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J.A.K.E. 1

Main article: G.I. Robot § J.A.K.E. 1

J.A.K.E. 2

Main article: G.I. Robot § J.A.K.E. 2

J.D. Eltham

J. Hubert Wellington

J.J. Brandon

J. Johnson

J. Morgan Bucksworth

J.P. Astor

J.P. Houston

Main article: Green Team (comics) § Membership

J.R. Ogden

J. Robert Arngri

J. Roger

J. Vander Wallace

J. Wilbur Wolfingham

Main article: List of Superman enemies § Foes of lesser renown

J. Wilkins

J'onn J'onzz

Main article: Martian Manhunter

J'onzz, Ma'alefa'ak

Main article: Ma'alefa'ak

Jack

Main article: Metal Men § Members

Jack B. Quick I

Main article: Champions of Angor § Origins

Jack B. Quick II

Main article: Tomorrow Stories § Overview

Jack Borden

Jack Bradley

Jack C. Small

Jack Daw

Main article: List of 100 Bullets characters § Jack Daw

Jack Drake

Main article: Jack Drake

Jack Edison

Main article: The Untold Legend of the Batman § Issue 3: The Man Behind The Mask!

Jack Gold

Main article: Night Force § Characters

Jack Green

Jack Grogan

Main article: List of Batman Family enemies § Corrupt cops and government officials

Jack Haly

Jack Haly (also known as C.C. Haly) is the ringmaster of Haly's Circus. When the circus came to Gotham City, Haly is confronted by Tony Zucco and Edward Skeevers who demand protection money from the Circus as well as the use of their trucks to transport drugs. When Mr. Haly refuses to give into their threats, Zucco and Skeevers sabotage the trapezes of the Circus' most popular act, the Flying Graysons. This causes the John and Mary to plunge to their deaths, leaving their son Dick Grayson orphaned. Afterwards, Mr. Haly paid the protection money to avoid further incidents. Bruce Wayne assists the Circus on behalf of Grayson, who he adopts, helping to expose Zucco's part in the tragedy and free the Circus from the threat.[1]

Jack Haly in other media

Jack Haly appears in the two-part Batman: The Animated Series episode "Robin's Reckoning" voiced by an uncredited Ed Gilbert. When Tony Zucco demands protection money from Mr. Haly, Tony Zucco sabotages the trapeze set which leads to the death of John and Mary Grayson. Haly allows Bruce to take Dick in since Zucco would go after the other performers. He and the rest of the circus performers see Dick off.

  • Jack Haley appears in the Young Justice episode "Fears", voiced by Stephen Root. Haly owned the circus, but he also performed as the ringmaster. He loved all the performers and considered them family and to young Dick Grayson, he was the closest thing to a grandfather. In 2006, crime boss Zucco tried to extort money from him. Haly refused as he ran an honest business, but it would cost him dearly. Zucco sabotaged the trapeze rig of the Flying Graysons, killing Dick's mother, father, aunt, and cousin and paralyzing Dick's uncle. Four years later, his European tour had several problems: a string of high-end technology robberies took place on exactly the same dates as the circus' shows in those cities, putting Haly and his acts under suspicion from Interpol agent King Faraday; and a "flu" (actually the effect of the Parasite's feeding process) went around among the performers, which caused Haly's top act to miss a show in Paris. Haly took on a new act, a trapeze team calling themselves the Daring Dangers (an alias used by the Team). Seeing the Daring Dangers in action made Haly realize that the youngest, Dan Danger, was actually his old star Dick Grayson. He looked at his performance and progress with a sense of pride. Haly dismissed Carlo and his brother's complaints about being dropped from the top slot in favor of the Daring Dangers and their assertion that the Dangers were not siblings as they claimed. When another robbery took place on the night of the show, King Faraday interrogated Haly again. Wishing to protect his own people, he lied to Faraday that he had done a bed check on all his performers. The Interpol agent made it clear that he would shut the circus down if he found out Haly was involved. As the circus left Bruges, Ray the Roustabout attacked Haly and tied him up. Haly was not discovered until the train was well underway to Geneva. Following the arrest of Parasite, the Dangers left the tour. Haly told Dan he knew all along who he really was and asked him to do one final performance, which the latter accepted.

Jack Haly makes a cameo in the final scenes of Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. His design is similar to the Young Justice version.

