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Jack Gold was a down-on-his-luck reporter who worked for a tabloid known as the
National Chronicle. Alcoholism and a bad attitude cost him his career at more prestigious newspapers, as well as his marriage to his wife, Annie. Jack was assigned to interview a mysterious man known as Baron Winters and Winters recruited to work for him as part of his "
Night Force". Winter had Jack steal classified documents from the
Pentagon relating to parapsychological study and through them, he learned about a woman named Vanessa van Helsing. Vanessa had been locked up inside the
Potomac Psychiatric Hospital for seven years and a keen perception of occult forces. When Van Helsing was released, she too joined Baron Winters' team and Jack and she grew close, eventually entering into a loveless marriage.
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- Journalism: Although Jack is a skilled journalist, his bad habits have affected his career choices and he mostly works within tabloid circles.
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- Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
- Jack Gold has two children, Adam and Betty.
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