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Jack is one of the characters of the manga series ULTRAMAN. He is a human who lives in the Alien City, and worked as a wrestler as well as an informant to the SSSP. He later joined the team, at least unofficially, and received an Ultraman Suit of his own, becoming a valued ally on and off the battlefield.
History[]
ULTRAMAN[]
An information broker living with in the Alien City, Jack was the only human resident of the city somehow living a comfortable life, in fact Dan Moroboshi stated he refused to leave. Moroboshi was a regular customer of his regularly coming for information to help with his investigations. When he was first met by Shinjiro Hayata, he had just won a boxing match with an alien combatant, winning by Knockout showing his skills as a boxer but implying he may not be a normal human being.
After the match, Jack met Shinjiro and Moroboshi and discussed the cases with them, unfortunately he had no leads for them save one race of aliens and it was very unlikely they were the culprits. He also noted that the other string of murders was completely unrelated to the ones connected to Alien Adacic and his organization. Moroboshi also asked Jack if he had gained permission to use the bracelet he was wearing.
Afterwards, Moroboshi left the two in the recreational area as he went to see other information brokers. There Jack talked to Jiro, noting he seemed lost questioning if it was because of the city. Jack also noted that he knew Shin and said that he had helped him sometime in the past. Before he could finish they were interrupted by a large alien named Red. The former champion of the arena before Jack defeated him, he had come for a rematch. Jack implying to Shinjiro that he won through deceitful means set him up to take his place against Red noting that Shinjiro was 'Ultraman' to the boy's surprise. After Jiro was thrown away by Red's punch, Jack translated for the large alien noting its surprise that Jiro could still stand after that.
Sometime later, he and Red ran into an agent and contacted Moroboshi. Later they were paid by Edo to cause a commotion to test Shinjiro. Jack apologized to Shinjiro, before giving Red an unknown serum that caused him to grow into his true, giant form. After the two had fought, ending with Red's defeat, and Shinjiro's learning to fly, Jack congratulated him on winning.
Agent Adad met with Jack and Red at a restaurant, where they discussed the Star Cluster Council. Adad revealed that he had met with Bemular several nights before, before giving Jack a tip that he was aware of a terroristic plot to attack the alien city. The agent then left the pair.
During Shinjiro, Dan, and Seiji Hokuto's battle with the Ace Killer Squad, Jack and Red were the first of the reinforcements to arrive. Clad in battle armor and wielding a large repeating laser, Jack opened fire on the squad while Red transformed into his true form to do battle with Alien Woovelve. Jack later escorted the injured Moroboshi off the battlefield.
After the battle, Jack kidnapped Yapool and escaped to New York to prepare for future threats, leaving Red behind. He and Yapool worked on making new Ultraman Suits over the next few months, getting three ready by the time the Star of Darkness emerged in New York. Jack and two others, in their Ultraman suits, deployed when a riot started and managed to protect Rena Sayama from a group of thugs. They were joined by Red, Adad and Taro, but soon found themselves overwhelmed by the Golden Fortress. Fortunately, Moroboshi arrived with new weapons and single-handedly destroyed the giant robot, leaving them and the other Ultramen to fight against the Star of Darkness' members. Jack and Red teamed up on a brutish alien, but the foe proved too tough for them. Moroboshi arrived and simply sliced the alien in half, disappointing the both of them.
Jack was absent from the battles against Ambassador Mephisto and Zetton Core, but later contacted by and aided Kotaro to ask for his help in investigating a bizarre murder case while he went to deal with other alien cases in America. After the battle against a three-eyed creature, they realize Ultraman is no longer welcome. However, when Jack was forced to execute a rampaging alien named Fred, whose wife was killed by xenophobic humans, they soon received massive applause, much to the duo's outrage, but Jack stopped Kotaro from yelling toward the crowd.
They then arrived in Detroit, where Adad was trying to reason with a group of human mobs on the conflicts between them and aliens. Suddenly, the ex-agent was shot in the back and killed, as they moaned for their fallen comrade, they were joined by several human children, which also influenced the adult bystanders. This made them regain faith in humanity.
The two Ultramen were soon attacked by the Zetton Core warrior Tyrant, but Jack was able to finish him off with his new weapon, the Ultra Axe.
Profile[]
Jack received the Jack Suit while performing a stint in New York alongside the SSSP in an operation against the Star of Darkness and their Golden Fortress. A special suit even among the other American-made suits built by Yapool with limited resources, it houses numerous weapons and defenses for use by people without the Ultraman Factor.
Stats[]
- Height: 188 cm
- Weight: 116 kg
- Age: 32 years old
Powers and Weapons[]
Own Powers[]
- Combat Prowess: Jack is clearly a grade above normal human fighters as he won a boxing match with rather large alien opponent. He won by knockout and with no visible injury.
- Information: Jack is an information broker and as such knows how to get information, particularly info that involves aliens and alien criminal activity.
- Alien Languages: Jack has knowledge of alien languages, as expected of a person living in the alien city. He demonstrated this with Red, translating his words for Shinjiro and even speaking back to him in his own language.
Jack Suit[]
- Forcefield: A normally unseen shield of energy that can be deployed at will to protect the user.
- Retractable Mask: The mask can be retracted and stored within the back armor.
- Forearms: In its forearms are several weapons.
- Railgun: An electromagnetic high powered gun.
- Swords: The suit sports retractable swords stored in both of its forearm.
- Unnamed Energy Beam: The Jack Suit can unleash an L-shaped energy beam, similar to its namesake Cinerama Shot.
- Ultra Axe : First introduced in the Figure-Rise Standard kit and debuting in chapter 138. An enormous bladed weapon, larger than the Jack Suit's massive chassis. Both massive in size and weight, the weapon is cumbersome to wield, but Jack is able to deftly use the weapon's power to his advantage thanks to his combat prowess, with each attack he lets fly leaving devastation in his wake. It is a pole weapon that highly resembles the original counterpart's Ultra Lance, and it was directly teleported to its user. Jack used this weapon during the second encounter against the Zetton Core warrior Tyrant and slashed the latter into half.
- MAT Shoot : An additional energy weapon developed specifically for the Jack Suit by Yapool that comes equipped to the suit at a hard point on its back. Since the weapon does consume a tremendous amount of energy when firing at its high-powered projectile, it comes with an additoinal battery pack. This weapon is exclusive to the Figure-Rise Standard Ultraman Suit Jack -ACTION- kit.
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Trivia[]
Jack's bracelet
- His name is a distinct nod to Ultraman Jack.
- Another reference is the bracelet on his left wrist, a possible nod to the Ultra Bracelet that Ultraman Jack wore. This bracelet seems important as Moroboshi commented that Jack needed someone's permission to use it.
- Jack was purposely designed to have resembled Hideki Go from back during the time of Return of Ultraman. Coincidentally, Jiro Dan's father is British-American.