Line #15 ComicBook/IHuntMonsters


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2	[[caption-width-right:205:[[{{Sarcasm Mode}} Huh...what do you suppose they do for a living?]] ]]
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4	A collaborative comic from the minds of Creator/AntarcticPress artists Rod Espinosa and Craig Babiar. ''IHM'' tells the story of William Warlock, fresh out of college and on the verge of starting of his life. However, he gets a note from his father to go to South Africa for an inheritance. Upon his arrival, he's whisked away by a sorceress named Aarna to a graveyard, where she explains is his duty to re-power a seal that keeps very powerful demons dormant. However, Will is understandably confused and dubious, and he takes his hand off the seal before the recharge is complete. The end result is all the monsters breaking free and flying off to wreak havoc in the world. Now it's Will's responsibility to find these monsters (helped along by Aarna, a vampiress named Delilah, and Will's high school friend Tayesha) and re-seal them before they bring darkness to the Earth.
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6	Ran from 2004-2005 going into hiatus afterward, just as the comic was starting to move into an overarching story arc. Hasn't seen a new issue since then, as the creators have moved onto other projects.
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9	!!Tropes:
10	* AmuletOfDependency: Justified, as only a Warlock can activate it.
11	* BettyAndVeronica: Aarna and Delilah
12	* BittersweetEnding: The Chupacabrah arc [[spoiler: Will's group meets up with another group of hunters to investigate the matter in the small town where the monsters are populated. They're just barely able to hold off the horde until morning. The townsfolk decide to clear out and the town is blown up in an effort to destroy the creatures. Will however feels they didn't accomplish what the amulet sent them to do.]]
13	* CarFu: Tayesha does this to the Werewolf Lord during the final fight against him.
14	* CircusOfFear:...run by werewolves
15	* FlyingCar: Kirby
16	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title can't make it any clearer for ya.
17	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Delilah
18	* GottaCatchEmAll: Recapturing the monsters, plus the last arc before the hiatus had the group searching to collect the pieces of Van Helsing's cross (which destroyed Dracula) before a powerful vampire lord does.
19	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Delilah during volume two, though this is mostly due to the influence of a vampire lord controlling her.
20	* HeroicBSOD: Will has one after his first encounter with the Vampire Lord.
21	* HowDoIShotWeb: Will, of course, since he's just coming into his powers. Luckily, he has a locket with the spirit of his predecessors to help him.
22	* [[HunterOfHisOwnKind Hunter of Her Own Kind]]: Delilah is constantly called a "traitor" among the monsters she helps hunt. Not that she cares in the slightest.
23	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How the [[spoiler: Werewolf Lord is defeated when Will hits one of the circus tent poles and it falls right through the monster.]] Can also count as HoistByHisOwnPetard since the circus was his idea in the first place to lure in victims.
24	* LeftHanging: Due to the creators having stopped and split up, the comic's story was never finished. In fact it ''ended'' in the middle of a storyline with out heroes in a race again a vampire lord to collect pieces of Van Helsing's cross.
25	* MonsterMash: Really, what did you expect?
26	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The amulet Will gets allows him access to his ancestors who pretty much supply him with any power up he needs.
27	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: What kicks the whole plot off. To be fair, someone was supposed to train Will in using his powers, but never showed [[spoiler: because the Forces of Evil killed him]] before the letter was sent to him.
28	* NoodleIncident: Rather a plot point they never got to resolve; the explanation of why Delilah did a HeelFaceTurn against the forces of darkness. It's implied Will's grandfather saved her at some point and she's helping out of a debt to him.
29	* OneWingedAngel: If the group is working at night, then Delilah can change into her much more monstrous form.
30	* SassyBlackWoman: Tayesha
31	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Tayesha, as her father is a respected ambassador. Conveniently, this gives Will and his group access to travel around the world without worrying about funds.
32	* SeriesHiatus[=/=]OrphanedSeries: The last issue claimed they'll continue it when they can. But Craig Babiar, the artist at the time, left the company and went on to other projects and no one bothered to try and continue the comic afterwards. Leaving the series stranded in the middle of the vampire lord conflict.
33	* SealedEvilInACan: The graveyard Will inherits is this.
34	* SecretLegacy: Which Will learns about at the worst possible moment.
35	* SpiritAdvisor: Lucky for Will, he gets three.
36	* TheCameo: At the start of the first issue, you can see characters from other Antarctic Press series.
37	* WhiteMagicianGirl: Aarna

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