Jack Monroe (Earth-616)

Jack was born the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jack grew up in a town of Nazi sympathizers, and he and his sister were beaten by their parents. Jack secretly grabbed a swastika armband from his father's collection and took it to school for 'show and tell'. He was taken to the principal's office and the FBI was alerted. Most of the town was indicted as traitors and executed. Jack buried these memories, and began to idolize Captain America.

While at school he met a professor who shared his views--the man who would become the Grand Director. The man explained that he found a Super Soldier Serum formula from the notes of an SS spy. Hearing that the Red Skull (actually an impostor using the name) had taken hostages, 'Steve' and Jack injected themselves with the formula and began calling themselves Captain America and Bucky. However, the formula left them mentally unstable. They were captured by the real Captain America, Falcon and Sharon Carter, and placed into cyrogenic stasis. They were broken out a handful of times but easily recaptured. Eventually after extensive rehabilitation, Jack was allowed to go out in public again.

He was taken in as a partner of Captain America (Steve Rogers) and took the name of Nomad. Later he struck out on his own as a vigilante. He usually associated with the homeless. Finding a small girl abandoned by a prostitute mother, he named her as his 'Bucky.' He continued to fight Neo-Nazi forces. On one occasion he learned a corrupt senator was a survivor from the same town Jack grew up in. He stopped the senator and Agent Axis, but there was an explosion that knocked him into a coma.

For unknown reasons Jack was awoken and turned into the new Scourge, with nannites used to control him. It seemed to be a scheme of Henry Peter Gyrich but it later revealed that Gyrich himself was controlled. After being sent to assassinate the Thunderbolts, Jack eventually broke control, although he kept the Scourge equipment.

Jack was last seen apparently affected by mental instability again. He encountered the Winter Soldier, and was apparently shot and killed.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known.

Abilities

Jack is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and marksman.

Strength level

Enhanced by SSS variant. Nomad formerly possessed strength enabling him to lift 1,000 pounds.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: Nomad wears a Kevlar bullet-resistant jacket. As Scourge and for a time afterward, he used an image inducer to conceal his identity.
Transportation: Conventional motorcycles.
Weapons: Nomad carries two throwing discs which can render an enemy unconscious at fifty feet; he carries a shotgun and uses other conventional weaponry as necessary. As Scourge, Jack had access to a wide array of advanced weapons, which he could teleport from storage.

Notes

Jack Monroe is an early retcon. The character's original appearances from the 1950’s were written as James Buchanan Barnes, the first Bucky. It was Marvel editorial that decades later would distance the iconic Captain America and Bucky from the rabid anti-Communist stories from that era by creating Jack Monroe and the Grand Director as a result.

Trivia

No trivia.

Discover and Discuss

Search News for: Jack Monroe · Jack Monroe (Earth-616)
Search Forums for: Jack Monroe · Jack Monroe (Earth-616)
Discuss this and other characters on the forums

Links and References

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Golden Age 2004

Hubs	Entertainment \| Gaming \| Sports \| Toys \| Biggest wikis \| see all...
Featured	Cocktails \| Recipes \| Green \| Help Videos
Wikia is hiring	Gaming Intern \| Sales \| General hiring
About Wikia \| Contact Wikia \| Terms \| MediaWiki \| GFDL \| Advertise on Wikia \| Privacy

Jack Monroe (Earth-616)

From Marvel Database

Contents

History