History ComicBook / TheFoxHunt

* OverProtectiveDad: After becoming [[WellDoneSonGuy disillusioned when Paul doesn't automatically jump for joy at the sight of Shinji becoming a costumed Vigilante like him]], Shinji begins accusing Paul of this when Paul tries to warn Shinji of the dangers he's putting himself in.

* GodivaHair: The Dream Demon wears nothing except a makeshift skirt. Her [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green hair]] is just long enough to cover her "naughty" bits.

A mini-series featuring the most recent reboot/reimagining of the hero known as "''The Fox''", one of many old Creator/ArchieComics characters that were created back when the company decided to dabble in superheroes who has since gone through more than one incarnation over the years, brought to light and published by Dark Circle Comics (an imprint of Archie, formerly know as Red Circle) along with a few others.

* AntiHero: According to Shinji's own words, though he'll still act selflessly, he proclaims that The Ghost Fox will strive take on the jobs that his dad no longer wants to do. What that precisely means and whether he'll actually end up an AntiHero, however, remains to be seen.
* BadassFamily: Paul's family. He himself is The Fox of course, a legacy he inherited from his father. He's more than competent and skilled in this role, especially for a mere "photojournalist". His wife was once known as The She-Fox and his daughter, Kelly, is a hero named Fly-Girl, who's also a part of a superhero team called the Crusaders. The events of this mini-series also sees his teenage son Shinji take up the moniker of Ghost Fox. He's shown to be a capable martial artist thanks to his dad enrolling him in a Karate classes when he was younger, and is all-around decent, bar trying to handle crooks and villains outside his weight and depth class.

* DatingCatwoman: PlayedWith with regards The Fox and Dream Demon. The knew each other and as kids, but by now, both are well into their adult years and have only recently met again, and the former already has a wife and kids.

* LegacyCharacter: Paul Patton Jr. is this to his father Paul Patton Sr., the first Fox. As of the second issue, Jr.'s son Shinji has decided to honor the legacy and his father in his own way, by becoming the self-titled "Ghost Fox", something of which his dad does ''not''approve of. Time will tell if The Ghost Fox persona sticks for Shinji.

* MadeOfIron: Paul goes through a lot of physical punishment throughout the first two issue alone, including getting swatted from out of one building and into another across the street, but aside from a black eye that heals and bruise or two, he's shown never the worse for wear. Thankfully, his son seems to have inherited this trait. Nothing is made explicit about their costumes providing superhuman protection, either.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens in the second issue, mixed with a dose of {{Gorn}}. Shinji unveils himself as The Ghost Fox for the first time to stop a seemingly mundane robbery attempt. He succeeded, [[spoiler:that is until the robber suddenly starts uttering 'Brontosaurus' like a mantra before [[BodyHorror literally tearing his own skin off while gauging out his eyes]], revealing to be possessed by said "Brontosaurus", with the robber's entrails scattering everywhere. Shinji, who was holding him at the time, gets a large stain of blood splattered on his snow-white costume that remains there for the rest of the issue.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: Dream Demon is successful in her endeavor to make Beaver Kill useless as a water shed. Shinji even admonishes his dad for letting her escape, though it's clear Paul wasn't in the mood, [[spoiler:with her being his childhood flame and all]].

* WellDoneSonGuy: After his epiphany, which began in the old Beaver Kill church, Shinji begins showing signs of this trope regarding his dad's superheroics. He dons a white version of his dad's costume, dubs himself "The Ghost Fox", and tries to take action against a bank robbery they're present at when his Paul tries being [[InvokedTrope purposefully]] [[BystanderSyndrome passive]]. Worried for his safety, he's met with disdain and disapproval from his Paul, a reaction that causes Shinji to kick his father away before running off.

* WeirdnessMagnet: Self-identified as in-universe and affectionately referred to via the writers as a "Freak Magnet" for always finding himself in dangerous and freaky situations, Paul considers this his curse, one he that doesn't want to affect or befall his loved ones.

A mini-series featuring the most recent reboot/reimagining of the hero known as "''The Fox''", one of many old Franchise/ArchieComics characters that were created back when the company decided to dabble in superheroes who has since gone through more than one incarnation over the years, brought to light and published by Dark Circle Comics (an imprint of Archie, formerly know as Red Circle) along with a few others.

This particular story begins with Paul, along with his teenage son Shinji, visiting and taking pictures of a small and now abandoned town known as Beaver Kill on Paul's Editor's orders. Paul can't help but reminisce about the town he grew up in, the same one that's about to be turned into a dam/reservoir for Impact City, albeit a much needed one, courtesy of Bright Industries.

Said stroll down memory lane doesn't last, however, before events lead him to swear to his wife, and less convincingly so, to himself, to give up being The Fox for good, a vow that, of course, doesn't last halfway through the second issue. On the other hand, Shinji, who openly knows his father's secret, has his admiration of his father's superheroic altruism turn into his own enlightenment as he decides to be like him and takes up the new identity of "The Ghost Fox", complete with a [[PaletteSwap snow-white version his dad's costume]].

