Jack O’Neill

Jack O'Neill is the wisecracking, battle-hardened leader of the SG-1 team, an elite Air Force unit that travels through the Stargate network to explore distant worlds and defend Earth from alien threats.

Few characters arrive with quite such an eclectic calling card as Jack O'Neill, who made his comic debut in a 2003 Free Comic Book Day edition from Avatar Press — sharing space with the likes of Teal'c, Samantha Carter, and Daniel Jackson in what was clearly a banner moment for Stargate fans hungry for four-color adventures. A Modern Age creation brought to the page by Jeremy Rock, O'Neill's catalog footprint spans titles like Stargate SG-1: Fall of Rome and Stargate SG-1: Aris Boch, painting a picture of a character at the center of some genuinely ambitious licensed comics storytelling. With 11 appearances across Avatar's mid-2000s Stargate line, he's a focused but rewarding find for collectors who love seeing beloved genre properties get the serious comic treatment — and that FCBD debut issue alone makes him a fun piece of early 2000s licensing history worth tracking down.