Jack Tenrec



Jack TenrecCHARACTER »  Jack Tenrec appears in 36 issues. Half mechanic, half shaman, Jack "Cadillac" Tenrec is almost an outcast of the City in the Sea. A member of the Old Blood Mechanics, he strives to keep the balance between nature and technology in the new Xenozoic age.

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Write the second section of your page here.Jack Tenrec appears in 36 issues View all Xenozoic TalesXenozoic Tales14 appearances Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Cadillacs and Dinosaurs9 appearances Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Cadillacs and Dinosaurs6 appearances

Mark Schultz Xenozoic Tales Artist's Edition
Hardcover artbook, also collects Xenozoic Tales #9-14.

Xenoxoic Tales is the classic story of a post-apocalyptic future where mankind has retreated to vast subterranean cities to escape a world ravaged by environmental calamities. Centuries later, Upon emerging from their underground dwellings, they find their civilization is gone-replaced with the most fearsome beasts to ever walk the Earth... Dinosaurs!

Mark Schultz delivers an epic adventure tale, one complete with romance and intrigue. Collecting issues 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of Xenoxoic Tales, the final six chapters (so far), and with Schultz at the peal of his artistic powers. Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel and Wally Wood would have been proud!

Mark Schultz Xenozoic Tales Artist's Edition1 appearances No recent wiki edits to this page. An Old Blood Mechanic Born in the 26th century, Jack Tenrec is a member of the Old Blood Mechanics, a fraternity of techno-shamans that kept the machines running during the centuries after the Great Cataclysm that forced humanity underground. Now that humanity has resurfaced and discovered that the planet is ruled by "slithers" (the name used to indicate dinosaurs), Jack fights a battle to keep the balance between nature and technology. The City in the Sea  Jack lives in a massive fortress, usually called "The Garage", located on the cliffs in front of the City in the Sea (a settlement built on the ruins of the old Manhattan).

Jack earns his money by fixing the vehicles of the city. Despite his rough character and his usually gruff behaviour many residents consider him to a lot more reliable than their own leaders, the City Governors - usually going straight to him asking for help. This has placed Jack in an awkward position: he doesn't want to be a hero, but people look at him that way and some governors consider him to be a danger to their own personal power.

Allies
Jack has a good number of allies among the common citizens, most notably Mess O'Bradovich - a former criminal that Jack helped to reform - and Mustapha Cairo, an engineer. His closest ally is Hannah Dundee, his on-off girlfriend and ambassador of the Wassoon tribe to the City in the Sea.

Enemies
Jack's main antagonists are various low-lifes from the city, especially poachers. Over the years he has started to practice a sort of "poetic justice"; rather than punish them directly he usually strips them of weapons and gear and leaves them in the wilderness, easy prey for dinosaurs. The relationship between Jack and the governors of the City is more complex. While they aren't usually on good terms due to the Governors' lack of care for the enviroment, only a few of them consider him an actual enemy.

The Grith Jack is one of the few humans that was able to befriend the Grith, a race of humanoid lizards, far older than humanity, that evolved from dinosaurs. According to Jack they don't have the means to translate their language into a written or spoken form understandable to a human and they don't think like humans, so he uses a bag of Scrabble tiles to communicate with them. The Grith are apparently one with the Earth. They have little to no use for technology and they are apparently caretakers of nature. They chose Jack as their agent to the city.Technology Jack is quite adept at analysing, rebuilding and retro engineering technology. The Garage is powered by a geothermal system and his main transportation is a modified Cadillac powered by dinosaurs' guano.