Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics)

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Jack O'Lantern
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Jack O'Lantern from the cover of Justice League Europe #30.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance (I) Super Friends #8 (November 1977)
(II) Justice League Europe Annual #1 (1990)
Justice League Quarterly #14 (spring 1994)
Created by(I) E. Nelson Bridwell, Ramona Fradon
(III) Steven T. Seagle, Ken Hooper
In-story information
Alter egoDaniel Cormac
Marvin Noronsa
Liam McHugh
Team affiliations(I) Global Guardians
(III) Primal Force
Ultramarine Corps
Abilities(I, II) Mystical lantern provides flight, flame projection, teleportation, illusion casting, enhanced strength, fog creation
(III) Has internalized the powers of the lantern used by his predecessors

Jack O'Lantern is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Contents

Fictional character biography

Daniel Cormac

The first Jack O'Lantern is Daniel Cormac of Ireland, who was born to a poor farmer who was granted a magic lantern by an Irish fairy. Cormac is a member of the Global Guardians, an international group of superheroes. [1] His first recorded mission in Super Friends #8 was to help Green Lantern dismantle a bomb in Ireland. [2] He appears in three solo back up stories in Super Friends issues #37, #40 and #44.

Cormac's first appearance in the mainstream DC Comics universe is DC Comics Presents #46, helping Superman find an ancient ruin in Ireland. He is later seen as part of a group of heroes from Ireland and England trying to save the world in the Crisis on Infinite Earths .

When the United Nations decide to fund the Justice League International, the Global Guardians find themselves without financial support, and disband. Cormac subsequently joins Rumaan Harjavti's army in Bialya. [3] After Harjavti is killed by the Queen Bee, Jack voluntarily joins forces with the villainess in taking over the world. He is left dying in a sewer after a battle with the Justice League. [4] He is found alive by his girlfriend Owlwoman in Justice League Quarterly issues #6 - #8 when the two heroes are found by Doctor Mist. They take a major part in reuniting the Global Guardians and fight with Sonar against the Justice League in Justice League Europe issues #49 and #50. Afterwards, Jack dies of natural causes. [5]

Marvin Noronsa

Marvin Noronsa is a native of Bialya who takes over the Jack O'Lantern identity at Queen Bee's behest. Noronsa is able to use Cormac's mystical lantern only after Queen Bee modifies it. [6] Noronsa is killed in an explosion caused by Sumaan Harjavti in Justice League America #55 (October 1991).

Liam McHugh

More recently, Cormac's cousin Liam McHugh takes up the mantle of Jack O'Lantern. An Irish freedom fighter who wields a mystical jack o'lantern and is blessed with incredible agility, McHugh has fought evil in various arenas over the past few years. He was a member of the Leymen (Primal Force) and later joined the Ultramarine Corps in Superbia. He appears in three solo stories in Justice League Quarterly #14, 15 and 17. He became a member of Dr. Mist's Leymen in Primal Force #0, appearing in every issue until the book was cancelled with issue #14. Liam is last seen as a member of the Ultramarine Corps in JLA #26 and JLA Classified #1-3.

Powers and abilities

Daniel Cormac and Marvin Noronsa have a mystical lantern that gives them the power of flight, flame projection, teleportation, illusion casting, enhanced strength, and the ability to create fogs. The power of the lantern is at its weakest at noon, and gradually increases to its peak at midnight.

Liam McHugh has found a way to internalize the powers of the mystical lantern, and no longer needs to carry it.

In other media

The Marvin Noronsa incarnation of Jack O'Lantern appears in Powerless , portrayed by Kimani Ray Smith. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Global Guardians", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 138, ISBN   978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC   213309017
  2. ↑ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 156. ISBN   978-1-4654-5357-0.
  3. ↑ Justice League International #8, #9, #16, #17 and #27.
  4. ↑ Captain Atom Annual #2, Justice League Europe #2-4.
  5. ↑ Revealed in Primal Force #0.
  6. ↑ Justice League Europe #29-30; Justice League #53 - 55.
  7. ↑ "TV Pilot Tuesday! – Powerless". 23 February 2016.
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