Jack the Ripper (New Earth)

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 * Aliases                = Calibraxis; Saucy Jack, The Ripper, Fiend of Whitechapel
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 * BaseOfOperations       = Whitechapel, London, England


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He first appeared in Whitechapel in 1888, murdering at least five women working as prostitutes. He was named for a letter sent to the Central News Agency in London.
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Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England in the later half of 1888.
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Earth-One
In the present day, headlines proclaim a cure for cancer. However, it also poisons the blood against vampires. Luring Bennett to a pyramid that housed magic rings, Mary uses them to travel back to 1888. Bennett follows and is mistaken for Jack the Ripper. Fleeing, but weak from not feeding, he collapses and is taken in by Dr. Kelsey and Kelsey's assistant, Penny Bower. Dr. Kelsey gave Bennett a transfusion of his own blood. The doctors saved Penny from a life of prostitution. Bennett assists Kelsey with his medical work. When a newspaper arrives with a sketch of his face under the headline "Ripper Strikes Again!", Kelsey plans to prove to Scotland Yard that Bennett is not the Ripper.

Bennett recalls the article about Allen Barr, the inventor of the cancer serum, who was described as "the eminent Dr. Barr is the son of a Soho mother who, in her younger days, narrowly escaped becoming the victim of Jack the Ripper." He deduces that Mary's plan is to kill Barr's ancestor, preventing the cancer cure.

He convinces Penny to help him find Mary. They do, at a place called "Taylor and Holmes" - Penny's sister, Lacey, is apparently dead on the ground, a victim of Mary, posing as the Ripper. Bennett confronts her, but, as she tries to make her escape, Kelsey grabs her arm, revealing himself as the Ripper. Mary manages to escape, but Kelsey accidently stabs himself to death struggling with Bennett (as he turns into a bat).



Two bobbies appear, one revealed to be Office Joseph Allen Barr, Penny's future husband, and ancestor of Dr. Barr.

New Earth
It is believed that the man who earned the nickname "Jack the Ripper" was actually possessed by a demon named Calibraxis. Calibraxis also possessed an important member of the British royal family in the 1990s.

A demon, Buzz, aided The Ripper in his murders. Baalzebub promised to eventually restore Valeria to Buzz, but did so in the form of one of the Ripper's victims.

Madame Xanadu
Madame Xanadu visits Whitechapel during the Ripper killings and the Phantom Stanger eventually reveals why he must be allowed to kill. The Ripper's last victim, Mary Kelly, would have sired a son by Jason Blood who would have grown into a despot the likes humanity could not imagine.

The Ripper ran afoul of the Stranger and, terrified, fell into an open sewer to be, presumably, eaten by the rats.
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 * The real Jack the Ripper has been seen in various works of fiction, including those of DC Comics.


 * It has been theorized that Vandal Savage may have either been Jack the Ripper or at the very least a close associate. Savage has claimed to have been many notable historical figures throughout his life, and his own testimony cannot always be considered reliable.


 * Another claimant to the role of Jack the Ripper is the delusional super-villain Red Jack. Red Jack is a known adversary of the Doom Patrol.


 * A version of Jack the Ripper appears in the Elseworlds story Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. In this reality, Jack the Ripper is actually Jacob Packer, a close friend of Bruce Wayne. Wayne is temporarily imprisoned for the Ripper's crimes, but later escapes and captures the real Jack the Ripper.


 * A version of Jack the Ripper appears in the Elseworlds story Amazonia. The entire British Royal family was wiped out in an explosion in the 19th century, except the Duke of Clarence, who is confined to a wheelchair, and a distant American cousin, Jack Planters, who becomes King. Planters is Jack the Ripper and under his rule the British Empire becomes steadily more misogynistic.


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 * Veteran DC writer Alan Moore wrote an eleven-issue limited series for Top Shelf Productions detailing a vivid account of the Ripper time era. In Moore's version, Jack the Ripper was actually Sir William Gull, the personal physician to Queen Victoria. The so-called "royal conspiracy" has been adapted into several films and television projects, most notably the 2001 From Hell feature film starring Johnny Depp and Heather Graham. In the movie, actor Ian Holm played the part of Sir William Gull.


 * Links                  =
 * Jack the Ripper entry at Cosmic Teams
 * Jack the Ripper at Wikipedia

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