Jack is typically portrayed as a rather benign trickster, always looking for quick ways to make a buck. However, Jack also displays a complete disregard for human life or the feelings of those around him, traits most often seen in those with sociopathy. Despite his scheming and reckless personality, he is a devoted foe of the Adversary and a capable combatant in his own right, due to his years of experience fighting giants. He can also have true feelings for others (he asks the Beast about Snow White and her cubs, he mourns his wife's death, and he considered putting his own safety at risk to protect Gary when the Librarians captured them, and they were having a car accident). In the series, Jack creates a film trilogy of his adventures to increase his popularity in the Mundy world, making him nigh-immortal (a theory that is still strongly disputed to this day, even by Frau Totenkinder). In his devoted spin-off series Jack of Fables, his nigh-immortality seems to be reinforced by other factors as well: he is the son of a literal woman and one of the most popular male Fables, and he has made countless deals with many devils during his Jack O' Lantern days. Jack is often presented as believing himself to be far smarter than he truly is, and for a man who has lived a long time, he has little regard for history. The common thread is how Jack honestly believes he is the most important person around and that only his needs and desires matter.
The characters of Jack Sprat and Jack Ketch have been established as completely separate entities from Fable Jack, who is in fact a representation of Jack Horner.
It was recently revealed that Jack was not, in fact, involved in the Beanstalk or Giant-killing incidents, but is actually an unknowing copy of an older fable named Wicked John. Upon Wicked John's death, some great power decided to write the trickster back into some later stories, but got his name wrong, thus creating Jack. John was later revived, and now both fables exist and enjoy a greatly antagonistic relationship. However, Mister Revise later revealed after the War with Bookburner in a retcon, that Jack was indeed the one who sold his cow for magical beans, and that he is the son of a Literal, and Prince Charming.
jack, horner, comics, this, article, describes, work, element, fiction, primarily, universe, style, please, help, rewrite, explain, fiction, more, clearly, provide, fictional, perspective, october, 2009, learn, when, remove, this, message, jack, horner, fictio. This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in universe style Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non fictional perspective October 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Jack Horner is a fictional character in the comic book series Fables by Bill Willingham His first appearance was in issue 1 of Fables and he continued as a regular character of the series until leaving the series for his own title Jack of Fables The character is based on various nursery rhymes and fables with characters named Jack including Little Jack Horner Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and Jill Jack Be Nimble Jack Frost Jack O Lantern and Jack the Giant Killer and among others 1 2 Jack HornerJack running from Fabletown cover art for Jack of Fables 1 Publication informationPublisherVertigo ComicsFirst appearanceFables 1 July 2002 Created byBill WillinghamIn story informationTeam affiliationsFabletownNotable aliasesJack Be Nimble Jack Frost Jack the Giant Killer Jack O Lantern Jack of the Tales John Trick Jack CandleAbilitiesMaster con artist Questionable high strategic skills Nigh immortality High physical endurance Superhuman strength Fourth wall awareness Dragon transformation Precognition Low level reality warpingCharacterization editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Jack is typically portrayed as a rather benign trickster always looking for quick ways to make a buck However Jack also displays a complete disregard for human life or the feelings of those around him traits most often seen in those with sociopathy Despite his scheming and reckless personality he is a devoted foe of the Adversary and a capable combatant in his own right due to his years of experience fighting giants He can also have true feelings for others he asks the Beast about Snow White and her cubs he mourns his wife s death and he considered putting his own safety at risk to protect Gary when the Librarians captured them and they were having a car accident In the series Jack creates a film trilogy of his adventures to increase his popularity in the Mundy world making him nigh immortal a theory that is still strongly disputed to this day even by Frau Totenkinder In his devoted spin off series Jack of Fables his nigh immortality seems to be reinforced by other factors as well he is the son of a literal woman and one of the most popular male Fables and he has made countless deals with many devils during his Jack O Lantern days Jack is often presented as believing himself to be far smarter than he truly is and for a man who has lived a long time he has little regard for history The common thread is how Jack honestly believes he is the most important person around and that only his needs and desires matter The characters of Jack Sprat and Jack Ketch have been established as completely separate entities from Fable Jack who is in fact a representation of Jack Horner It was recently revealed that Jack was not in fact involved in the Beanstalk or Giant killing incidents but is actually an unknowing copy of an older fable named Wicked John Upon Wicked John s death some great power decided to write the trickster back into some later stories but got his name wrong thus creating Jack John was later revived and now both fables exist and enjoy a greatly antagonistic relationship However Mister Revise later revealed after the War with Bookburner in a retcon that Jack was indeed the one who sold his cow for magical beans and that he is the son of a Literal and Prince Charming References edit Irvine Alex 2008 Fables in Dougall Alastair ed The Vertigo Encyclopedia New York Dorling Kindersley pp 72 81 ISBN 978 0 7566 4122 1 OCLC 213309015 Grossman Lev 2007 12 09 Top 10 Graphic Novels Top 10 Everything of 2007 TIME Archived from the original on December 12 2007 Retrieved 2011 04 11 External links editThe Official Bill Willingham Homepage Bill Willingham at Wizard World L A Writer Bill Willingham discusses the legend of Fables and his other current and upcoming projects video Excerpt of interview with cover artist James Jean from The Comics Interpreter 3 PDF Archived from the original on 2005 04 08 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link 946 KB Vertigo Graphic Novels Dccomics com 2010 04 21 Retrieved 2011 04 11 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jack Horner comics amp oldid 1211973464, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
