Grimjack | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | First Comics / IDW Publishing |
First appearance | Starslayer #10 (Nov. 1983) |
Created by | John Ostrander Timothy Truman |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | John Gaunt / James Twilley |
Notable aliases | Grinner Chaney |
Abilities | Sensitivity to magic Psychic sensitivity |
Grimjack is the main character of a comic book originally published by the American company First Comics, and later by IDW Publishing. John Ostrander and Timothy Truman are credited as co-creators of the character, although Ostrander had been developing Grimjack with artist Lenin Delsol before Truman's arrival on the project according to Ostrander's own text piece in Grimjack #75. In that same essay, the writer also revealed having initially conceived the character to be the star of a series of prose stories, set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago.
Grimjack is the street name of John Gaunt, a sword-for-hire, ex-paramilitary, war veteran and former child gladiator. He operates from Munden's Bar in the Pit, a slum area of Cynosure, a pan-dimensional city to which all dimensions connect.