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The Hunter

Published: 1962.

AKA: Point Blank, The Exploiters, Payback.

Cover Artist: Harry Bennett.

Publisher: Pocket Books.

Cover blurb: "The tables were turned now -- suddenly the hunted had become The Hunter".

Synopsis: Betrayed and left for dead, Parker breaks out of prison to seek revenge on the man responsible and ends up taking on the Outfit in the process.

Adaptations: - Point Blank (1967), directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin.

- Payback (1999), directed by Brian Helgeland and starring Mel Gibson.

- Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (2009), graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke and published by IDW.

Gallery:

L-R: 猎人复仇 (Hunter's Revenge, China, 2020); Ehiztaria (Basque Country, 1993); 사냥꾼 (Korea, 2015).

L-R: De Wreker (The Avenger, Netherlands, 1968); Охотник (Russia, 1993); Comme Une Fleur (Like A Flower, France, 1963).

L-R: Vânătorul (Romania, 2016); Anonima Carogne (Anonymous Carrion, Italy, 1964 - reprinted in 1971).

L-R: A Quemarropa (Point Blank, Spain, 1981); Jetzt Sind Wir Quitt (Now We're Even, Germany, 1968); 悪党パーカー/人狩り(Manhunt, Japan, 1969).

L-R: Stöten (The Impact, Sweden, 1968); Pankaa Parker lautoihin (Put Parker on the Boards, Finland, 1973); Tappajan Jäljet (The Killer's Tracks, Finland, 2020 reprint).

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