John Jameson (comics)

John Jameson (comics)
John Jameson
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John Jameson.
Art by John Romita Jr.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Mar 1963)
Created by Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
In-story information
Alter ego John Jonah Jameson III
Supporting character of She-Hulk
Spider-Man
Fantastic Four
Captain America
Notable aliases Man-Wolf, Stargod
Abilities Superhuman senses, strength, speed, agility, durability,
Accelerated healing factor

John Jameson (also known by the aliases Man-Wolf, Stargod, and Colonel Jupiter) is a fictional character in publications from Marvel Comics.

Contents

Publication history

John Jameson debuted in Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.

Fictional character biography

John Jonah Jameson III was born in New York City. He is the son of J. Jonah Jameson, the irascible, gruff publisher of the Daily Bugle. Jonah is immensely proud of his son, whom he sees as a true hero. Initially an astronaut, he was first seen being saved by Spider-Man when his craft malfunctioned on re-entry, something that did nothing to endear the wall-crawler to his father, who resents Spider-Man's form of heroism.

On a later mission, Jameson was infected with spores that gave him super-strength, but strained his body and mind. He was forced to wear a strength-restraining "Jupiter suit" and battled Spider-Man at his father's urging before recovering. His father convinced him to go after Spider-Man, who was seen robbing a bank. The web-slinger outsmarted him, and Jonah soon learned that Spider-Man was saving the bank from a bomb. However, John didn't care about the misunderstanding; he was really out for revenge. Spider-Man managed to neutralize the spores with electricity, returning Jameson to normal.[1]

While he was on the moon, Jameson found the mystical Godstone, an other-dimensional ruby. The jewel grafted itself to his throat and extended tendrils through his body. Moonlight activated the gem, which transformed him into the lycanthropic Man-Wolf,[2] and he fought Spider-Man in this bestial form. The ruby was removed by Spider-Man.

Some time after that, the ruby was reattached to John by Morbius, the Living Vampire who used Man-Wolf as a pawn so Morbius could find a cure for himself. Man-Wolf was again thwarted by Spider-Man.

Later, he was transported to the dimension known as Other Realm, from which the ruby originated and the source of the radiation that transforms John into the Man-Wolf. It was revealed that the ruby was created by the dying Stargod to pass on his powers. While on Earth Jameson could only partially transform, resulting in his berserk behavior. While in the Other Realm he could fully transform, resulting in retention of his human consciousness while in lupine form. He took up the mantle of Stargod, and acted as champion of the Other Realm, and gained new powers such as telepathy and energy manipulation. He fought his foes with a sword, dagger, and longbow in this incarnation.[3] Afterward, he opted to return to Earth, resulting in him losing the ability to fully transform, and the loss of all memories of being the Stargod. He later allowed himself to be subjected to a procedure that removed the ruby, restoring normalcy for some time.[4]

Jameson became the pilot of Captain America's personal Quinjet for a period, using the call-sign "Skywolf". During this time, he was temporarily transformed into Man-Wolf by Dredmond Druid, who wanted the power of the Stargod. Jameson left Captain America's employ due to his attraction to Cap's then girlfriend, Diamondback.

Jameson remains friends with Spider-Man and often tries to convince his father to "let up on him." He spent some time as Ravencroft Head of Security and briefly dated its director Dr. Ashley Kafka. Both John and Ashley were fired by a director angry about the escape of the Chameleon and his subsequent wounding by Kraven the Hunter II. Via hypnotherapy, Kafka helped discover that Jack O'Lantern had caused him to attack his hospitalized father. This therapy also briefly unleashed John's Man-Wolf aspect before Ashley was able to help John suppress his changes once more.

During the Civil War storyline, John helped Captain America while the latter was in hiding. He was assisting She-Hulk in locating and signing up unregistered superheroes. John has also been registered as the Man-Wolf under the Superhuman Registration Act.[volume & issue needed] During this time, the villain Stegron temporarily transformed him into the Man-Wolf again, as a side-effect of his latest mad scheme, to devolve the entire population of New York City. He attacked Mary Jane and Aunt May in the Avengers Tower, but was subdued by Tony Stark's Guardsmen before he could harm them. [5] Reed Richards subsequently cured him of this form. [6]

John had been dating She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) and the two had been living together for some time along with She-Hulk's coworker, Augustus Pugliese.[volume & issue needed] Eventually they eloped in Las Vegas.[volume & issue needed] However, John was forced into becoming the Man-Wolf once more after being injected by a mysterious substance. After a brief rampage, John stopped fighting his situation and became the Stargod again.[volume & issue needed] He now retains his intelligence while in Man-Wolf form, has the Stargod's powers, and apparently can switch between human and lupine forms. His current superhuman status can be defined in his own words as "I am a god" and is supported by a battle with a clone of the Mad Titan Thanos in which he held his own.[volume & issue needed] However, John does not want to be the Stargod because he feels that having powers makes him arrogant and savage. She-Hulk and Stargod separated after she discovered that her feelings for John were influenced prior to their marriage by her former Avengers teammate, Starfox,[volume & issue needed] and when she learned that John had hoped to convince her to give up her powers permanently.[volume & issue needed] Dejected, Stargod sought adventure in outer space,[volume & issue needed] before finally returning to Earth.[volume & issue needed] He resumed his human form and tried to reconcile with Jennifer, but when she rejected him again, John realized their relationship was truly over and he signed the legal papers annulling their marriage.[volume & issue needed]

When it came to John Jameson's next mission into space, Alistair Smythe, Scorpion, and a new villain named Fly-Girl attack the launch site with an army of cyborg minions (each one wanting revenge on J. Jonah Jameson) where they sabotaged the launch and hold John Jameson for ransom.[7]

Powers and abilities

Jameson is a skilled pilot and astronaut and is experienced in hand-to-hand combat and a variety of weapons.

