Who Is Adam Hauptman? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Adam Hauptman is a Creator-Owned comic book character, with over 13 comic issue appearances. Adam Hauptman is the Alpha of the Columbia Basin Pack.

Who is Adam Hauptman?

An Army Ranger in Vietnam, he and his entire unit were attacked by a mad werewolf even though, apparently there are very few weres in Asia. The entire unit was slaughtered except Adam and one other, David Christiansen, but both were so seriously wounded they were shipped home. Luckily for Adam, while recovering (at exceptional speed) at Walter Reed another soldier recognized the signs that he was going to change into a werewolf. Unluckily for David Christiansen he returned home to find that his wife had been cheating on him and greeted him practically at his door with divorce papers, exacerbating his Change and causing his first Change to be a bloody massacre of his wife and her lover in front of his own children. Both hate that they're now "monsters". At some point after Adam became an Alpha, he married (not mated) with Christy and they had a daughter, Jessica "Jesse" Tamarind Hauptman, whi is 14 at the beginning of the first Mercy Thompson novel. Christy as a classic narcissist makes a horrible mother, but Adam's protective instincts, which make him such a good Alpha, also make him an excellent father. In the books, Adam and his pack moved to the Tri-Cities some time after Mercy .

Key facts

Adam Hauptman is of human origin and first appeared in "Chapter One: Wolf At The Door!". The character is published by Creator-Owned. With 13 recorded issue appearances, Adam Hauptman ranks among the most featured characters in comics.