Jack of Spades

Real Name: Jack of Spades

Identity/Class: Seemingly mystical entity

Occupation: Dispenser of justice

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Wilson Dorn, Alexia Dorn

Enemies: Lin Tung, Hawkmen (Wasso, Bosco, Lotho, others), Mercuro, El Karel

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile

First Appearance: Tops Comics#2001 (Consolidated, 1944)

Powers/Abilities: Expert fighter and extremely agile and acrobatic. Apparently able to leap long distances (see comments). He is extremely durable, able to withstand a direct short range blast from a disintegrator gun. He can vanish into and emerge from decks of cards, taking on "his paper form."

Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed 
Hair: Unrevealed, possibly none

Summary: Whenever trouble erupted near a deck of cards, Jack of Spades would appear from the deck to defeat those responsible.

History:

Comments: Created by Albert and Florence Magarian.

  He only appeared in one issue, but it contained two stories. In his first story Jack of Spades uses his cloak to anchor himself before leaping after someone falling from a building, suggesting he can't fly. However in his second tale when he has to escape a burning ship while carrying someone, he somehow makes it a considerable distance to the nearest island, the home of the Hawkmen who had to get from the ship to the island by flying, and we later see him moving through the air alongside flying Hawkmen as they depart the island again. Since the story says Jack "leaps into the air" in the first instance he may be leaping (like the Hulk, or early Superman) rather than flying.

Appearance checklist (not including reprints): Tops Comics#2001

CLARIFICATIONS:
Jack of Spades should not be confused with:

• any other "Jack" or "Spade" characters

First Posted: Circa 27/09/2004
Last updated: 27/05/2023

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