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Evan McCone
Evan McCone is recorded in 1 distinct story.
Chief Hunter for the Games, pursuing Ben and accompanying him aboard the aircraft. Comparisons to Hoover and Himmler are not genealogical claims.
Also recorded as Chief Hunter, McCone, Mr. Chief Hunter.
Stories and supporting passages
The Running Man
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It was supposed to strike fear into his heart. He was not surprised to find that it did strike fear into his heart. Evan McCone was the Chief Hunter. A direct descendant of J. Edgar Hoover and Heinrich Himmler, he thought. The personification of the steel inside the Network’s cathode glove.
The narrator explicitly identifies McCone by name and role. The following comparison describes his authoritarian function rather than proving descent.
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McCone confronts Killian over Ben while Donahue trains a weapon on McCone in the aircraft cabin.