At war's end, he left the super-hero gig altogether. In retirement, he returned to Africa and his previous life of big game hunting There, in 1946, killed by a bull elephant.

At least that's how his biography would have read in, say, 1955. However, Walt Simonson and Archie Goodwin resurrected the character in 1973, explaining that he was almost killed by the elephant, then rescued by The Council. This super-secret group, dedicated to preventing the human race from killing itself through war, put Kirk in suspended animation near the moment of his death. They then had him languish for years in "suspended animation" until they could find a way to save him. When he came out of it, he was remade into a Manhunter in the tradition of the mythology that had begun at Quality Comics with the character of Dan Richards.

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First Appearance: Adventure Comics (1938) #73

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Adventure Comics (1938)