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* "Jumping Jack Flash* by Music/TheRollingStones is not about him, but does use an alternative name for him for the title.
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Due to his hideous appearance and unique attributes, Spring-Heeled Jack became a highly popular figure in fiction, often being the subject of Victorian Penny Dreadful's. Whilst his literary status has deteriorated since the turn of the 19th century, Spring-Heeled Jack remains a prominent figure in the media.
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Due to his hideous appearance and unique attributes, Spring-Heeled Jack became a highly popular figure in fiction, often being the subject of Victorian Penny Dreadful's.Dreadfuls. Whilst his literary status has deteriorated since the turn of the 19th century, Spring-Heeled Jack remains a prominent figure in the media.
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->''"I hear the sound\\
Of him bounding around\\
On the rooftops of London\\
Leaving the people bewildered and stunned\\
And on occasion aflame"''
-->-- '''Music/LemonDemon''', "Spring Heeled Jack"
Of him bounding around\\
On the rooftops of London\\
Leaving the people bewildered and stunned\\
And on occasion aflame"''
-->-- '''Music/LemonDemon''', "Spring Heeled Jack"
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* VideoGame/CassetteBeasts: The Springheel is a bat-like monster based on Jack. Its entry in the bestiary mentions the Victorian character, hinting that he might have been a Springheel.
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* Creator/DCComics: Spring-heeled Jack appears as a supervillain in ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'', where he's presented as a demonic beast with grey skin, curved horns, burning red eyes and coved hooves. He appears primarily, as an enemy of the heroes Knight & Squire, having killed Percival Sheldrake the original incarnation of Knight.
* ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Spring-heeled Jack's body (or possibly a suit) can be seen as one of the exhibits found in the British Museum where the League are headquartered.
* ''Creator/TheHotspur'': Spring Heeled Jack was a character in the British comic book The Hotspur, where he was the secret identity of a mild mannered Victorian forensic investigator who used the identity, along with a pair of spring loaded shoes to give him incredible leaping powers, to investigate and punish crimes that the rest of the police force had deemed unsolvable.
* ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Spring-heeled Jack's body (or possibly a suit) can be seen as one of the exhibits found in the British Museum where the League are headquartered.
* ''Creator/TheHotspur'': Spring Heeled Jack was a character in the British comic book The Hotspur, where he was the secret identity of a mild mannered Victorian forensic investigator who used the identity, along with a pair of spring loaded shoes to give him incredible leaping powers, to investigate and punish crimes that the rest of the police force had deemed unsolvable.
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* Creator/DCComics: ''Creator/TheHotspur'': Spring Heeled Jack was a character in the British comic book The Hotspur, where he was the secret identity of a mild mannered Victorian forensic investigator who used the identity, along with a pair of spring loaded shoes to give him incredible leaping powers, to investigate and punish crimes that the rest of the police force had deemed unsolvable.
* Spring-heeled Jack appears as a supervillain in ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'', where he's presented as a demonic beast with grey skin, curved horns, burning red eyes andcoved cloven hooves. He appears primarily, primarily as an enemy of the heroes Knight & Squire, Squire; having killed Percival Sheldrake Sheldrake, the original incarnation of Knight.
* ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Spring-heeled Jack's body (or possibly a suit) can be seen as one of the exhibits found in the British Museum where the League areheadquartered.
* ''Creator/TheHotspur'': Spring Heeled Jack was a character in the British comic book The Hotspur, where he was the secret identity of a mild mannered Victorian forensic investigator who used the identity, along with a pair of spring loaded shoes to give him incredible leaping powers, to investigate and punish crimes that the rest of the police force had deemed unsolvable.headquartered.
* Spring-heeled Jack appears as a supervillain in ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'', where he's presented as a demonic beast with grey skin, curved horns, burning red eyes and
* ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Spring-heeled Jack's body (or possibly a suit) can be seen as one of the exhibits found in the British Museum where the League are
* ''Creator/TheHotspur'': Spring Heeled Jack was a character in the British comic book The Hotspur, where he was the secret identity of a mild mannered Victorian forensic investigator who used the identity, along with a pair of spring loaded shoes to give him incredible leaping powers, to investigate and punish crimes that the rest of the police force had deemed unsolvable.
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* Magazine/ForteanTimes, a monthly digest of the WorldOfWeirdness, has returned to the very British phenomenon of Spring-Heelled Jack on many occasions. He is a perennial favourite of FT and the magazine has covered his history, social culture, and the latest theories concerning who or what he was. And maybe still is.
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* Magazine/ForteanTimes, ''Magazine/ForteanTimes'', a monthly digest of the WorldOfWeirdness, has returned to the very British phenomenon of Spring-Heelled Jack on many occasions. He is a perennial favourite of FT and the magazine has covered his history, social culture, and the latest theories concerning who or what he was. And maybe still is.
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Modern theories on who or what Jack actually was vary, from a pure UrbanLegend with no backing in reality, to a malicious prankster using some kind of [[ScoobyDooHoax stage equipment]] to pull off apparently supernatural feats (possibly also with some press or rumour-driven exaggeration), to claims that he was some kind of [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious cryptid]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent supernatural entity]], or [[AliensAreBastards alien]].
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Modern theories on who or what Jack actually was vary, from a pure UrbanLegend {{Urban Legend|s}} with no backing in reality, to a malicious prankster using some kind of [[ScoobyDooHoax stage equipment]] to pull off apparently supernatural feats (possibly also with some press or rumour-driven exaggeration), to claims that he was some kind of [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious cryptid]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent supernatural entity]], or [[AliensAreBastards alien]].
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* ''Literature/NightShift'': ''Strawberry Spring'' involves the narrator recapping how during their time at New Sharon College in 1968 they encountered a "Strawberry Spring" (an early false spring, similar to an Indian Summer) which brought a heavy fog which provided perfect cover for a SerialKiller dubbed by the papers as Springheel Jack. Several students were murdered but the killer was never caught. The story ends in 1976 with killer returning with the arrival of a new strawberry spring, causing the narrator to realize [[spoiler: that [[TheKillerInMe they are]] Springheel Jack]]. Despite the sharing the name the story has little in common with the legend.
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* ''Literature/NightShift'': ''Strawberry Spring'' involves the narrator recapping how during their time at New Sharon College in 1968 1968, they encountered a "Strawberry Spring" (an early false spring, similar to an Indian Summer) which brought a heavy fog which provided perfect cover for a SerialKiller who committed murders on soft, sodden ground without leaving footprints, more than ten feet to the nearest asphalt -- the college kids talked about what a good jumper he must be, and so he was dubbed by the papers as Springheel Jack. Jack by the papers. Several students were murdered murdered, but the killer was never caught. The story ends in 1976 with the killer returning with the arrival of a new strawberry spring, causing the narrator to realize [[spoiler: that [[spoiler:that [[TheKillerInMe they are]] he is]] Springheel Jack]]. Despite the sharing the name the story has little in common with the legend.Jack]].
