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Major Yoku

 
Major Yoku
 

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Name: Major Yoku

Classification: villain villain  

Publisher(s): Charlton

First Appearance: Special War Series #4 (Nov. 1965): "Introducing Rip Jagger... Judomaster!"

Creators: Joe Gill, Frank McLaughlin

Number of Appearances: 1

Teams/Affiliations: The Imperial Japanese Army

Enemy of: Judomaster, Bushiri, Al Cole, The Sensei

Occupation: military officer

Location: unnamed island, Pacific Ocean

Birth Place: Japan

Race: Asian

Gender: male

Note: led forces that killed Judomaster's fellow U.S. soldiers

Major Yoku led the Japanese forces that wiped out American forces on a Japanese island. Sgt. Rip Jagger was one of the American troops on this island killed by Yoku's forces. Jagger was rescued by mysterious native islanders led by a Sensei who trained him. This led to be him becoming the costumed martial artist hero "Judomaster."

So... Major Yoku's ruthless campaign indirectly led to Rip Jagger becoming Judomaster.

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This character is in the following story which has been indexed by this website:
Special War Series #4 (Nov. 1965): "Introducing Rip Jagger... Judomaster!"


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2010/01/judomaster-reports-1.html
  - http://darkmark6.tripod.com/charlton_index.html