Jack Hatfield

Main article: The Authority (comics)

Jack Hawk

Jack Hawksmoor

Main article: Jack Hawksmoor (comics)

Jack Holdaway

Main article: Rose Walker § The Kindly Ones

Jack Horner

Main article: Jack Horner (Fables)

Jack Jordan

Main article: List of Green Lantern supporting characters

Jack Keenan

Jack Kennedy

Jack Lahana

Jack Nimball

Main article: Toyman § Jack Nimball

Jack O'Donnell

Jack of Clubs

Main article: Royal Flush Gang § First Gang: Clubs

Jack of Fire

Main article: The Pentacle § Membership

Jack of Spades I

Main article: Royal Flush Gang § Second Gang: Spades

Jack of Spades II

Main article: List of Secret Society of Super Villains members § Deceased members

Jack O'Lantern I

Main article: Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics) § Daniel Cormac

Jack O'Lantern II

Main article: Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics) § Marvin Noronsa

Jack O'Lantern III

Main article: Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics) § Liam McHugh

Jack Payton

Jack Ryder

Main article: Creeper (comics)

Jack Spade

Main article: Hijack (Jack Spade)

Jack Stark

Main article: Terror (Detective Comics 27)

Jack T. Chance

Main article: Jack T. Chance

Jack the Ripper

Main article: Jack the Ripper fiction § Comics

Jack Vanders

Jack Weston

Main article: Minute-Man

Jack Wyznowski

Main article: List of Checkmate members § Roster during Checkmate!

Jackal

Main article: Deathstroke § Origins

Jackhammer

Main article: Demolition Team § Members

Jackie Barnett

Jackie Johnson

Main article: Easy Company (comics) § "The Combat-Happy Joes"

Jackie Kennedy

Jacko

Jackson Dane

Main article: Dane (Wildstorm)

Jackson

Jackson Davies

Main article: Gotham City Police Department § Current roster

Jackson King

Main article: Battalion (Wildstorm)

Jackson Porter

Jackson Randell

Jackson "Rats-Eye" Drake

Main article: Jack Drake § Other versions

Jackson, Bearclaw

Jackon, Belle

Main article: Hero Hotline § Day shift

Jackson, Frank

Jackson, Leon

Jaclyn

Main article: List of Green Lanterns § Teen Lanterns

Jacob Ashe

Main article: Cinder and Ashe § Plot summary

Jacob Kane

Jacob Kane is a fictional character appearing American comic books published by DC Comics.

Jacob Kane and his wife Gabrielle Kane both had careers as soldiers in the U.S. Army (he a member of the 3rd Special Forces Group and she part of the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade), and are the parents of Kate Kane and Beth Kane.[2] The Kanes are Jewish[3][4][5] and Jacob Kane inherited vast wealth along with his other siblings.[6] Bette Kane (the superheroine known as Flamebird, and later Hawkfire) is his niece[7][3] and Bruce Wayne is his nephew, since Martha Kane Wayne was Jacob's sister.[8][9]

Jacob Kane is promoted to colonel and assigned to NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. When the twins turned 12 years old, their mother took them to a restaurant for a birthday dessert, despite Jacob being away due to a security crisis. A terrorist group (later revealed to be the organization known as the "Many Arms of Death"[10]) kidnapped the family during their trip, and Col. Kane led a rescue mission to save them. During the raid, Gabrielle was murdered by the terrorists.[2][11] The terrorists kidnapped another young girl and murdered her too. Kate, seeing the body of a young girl under a blanket, is left with the impression her sister died. Col. Kane, however, knew that the terrorists had Beth. Despite looking for years, Col. Kane never found Beth.[4] He never told Kate that Beth might still be alive.[12] Col. Kane remarries years later to Hamilton Rifle Company heiress Catherine Hamilton, who becomes Kate's stepmother.[4][13]

Jacob's emotional steadiness proved to be a major source of stability for Kate in the aftermath of the tragedy, and she sought to emulate that for herself and follow him into Army service, which Jacob supported.[14] Thanks to his higher rank, Jacob was able to be more present in Kate's life during this time. He taught Kate how to box when she was a teenager, accompanied her to R-Day at West Point when she was an incoming freshman, and is implied to have given Kate ringside coaching during an academy championship boxing match that helped her win the fight.[15][14][16] Kate's resignation from the academy due to DADT allegations took Jacob by surprise, but he immediately accepted her when she came out to him.[17]

After Kate became a vigilante, Jacob aided her campaign against crime by organizing her training, designing her Batwoman suit and gear, developing her operational headquarters, and maintaining radio contact with her during patrols to provide information and advice.[4]

The Alice persona kidnaps Col. Kane,[3][18] who immediately recognizes as his now-grown daughter Beth,[12] and uses him to gain access to a military base near Gotham City. She seizes chemical weapons from the base and intends to kill everyone in the city by dispersing them from an aircraft.[18] Alice falls into Gotham Bay during her final battle with Batwoman after revealing her identity, and is again presumed dead.

