Judomaster

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Judomaster is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.[1]

An unidentified incarnation of Judomaster appears in the DC Extended Universe television series Peacemaker, played by Nhut Le.

Creation

Creator Frank McLaughlin explained the character's creation: "I had developed the character Judomaster and was anxious to leave… Charlton to work freelance exclusively, Charlie Santangelo was in charge of Charlton at the time. He and I played judo at the same dojo, so his interest in my character was more than a passing one… Reagreed to give me a shot and publish Judomaster, and that's when it hit the fan".[2]

Fictional character biography

Hadley Jagger

Judomaster
Rip as Judomaster. Cover of Special War Series #4 (November 1965), art by Frank McLaughlin.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceSpecial War Series #4 (November 1965)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoHadley "Rip" Jagger
SpeciesHuman
Place of originEarth
Team affiliations
AbilitiesMartial artist specializing in judo

Judomaster's secret identity was Hadley "Rip" Jagger, a sergeant in World War II in the United States Army. He rescued the daughter of a Pacific island chief and in return was taught the martial art of judo.[3] He had a kid sidekick named Tiger. In the Nightshade backup series in Captain Atom, an adult Tiger was Nightshade's martial arts instructor.

Judomaster #98, artist Frank McLaughlin.

Judomaster's title lasted from #89 to #98, from June, 1966 to December 1967. It was a retitling of Gunmaster, which was itself a retitling of Six-Gun Heroes.[4]

Along with most Charlton Comics superhero characters, the rights to Judomaster were sold to DC Comics. In post-Crisis continuity, Judomaster was said to be a member of the All-Star Squadron, DC's team of superheroes during World War II, although he has never appeared in an actual published story as a member of the team.[5] His kid sidekick, Tiger, would later become the villain Avatar in the L.A.W. miniseries published by DC Comics, which re-teamed the Charlton characters that had been acquired by DC. In the same series it is shown Judomaster has lived for some time in the fictional city of Nanda Parbat. As time passes in a different manner there, Judomaster has retained a younger form. Since the miniseries, Judomaster has only appeared a few times.

Sometime in his life, he had a son named Thomas Jagger.

Judomaster was killed when he took part in the giant battle of Metropolis during the "Infinite Crisis" storyline during which the supervillain Bane broke his back.[6]

Unnamed

Judomaster
Judomaster as seen in the interior artwork for Justice League Quarterly #14 (March 1994).
Art by Mike Collins.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceJustice League Quarterly #14 (March 1994)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoUnnamed
SpeciesHuman
Place of originEarth
AbilitiesMartial artist specializing in judo

Andreas Havoc, an enemy of

Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, and Nightshade assisted Thunderbolt in battling Havoc in a psychic
battle while the new Judomaster helped rescue the heroes in the physical world.

He later appeared as attending a memorial service for the citizens of Star City.[7]

Thomas Jagger

Judomaster
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceCheckmate #1 (July 2006)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoThomas Jagger
SpeciesHuman
Place of originEarth
Team affiliationsCheckmate
AbilitiesMartial artist specializing in judo

Thomas "Tommy" Jagger is the son of Hadley Jagger, from whom he inherited the name Judomaster. Jagger is also one of Checkmate's top field agents, within which he is known as the White Knight, and is an openly gay man.

Jagger is conflicted when Checkmate becomes involved in the elections of

Santa Prisca at the request of the United Nations. Bane, his father's killer, is suspected of ballot stuffing, intimidation, and falsifying election results. Jagger volunteers for the mission and is turned down by White King/Mr. Terrific. Josephine Tautin, the Black Queen's Knight, is picked, but a medical emergency prevents her from going. Reluctantly, Mr. Terrific agrees to Jagger's deployment, along with Fire. The mission is complicated by Fire when she acts on orders secretly given to her by Amanda Waller that results in Bane's direct intervention with Jagger. He resists the desire to avenge his father for honor, but does manage to beat Bane in a fight. The two agents make it to their exfiltration point and return to Checkmate headquarters where Jagger informs the Royals of Fire's sabotage.[8]

Jagger also spent time as an undercover Kobra devotee.

