Real Name/Secret Identity:
John Burton
Universe/Franchise:
Big Trouble in Little China
First Appearance:
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Abilities:
Truck driving, trouble finding and philosophizing
Occupation:
Truck driver/rugged adventurer
Base of Operations:
The road, and wherever it leads him
Dirty Details Done Dirt Cheap:
Jack Burton is a swaggering truck driver who finds all sorts of big trouble when he agrees to help his hapless pal Wang Chi rescue his green-eyed girlfriend from villains in San Francisco's Chinatown. Their rescue mission takes them to a mysterious and bizarre underworld beneath Chinatown, where they face off against a deadly sorcerer by the name of Lo Pan. Jack's also something of a philosopher, having lived on the road, prone to sharing his thoughts via CB radio with whoever might care to listen: "When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the bar room wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if you paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: 'Have you paid your dues, Jack?' 'Yes sir, the check is in the mail.'"
