Purpose: Hunting people with the latest technology

Affiliations: Sam Buchanan

Enemies: Annex, Sam Buchanan, Sachs, Joey Starrs, Rebecca Taylor, Vengeance (Michael Badalino)

Base of Operations: secret Headquarter in New York City

First Appearance: Marvel Comics Presents I#152/3 (late April, 1994)

History:
They were rich folks bored with hunting animals for sport who decided to hunt people instead. One day they chose Lt. Rebecca Taylor as their next victim because her training at the NYPD made her a thrilling hunt.

(Marvel Comics Presents I#152/3) - The Big Game Posse attacked the limousine of Joey Starrs and killed him and his chauffeur Sachs. Rebecca ran away and met Vengeance, who found out that she was supposed to be the next victim of the Big Game Posse. She believed him and they took off on his bike. A hunter shot them and Rebecca was badly injured. Vengeance took out the hunter and was surrounded by the rest of the Big Game Posse when he took care of Rebecca. The Hunt Leader told Vengeance that they let him go if he handed over the head of Rebecca.

(Marvel Comics Presents I#153/3) - Vengeance didn't give them the head of Rebecca and attacked the Big Game Posse. Some of their members were injured. The Big Game Posse activated their shadow cloaks when something was approaching from the air. They watched the fight between Vengeance and Annex, and Hunt Leader formed a plan in his head. They ambushed Annex at the hospital where he brought the still living Rebecca Taylor, and they knocked him out with a gas bomb. They left Rebecca in the hospital because she was now their bait for Vengeance. They took Annex to their headquarters and tied him up with some restraints which neutralized his powers. Hunt Leader planned to use the mechanisms of the Annex armor to produce weapons to kill Vengeance. Sam Buchanan showed up and told them that he hated cop killers, but he wanted to help them combine his anti-occult gun (the Exorcist) with the technology of Annex to kill Vengeance.

(Marvel Comics Presents I#154/3) - The Big Game Posse attacked the room where Rebecca was visited by Badilino, who turned into Vengeance when he was out of their sight. He killed a hunter and put two others through the wall. Hunt Leader was in the headquarters of the Big Game Posse and used Annex's armor to send a bunch of anti-occult weapons to the hunters. They deactivated their shadows cloaks and shot Vengeance. He went down, and a hunter joked that the next blast would take of the head of Vengeance.

(Marvel Comics Presents I#155/3) - The hunters had been too cocky, and Vengeance got up again. He beat them to the ground, but they activated their shadow cloaks again by the order of Hunt Leader. Annex deliberately sent them too much energy which made them visible again. Vengeance took them out permanently. Annex overloaded the technology in the headquarter and Hunt Leader fled. Annex destroyed the headquarter of the Big Game Posse. Hunt Leader got out at the last moment, but he ran into the arms of Sam Buchanan, who killed him for being a cop killer and failing to kill the Vengeance with exorcist technology.

BTS - Although Vengeance tried his best to finish them off forever there was still a survivor who became a contributor to Reverend Nice.

(Marvel Comics Presents I#172/4) - As one of the biggest contributors of Reverend Nice the former Hunter went up to him backstage and told him about the Big Game Posse and their fight against Vengeance. He told him about the woman Rebecca Taylor who Vengeance pretended to protect. Reverend Nice took him into his office and wanted to know more about the this lady cop Vengeance was protecting.

COMMENTS: Created by Chris Cooper, Reggie Jones and Fred Harper

by Markus Raymond

CLARIFICATIONS:
Big Game Posse should not be confused with:

• Gamecock, a Harlem gang leader @ Captain America I#183
• Gamelin, John T., Roxxon president @ Marvel Team-Up I#187
• Games, gladiatorial combat on Collesseum @ Death's Head + Killpower: Battletide#1
• Gamesman, aka. Tim Braverman a criminal mastermind @ Spider-Woman I#23
• Gamesman, successor to Braverman @ Spider-Woman I#24
• Gamesmaster, the director of the Upstars @ Uncanny X-Men I#283
• Gamesworld, planet of Earth-Guardians @ Cyberspace 3000
• Posse, mercs hired by Frederick Penner @ Ghost Rider III#56
• Posse Comitatus, extra-dimensional rebels @ Uncanny X-Men#284
• all big characters, Posses, Games and armor using thugs

Hunt Leader should not be confused with:

• Hunt, Amber, Exiles member and former host of Entity and Phoenix Force on Earth-Ultraverse @ Exiles#1 (Ultraverse)
• Hunt, Forrest, banker involved with the Costa mob family @ Marvel Preview#2
• Hunt, Molly, citizen of the Colony @ Marvel Super-Heroes III#5
• Hunt-Master, Brood, killed by Binary @ Uncanny X-Men#166
• Huntress, of Earth-Amalgam
• Huntsman, hunter of Zeus @ Ka-Zar Quarterly#1/2
• Huntsman, aka. Weapon XII @ X-Men II#145
• Leader, aka. Samuel Sterns the Hulk foe
• all other hunt or leader characters

The Hunters should not be confused with:

• Headhunter, Spider-Man foe @ Web of Spider-Man#27
• Hunter, Henrietta, former leader of X-Statix @ X-Statix#13
• Hunter, Commander Lance, former commander of STRIKE @ Captain Britain Weekly#19
• Hunter, Morgan, father of Wrath on Earth-Ultraverse @ Wrath#1
• Hunter, Joe, hunter of rare games @ Wolverine/Doop#2
• Hunter Productions, firm of Al Kravinoff and Timber Hugh @ Spider-Man: Get Kraven#2
• Hunters of Captive, @ Captain America Annual#3
• Hunter, Virginia, daughter of Nitro @ Spectacular Spider-Man II#56
• all other hunter characters or armored guys

Joey Starrs should not be confused with:

• Joey, befriended Black Bolt @ Amazing Adventures II#5
• Joey, young mutants whose parents dwelt in the sewers @ Spider-Man#15
• Joey, student at Midtown High @ Amazing Spider-Man II#30
• Joey, member of Punishers on Earth-Guardians @ Guardians of the Galaxy#17
• Joey Z, criminal whose death was framed on Spider-Man @ Spider-Man#88
• all other Joey and star characters

Sachs should not be confused with: