Jack Starr

Jack Starr is an Earthen Human and star of his own self-titled Ink Bath series, debuting in 1996.

Jack's past is a mystery. Beginning in his first 1996 arc, he possesses superb abilities(as the result of a clandestine genetic engineering experiment) and operates as an agent of SOLID(Stealth Operations/Legal Investigations Division). Alongside him is his android partner, Raymond.

Jack was a government agent who maintained a successful career. A friend of his and a superior agent, Damon Jayne, offered him a career advancement. Jack eventually accepted, which led to him soon becoming a part of a SOLID soldier experiment.

There is a big flaw in Jack's abilities; due to a defect in the engineered matrix of the superiority gene, the abilities granted to him will, from time to time, fail to initiate. In lamen's terms, now and again, he will instantly revert to being just a normal guy. This can happen while he sleeps, or much worse yet, during battle. It occurs randomly, without warning, and can last anywhere from seconds to months(the record thus far is two months and thirteen days). Eventually, Raymond develops the ability to sense when Jack's "shutoffs" are coming.

Less than two months after his Ink Bath debut, his self-titled animated show came out, joint-produced by Ink Bath Animated Studios, Emerald Horizon Productions, and Gold Fare Productions. The show ran for eight years, and built perhaps the greatest cult following of any Ink Bath franchise outside of the comic book universe.