About Marvel - Jack O' Lantern
JACK O' LANTERN II (Steven Mark Levins)
Created By: Mark Gruenwald & Rik Levins
First Appearance: Captain America #396 (Jan. 1992)
Role: Multiple-Guys-In-The-Suit Villain
Group Affiliations: S.H.I.E.L.D., Zodiac, The Maggia, A.I.M., Roxxon Oil
PL 8 (100)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 3
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 1
Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+6)
Athletics 3 (+5)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 1 (+7)
Expertise (Criminal) 4 (+5)
Insight 2 (+2)
Intimidation 4 (+5)
Perception 3 (+3)
Stealth 1 (+5)
Technology 3 (+4)
Vehicles 2 (+5)
Vehicles 2 (+7) -- Flaws: Limited to Flying Vehicles
Advantages:
Equipment 8, Improved Aim, Move-By Action, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 5
Powers:
"Jack O'Lantern Costume" (Flaws: Removable) [17]
Protection 4 (4)
"Wrist-Blaster" Electro-Blast 8 (Diminished Range -2) (14)
Senses 2 (Radius Sight, Infravision) (2)
Immunity 2 (Drowning & Suffocation) (Flaws: Limited Supply) (1)
-- (21 points)
Equipment:
"Flying Glider" Flight 6 (120 mph) (Flaws: Platform) (6)
"Pumpkin Bombs"
"Hallucinogenic/Regurgitant Gas" Affliction 8 (Fort; Dazed & Impaired/Stunned & Defenseless/Incapacitated) (Extras: Area- 15ft. Cloud, Extra Condition, Ranged) (Diminished Range -1) (31) -- (34 points)
AE: "Smoke" Concealment (Visual Senses) 2 (Extras: Attack, Area- 30ft. Cloud) (8)
AE: "Tear Gas" Affliction 8 (Fort; Dazed & Impaired Vision/Stunned & Disabled Vision/Incapacitated) (Extra: Area- 15ft. Cloud, Extra Condition, Ranged) (Diminished Range -1) (31)
AE: "Concussion" Blast 8 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Diminished Range -1) (23)
AE: "Ghost-Grabber Film Sheets" Snare 8 (Diminished Range -1) (23)
Offense:
Unarmed +7 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Wrist-Blaster +8 (+8 Ranged Damage, DC 23)
Gas Grenades +8 Area (+8 Affliction, DC 18)
Tear Gas +6 Area (+6 Affliction, DC 16)
Concussion Grenades +8 Area (+8 Ranged Damage, DC 23)
Ghost-Grabbers +8 (+8 Ranged Affliction, DC 18)
Initiative +4
Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +3 (+7 Suit), Fortitude +6, Will +3
Complications:
Motivation (Greed)
Enemy ('90s-Style EXTREEEEEEME Vigilantes)- He was killed once by The Punisher, and then again by Ghost Rider. God help him if he runs across Adam-X, The X-Treme.
Total: Abilities: 40 / Skills: 26--13 / Advantages: 16 / Powers: 17 / Defenses: 14 (100)
-There've actually been FOUR Jack O'Lanterns, and mix-ups over which one is which (a guy named "Mad Jack" appeared to fight Spider-Man much later) led to this guy being named YEARS after his debut (Mark Levins, after Mark Gruenwald & Rik Levins, his creators). They're all pretty minor villains (only one, Jason Macendale, ever went anywhere, and that was under a different I.D.), but solidly D-List to appear as a minor threat once in a while. Jack II teamed up with Blackwing and fought Captain America in their debut, actually handling him with Jack's Hallucinogenic Gas, but a cheap writer's trick led to them not finishing Steve off, despite him fighting blind ("oh we better escape this place instead of trying to finish our nigh-helpless opponent"). The two Fliers ended up joining The Skeleton Crew in the tail end of that storyline, and he was captured by The Falcon.
-This poor guy joined The Hood's gang of Jobbers, joined The Thunderbolts' hero-hunting squad, and ended up being killed by The Punisher. Then he was resurrected as a vessel for Lucifer to fight Ghost Rider, then he was killed AGAIN when G.R. ripped Jack's heart out of his chest.
-Subsequent Jack O'Lanterns include Daniel Berkhart (Mysterio II), who was an ally of Norman Osborn- he called himself Mad Jack. He teamed up with Mysterio's cousin Maguire Beck to become Mysterio again, but used the Mad Jack identity a couple of times to cause trouble. Levins' brother (no name given) turned into a mystical-type Jack O'Lantern-headed villain during a Dark Reign story, and was recruited for Osborn's villain army, but was never seen again. A fourth has appeared as one of the new Crime Master's key henchmen, and has been sent against Flash Thompson in his new "Venom" identity as pretty much his own personal recurring villain and thorn in the side.
-Jack O'Lantern isn't SO bad, but is still a limited PL 8-type character. He's got many varied attacks, most of which are the Cloud-Area Bombs (ripping off Green Goblin's arsenal), but he's also got a Wrist-Blaster and pretty decent armour, so he's not totally helpless out there. He's just... well below most of the guys that he's supposed to fight. But considering he's never actually BEATEN anyone (his Gas did a number on Cap, but he still recovered after a handful of "combat rounds"), that's probably comics-accurate.
