| Jack Hawksmoor | |
 Jenny Sparks : The Secret History of the Authority #3 (of 5). Art by John McCrea and James Hodgkins, giving the origin of Jack Hawksmoor. John McCrea (born 1966 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Comic book Artist best known for his collaborations with writer Garth Ennis |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Wildstorm |
| First appearance | Stormwatch # 37 |
| Created by | Warren Ellis |
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| Alter ego | Jack Hawksmoor |
| Team affiliations | The Authority Stormwatch Black |
| Abilities | A vast array of powers linked to a city environment. WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, (sometimes rendered Wildstorm) is a publishing Imprint and studio of American Comic book In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Stormwatch is a Fictional Warren Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of Comics Novels and Television, well known for sociocultural The Authority is a Superhero Comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint Stormwatch is a Fictional |
Jack Hawksmoor is a fictional comic book character whose adventures are published by Wildstorm Productions. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, (sometimes rendered Wildstorm) is a publishing Imprint and studio of American Comic book
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Character history
Jack Hawksmoor is the "King of Cities". He was repeatedly abducted and surgically modified by aliens as a child, as a result of which he is linked to whatever city he finds himself in. Alien Discussions Proceedings of the Abduction Study Conference. Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. These aliens modified Hawksmoor to provide him with the ability to combat a threat from the distant future, a gestalt being that was the entire city of Kansas City from the 70th century. The 7th millennium is a period of time that will begin on January 1, 6001 and will end on December 31, 7000 Hawksmoor defeated the being by merging with -- and transforming -- the city of Tokyo into a giant humanoid being, battling and destroying the invader. (Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of The Authority #3)
Jack Hawksmoor began quietly fighting crime in the city, later moving to strike higher, at politicians and corporations. Jenny Sparks, also known as "The Spirit of the 20th century" is a Fictional character in the Wildstorm Comic book universe created by The Authority is a Superhero Comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint He caught the attention of Stormwatch's Henry Bendix, who offered him a place in Stormwatch Black, the covert operations team of Stormwatch, alongside Jenny Sparks and Swift. Henry Bendix, also known as Weatherman, is a fictional character in the Wildstorm universe. Stormwatch is a Fictional Jenny Sparks, also known as "The Spirit of the 20th century" is a Fictional character in the Wildstorm Comic book universe created by Swift ( Shen Li-Min) is a Fictional Comic book Superhero in the Wildstorm universe, published by DC Comics. Hawksmoor helped remove power-mad, super-powered cops, stop biological warfare in a small American city, solve the murder of ex-Stormwatch member Undertow and he personally fought and killed the insane, murderous, illegitimate son of a revered American President.
Jack had a tough time with Stormwatch, as the organization's flying fortress was simply not large enough in order to support his unique biological systems. Medical assistance was not very helpful.
Hawksmoor was part of the mission against the Changers, a super-powered group out to change the world. The Changers are a Fictional group of super-heroes published by Wildstorm an imprint of DC Comics. During this mission, he was forced to kill fellow teammate Rose Tattoo in order to stop her from murdering. Rose Tattoo is the name of two characters owned by Wildstorm Productions, an independent Imprint of DC Comics. The peace failed, as all the Changers ended up murdered or dead.
After Stormwatch was destroyed by alien life-forms, Hawksmoor went into hiding with Jenny Sparks and Swift. There they recruited Apollo, Midnighter, the Engineer and the Doctor, the latter two being spiritual successors of two of the members of the Changers.
This team later became The Authority, who formed after a devastating supervillain attack on Moscow. The Authority is a Superhero Comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint This was where Jack learned his powers had increased, bonding him to cities much faster than usual. For example, Moscow let him know she was hurting through a painful nosebleed.
The Authority operated on a ship called The Carrier, which was large enough to qualify as a city, thus keeping Jack healthy. The Carrier is the fictional base of operations of The Authority, a Wildstorm Comics superteam
After helping in various invasions, such as from Sliding Albion and God's own worms, Jack was there when Jenny's unique life came to an end. He inherited leadership of the team, leading it through many more dimension-crossing misadventures. He helped assert the team's independence, even once threatening Bill Clinton. For a while, when the team was replaced by evil forces, he lived as a brain-damaged homeless bum, unable to convince anyone who he was. He was rescued by his teammates and restored to his normal self.
The team broke up in 2005 and was restored in 2008 by Jenny Quantum. Jenny Quantum (also known as Jenny Quarx) is a Fictional Comic book Superhero in the Wildstorm Universe published by DC Jack still completely subscribes to the team ideology to fight for a finer world, no matter what it takes.
