Real
Name: Alfie "Jumbo" Johnson
General Jumbo
Real
Name: Alfie "Jumbo" Johnson
Identity/Class: Human technology user
Occupation: School boy, Professor Carter's assistant
Affiliations: Professor Carter
Enemies: Unknown
Known Relatives: None known
Aliases: Admiral Jumbo
Base of Operations: Dinchester
First Appearance: Beano #584 (D.C.Thomson, 26 September 1953- 11th October 1975); Nutty (1980-81), Buddy (?)
Powers/Abilities: A large variety of miniature troops and vehicles. Jumbo controls these with a wrist device.
History: Twelve year old Alfie Johnson of Dinchester, nicknamed Jumbo by his friends because of his plump, hefty figure, followed his football over a wall. On the other side he is attacked by a tiny RAF jet and a squadron of small tanks, part of an experimental mini-robot army being built by the inventor Professor Carter. When he subsequently saves the Professor from being run over by a bus, Carter rewarded Alfie with the position of General of his remote control army.
Comments:
Created by Paddy Brennan.
General Jumbo was also known as Admiral Jumbo at one point, when he was also given control of a fleet of tiny ships (see below right).
One of the
illustrators of the original Beano Jumbo was Paddy Brennan. Thanks to Jim
Croasdale for additional information on the artist for this character, and
Jim Clay for providing information confirming his correct first name (there
were conflicting sources).
When Alan Moore was writing Captain Britain, a version of General Jumbo (called Colonel Tusker) was seen being killed by the Fury. |
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He
also cameod very briefly in Zenith as one of the dead heroes of Earth 666.
Greg Ash informs me that "As you can imagine, General Jumbo has also been parodied by VIZ. The strip was called "General Jubblies". In it, the character had a radio controlled army but they weren't soldiers, they were robot copies of Charlie Dimmocks' breasts! In the story, the Mayor is being bothered by an elderly gentleman who wants to complain about something or other. The General heroically saves him by ordering his Robotic Norks to bounce up and down and give the gent a heart attack."
Most recently a version of him, General Tubbs, has turned up in Jack Staff.
CLARIFICATIONS: None
Any Additions/Corrections? Please let me know.
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