Hunter's Hellcats




 * "Got to ram through that roadblock Hellcats! Nazi pursuit train is right behind us! Pour it on! The fate of the French underground is riding these tracks with us!"
 * --Lt. Hunter

Official Team Names: Lt. Hunter's Hellcats Team Nicknames: No known nicknames Former Team Aliases: No known former aliases Other Current Team Aliases: Hellcats

Status
Team Status: Inactive Team Identity: Secret, the general populace of various countries during World War II were unaware that Hunter's Hellcats was comprised of criminals. Base of Operations: Europe and the Pacific during World War II.

Organization
Team Leader: Lt. Benjamin Hunter Active Members: None Former Members:
 * Brains
 * Brute
 * Cracker
 * Hard Head
 * Heller
 * Juggler
 * Light Fingers
 * Snake-Oil
 * Swinger
 * Zig-Zag

Known Allies: No known Allies Known Enemies: The Axis Powers during World War II

Origin
Place of Formation: United States of America Place of Deformation: United States of America First Appearance: Our Fighting Forces #106 Final Appearance: Our Fighting Forces #122

History
History: In the early 1940s, the United States Army chose a former homicide detective named Ben Hunter to lead a new Special Forces team to fight the threat of the Axis powers. Unlike more conventional military units like Easy Co. or the Haunted Tank, Lt. Hunter's team was considered an expendable party. He culled his soldiers from the riff raff of an army prison stockade – all of whom had served time as hardened criminals in their civilian life. Among his recruits was the excessively violent Brute, a con-man who appropriately took to calling himself Snake-Oil, a revenge-crazed soldier from the Woman's Army Corps named Heller, a pick-pocket named Light Fingers, a former acrobat named Juggler and several others.

Hunter’s Hellcats executed several intense missions during the waning years of World War II operating in both the Pacific and European theaters. The group was dissolved in 1945 shortly following the surrender of Japan to allied forces. The members of Hunter's Hellcats went their separate ways to eke out a new life for themselves in the post-war civilian world. Lt. Hunter remained with the U.S. Army and ultimately achieved the rank of Colonel. Hunter eventually married and gave birth to twin sons, Nick and Phil. The siblings followed in their father's footsteps, each of them forging their own reputations during both the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

The fate of the remaining Hellcats, or whether they are even still alive remains unknown.

Statistics
Total Members: 10 Total Allies: Total number of allies unknown Total Enemies: Total number of enemies unknown

Miscellaneous
Equipment: No known equipment. Transportation: No known transportation. Weapons: No known weapons.

Trivia

 * Ben Hunter dubbed the team Hellcats based upon their violent behavior when they were imrpisoned inside the army stockade.


 * Although Ben Hunter's activities chronologically take place prior to those of his own children, the Hunter twins actually predate their father's first appearance by several issues. Nick and Phil Hunter first appeared in Our Fighting Forces #99.

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 * Our Fighting Forces

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