Jack the Ripper

"Jack the Ripper"
Biological Information
Species	Human
Status	Unknown
Universe Information
Home universe	Earth-1
General Information
Occupation	Serial killer
Alter ego	Jack the Ripper

An unknown person nicknamed "Jack the Ripper" (fl. 1895) was a serial killer in the 1800s, operating in Victorian London.

Biography

1800s

In Victorian London, Vandal Savage received tutorage from Jack on how to surgically dissect a human body.

According to Nate Heywood, Jack went on a killing spree in the Whitechapel district of London in around 1895. Although there were some suspects, the identity of Jack the Ripper remained unsolved.

Legacy

A prevailing theory about Jack the Ripper pointed at a suspect named Aaron Kosminski.

In 2013 after Clifford DeVoe gained meta-human power of accelerated thinking, his wife Marlize DeVoe asked him who Jack the Ripper was. After pointing at Kosminski, DeVoe shared his own masterfully crafted theory that the Ripper was Catharine Jewell, Kosminski's nurse at Colney Hatch Asylum.

In 2018, after Nora West-Allen debriefed Team Flash on Cicada's M.O., Cisco Ramon described him as a "meta-human Jack The Ripper".

Power and abilities

Abilities

• Medical knowledge: Jack the Ripper was a very skilled surgeon, having performed advanced procedures.

Appearances

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 1

• "Blood Ties" (mentioned)

Season 3

• "Return of the Mack" (mentioned)

The Flash

Season 4

• "Therefore I Am" (mentioned)

Season 5

• "The Death of Vibe" (mentioned)

Behind the scenes

• In real life Jack the Ripper was an infamous serial killer known for a loosely connected string of murders committed in Whitechapel, a district in London in late 1800's. While never convicted or caught, one of the fewer known non-speculative facts about the perpetrator is that he indeed had some medical background due to the victims being surgically dissected.
• There are numerous versions of Jack the Ripper character in DC Comics, main one being possessed by demon Calibraxis.
  • In some cases Vandal Savage himself is heavily hinted to be the one behind at least some of the Whitechapel murders, most known example being in DCU Villains Secret Files and Origins #1.
  • In the Smallville TV series (also by CW), Curtis Knox, a character based on Vandal Savage was Jack the Ripper. The Earth-1 version of Vandal Savage used Curtis Knox as alias, further cementing the connection.