Jason Wilkes
History: Professor Jason Wilkes turned traitor and was working for a Communist nation to invent an “invisiblilty ray” for one million dollars. Wilkes completed the device and successfully tested it on live animals, turning them invisible and restoring them to normal with an “antidote” ray. He then subjected himself to the ray, but discovered that the ray not only turned things invisible, but immaterial as well. Unable to touch the switch to activate the “antidote” ray, Wilkes was left in a ghost-like state for the remainder of his life.
Height: 5 ft. 7 in.
Demonstrated Powers: Jason Wilkes was an inventive genius whose experiment left him in an invisible and intangible state.
Equipment: Electromagnetic “invisibility ray” device (which put anything exposed to it in an invisible/intangible state) and “antidote” ray device (which reveresed effects of “invisibility ray”)
............. John Kaminski :: 14 November 2004
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If Jason Wilkes was the father of John Wilkes, it would explain why people were so suspicious of the latter's giant robot. * *”He's probably gonna use it to help them dang Commies! SPIT! P-TING!” *
............. Carycomic :: 04 March 2004
It looks like Mr. Wilkes found a way to project himslef into Jor-El's Phantom Zone.
I would think that this tale was also influenced by the legend of the USS Eldridge - also known as “The Philadelphia Experiment”. Legend goes that not only was the WW2 ship made invisible, but intangible as well.
............. Bill Cox :: 06 March 2004
it is very good
............. jason wilkes :: 31 March 2005
it is very good
............. jason wilkes :: 31 March 2005
it is very good
............. jason wilkes :: 31 March 2005
it is very good
............. jason wilkes :: 31 March 2005
it is very good
............. jason wilkes :: 31 March 2005
it is very good
............. jason wilkes :: 31 March 2005
Of course, this brings up a few questions… did he starve to death? How did he breathe the air if he was intangible? Wouldn't his eyes stop working properly if light just passed through them? Would sound waves also pass through him, making him deaf? Being intangible, why didn't he or the lab animals fall through the ground they were standing on? And if he himself was a mortal man, why does he address the reader as “you who are mortal?” Hell, if we can't see him then who's he think he's talking to? …But hey, it's comics.
............. Joe England :: 29 October 2005
Tomb Of Darkness#22(9/76)/Strange Tales vol.1#16 has a supernatural version of Jason Wilkes named Blackie Droome (a -row inmate)who made a deal with to make him a ghost so he could haunt Judge Parker and scare him to .After he was hanged he went to Judge Parker,but the Judge couldn't see,hear or feel him in his ghost form.A draft from the window blew him outside and he drifted into outer space.Satan says”you fool—no evil human can escape my punishment!Each one of my subjects makes his own hell…this is yours!
............. John Holstein :: 09 January 2007
Maybe it was the same ''Satan''from ''He walked Through walls'',see my comment on that for other Timely/Atlas stories featuring Satan.
............. TURRRRRRRRRRD THE THING THAT COULD NOT DIE!!!!!!!! :: 09 January 2007
Could he have been related to the Jason Wilkes from “When the Mummy walks”?
............. Malkulan God :: 29 March 2007
The fans are singing! Join the choir, oh Jubilant One.
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Jason Wilkes
Status: Scientist
Planet of Origin: Earth
Original Appearance: Tales of Suspense # 25
Reprint: Never Reprinted