In 2011, DC Comics rebooted the DC universe through "The New 52." Jacob's history of losing his wife and what happened to Beth remains intact, as well as his support for Kate's campaign as Batwoman. In addition, the New 52 establishes that an informal group of Jacob's closest friends within the special operations community, known as the Murder of Crows, were the ones Jacob assembled to conduct Kate's Batwoman training.[19]

Jacob Kane in other media

Jacob Kane appears in Batwoman portrayed by Dougray Scott.[20] After a car accident that caused the death of his wife, Jacob worked to look for Beth. After fishing Beth out of the river, August Cartwright had to cover up the fact that he had Beth when Jacob heard her call by stating that his son Jonathan "Mouse" Cartwright was matching her voice. In addition, Jacob Kane's second wife Catherine Hamilton-Kane used DNA analysts and the skull fragments of a deer to make Jacob think that Beth is dead. Shortly after the tragedy, Jacob founded Crows Security to help protect Gotham City, with Catherine acting as a financier.

Jacob Kane appears in Batman: Bad Blood, voiced by Geoff Pierson. His history of losing his wife to terrorists remains intact. After Batman's supposed death, Kate speaks with her father and states that she feels responsible for Batman's apparent death.

Jacob Krigstein

Java

Java is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Java is the Neanderthal servant of Simon Stagg. He was first discovered by fortune hunter Rex Mason and revived by the scientific wizardry of Stagg Enterprises. Java was present the day that Mason discovered the Orb of Ra inside the pyramid of Ahk-Ton in Egypt. The Orb was responsible for transforming Rex Mason into the metamorphae known as Metamorpho the Element Man after Java knocked out Rex Mason in the presence of it.[21]

For years, Java lusted after Simon's daughter Sapphire Stagg, but was unable to win her heart because she was in love with Metamorpho. This bred a bitter rivalry between the two; one that persisted for many years. Java even risked his life once to save Sapphire from a melting skyscraper, and was transformed into a petrified fossil for his actions. Stagg's scientific prowess saved his life and returned him to normal.[22]

During a time when Metamorpho was believed to be dead, Sapphire relented to Java's persistent advances and married him. Java became the father figure to Sapphire and Rex's mutant son, Joey. Java was not an inherently evil individual, but his moral base had been compromised due to his constant exposure to the unscrupulous Simon Stagg. He was also extremely selfish when it came to his wants and desires. When Rex abducted Joey from Stagg Mansion, Java flew into a rage and was determined to kill him. Even Simon's command over him could not quell Java's emotions. Frustrated by the Neanderthal's rare act of defiance, Simon Stagg shot him in the head, seemingly killing him.[23]

Java did not remain dead for long however. The means behind his resurrection are unknown, but he was seen once again several years later attending the funeral of Metamorpho (who at the time was believed to be dead).[24]

During the "Brightest Day" storyline, Java was with Simon Stagg at his Canadian estate at the time when Metamorpho persuaded him to help him and the Outsiders get back into the United States. Later that night, Java pays Metamorpho a visit while he was sleeping. For some reason, Java still had the Orb of Ra in his possession. Java uses the orb to knock Metamorpho around until Metamorpho becomes unconscious.[25] Java then takes Metamorpho's body down to Simon Stagg's lab where he plans to merge him with Chemo. It doesn't go well as Java calls in Simon Stagg's servant Freight Train to help stop it. Freight Train manages to use an electrical wire which causes Chemo to vomit out Metamorpho.[26] Simon Stagg later placed Java's mind into the body of a Shaggy Man which was defeated by Freight Train.[27]

In 2011, "The New 52" rebooted the DC universe. Java's history with Simon Stagg and Rex Mason remains the same.[28]

Java was present when Simon Stagg had opened a portal to the Dark Multiverse and is trying to close it with Metamorpho who was transmuted to Nth Metal.[29] He is present when Mister Terrific, Plastic Man, Metamorpho, and Phantom Girl return from the Dark Multiverse.[30]

Java possesses super-strength.

