Real name: Jason Hansen
Occupation: educator
Identity: Secret
Legal status:
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Place of birth: Sturgis, SD
Place of death:
Marital status: Married
Known relatives: Wife, Son, Ex-Wife
Group affiliation: none
Base of operations: Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark brown
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History: Jason was a man who was very good at his job in the local community college, but had no passion for it. He worked diligently, but not hard. He worked well, but never felt a desire to be exceptional. In addition, he did not fit in with the administration of the college personally. His performance reviews were unexceptional, but never negative so it came as a complete shock the day he received the email to visit with the school's President. At the meeting, Jason was presented with a document of lies. A list of fabricated but small falsities had been collected by his supervisor to justify letting him go from his position. It hurt, Jason felt pummeled by life immediately after being let go in such a way. Troubled by self doubt, car problems, his teenage son's sudden knee injury, etc. It all seemed to come at once. He was reminded of the phrase, "when it rains, it pours." It was certainly pouring.
All of this was hard enough for a normal man, but Jason was not normal. The crap happening to him was going on at the same time he was trying to continue his superhero identity, as the Jackpine Gypsy. Jason had been JG for years, a street level hero in the midwest state of South Dakota. He'd been able to maintain his double life even through the affair his wife had that eventually led to their divorce. He'd maintained it through previous job changes, and even through his recent second marriage. But the strain of everything coming down on him at once and his personal doubts about if it was even worth being JG was too much.
Then his old enemy came back. He'd thought Ghostdevil was dead. The fall into that tank of liquid Xenon at the neutrino research facility should have been final. They'd fished the body out, cremated it. He'd moved on, but now Ghostdevil was back and up to his old evils.
Jason, Jackpine Gypsy needed to face his enemy, needed to stop Ghostdevil's machinations. Jason needed to resolve his doubts, his career problems, and take care of his family.