47 Facts About Jesse Custer

The Reverend Jesse Custer is a fictional character, protagonist of the comic book series Preacher, created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.

Jesse Custer was ranked the 11th Greatest Comic Book Character by Empire.

Jesse Custer was born on September 19,1973, son of John Custer, a US Marine from Texas, and Christina L'Angelle, a troubled runaway.

Jesse Custer was taken back to the family home and introduced to his malicious, intelligent, yet decrepit Grandma, who began to teach him to both love and fear God.

Jesse Custer was educated largely by his mother, while the sadistic Jody taught him mechanics, fighting, and shooting.

Jesse Custer was frequently punished by being placed in an airtight coffin and then submerged at the bottom of a river.

Jesse Custer's sanity was held intact by the company of a spirit taking the form of cowboy legend John Wayne.

Jesse Custer was a cocky young man, using his skills and good looks to get easy money.

Soon enough, the John Wayne spirit that had appeared to Jesse Custer now refused to talk to him.

Jesse Custer made a new friend in Cassidy after initially calling him an abomination for drinking blood.

Jesse Custer discovered he was being followed by the Saint of Killers, who was sent to hunt down the mortal who had merged with Genesis.

Jesse Custer visited many American landmarks, including New York City, Texas, San Francisco, and New Orleans.

Jesse Custer tried to use the Word of God on Jody, but it apparently had no effect on him.

Jesse Custer was returned to Grandma, who allowed him one final night with Tulip.

Jesse Custer explained to her the events of his childhood, the murder of his father at the hands of Jody, and the real reason why he had to leave her five years before.

Meanwhile, John Wayne's spirit slowly convinced the devastated Jesse Custer to fight back against his captors and finally collect on all the pain they had caused him throughout his life.

The Grail took Cassidy, believing him to be Jesse Custer, and flew him to a hidden base in France named Masada, where Cassidy maintained the deception.

Jesse Custer was found out, and the Grail repeatedly and unsuccessfully, attempted to kill him.

Jesse Custer traveled to France to recover Cassidy, believing that they share a bond.

Jesse Custer was unwilling to endanger Tulip's life in a rescue attempt, and left her while she slept.

Jesse Custer rescued Cassidy, but not without incurring Starr's wrath and inadvertently helping to elevate him to the level of All-Father of the Grail.

Jesse Custer realized that his only chance of finding God lay in the memories of Genesis.

Jesse Custer traveled to Monument Valley, where he hoped a hallucinogen might hold the key to unlocking them.

Much to his own surprise, Jesse Custer found himself alive and well in the desert, having miraculously survived the fall but inexplicably missing an eye.

Jesse Custer refused and attempted to use his power; however, God attacked him, biting out his left eye and leaving him a wreck.

Jesse Custer was found by a hermit in the desert, having lost his memory of his encounter with God.

Lorie lived with a one-armed woman named Jodie, whom Jesse Custer eventually realized was his mother, Christina, suffering from amnesia from a gunshot wound delivered by Jody years previous.

However, both of them realized it would never work out, as Jesse Custer was still in love with Tulip.

Jesse Custer believed Gunther's tale of having escaped from Germany because he was against the Nazi regime; however, with the help of one of Miss Oatlash's books on Nazi history, Jesse Custer eventually discovered Gunther's story was a lie.

Jesse Custer tossed him a rope and walked out, and it is later revealed that Gunther hanged himself without leaving any explanation.

Jesse Custer eventually discovered that Tulip had never truly betrayed him to Cassidy, as he had kept her dependent on drugs and alcohol after she thought Jesse Custer had died.

Tulip managed to escape the vampire's control, and fled back to her old friend Amy, who delivered the startling news that Jesse Custer was alive and well and was in fact coming to Amy's place to begin his search for Tulip.

Jesse Custer found a homeless woman who was an old acquaintance of Cassidy's and discovered the fullness of his sins, including violence against women, theft, prostitution, murder, and addiction.

Jesse Custer grew agitated when confronted with what he'd done, and took a swing at Jesse in anger.

Jesse Custer made him leave, agreeing to meet up on a certain date to discuss their grudge.

Jesse Custer met with Cassidy, and they discussed his troubled past.

Jesse Custer eventually forced Cassidy to fight him, meaning to show his former friend what it feels like to be as vulnerable as all the women he had abused.

Cassidy turned to face the sun as it rose and thanked Jesse Custer for being his friend and offering him his hand.

Tulip arrived in time to kill Starr, but not to save Jesse Custer, who had died instantly, covered in the ashes of his best friend.

Jesse Custer, now resurrected and with his lost eye restored, sought out Tulip, who explained she cannot and will not forgive him for betraying her a second time.

The last panels show Cassidy, now human after his deal with God, watching the sunset and talking to himself, or rather out to Jesse Custer, saying that he will try to act like a man.

Jesse Custer learned how to fight and hunt and shoot, and became proficient in maintaining and fixing machinery, all taught by Jody.

Jody's immense fighting ability obviously rubbed off on Jesse Custer, who impressed Starr tremendously after Jesse Custer had taken out some of his elite Grail soldiers and evaded capture in France.

Jesse Custer's skills allow him to easily beat the superhumanly strong and fast vampire, Cassidy.

Jesse Custer explains that this is because Cassidy has never had to learn how to fight.

When his soul merged with the angel-demon entity Genesis, her powers were focused into what Jesse Custer would refer to as "The Word of God".

Jesse Custer prefers to keep his Word in reserve, using it only when he has to.