Jonny Double
| Jonny Double | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Showcase #78 (November 1968) |
| Created by |
Len Wein Marv Wolfman |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Jonathan Sebastian Double |
| Abilities |
Expert hand to hand fighter Experienced police officer |
Jonathan Sebastian "Jonny" Double is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman, he first appeared in Showcase #78 (November 1968).[1]
Publication history
Double appeared in various other DC titles, including Challengers of the Unknown #74 (June–July 1970), Wonder Woman, and Kobra. Most recently Double was featured in Jonny Double: Two Finger Discount, a 1998 four-issue mini-series by Brian Azzarello (writer) and Eduardo Risso (artist), and published by Vertigo/DC Comics.
Fictional character biography
Jonny is an ex-police officer and now a down-on-his-luck private investigator working in San Francisco.[1] Deliberately anachronistic, his speech is laced with beatnik and 1960s hipster slang. As described in his first appearance in Showcase, Double is "a down-beat Don Quixote in a society that frowns on windmills. A once white knight in rusty armor searching for that last dragon to slay. The poor man's Peter Pan."
Jonny appeared in four issues of Wonder Woman.[2]
Vertigo limited series
In 1998, Brian Azzarello wrote a four-issue limited series starring Jonny Double, in which Jonny attempts to abscond with the money in an old bank account belonging to Al Capone.[3]
References
- 1 2 Jimenez, Phil (2008), "Double, Jonny", in Dougall, Alastair, The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 110, ISBN 0-7566-4119-5, OCLC 213309017
- ↑ "Wonder Woman" 1872, #199-203
- ↑ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Jonny Double", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 112, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015