Who Is Jack Truman? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Jack Truman is a Marvel comic book character, with over 49 comic issue appearances. Jack Truman was a SHIELD agent trying to apprehend Cable. Truman captured his prey but learned he was being used in tests to create robotic agents by ExTechOp. Truman was injured while assisting Cable's escape and ironically wound up being experimented on himself and became the new Deathlok.

Who is Jack Truman?

Origin Jack Truman Agent Jack Truman, aka Agent 18, was SHIELD 's best manhunter. After taking some relaxation time in Sudan , he was contacted by SHIELD to hunt down Nathan Summers, Cable . After successfully capturing the mutant using Zzzax (and despite interference from SHIELD agent Larry Young ), Truman decided to help free Cable after discovering he was being used to try and create robotic soldiers. Truman was severely burnt and all his senses were destroyed except for his sight. SHIELD scientists operated on him without Nick Fury 's approval. He later took on the eponymous name of the aforementioned experiment; Operation: Deathlok . Creation Jack Truman first appeared, simply as Agent 18, in Cable #59 and was created by Joe Casey and Jose Ladrönn in 1998. He first became Deathlok in 1999's Deathlok #1 which was also written by Joe Casey and drawn by Leonardo Manco .

Key facts

Jack Truman is of human origin and first appeared in "The Nemesis Contract Part 1: The Wrath of Zzzax!". The character is published by Marvel. With 49 recorded issue appearances, Jack Truman ranks among the most featured characters in comics.