces a high-stakes thriller rooted in psychological tension and hidden identities. When a young man named Ellis is imprisoned by his parents and attacked by a creature known as Wolf, he’s thrust into a conflict that reveals his own extraordinary connection to the ultra-sapien race—just as his father transforms and tries to destroy him. Taken in by Argent, Ellis must confront the truth of his origins in a world where power and sacrifice are inseparable. The cover, by Marc Silvestri and Joe Weems, captures the raw intensity of the story’s opening moments.
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Haruspex psychically pulls out the location of Wolf. Ellis asks his parents why he cannot hang out with friends or get a job. His folks lock him in an underground bunker. Ellis is attacked by Wolf who has been hiding in there. After a blast breaks him out, Ellis finds that his father has transformed into an ultra-sapien form and is battling Argent's troops. His mother caused the blast by sacrificing her life. Argent realizes that Ellis is a human catalog of ultra-sapien powers. Ellis' father tries to kill him by exploding in a burst of bionuclear energy. Ellis survives and is taken by Argent.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).