premium hunter are the ultimate anti - poor boy . They ’re tough as Ti and hard to pour down , and they can find anyone , no matter how much you try and hide . Their only trueness is to whoever can afford their service .
It ’s easy to see why bountifulness hunters are such a popular part of so many science fable and phantasy universes — they ’re mechanically bad - prat . They belong in noir as well as westerly storytelling . And they usually have the coolheaded toys . Here are our ten favorite antic premium huntsman .
Top range : Happy hour at the Bounty Bar byRobert L Lynch at Deviant Art .
10 ) Brisco County , Jr. ( The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. )
He ’s a Harvard attorney turned bounty hunter … fiddle by Bruce Campbell ! Hebeat out Lord Bowlerto become the private bounty Orion for the Westerfield Club , but he lets Bowler keep the bounties , in central for Bowler ’s aid tracking down his Church Father ’s killer John Bly . Brisco is always quick with helpful advice like , “ It ’s a real canonical thing about being a effective cat – you do n’t tell the high-risk guy the plan ! ”
9 ) destruction ’s Head ( The Incomplete Death ’s Head )
He ’s the robotlike “ freelance peacekeeping mission federal agent ” who hunted sentient creatures with a relentless logic — and he was willing to travel to any prison term , or any alternating universe , to get his prey . He went up against almost every Marvel Comics fiber — include Doctor Who ’s quicksilver time traveler . ( Who tried to bribe him with jelly babies . ) At the time , Death ’s Head was giant - sized , and was on his mode to fulfil a contract on Galvatron , from the Transformers universe . Later , last ’s Head was hired to pop the medico , but wound up not fulfilling the contract . wads more detailhere .
- Jubal Early ( Firefly )
Finally , River Tam met someone who could out - crazy her . Not to refer taking down the whole Serenity crew . Jubal only appeared in one episode of Firefly , and appear to be doomed to a horrible death in space — but you just know that in the alternative universe where Firefly is still on the air , he became a recurring character . In fact , he credibly join the crew of the Serenity in season six .
7 ) Johnny Alpha ( Strontium Dog )
He can see through wall , read mind , and led a mutant revolution when he was only 17 . later on , he joined the mutant bounty hunting watch labor force known as the Strontium Dogs , after the Strontium 90 radiation sickness that gave them their mutant powers . As thesaying extend , “ Time was when a man could institutionalise various turn of wickedness and hide from judge constantly in an expanding galaxy ! Times have vary ! Today is the day of the … Strontium Dog ! ” Alpha is possibly the only bounty hunter to have captured Adolf Hitler in the past , convey him forward in time to place upright trial for his crimes in the future .
6 ) Jonah Hex ( Jonah Hex )
He ’s the cowboy bountifulness hunter , stigmatise in the face with the Mark of the Demon , who discovered that a military personnel can make a flock of money by bringing in wanted varmints . Legend has itthat Jonah is single - handedly responsible for for killing at least 336 people . And when Jonah traveled forward to the post - apocalyptical year 2050 , he scarce batted an eye . ( As far as anybody could tell , anyway . ) Even when he comes face - to - fount with his own stuffed clay from the past , he mostly just takes it as welcome validation that finally he ’ll get back to his own geological era . ( Here’sa great interviewwith Michael L. Fleischer , the writer who moved Jonah into the future . )
5 ) Samus Aran ( Metroid )
orphan at a young age andtrained as a warrior , Samus was infused with Chozo DNA to make her a nearly unstoppable killer . breathe in by Ripley from the Alien film , Samus is a loner sub who takes on Space Pirates and the Metroid race likewise , with her powerful arm - cannon and her agile power suit . A former Federation Police officer , Samus struck out on her own as a amplitude hunter , although she still works with the Federation sometimes .
4 ) Lobo ( DC Comics )
He ’s one bastitch who always get his sentient . In fact , the only intellect why Lobo is n’t higher on this list is , we ’re not entirely sure whether he ’s “ cool , ” exactly . He ’s definitely mad , and absolutely unstoppable , though . And anybody who bang blank dolphins as much asthe last Czarnianhas to be nerveless , in his own way . ( He killed his own entire metal money , just for kicks . ) Lobo mount his motorcycle through space , and when he ’s not hanging out with his beloved dolphin , you ’ll find oneself him in one of the galaxy ’s dirtiest dive ginmill . Where he ’s ready to tear some heads , fuddle up and get paid , maybe not in that parliamentary law . And in the Amalgam universe , he ’s fuse to Howard the Duck .
3 ) Spike Spiegel ( Cowboy Bebop )
He ’s atough customer , a former fellow member of the Red Dragon Syndicate who only ever made one mistake — trusting a guy cable refer Vicious . After a metaphoric ( and nearly real ) end , this Bruce Lee devotee became partners with bounteousness huntsman Jet Black , and joined the ship Bebop . With Jet Black and Faye , he travels across the extragalactic nebula looking for the highest - devote fugitive to pocketbook and lend in .
2 ) Rick Deckard ( Blade Runner )
As he state in Philip K. Dick ’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep , “ I ’m not a Peace Officer . I ’m a bounty hunter . ” And he hunt the loose Nexus-6 exemplar andys , or Replicants , with his optical maser pistol at his side . Everybody enunciate he ’s the in effect bounty hunter there ’s ever been , but he ’s starting to wonder if he ’s fix the sheer ruthlessness and callousness a great amplitude huntsman motivation . In the movie version , Blade Runner , he ’s the very exemplar of a world - weary noirish detective — and as a bonus , he ’s spiel by Harrison Ford , the man who became famous for dodge bounteousness hunters . admit …
1 ) Boba Fett . ( Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back )
Duh . We could n’t really put anybody else at the top of this list , could we ? From a abbreviated animated appearance in the Star Wars Holiday Special to his small but crucial role in Empire Strikes Back , Boba Fett get the mental imagery of fan everywhere . His action mechanism figure is enough to spark all - out war among theEltingville Fan Club . But if you do n’t trust that he ’s the coolest , just checker out how Mandalorian expert Karen Traviss draw him at the start of her novel Boba Fett : A Practical Man :
Boba Fett leveled the chargeman and sighted up .
“ you may run , ” he say . “ But you ’ll only die tired . ”
His voice rasped through an amplifier . He never need to shout : he could always be heard . His target — a Rodian counterfeiter scream Wac Bur , who was unusually heavy for his metal money — had obligate him by running in ever - more - desperate maze - like circle in the deepness of the quarter and now receive himself in a unsighted alley …
“ Dead or active , ” Fett remind him . The caloric imager of his blaster optic picked out Wac helpfully radiate rut under a pile of discarded packing cases . “ Dead ’s easy . add up on . I ’m a busy man . ”
Additional coverage by Gordon M. Jackson .
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