Despite his deformed genitals (which had made a Secret Service agent vomit), Jack is a womanizer, and he has an open on/off relationship with the Engineer. The Engineer is the name of two comic book characters in the Wildstorm universe
It is noteworthy that Jack used to consider killing a last resort. When he was fighting the bastard child of an American President mentioned above, he said "Damn you for making me do this, you filthy bastard" just before hanging him. With tears welling in his eyes, he asks Stormwatch control to teleport him out of the place.
Alternate versions
In an alternate reality, Jack became Stormwatch's Weatherman. Even though this alternate Jack was slowly having his alien parts removed, he still had many powers, such as being able to detect the atoms-wide dimensional breach the regular Stormwatch was using to spy on him.
In another, Jack was female and pregnant. Jack Hawksmoor actually met this version during an evacuation while the earth was in peril.
Abilities
He is physically unable to survive outside of an urban environment for long; however, when he is within an urban environment, he has vast, poorly-defined superpowers linked to the city, such as superhuman agility and strength, and telepathic control, such as animation and possession, of infrastructure and architecture, and allowing him to experience precognition and psychometry as if he and the city were one being. A superpower is a State with a leading position in the international system and the ability to Influence events and project power on a worldwide scale A superhuman is an entity with intelligence or abilities exceeding normal human standards Agility is the ability to change the body's position, and requires a combination of Balance, coordination, Speed, Reflexes, and Superhuman strength, also called super strength, super-strength or enhanced strength, is an ability commonly utilized in Fiction. Infrastructure typically refers to the technical structures that support a society such as Roads Water supply, Wastewater, Power grids The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation Precognition (from the Latin præ- “prior to” + cognitio “a getting to know” denotes a form of Extrasensory perception where in a person is said to perceive Psychometry ( Greek: ψυχή psukhē, "spirit soul" + μέτρον metron, "measure" is a form of Extra-sensory perception In one instance, he was able to wear the city of Tokyo as a "suit of armor. " Jack treats individual cities as if each were their own being. Jack does not need to eat, as he can convert air pollution into nourishment. Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of Chemicals Particulate matter, or Biological materials that cause harm or discomfort He can also transport between cities, originally inside a "womb"-like construct, though this may have changed. The uterus (from the Latin word for womb) is the major Female reproductive organ of most Mammals including Humans One end the Also, he doesn't always estimate the time for womb-transport correctly.
Jack tends to use the artificial transporter mechanisms of his team's headquarters to facillitate transport from city to city. Wildstorm Summer Special.
His powers and weaknesses are entirely symbiotic; the larger or more populous the city, the greater his abilities; and, conversely, if the city is damaged, he becomes less effective or develops an injury. Jack has been shown commanding cities to literally swallow people whole, sometimes Jack has caused parts of the city to erupt, damaging enemies.
Appearance
Even though there is almost nothing left inside him that could be considered human, he is visibly distinguished only by his red pupils, horribly deformed (and never shown to the reader) genitals and ribbed/metallic (depending on the artist) soles of his feet (the latter has the deliberate result that he does not need to wear shoes, hence he can go barefoot and always be in contact with the city's streets and sidewalks). The pupil is the hole that is located in the center of the iris of the eye and that controls the amount of light that enters the Eye. A shoe is an item of Footwear. Shoes may vary from a simple Flip-flop to a complex Boot.
He is named after Spring Heeled Jack and the baroque architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. British English --> Spring Heeled Jack (also Springheel Jack, Spring-heel Jack, etc is a character from English folklore Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 - 25 March 1736) was a British Architect born to a humble family in Nottinghamshire
Jack Hawksmoor is one of the superheroes without costumes, although he is usually dressed in a stylish black suit with a white shirt. His clothing and haircut are similar to that of Johnny Bates from Miracleman. Miracleman, originally known as Marvelman in his native United Kingdom, is a fictional Comic book Superhero created in 1954 by
Genesis
The concept of Jack Hawksmoor came from the observation that almost all superheroes usually operate in a city - possibly because large buildings such as skyscrapers provide a sense of scale to the actions of superheroes such as flying or fighting large monsters. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper A monster is any of a large number of Legendary creatures which usually appear in Mythology, Legend, or Horror fiction. Some of his powers (superhuman agility and the apparent ability to stick to walls) are based on the classic urban superhero Spider-Man. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
References
- Jack Hawksmoor at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
- Jack Hawksmoor at the Comic Book DB