Judomaster

Judomaster is a superhero originally published by Charlton Comics, before being acquired by DC Comics and integrated into their universe. Created by by Joe Gill and Frank McLaughlin, Judomaster first debuted in Special War Series #4 (November 1965). An American sergeant in World War II, Hadley "Rip" Jagger saved the life of a rescued the daughter of a Pacific island chief and was taught the martial art of judo in return. He also had a young sidekick in Tiger, who first appeared in Judomaster #91 (October, 1966). Like most other Charlton properties, the rights to the character was sold to DC Comics, who integrated them into their universe post-Crisis. Judomaster was now a former member of the All-Star Squadron, and his sidekick Tiger became a villain known as Avatar in the L.A.W. mini-series. Judomaster himself spent his years at the city of Nanda Parbat, which kept him youthful due to the fact that time passes differently there. Judomaster has only appeared sporadically since then, before being killed off by Bane in Infinite Crisis. Since then, several others have taken over the Judomaster identity, including his son Thomas Jagger.