YELLOWJACKET

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: Vincent Francis Harley
OCCUPATION: Crime fiction writer, adventurer 
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Mutant 

LEGAL STATUS: MIA
OTHER ALIASES: Jack Wasp
PLACE OF BIRTH: Charlton, USA 
MARITAL STATUS: Single 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Jill Burton (sister), Tom "Buzz" Burton (nephew) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Liberty Guards
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Charlton, USA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Yellowjacket Comics #1 (September 1944) 

HEIGHT: 5' 9" 
WEIGHT: 147 lbs 
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Brown 

HISTORY

July, 1940. 

Vince Harley was a crime novel writer suffering from art block until Judy Graves crossed his path. The girl was pursued by the gangster Jake Mallon and his gang, who broke into Harley's country house and after questioning him about Judy's whereabouts and beating him to death, left him at the mercy of a swarm of wasps. However the wasps did not harm him and when Judy came out of her hiding place he was able to order the wasps not to harm her either. Inspired by this revelation, Vince donned a wasp-colored costume and confronted Mallon and his henchmen aided by his new "friends", easily defeating the criminals. The newspapers named him Jack Wasp and Harley decided to continue acting as masked hero, which also helped him overcome the creative block he suffered from. Unfortunately shortly after Vince joined the first group of Liberty Guards who tried to stop the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jack Wasp was among the fallen on that fateful day. 

POWERS & WEAPONS

Jack Wasp was able to control yellow jackets as well as being immune to the venom from their stings. Harley practiced boxing and was in exceptional physical condition. He was a sleuth with a keen nose for unraveling mysteries.