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Loneanimator — Spring-Heeled Jack, The Terror of London
Published: 2013-12-05 12:01:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 3838; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 24
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Good old Spring-Heeled Jack! But how did this loon ever go from the terror of London to a proto-Batman in the penny dreadfuls?
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He's quite cool in the penny dreadfuls too, just a different character
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To be honest I'm surprised he's so underused in modern horror and SF fiction. Can't you imagine a story of 'The Mystery of the Hopping Madman' being investigated by Sherlock Holmes and Watson?
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Have you read "Spring-Heeled Jack" by Philip Pullman? That's an exciting romp, with Jack as the hero (along with two Victorian kids) and Mack the Knife as the villain.
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Can't believe Jack made his way to the US
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In what shape or form are you thinking about? I've read about a few other leaping / flying weirdos in the US.
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He was in Georgia, North Carolina, Delaware, New York, Massachusetts, Indiana, Kentucky, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and California. He attacked a cowboy in Arizona in 1914 and my Aunt saw him in Idaho in the 80s.
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That's a pretty good track record!
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I saw a pic from a Penny Dreadful serial, showing a determined Jack leaping from a window with a terrified woman in his arms, while her husband in nightgown shoots at him ! The blurb "Spring-Heeled Jack will re-enact his daring deeds in text."
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I think that Spring-Heeled Jack was some sort of mad scientist or inventor who decided to frighten the public by dressing up in a scary outfit and attacking people for the fun of it.
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Kinda like Batman got thrown in a blender with Joker?
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Gaslight horro is always fun, because there still a lot of shadow for the horror to hide in.
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There are several similar cases in the US:
mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/10…
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