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Jack Drake

Field	Value
character_name	Jack Drake
image	Jack Drake.jpg
converted	y
caption	Jack Drake as seen in Robin: Cry of the Huntress #1 (December 1992).
Art by Tom Lyle.
real_name	Jack Drake
publisher	DC Comics
debut	Batman #455 (October 1990)
creators	Marv Wolfman
alliances	Black Lantern Corps
supports	Tim Drake

Art by Tom Lyle. Jack Drake is a fictional character from DC Comics books, specifically the Batman titles. Jack is the father of Tim Drake, formerly the third Robin.

Fictional character biography

Jack Drake and his wife Janet are respected businesspeople and archeologists who often leave their son Tim behind while traveling the world. During a trip to Haiti, the two are captured and held hostage by the Obeah Man. Both are affected by Obeah's poisoned water, with Janet dying while Jack is rendered comatose and temporarily paralyzed. After recovering, he begins dating and eventually marries his therapist Dana Winters.

After learning that Tim has become Robin, Jack attempts to force him to retire before eventually allowing him to continue.

During the Identity Crisis storyline, Jean Loring hires Captain Boomerang to kill Jack Drake. Loring also sends Jack a gun, hoping that he will kill Boomerang and be suspected as the murderer of Sue Dibny in her place. Boomerang mortally wounds Jack, who kills him before dying.

Jack and Janet are temporarily resurrected as Black Lanterns in Blackest Night before being permanently resurrected in The New 52 continuity reboot. In the DC Rebirth relaunch, the Drakes' history is retconned to be similar to the pre-New 52 version, with Jack Drake's death in Identity Crisis being returned to history.

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Jack Drake makes a minor appearance in Batman: Earth One. This version works as one of Oswald Cobblepot's lieutenants before being killed by the Riddler.

In other media

Steven Drake, a character based on Jack Drake, appears in The New Batman Adventures episode "Sins of the Father".
Jack Drake appears in Titans, portrayed by Ryan Allen. This version is African-American and the head of an Asian restaurant in Gotham City.

References

(2008). "The Essential Batman Encyclopedia". Del Rey.
(September 1990). "[[Detective Comics]]". DC Comics.
(December 2004). "[[Identity Crisis (DC Comics)". DC Comics.
(October 2009). "[[Blackest Night]]: Batman". [[DC Comics]].
(November 2012). "[[Teen Titans]]". [[DC Comics]].
(October 2022). "[[Dark Crisis]]: Young Justice". DC Comics.
(20 July 2021). "Titans Introduces Tim Drake's Family in Season 3 Photo".

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