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===Jack Johnson=== | ===Jack Johnson=== | ||
− | Jack Johnson worked as an engineer for the toy company WhamCo in the 1960s. Though incredibly talented, he was paid only a fraction of what his white peers were. When he realized WhamCo was using his designs to create underworld weaponry, he went to police but was only met with disbelief. Furthermore, to silence him, WhamCo kidnapped his father. Jack created the Jack-in-the-Box get-up to rescue his father and bring his former employers to justice. He went on to have a lengthy and storied run as a superhero. | + | Jack Johnson worked as an engineer for the toy company [[WhamCo]] in the 1960s. Though incredibly talented, he was paid only a fraction of what his white peers were. When he realized WhamCo was using his designs to create underworld weaponry, he went to police but was only met with disbelief. Furthermore, to silence him, WhamCo kidnapped his father. Jack created the Jack-in-the-Box get-up to rescue his father and bring his former employers to justice. He went on to have a lengthy and storied run as a superhero. |
He died in 1983, while fighting the Weirdies, when he was caught in an enormous explosion that destroyed most of [[Torres Island]]. He left behind a wife and son, Zachary. | He died in 1983, while fighting the Weirdies, when he was caught in an enormous explosion that destroyed most of [[Torres Island]]. He left behind a wife and son, Zachary. | ||
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In 1989, Jack's widow passed away. While going through his parents' possessions, Zachary discovered his father's equipment and secret journals, and thus learned of the man's secret alter ego. He was torn by the revelation, unable to help feeling that his father, by risking his life as a superhero, had chosen helping strangers over being there for his family. Zach adopted the Jack-in-the-Box identity in order to bring down the Underlord, the Weirdies' employer. | In 1989, Jack's widow passed away. While going through his parents' possessions, Zachary discovered his father's equipment and secret journals, and thus learned of the man's secret alter ego. He was torn by the revelation, unable to help feeling that his father, by risking his life as a superhero, had chosen helping strangers over being there for his family. Zach adopted the Jack-in-the-Box identity in order to bring down the Underlord, the Weirdies' employer. | ||
− | By 1995, Zach was the owner and CEO of his own toy company, the small-but-growing Z.J. Toys, and married to Tamra | + | By 1995, Zach was the owner and CEO of his own toy company, the small-but-growing [[Z.J. Toys]], and married to [[Tamra Dix]]on, a news anchor. He was a successful superhero in his own right. He had befriended the [[Trouble Boys]], who would sometimes help him in his adventures. |
− | One night, unbeknownst to Zach, the small-time [["Eyes" Eisenstein]] secretly saw him take off his mask. Eyes considered profiting from this knowledge but over time became too paranoid to tell anyone. ("[[A Little Knowledge]]") | + | One night, unbeknownst to Zach, the small-time [[Andrew Eisenstein|"Eyes" Eisenstein]] secretly saw him take off his mask. Eyes considered profiting from this knowledge but over time became too paranoid to tell anyone. ("[[A Little Knowledge]]") |
In 1997, Zach encountered three time travelers from the future, each a possible future version of his own son, as yet unborn in the present. They revealed that his death was in the near future. [[Box|Two]] [[The Jackson|versions]] of his son were twisted, monstrous mirror images of Jack-in-the-Box and the third an ordinary individual, but all three were men who had been deeply scarred and haunted by the absence of their father growing up. Not wanting to leave his future child fatherless as his own father inadvertently did to him, Zach passed on the Jack-in-the-Box identity to Roscoe James (see below). | In 1997, Zach encountered three time travelers from the future, each a possible future version of his own son, as yet unborn in the present. They revealed that his death was in the near future. [[Box|Two]] [[The Jackson|versions]] of his son were twisted, monstrous mirror images of Jack-in-the-Box and the third an ordinary individual, but all three were men who had been deeply scarred and haunted by the absence of their father growing up. Not wanting to leave his future child fatherless as his own father inadvertently did to him, Zach passed on the Jack-in-the-Box identity to Roscoe James (see below). |
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