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Jack Johnson worked as an engineer for the toy company [[WhamCo]] in the 1960s. Though incredibly talented, he was paid only a fraction of what his white peers were. When he realized WhamCo was using his designs to create underworld weaponry, he went to police but was only met with disbelief. Furthermore, to silence him, WhamCo kidnapped his father. Jack created the Jack-in-the-Box get-up to rescue his father and bring his former employers to justice. He went on to have a lengthy and storied run as a superhero. | Jack Johnson worked as an engineer for the toy company [[WhamCo]] in the 1960s. Though incredibly talented, he was paid only a fraction of what his white peers were. When he realized WhamCo was using his designs to create underworld weaponry, he went to police but was only met with disbelief. Furthermore, to silence him, WhamCo kidnapped his father. Jack created the Jack-in-the-Box get-up to rescue his father and bring his former employers to justice. He went on to have a lengthy and storied run as a superhero. | ||
| − | + | In 1983, while fighting the villainous group called the Weirdies, Jack-in-the-Box was killed in an enormous explosion that destroyed most of [[Torres Island]]. He left behind a wife who died six years later. They had a one son name Zachary. | |
===Zachary Johnson=== | ===Zachary Johnson=== | ||
| − | In 1989, | + | In 1989, while settling his parent's meager estate, Zachary discovered his father's special crime-fighting equipment and secret journals, and thus learned of the man's secret alter ego. He was torn by the revelation, unable to help feeling that his father, by risking his life as a superhero, had chosen helping strangers over being there for his family. Despite this ambivalence, Zach adopted the Jack-in-the-Box identity, and used it as a revenge tactic to bring down the [[Underlord]], the Weirdies' employer. |
By 1995, Zach was the owner and CEO of his own toy company, the small-but-growing [[Z.J. Toys]], and married to [[Tamra Dixon]], a news anchor. He was a successful superhero in his own right. He had befriended the [[Trouble Boys]], who would sometimes help him in his adventures. | By 1995, Zach was the owner and CEO of his own toy company, the small-but-growing [[Z.J. Toys]], and married to [[Tamra Dixon]], a news anchor. He was a successful superhero in his own right. He had befriended the [[Trouble Boys]], who would sometimes help him in his adventures. | ||
| − | One night, unbeknownst to Zach, | + | One night, unbeknownst to Zach, a small-time criminal, [[Andrew Eisenstein|"Eyes" Eisenstein]]; secretly witnessed him changing into his civilian clothing, thus reveling his secret identity. Eyes considered profiting from this knowledge but over time became too paranoid to tell anyone. ("[[A Little Knowledge]]") |
In 1997, Zach encountered three time travelers from the future, each a possible future version of his own son, as yet unborn in the present. They revealed that his death was in the near future. [[Box|Two]] [[The Jackson|versions]] of his son were twisted, monstrous mirror images of Jack-in-the-Box and the third an ordinary individual, but all three were men who had been deeply scarred and haunted by the absence of their father growing up. Not wanting to leave his future child fatherless as his own father inadvertently did to him, Zach passed on the Jack-in-the-Box identity to Roscoe James (see below). | In 1997, Zach encountered three time travelers from the future, each a possible future version of his own son, as yet unborn in the present. They revealed that his death was in the near future. [[Box|Two]] [[The Jackson|versions]] of his son were twisted, monstrous mirror images of Jack-in-the-Box and the third an ordinary individual, but all three were men who had been deeply scarred and haunted by the absence of their father growing up. Not wanting to leave his future child fatherless as his own father inadvertently did to him, Zach passed on the Jack-in-the-Box identity to Roscoe James (see below). | ||
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<td> '''Doodlebug''' | <td> '''Doodlebug''' | ||
| − | One of the many inventions at Jack's disposal includes this all purpose mobile monitor. Handy for spying, surveillance and remote visual feedback in dangerous environments. In conjunction with a handy microphone, Zachary Johnson | + | One of the many inventions at Jack's disposal includes this all purpose mobile monitor. Handy for spying, surveillance and remote visual feedback in dangerous environments. In conjunction with a handy microphone, Zachary Johnson used this devise to monitor and advise his successor, Roscoe James during his early sabbatical missions. |
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