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Jason Bard
Gotham City Police Department
United States Marine Corps
Supporting character ofBatman
Robin
Barbara Gordon

Jason Bard is a fictional character in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Detective Comics #392, which was published in 1969. He appeared in several back-up stories throughout the 1970s and 1980s in Detective Comics.[1][2]

Fictional character biography

Pre-Crisis

As a young boy, Jason Bard vowed to exact revenge on his father, who had murdered his mother. However, Jason did not know who his father was as his mother had destroyed all of the pictures that she had of him. This would make finding his father very difficult. After giving up his quest for revenge, Bard joined the Marines and was deployed to

Commissioner Gordon. Jason became very close to Barbara Gordon and the two dated for some time, during which time he occasionally worked alongside her alter-ego, Batgirl;[5] in fact, it was in a Batgirl story that Bard first appeared in 1969. During this first adventure with Barbara/Batgirl, his war disability was emphasized as he was occasionally incapacitated when his knee would give out.[1]

Post-Crisis

After the mini-series

GCPD working under James Gordon. This is where he met Barbara for the first time.[6] In Post-Crisis continuity, Jason received his knee injury when Killer Moth shot him in the knee at Lance Investigations (Lance Investigations was owned by Larry Lance, the husband of the original Black Canary and the father of the current Black Canary).[7] The injury forced Jason to leave the GCPD and pursue other ventures. It was after this that he opened up his own Private Investigations and his relationship with Barbara began. The two dated for sometime and they were even engaged to be married at one point. After the events of The Killing Joke
, Barbara felt that Jason couldn't protect her and she broke off their engagement. They would not meet again for several years.

In

Hellhound and some Rheelasian mercenaries.[1]

Jason learned to deal with his blindness pretty well and he continued to operate his private investigation agency. Jason made contact with Barbara because he said that he missed her and missed talking to her. Barbara wasn't very interested; however, she suggested the two of them develop a professional relationship. She offered to call him with any information when she had any or when she had a job that he could do for her. Jason came to visit her and he learned for the first time about her paralysis and why Babs broke off their engagement.

Some time later Barbara came to Jason's offices offering him a job. Jason underwent several operations to cure his blindness and they worked; he now has his full vision back. While Barbara was there, Jason confessed that he still felt very strongly about her, but she could not offer the same to him. According to Jason: "There isn't a woman alive that could make me forget her". He decided to mask his feelings for her and accept the job that she was offering him. Babs sent Jason to Cannes to keep an eye on Black Canary. While there, he was attacked on the beach by three men and easily defeated them. Jason was to look into the man who Dinah was now dating. Jason discovered that the man was Ra's al Ghul and he captured Jason and took him aboard his boat. With Black Canary vouching for him, Jason was allowed to leave Ra's boat and went back to his hotel with Dinah. He told her that her new boyfriend was Ra's Al Ghul, but she refused to believe Jason and Barbara. Dinah returned to Ra's and Jason was instructed to leave Cannes and that Barbara would help Dinah.

In issue #651 of Batman that took place One Year Later, the Bat-Signal is shown in the sky for the first time in over a year, and many Gotham City citizens respond with joy, while other "less scrupulous" citizens are nervous about it. Jason Bard is on a date with a woman named Sara. It is stated that "Jason Bard has no idea that Batman is back". Soon after, Batman appears in Bard's home late at night, offering him a flush, weekly retainer to act as Batman's investigator during the daylight hours. Bard accepts, and hands over a folder of evidence to convict the woman he had just slept with of killing her husband.

Jason's first task is to investigate the disappearance of the super-villain

Tally Man, who then shoots Jason in the arm as he reaches for his gun. As Jason lies on the floor, the Tally Man aims his gun and fires, but Jason is able to knock him down. Using his cane and karate, Jason subdues the Tally Man and calls Batman to inform the Dark Knight of his progress, only to learn that Harvey Dent is, once again, Two-Face
.

The New 52

In

Harvey Bullock to Batman's apparent death in the crashed Batmobile, Bard is forced to acknowledge just how far he has fallen.[12] At the conclusion of the plot, Bard approaches Vicki, who he had briefly dated during his troubled tenure at the GCPD, with an offer to make a complete confession for her report on the recent conspiracy, knowing her report would end his career as a cop permanently.[13]

Powers and abilities

Jason Bard is a capable fighter, criminologist and marksman.

Other characters named Jason Bard

An unrelated Jason Bard becomes a villain called "The Trapper" who specializes in animal traps. This Jason Bard debuted 15 years earlier than the police version of Jason Bard.[14]

In other media

Jason Bard appears in Young Justice, voiced by Jeff Bennett. This version is a private in the United States Marine Corps and an acquaintance of John Jones.[15] In the fourth season, Young Justice: Phantoms, Bard has left the Marines, become a detective, and begun a relationship with Artemis Crock.

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1
  2. ^ Wells, John (May 2013). "The Master Crime-File of Jason Bard". Back Issue! (64). TwoMorrows Publishing: 39–43.
  3. ^ Detective Comics #491
  4. ^ Batman Family #16,20; Detective Comics #481
  5. ^ Detective Comics #418-419
  6. ^ Batgirl Year One #1
  7. ^ Batgirl Year One #6
  8. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
    .
  9. ^ Batman Eternal #21
  10. ^ Batman Eternal #34
  11. ^ Batman Eternal #35
  12. ^ Batman Eternal #36
  13. ^ Batman Eternal #52
  14. ^ Detective Comics #206 (April 1954)
  15. ^ Weisman, Greg (February 10, 2012). "Search Ask Greg: Gargoyles: Station Eight". www.s8.org. Retrieved September 3, 2023.

External links

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