As the Man-Wolf

Jameson possessed superhuman strength, agility, speed, healing, and durability, as well as heightened senses. He also has large razor sharp teeth and claws to use as weapons once transformed. The Man-Wolf's strength and degree of intelligence varied according to the phases of the moon. Jameson did not retain his personality or intelligence while in Man-Wolf form. He was not a traditional werewolf and was not vulnerable to silver. While in the Other Realm, Jameson possessed both his human intellect and the Man-Wolf's body, as well as vast superhuman strength, a high degree of durability, and telepathic powers.

As Stargod

Jameson possesses both his human intellect and the Man-Wolf's body. He has cosmic powers, the full extent of which is yet unrevealed. He wears scale mail armor and uses a broadsword, dagger, short bow, and arrows.

Other versions

Earth X

On Earth X, John Jameson lives on the moon and is the father of Jay Jameson. He first appeared in Earth X #0.

House of M

In the House of M universe, John Jameson was part of the project that gave the Fantastic Four their powers. Jameson is in the spacecraft along with Ben Grimm, Reed Richards, and Susan Storm. Instead of transforming into the Torch he died along with Richards and Sue, leaving only Ben alive in the form of the Thing but calling himself The It.[volume & issue needed]

MC2

In the alternate-future known as MC2, John Jameson married Dr. Ashley Kafka and they had a son, Jack. Jack became the costumed adventurer known as The Buzz.

newuniversal

In the alternate world of newuniversal, Lieutenant General John Jameson is assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Thad Ross, and is involved in arranging an airstrike to kill Ken Connell. The attempt is unsuccessful.[8]

Ultimate Universe

In the Ultimate Marvel universe, J. Jonah Jameson made reference to his dead astronaut son, calling him a "true hero". Jonah doesn't mention his son by name, but doesn't indicate that he has any other kids. Jonah says his son died when the space shuttle Orion burned up in orbit. Although the incident was implied to be public knowledge, details on the cause were classified.[volume & issue needed]

In other media

Television

The Man-Wolf battling Spider-Man in Spider-Man Unlimited.
  • John, as well as his alter ego Man-Wolf, appeared in the Spider-Man Unlimited animated series with John Jameson voiced by John Payne II and Man-Wolf's vocal effects done by Scott McNeil. In the series, while traveling into space, John Jameson crashed on Counter-Earth thanks to Venom and Carnage. He and Spider-Man (who went there to save him and return him back to Earth) joined the human rebels to fight the High Evolutionary and his Beastials and restore peace to Counter-Earth. Later on as seen in the episode "Ill Met By Moonlight," the High Evolutionary had experimented on Jameson and every time he gets angry he becomes the Man-Wolf marking Man-Wolf's first animated appearance.
  • John Jameson appears in several episodes of The Spectacular Spider-Man[9] voiced by Daran Norris. He is an Air Force colonel and shuttle astronaut. When his father planned on writing an article on how John saved New York City by finding the bomb the Green Goblin planted, John warned him it would lead to an investigation that would pull him from a coming space mission. Later on, his spaceship malfunctions after being hit by an asteroid and nearly crashes — similar to Amazing Spider-Man #1— but John is able to safely land his ship, which contains the alien symbiote. J. Jonah Jameson's anger that other newspapers which had Spider-Man's battle with Green Goblin on the front page sold more than the Bugle, with John Jameson's survival as the front page story, caused Jonah to completely declare Spider-Man a menace. In the episode "Growing Pains," John Jameson is revealed to have been exposed to alien spores, due to contact with the symbiote, that have been making him bigger, heavier, and stronger, causing Dr. Curt Connors to design a special suit for him. At the time when Venom was framing Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson had him become a superhero called "Colonel Jupiter." Venom attacked him, framing Spider-Man and causing the spores' effects on him to increase, eventually leading Jameson to fight Spider-Man. After a brutal fight, Spider-Man discovered that electricity could destroy the spores. Upon being exposed to 2,000,000 volts of electricity, John Jameson returned to being physically normal. He later ended up in Ravencroft, still craving the power from the spores.

Film

  • In Spider-Man 2, John Jameson is played by Daniel Gillies. He is again an astronaut, noted for apparently being the first man to play football on the moon. In the film, he rather quickly develops a relationship with Mary Jane Watson when a strain is caused on her friendship with Peter Parker, and she immediately accepts his marriage proposal. However, in the end, Mary Jane realizes that she does not truly love John and leaves him at the altar to go back to Peter.

References

  1. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #41-42
  2. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #124
  3. ^ Creatures on the Loose #30-37; Marvel Premiere #45-46, The Savage She-Hulk 13-14.
  4. ^ Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #3
  5. ^ Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. II) #25
  6. ^ Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. II) #27
  7. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #652
  8. ^ Warren Ellis (w), Salvador Larroca (a). "Mystery" newuniversal 5 (2007), Marvel Comics
  9. ^ "Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Friday, April 25, 2008". Comicscontinuum.com. 2008-04-25. http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0804/25/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-12. 

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