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Global Guardians Team Member
Daniel Cormac of Ireland, who was born to a poor farmer who was granted a magic lantern by an Irish fairy. As an adult he takes on the identity of the costumed hero Jack O’Lantern. He becomes a member of the Global Guardians, the international group of superheroes.
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Continuity from SuperFriends Comic Book[]
In 1977, Jack O'Lantern helps Green Lantern dismantle a bomb in Ireland.[1]
Background Information[]
On the parallel-universe of Earth-One, during the summer of 1982, he helps Superman find an ancient ruin in Ireland.[2]
He is later seen as part of a group of heroes from Ireland and England trying to save the world.
When the United Nations decide to fund the Justice League International, the Global Guardians find themselves without financial support, and disband. Cormack subsequently joins Rumaan Harjavti's army in Bialya. 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. He is found alive by his girlfriend Owlwoman and Doctor Mist.
Equipment[]
Mystical Lantern provides:
The lantern's powers wax and wane depending on the time of day, being weakest at noon and strongest at midnight.
Appearances[]
Super Friends comics (1976-1981):
- Super Friends #8 (November, 1977)
- Super Friends #37 (October, 1980)
- Super Friends #40 (January, 1981)
- Super Friends #44 (May, 1981)
Notes[]
- The Jack O’Lantern was originally introduced in the continuity of the SuperFriends Universe Earth-1A.
- He first appeared in the SuperFriends comic book series issue #8 (November, 1977).
- He was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon.
- He was outside of standard Earth-One continuity at the time.
References[]
- ↑ As revealed in the SuperFriends ComicBook, issue #8 (November, 1977)
- ↑ As revealed in the DC Comics Presents, Vol. 1 #46 (June, 1982), which can be found at the DC Database