Thunderbolt Jaxon

Real Name: Jack Jaxon

Identity/Class: Human transformed by magic.

Occupation: School boy

Affiliations: None.

Enemies: Unknown

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Unknown.

First Appearance: Comet (J.B.Allen, 13 August 1949-49); Knockout (Amalgamated Press or I.P.C., 1958)

Powers/Abilities: Magical belt granted him superhuman strength and endurance when used in the service of justice.

History: Finding the magic belt of Thor, the Norse God of Thunder, young Jack Jaxon put it on and in a flash was transformed into a giant endowed with the might and power of the god.

Comments: While the identity of Thunderbolt's first scripter is unknown, his first artist in Comet was Hugh McNeill and Comet editor Ted Holmes played a big part in his creation. During his Knockout incarnation, the great Ian Kennedy (famous for his contribution to Air Ace Picture Library) handled art chores.

Jaxon would be redrawn and republished as Johnny Samson in Buster in the 1960's.

Knockout was originally produced by Amalgamated Press, who had bought out J.B.Allen towards the end of Comet's run. By the end of it's run, when it was absorbed into Valiant in 1963, Amalgamated Press had been bought out by I.P.C., who now own the character.

Thunderbolt Jaxon turned up in Zenith Phase Three - he was killed when his belt failed to activate, an early indication that the heroes fighting the Lliogor were being duped and were not fighting for justice.

In 2006 a new five issue mini-series will be released from D.C.'s Wildstorm's imprint, following on from the success of Albion. It will be written by Dave Gibbons and drawn by John Higgins. Thanks to Andrew Sumner both for this information and the details about his early creative teams. More details here.

CLARIFICATIONS: Not to be confused with

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