And what bad timing to be any sort of Fox, as the CEO of the aforementioned Bright Industries, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity a benevolent man by day and a notorious crime boss by night named Mr. Smile]], calls together the most dangerous of criminals and villains and promises a million dollars to the man or woman that can bring him The Fox's head. [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame The Fox Hunt is on]].

* BigBad: Mr. Smile, CEO of Bright Industries by day and ruthless crime lord by night. He's got quite the bone to pick with The Fox for him constantly messing and thwarting his various schemes, and so highers a gaggle of dangerous criminals to bring in his head.

* InsistentTerminology: The Mad Gadgeteer would prefer to known simply as The Gadgeteer, due to the negative implications of the word "mad".

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dream Demon [[spoiler:a.k.a. Linda Peggy, Paul's first childhood girlfriend,]] sees herself as this with regards to overrunning Beaver Kill with poisonous mushrooms that would turn the Watershed about to be built through the old town into a basin of tainted water [[as a means of protecting the town she and Paul grew up in]].

* DatingCatwoman: [[PlayedWith] with regards The Fox and Dream Demon. The knew each other and as kids, but by now, both are well into their adult years and have only recently met again, and the former already has a wife and kids.

* RougesGallery: Mr. Smile brings together a gaggle of dangerous criminals with a promise of one million to whomever brings him The Fox's head, with said gaggle being set as this for The Fox.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Despite his lamentation of being cursed to always deal with [[Weirdness Magnet weird stuff]], Paul is shown to suffer from this. He ''always'' wears his costume under his clothes, even after he swore to his wife and himself that he'd never put it on again and he tries to self-invoke BystanderSyndrome during a bank robbery.

* BystanderSyndrome: After promising himself never to put on his Fox costume again, Paul tries to [[EnvokedTrope self-envoke this trope]] when he and Shinji get caught up in a bank robbery at the start of issue 2. When Shinji decides to take initiative where his father would not, things get out of hand, as the robber is a ''lot'' tougher than he looks, forcing Paul to go back on his word and become The Fox again. Of course, since he was ''still wearing the costume under his clothes'', one can't help but wonder how honest he was being to himself when he made that promise in the first place, self-turmoil or no.

* PaletteSwap: Shinji's Ghost Fox costume is quite literally a snow-white version of his dad's black Fox costume. Exactly ''where'' or ''how'' he got it/made it is never explained, especially considering the relatively short time between the first and second issues.

* WellDoneSonGuy: After his epiphany, which began in the old Beaver Kill church, Shinji begins showing signs of this trope regarding his dad's superheroics. He dons a white version of his dad's costume, dubs himself "The Ghost Fox", and tries to take action against a bank robbery they're present at when his Paul tries being [[EnvokedTrope purposefully]] [[BystanderSyndrome passive]]. Worried for his safety, he's met with disdain and disapproval from his Paul, a reaction that causes Shinji to kick his father away before running off.

This incarnation takes most, but not all, of its premise from a single past incarnation. Self-known as "[[WeirdnessMagnet The Freak Magnet]]", Paul Patton Jr. was once a mere photojournalist who, in a moment of daring, decided to take up his father's identity as "The Fox" and become a crimefighter to have a better means of getting stories. He couldn't find "the scoops" on his own, so he became The Fox to draw said scoops to him. Problem was that, before long, [[GoneHorriblyRight it worked]] ''[[GoneHorriblyRight too]]'' [[GoneHorriblyRight well]], [[WeirdnessMagnet to the point where he couldn't get the "stories" and "scoops" and overall weirdness and danger to leave him alone]].

Said stroll down memory lane doesn't last, however, before events lead him to swear to his wife, and less convincingly so, to himself, to give up being The Fox for good, a vow that, of course, doesn't last halfway through the second issue. On the other hand, Shinji, who openly knows his father's secret, has his admiration of his father's superheroic altruism turn into his own enlightenment as he decides to be like him and takes up the new identity of "The Ghost Fox", complete with a snow-white version his dad's costume.

This incarnation takes most, but not all, of its premise from a single past incarnation. Self-known as "[[WeirdnessMagnet The Freak Magnet]]", Paul Paton Jr. was once a mere photojournalist who, in a moment of daring, decided to take up his father's identity as "The Fox" and become a crimefighter to have a better means of getting stories. He couldn't find "the scoops" on his own, so he became The Fox to draw said scoops to him. Problem was that, before long, [[GoneHorriblyRight it worked]] ''[[GoneHorriblyRight too]]'' [[GoneHorriblyRight well]], [[WeirdnessMagnet to the point where he couldn't get the "stories" and "scoops" and overall weirdness and danger to leave him alone]].