The Creeper (Jack Ryder)
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The Creeper (Jack Ryder)
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My name is Jack Ryder. I make trouble for a living. I like making trouble. Trouble opens people's eyes. I suppose it was only a matter of time before trouble came looking for me.
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
// HAHA it’s funny because he did make a long lasting deal with the devil
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
// The first time Creeper teamed up with fellow Gotham hero Batman was when they teamed up to defeat Roderick Rose AKA Hellgrammite, whom planned to enslave and transform the citizens of Gotham into his “drones”
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
// Eventually, Creeper’s healing factor managed to pull himself back together, from just a single ear remaining intact.

However, his death didn’t come without consequences, as Jack seemed incredibly traumatized by the entire ordeal
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
// When Eclipso, the Spirit of Wrath, took over the South American republic of Parador, Creeper was amongst the heroes sent by Amanda Waller to stop him.

However, Eclipso slaughtered most of the heroes.

Creeper was devoured by Eclipso possessed hyenas and was presumed dead.
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
// The Creeper’s negative reputation eventually led to him being briefly recruited to The Secret Society of Super-Villains, which he helped take down from the inside.
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
// Jack later learned that Yatz was not only alive, but had been working with The Joker to weaponize the nanotech formula.

He also learned the formula he was injected with contained Joker Toxin, which causes uncontrollable laughter, a forced grin, hallucinations, violence, & skin/hair discoloration
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
// Due to a series of misunderstandings, including attacking a cop, shooting a murder suspect, and being mistaken for The Joker, The Creeper became wanted by both the police & the criminal underworld.

Jack himself, in attempt to hide his identity, put out a reward for the capture of The Creeper
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
// -c- factors, both demonic and scientific, changed Jack into a bizarre looking entity who called himself The Creeper, named after the boogeyman his mother would tell tales of.
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
//-c- process, the nanotechnology began to not only heal and revive Jack, but also locked the demon inside Jack, merging him with an alternate persona created via childhood trauma. The drugs in Jack’s system also affected the state Jack would be in once he revived.

The combination of these -c-
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
// -c- structure of matter, and accelerate healing while also granting great strength and stamina.

In retaliation, the gangsters shot Jack in the head and tossed him off a cliff.

It was at this point a demon attempted to possess Jack, needing a fresh corpse. However, during the possession -c-
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
// -c- sneak in. Jack was drugged with a hallucinogen, one said to cause psychosis if used in too strong a dose.

Not wanting his research to fall into the wrong hands, Yatz injected Ryder with the last of his unstable experimental chemical serum, which was designed to rearrange the molecular -c-
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
// Jack was diagnosed with atypical bipolar disorder and depression, attributed to his high stress job. He takes two pills a day and goes to therapy regularly. He, however, keeps this a secret from the public out of shame.
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
// There is a famous “Vegas Incident” that Jack was involved with. He will never reveal exactly what happened but occasionally keeps adding ridiculous events that were involved in the “Vegas Incident.” It’s essentially the equivalent of the Noodle Incident
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
// Jack has a teenage son named Kieran Millar that he doesn’t know exists.
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
// The Jack Ryder Show has been canceled and revived multiple times, mostly due to loss in sponsors and angry phone calls from viewers.

Jack also considers Vicki Vale to be his direct rival.
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
// Jack studied to be a journalist, getting a job at GCN’s news program “Gotham Insider”. He eventually gained enough notoriety to gain his own controversial late night show on WHAM-TV (as well as a podcast)

His show was well known for Jack antagonizing his guests, much to his fans amusement
November 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
// Jack and The Creeper were both big fans of The Beatles.
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
// Jack grew up being a big fan of horror movies , in particular the horror classics. In particular he was a big fan of Boris Karloff.
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
// Another legend of the “Creeper demon” suggests he is the last of a species of demon, from the 6th Circle of Hell. His status of the last of his kind has caused other demons to seek him in order to “repopulate”.

Jack is unsure what parts of Creeper’s stories are true and which are delusions.
November 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
// Even prior to the stories Jack’s mother told him, there have been tales of a very similar demon, that seems to originate in feudal Japan, as an oni who would possess lonely and outcasted children, driving them to do horrible things against their will.
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
// Jack inherited a painting from his mother. It was unnamed & was painted by a 1920’s French surrealist painter named Judith Benoir. The painting was recovered from a violent crime scene before being sold.

Jack wonders if there is a connection between the painting & the tales of The Creeper
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
// Jack grew up in Westchester County with a schizophrenic mom & a largely absent dad. His mom would sing songs of a yellow skinned demon that lived in the woods that would know when Jack misbehaved, & how it would drag him through a river of blood to eat his flesh & torment his soul
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Yᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀɴ ᴀɴᴄʜᴏʀ. I ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ I ɴᴇᴇᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ I’ᴍ ɴᴏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ. Gᴜᴇss ɪᴛ’s ғᴜɴɴʏ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴡᴇɪʀᴅ ᴡᴀʏ.”

Jack Ryder. Reporter. Late Night Talk Show Host. Podcaster.

Creeper. Demonic Anti-Hero. Yellow Skinned Wacky Man.

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October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM