Tek Jansen | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Oni Press |
First appearance | The Colbert Report Episode #1007 (October 2005); Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen #1 (July 2007) |
Created by | Writers of The Colbert Report |
In-story information | |
Full name | Tek Jansen |
Team affiliations | Alpha Squad 7 |
Partnerships | Porpy the Porpoise |
Abilities | "Super awesome spectacular ultra-spy." |
Tek Jansen is a fictional character featured on The Colbert Report and in a comic book series published by Oni Press. Jansen originated as a recurring joke in the form of a supposed self-published science fiction novel on the Report, reportedly as a parody of Bill O'Reilly's 1998 novel, Those Who Trespass.[1] The character later appeared on the show in a series of animated shorts entitled Stephen Colbert Presents Stephen Colbert's Alpha Squad 7: A Tek Jansen Adventure, with Jansen voiced by Stephen Colbert, and in 2007 became the protagonist of a five-part comic series.
An agent for the elite Alpha Squad 7, Jansen is portrayed as heroic, powerful and irresistible to women: essentially, he is an idealized version of the Report's host, who supposedly created him.