Sonia Sato

Judomaster
Publication information
Birds of Prey #100 (January 2007
)
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoSonia Sato
SpeciesHuman
Place of originEarth
Team affiliations
AbilitiesMartial artist specializing in judo

A female Judomaster, Sonia Sato, was recruited by Oracle to break into a Mexican prison. In keeping with the theme of the Birds of Prey group, this Judomaster, unlike the others, is female.

Sonia's

Damage, kissing him even after his temporarily healed face was reverted to his heavily scarred one.[10]

Sonia's romance with Damage is ended when he is killed by the reanimated

Atom Smasher search the city for survivors, only to stumble upon Damage, now a member of the Black Lantern Corps, tearing the heart out of a police officer.[11]

After the end of the Blackest Night a greatly distraught and grieving Judomaster plans to revert to her earlier plan of vengeance against Tiger, her father's killer, feeling that without Damage's love she has nothing else to anchor to a happier life. She's stopped by King Chimera, who relays her the missing half of Damage's last message to her, recorded before the Blackest Night, in which Grant shares with Sonia his wish to have corrective surgery on his face and build a simpler, happier life with her, wishing Sonia, in the event of his death, a better life. Thus King Chimera is able to convince Sonia to enact Grant's last wishes by leaving Tiger alive (albeit with a severe beating). Furthermore, Sonia decides to improve her English (reasoning that only Damage was kind enough to bear her stilted, slow grasp of language), and after giving her lover a tearful eulogy, she begins to finance several relief funds for the people Damage has unwillingly hurt in the years, attempting to give him closure, using money she "requisitioned" from Tiger before having him incarcerated.[12]

In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, Judomaster appears as a member of Japan's superhero team called Big Monster Action.[13]

Other versions

  • A female version was seen in
    Justice Battalion, along with the rest of the Charlton 'Action Heroes'. She was apparently killed with the other members when Captain Atom
    was killed.
  • In the final issue of
    Earth-4, including Judomaster and the other Charlton characters. The names of the characters are not mentioned in the panel in which they appear, the Judomaster is visually similar to the Rip Jagger Judomaster.[14] Based on comments by Grant Morrison, this alternate universe is not the pre-Crisis Earth-4.[15]
  • A version of Sonia Sato appears in
    World Army appears at the home of Jay Garrick's mother in an attempt to apprehend Jay. She is seen wearing a sigil designating her as a representative of Japan.[16]

In other media

Television

  • Sonia Sato appears in the Stargirl episode "Summer School: Chapter Ten", portrayed by Kristen Lee. This version is a Blue Valley citizen who runs a coffee stand.
  • An unidentified Judomaster appears in
    United States Senator
    Royland Goff and ally of the parasitic alien "Butterflies" who sports a green suit.

Film

Rip Jagger appears in Batman: Soul of the Dragon, voiced by Chris Cox.[18] This version is a student of O-Sensei alongside Shiva, Richard Dragon, Jade, Ben Turner, and Bruce Wayne and a member of the Kobra cult. He kills Jade to unleash Nāga from his dimension, but is devoured by his demonic servants.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
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  2. ISBN 978-1-60549-111-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  3. ^ Markstein, Don. "Judomaster". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ISBN 978-1605490557
    .
  5. ISBN 978-1893905375
    .
  6. ^ Infinite Crisis #7
  7. ^ Justice League: The Rise and Fall Special.
  8. ^ Checkmate #11-#12. DC Comics.
  9. ^ JSA All-Stars #7 (August 2010)
  10. ^ Justice Society of America (vol. 3) #22
  11. ^ Blackest Night: JSA #1 (December 2009)
  12. ^ JSA All-Stars #7 (August 2010)
  13. ^ Doomsday Clock #6 (July 2018)
  14. ^ 52, no. 52, p. 13/5 (May 2, 2007). DC Comics.
  15. ^ Brady, Matt (2007-05-08). "The 52 Exit Interviews: Grant Morrison". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
  16. ^ Earth 2 #9. DC Comics.
  17. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 4, 2021). "'Peacemaker': James Gunn HBO Max Series Adds Nhut Le As Judomaster". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  18. ^ Dar, Taimur (December 11, 2020). "Check out new images from BATMAN: SOUL OF THE DRAGON animated feature". Comicsbeat. Retrieved January 14, 2021.

External links

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