Broad Arrow Jack

Broad Arrow Jack is a Penny dreadful written by 1866 E. Harcourt Burrage in 1866.

Plot Summary

Broad Arrow Jack follows the story of John Ashleigh, nick-named Broad Arrow Jack on account of an arrow brand on his back. The story begins with Jack falling on hard times in colonial Australia, becoming a notorious outlaw and eventually in England married to a wealthy aristocrat.^[1]

In Modern Pupular Culture

• In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, Broad Arrow Jack appears as a crew member on Captain Nemo's The Nautilus

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