Human Jackrabbit, the Origin

Human Jackrabbit - Origin

The lone survivor of the devastated Lopin, the Human Jackrabbit (HJ) crashed on Earth in a small space vessel made by his parents and launched just moments before the planet's ultimate destruction. Found by a modest farming family, the Seleskis (who named this mysterious babe from space, 'Jon'). Jon was raised as a normal child, almost unaware of the powers granted to him by the Earth's yellow sun . . .

In High School ("Benedict Arnold High"), while attending a demonstration of the wonders of atomic power, Jon was bitten by a radioactive rabbit. Jon soon found that he had acquired the proportionate strength of a rabbit, and an affinity for diving into open manholes . . .

The Canadian government, seeing Jon's powers, kidnaped him and subjected him to their mysterious "Weapon Y" enhancement project. The Project subjected Jon to bizarre and unlikely experiments. Jon's bones were laced with non-viscus Tethlon and he was given retractable razor-sharp Tethlon claws. The Weapon Y program was also responsible for the creation of the HJ's arch-rival, the Wooly Mammoth, his massive muscles augmented by bones and tusks of cubic zirconium. Then something went terribly wrong with the experiments. The labs were sealed, the records destroyed and the subjects had their minds erased. Jon and the other subject were released back into society, now believing they were mild-mannered shoe salesmen . . .

After many years, Jon/HJ once again manifested his superpowers. Troubled with the duality of how to manage his 'Rabbit Fury"and his occupation sizing shoes, he sought out Dr Julius Young, who was renown for his knowledge of helping super-powered beings adjust to society. HJ arrived at Young's School for Talented Young just in time to single handedly turn back an assault by the Fraternity of Nasty Naturally Powered Super Beings. This was the beginning of HJ's long stint with the M-Men . . .

The M-Men and the rest of Earth's greatest heroes united to confront the 'Emergency on Endless Worlds," where all of the possibilities of time converged into a single 'coherent' world. This caused HJ to combine with several of his alternate selves: the dark defender of central Gothopolis, Black Rabbit. The militant feminist female analog, GunBunny. The frog inspired version, Hopper. Lastly, the maniacal evil mastermind, the Hare. Once all of the worlds were one, Jon Seleski, the Human Jackrabbit, Protector of Upstate New York, was formed. Jon was now a young man in the Poconoes (a ski resort town in the mountains), blessed with the powers of The Rabbit by the great and powerful pantheon of the Animal Gods, and it is this avatar of all things rabbit, that we have come to know and love . . .

Although there may be some loose ends from the other worlds that may need to be tied up, the Human Jackrabbit is on the way . . .

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