One-Eyed Jacks (novel)
The eighth in the series of the Wild Cards novels by George R. R. Martin. One-Eyed Jacks follows Jerry Strauss, the Projectionist in his investigation of a group of seeming Wild Card Aces called "Jumpers." It is the first anthology after two mosaic novels. It is also the first book of the "Jumper Trilogy".
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| Synopsis: | A collection of short stories set in a shared superhero universe. |
| Series: | Wild Cards |
| Preceded by: | Dead Man's Hand (novel) |
| Followed by: | Jokertown Shuffle |
| First published: | August 1991 |
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| The Wiki Rule: | Wild Cards Wiki |
Not to be confused with the 1961 film of the same name.
Tropes used in One-Eyed Jacks (novel) include:
- Adorkable: Jerry Strauss. Mark Meadows to a certain extent.
- Big Bad: Blaise, the Bloat
- Bury Your Gays: Veronica's girlfriend.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Veronica.
- Incompatible Orientation: Veronica and Jerry.
- Inspirationally Disabled: Sprout.
- Jump the Shark: A lot of fans believed the entire Joker trilogy was this.
- Lipstick Lesbian: Veronica.
- Miscarriage of Justice: Mark Meadow's daughter Sprout being taken away from him after he heroically rescues people as Jumping Jack Flash.
- Values Dissonance: A mild one. At the start of George H.W. Bush's Presidency, the writers seem to be assuming he's going to be one of the most oppressive Presidents in history.
- Villainous Breakdown: Sunflower suffers one of these when she realizes Jumping Jack Flash is her ex-husband Mark and she just slept with him. She's not exactly a villain, though.