Jonny Double

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Jonny Double
Jonny Double, on the cover of Showcase #78. Art by Dick Giordano
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Showcase #78 (November 1968)
Created by	Len Wein Marv Wolfman
In story information
Abilities	None

Jonny Double is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman, he first appeared in Showcase #78 (November 1968).

[edit] Publication history

Double appeared in various other DC titles, including Challengers of the Unknown #74 (June-July 1970), Wonder Woman, and Kobra. Most recently Double was featured in Jonny Double: Two Finger Discount, a 1998 four issue limited series by Brian Azzarello (writer) and Eduardo Risso (artist), and published by Vertigo/DC Comics.

[edit] Fictional character biography

Jonny is an ex-police officer and now a down-on-his-luck private investigator working in San Francisco. Decidedly anachronistic, his speech is laced with beatnik and 1960s hipster slang. As described in his first appearance in Showcase, Double is "a down-beat Don Quixote in a society that frowns on windmills. A once white knight in rusty armor searching for that last dragon to slay. The poor man's Peter Pan."

[edit] References

• Jonny Double at Thrilling Detective website