When discussing the creation of the character, Levitz recalled: "Carmine had literally had stuck his head in and said, 'Joe, I need two more sword and sorcery books.

Stalker eventually fights his way to the demon god in the depths of that dimension's netherworld, and defeats him, only to discover that the deity has already used up the energies of the traded soul.

The only way to get his soul back would be to end the existence of that dimension's supreme deity, a solution which could only occur after the abolishment of all war.

This storyline suggested that all DC "heroic fantasy" worlds were creations of Jim Rook (Nightmaster)'s mind, but this has been contradicted since.

2) #1, and as a recurring theme in a retroactive story featuring the Justice Society of America at the end of World War II, the so-called "JSA Returns" event.

[volume & issue needed] In DC's 2011 relaunch of its continuity, The New 52, Stalker (by Marc Andreyko and Andrei Bressan) is reintroduced to The New 52 universe as a back-up feature in Sword of Sorcery.

A futuristic, African incarnation of Stalker appears in media set in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU), voiced by Carl Lumbly.

[10] This version is a former big game hunter and poacher who underwent experimental surgery to restore his back after being injured by a panther and gained enhanced physical abilities.

Introduced in Batman Beyond, Stalker later makes a minor appearance in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Epilogue" as a member of the Iniquity Collective.