Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics)

Jack O'Lantern
Jack O'Lantern from the cover of Justice League Europe #30
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	(I) Super Friends #8 (November 1977) (II) Justice League Europe Annual #1 (1990) Justice League Quarterly #14 (spring 1994)
Created by	(I) E. Nelson Bridwell, Ramona Fradon (III)Steven T. Seagle, Ken Hooper
In-story information
Alter ego	Daniel Cormac Marvin Noronsa Liam McHugh
Team affiliations	(I) Global Guardians (III) Primal Force Ultramarine Corps
Abilities	(I, II) Mystical lantern provides flight, flame projection, teleportation, illusion casting, enhanced strength, fog creation. (III) Has internalized the powers of the lantern used by his predecessors

Jack O'Lantern is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

The first Jack O'Lantern is Daniel Cormac of Ireland, who was born to a poor farmer who was granted a magic lantern by an Irish fairy. Cormac is a member of the Global Guardians, an international group of superheroes. His first recorded mission in Super Friends #8 was to help Green Lantern dismantle a bomb in Ireland. He appears in three solo back up stories in Super Friends #s 37, 40 and 44.

Cormac's first appearance in the mainstream DC Comics universe is DC Comics Presents #46, helping Superman find an ancient ruin in Ireland. He is later seen as part of a group of heroes from Ireland and England trying to save the world in the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

When the United Nations decide to fund the Justice League International, the Global Guardians find themselves without financial support, and disband. Cormac subsequently joins Rumaan Harjavti's army in Bialya. After Harjavti is killed by the Queen Bee, Jack voluntarily joins forces with the villainess in taking over the world. He is left dying in a sewer after a battle with the Justice League. He is found alive by his girlfriend Owlwoman in Justice League Quarterly #s 6 - 8 when the two heroes are found by Doctor Mist. They take a major part in reuniting the Global Guardians and fight with Sonar against the Justice League in Justice League Europe #s 49 and 50. Afterwards, Jack dies of natural causes.

Marvin Noronsa is a native of Bialya who takes over the Jack O'Lantern identity at Queen Bee's behest. Noronsa is able to use Cormac's mystical lantern only after Queen Bee modifies it. Noronsa is killed in an explosion caused by Sumaan Harjavti in Justice League America #55 (October 1991).