13 Facts About Grimjack

Grimjack is the main character of a comic book originally published by the American company First Comics.

Grimjack is the street name of John Gaunt, a sword-for-hire, ex-paramilitary, war veteran and former child gladiator.

Grimjack operates from Munden's Bar in the Pit, a slum area of Cynosure, a pan-dimensional city to which all dimensions connect.

The character of Grimjack was created by John Ostrander and Timothy Truman, but the setting, the pan-dimensional city of Cynosure, predates the character.

In 1990, First published Demon Knight, a stand-alone graphic novel featuring the James Twilley incarnation of Grimjack going back in time to the Demon Wars to try to change his fate.

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IDW Publishing re-issued the First Comics Grimjack run in a series of trade paperbacks under the title The Legend of Grimjack.

John Gaunt, alias Grimjack, was born in The Pit, a slum area of the pan-dimensional city of Cynosure, where both magic and technology, humans and aliens intermingle.

Grimjack's father married Anya's sister, Maite and they had one child together, Joe.

Grimjack studied magic with Rhian's father, Maethe Mathonwy, but while Gaunt could summon power he did not have the inner peace needed to properly control it.

Grimjack was informed that for all his faults, he always stood by his friends, and for that he was judged worthy.

Grimjack was reborn as James Edgar Twilley, the son of a rich Cynosure family.

Grimjack's first published appearance was in a back-up story in First's Warp, "The Dogs of War", featuring the character Sargon, Mistress of War.

Grimjack initially planned to produce the script during the summer of 1996, but timing conflicts prevented him from doing it.