Java in other media

Java makes appearance in the two-part Justice League episode "Metamorphosis", voiced by Richard Moll. Like the comics, Java serves as Stagg's assistant. After an unsuccessful presentation of his new "Metamorpho" project, Stagg ordered Java to transport valuable mutagen samples by train. He was told not to let the briefcase out of his sight, but one of the attendants checked it into the luggage compartment, citing regulations. One of the vials broke, damaging the carriage and causing it to derail until the train was stopped by Green Lantern. Stagg reprimanded Java for this failure, as it drew unwarranted attention to his operations. True enough, Stagg hadn't finished when Rex Mason inquired about Java's presence on the train. This and the fact that Mason was seeing Stagg's daughter Sapphire led him to test out the Metamorpho project on Mason. The morning after, Java accompanied Stagg to Mason's hospital room. After learning what had happened, Rex went mad, but Java could not stop him. He was knocked out with a bed pan. Following Mason's trail, Stagg was eager to get pictures of everything. He used it to pit Mason against his old friend John Stewart. After reviewing the success of his designs in battle, he sat back to consider the military applications, but Mason caught on to him and easily dispatched Java. Down but not out, Java reached for a canister of liquid nitrogen and froze him. Java oversaw Stagg's attempts to refine the Metamorpho mutagen when Metamorpho barged into the lab. This time, Mason went straight for the nitrogen. He knocked Java into a cabinet. In Mason's fight with Stagg, a giant synthetic creature was released, which destroyed half the laboratory. Java was able to get out before Green Lantern and Batman investigated the place.

Java appears in The Flash episode "Fastest Man Alive", portrayed by Michasha Armstrong. This version is an African-American who is the head of security for Stagg Enterprises. Danton Black paid him off so that he can attack Simon Stagg at a university gathering that was honoring him. Later on, Danton Black tried to get Java to grant him access to Simon Stagg's house. Java refused and punched Danton when he threatened him. In retaliation, Danton multiplies and beats Java to death.

Javelin

Main article: Javelin (DC Comics)

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  1. ^ Detective Comics #38. DC Comics.
  2. ^ a b Detective Comics #858 (December 2009). DC Comics.
  3. ^ a b c Detective Comics #856 (October 2009). DC Comics.
  4. ^ a b c d Detective Comics #860 (February 2010). DC Comics.
  5. ^ DCU Infinite Holiday Special (February 2007); Detective Comics #977 (May 2018). DC Comics.
  6. ^ Batman Incorporated Vol. 1 #4 (April 2011). DC Comics.
  7. ^ Detective Comics #854 (August 2009). DC Comics.
  8. ^ Batwoman Vol. 2 #25 (January 2014). DC Comics.
  9. ^ Batwoman Vol. 3 #13 (May 2018). DC Comics.
  10. ^ Batwoman Vol. 3 #15 (July 2018). DC Comics
  11. ^ Batwoman: Rebirth (April 2017). DC Comics
  12. ^ a b Batwoman Vol. 2 #0 (January 2011). DC Comics.
  13. ^ Detective Comics #855 (September 2009). DC Comics.
  14. ^ a b Bawoman #0 (September 2012)
  15. ^ Batwoman #6 (February 2012)
  16. ^ Batwoman: Rebirth #1 (February 2017)
  17. ^ Detective Comics #859 (January 2010)
  18. ^ a b Detective Comics #857 (November 2009). DC Comics.
  19. ^ Batwoman Vol. 2 #0. DC Comics.
  20. ^ Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (February 19, 2019). "'Batwoman': Dougray Scott To Star in CW Pilot; Marcos Siega Steps in For David Nutter As Director". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  21. ^ Metamorpho Vol. 2 #1. DC Comics.
  22. ^ Metamorpho #1. DC Comics.
  23. ^ JLA #5. DC Comics.
  24. ^ Brave and the Bold #57 (January 1965). DC Comics.
  25. ^ Outsiders Vol. 4 #30. DC Comics.
  26. ^ Outsiders Vol. 4 #31. DC Comics.
  27. ^ Outsiders Vol. 4 #35. DC Comics.
  28. ^ Legends of Tomorrow #1. DC Comics.
  29. ^ The Terrifics #1. DC Comics.
  30. ^ The Terrifics #2. DC Comics.
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