One-Eyed Jack

Jack McBane, known as One-Eyed Jack (for obvious reasons) is the eponymous protagonist of a strip in Valiant which was created as part of the comic's update in 1975. He was a police detective based in New York city in the 1970s who gained his nickname after his eye was shot out by a kid with a gun on the first page of his first appearance, because Jack had tried to talk to the boy rather than immediately shooting him. Following this incident, One-Eyed Jack became decidedly more grim, gritty and uncompromising, displaying a tendency to mete out his own brand of rough justice regardless of whether or not it meant occasionally breaking the rules. (To be fair, his attitude may have been soured by having a nickname which constantly reminded him of his disability.) He later became an operative of the US Military Intelligence Agency.

Powers and abilities[]

Abilities

Armed and unarmed combat; law enforcement; being an expert marksman.

Strength level

Human male who gets regular strenuous exercise (running, fighting, kicking bad guys in the face, etc).

Weaknesses

Decreased depth perception.

Paraphernalia[]

Transportation

Police car.

Weapons

Police issue revolver.

Notes[]

The One-Eyed Jack strip transferred to the pages of Battle Picture Weekly following the cancellation of Valiant (hence Jack's change of employer) and was later reprinted in both the revived Eagle and, rather oddly, in early 2000 AD Specials. A collected edition was releaed by Rebellion in 2017.

Trivia[]

One-Eyed Jack was inspired by the movie character Dirty Harry, played by Clint Eastwood.
One-Eyed Jack went on to himself be the inspiration for the creation of Judge Dredd (according to John Wagner, the creator of both strips, when he was interviewed by the fanzine One-Eyed Jack and the Death of Valiant).

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