Crackerjack

Crackerjack © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Active Real Name: unknown Earliest Appearance: 1991 Base of Operations: Astro City His main HQ is suspected to be somewhere in the Northside Communities Personal Data Aliases: Eugene Wallace InfoDump Appearances (in Publication Order): Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #5, 6 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #1, 4, 5, 6, 21 Astro City: Local Heroes #1 Astro City #1, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21 Event Timeline 1995/12/12     Current Crackerjack Captures Possible Criminals. 1995/12/12     Current Techsperts Hitting Museums Again. 1995/12/12     Current Crackerjack rescues Mr. Bridwell from a boarding house fire. 1995/12/12     Current Mr. Bridwell Watches an Encounter Between One of the Scavenger People and the Irregulars. 1995/12/12     Current Mr. Bridwell chooses Crackerjack to be the final arbiter in his decision to invade earth. 1995/12/12     Current Crackerjack Catches Steel Devil Robbing an ATM Kiosk. 1995/12/12     Current Crackerjack Passes Jack-In-The-Box On Patrol. 1996/01     Current An Avalance In Montana. 1996/09     Current During Thunderhead's 'Tantrum' in Astro City, Jack-in-the-Box stops a pair of looters.. 1997     Dialog Clash between Dr. Saturday and Crackerjack. 2003     Current Sweet Adelines Rob Sprang Museum. 2004/10     Current Omnius Rex/Danielle Battles Honor Guard. 2013/06     Current Broken Man Confides Why He Can't Use Certain People to Unlock the Mystery behind the Doors. 2015/03     Current Quarrel Inspects New Costume Upgrades at N.R.Gistics, Inc.. Crackerjack "He depends on luck, he is jealous of others, he does sloppy work, he steals credit for the achievements of others" -- the Enelsian, Mr. Bridwell "A daring and agile crimefighter, Crackerjack is noted for his theatrical sense of showmanship and for his deep appreciation of his own sense of humor." -- Astro City Visitor's Guide History According to Mr. Bridwell's reconnaissance data, Crackerjack first "debuted" in 1991. In general his early years are a mystery, not yet recounted in the pages of Astro City comics. Just a few years later, at the time of Mr. Bridwell's reconnaissance work for the alien race known as the Enelsians, Crackerjack had already established himself as a popular if not brash public defender. For a time, his private identity was that of a struggling actor named Eugene Wallace. In his boarding room residence, he kept a number of accoutrements, wigs and fake IDs, indicating that he has concocted several private identities, some possibly in use concurrently. The Eugene Wallace identity was abandoned when the housing complex was destroyed in a fire. Powers His physical skills are impressive and quite acrobatic in nature. He keeps himself in top physical condition, but there is no apparent references to suggest he possesses extraordinary powers bestowed through freaks of nature, radioactive exposure, DNA manipulation, or mutation. At least not to date. Equipment He carries a baton whose round tip can be fired off at the end of a line. It mechanisms behave in a manner similar to a grappling hook. Crackerjack often uses this feature of his baton to line-swing across Astro City. Observations Though the super-heroic community has a low opinion of him, he nonetheless has a somewhat impressive track record and is certainly popular with the public at large. He has what appears to be an on-again off-again romantic relationship with Quarrel.