Essential Painkiller Jane (2006):
“Jane’s Addiction”
by Brian Augustyn, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada, Amanda Conner

Essential Painkiller Jane

Title: “Jane’s Addiction”

Medium: comic

Cover date: 2006

Publisher:
Written by: Brian Augustyn, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada
Art by: Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti

41 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Painkiller Jane (Jane Vasko) (lead character)		DEA; NYPD		55
NYPD		[police department]		1,396
Maureen Fernandez		DEA; NYPD [Ashley Quinn's older sister]		42
Seth Hiller (pg. 23-26)		[treated, fell in love w/Painkiller Jane]		30
Javi Lagarto		[very short; tried to sell drugs at club Noir]		1
Angel Blanco		Hispanic [subjected Jane Vasko to drugs, making her Painkiller Jane]		1
Reynaldo Blanco		Hispanic [subjected Jane Vasko to drugs, making her Painkiller Jane]		1
Neal Garner		[asked Painkiller Jane to protect his club from Javi Lagarto]		1
street gangs		[gang]		28
Cliff Doaks		U.S. Army [at nightclub Noir bombed by Javi Lagarto]		1
H.R.		[thug]		1
Larnell		black		1
Lindy		[at nightclub Noir w/boyfriend Cliff bombed by Javi Lagarto]		1
Ruben		[thug]		1
DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)		[government agency]		10
Karl Vasko (5-panel cameo, pg. 12, 16, 23)		[Painkiller Jane's father]		1
Maria Vasko (5-panel cameo, pg. 12, 16, 23)		[Painkiller Jane's mother]		1
Mark Willofsky (3-panel cameo, pg. 12, 19, 23)		[Painkiller Jane's childhood sweetheart, fiance]		1
Dr. Bob (3-panel cameo, pg. 21-22)		[created drug ("the Bomb") that transformed Painkiller Jane]		1
Carla Vasko (3-panel cameo, pg. 12, panels 2-3, 5)		[Painkiller Jane's sister]	GEP Productions, etc.	2
22 Brides (2-panel cameo, pg. 4, panels 3-4)  5 members of 22 Brides mercenary team are seen on page 4 in panel 3. The van they are in is shown in panel 4, along with a line of their dialogue.		[female group of mercenary assassins]		8
Nels DeCastro (1-panel cameo, pg. 2, panel 1)  briefly appears in a one-panel club scene		FDNY		9
Carrie Johnson (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)		22 Brides		8
Libby Johnson (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)		22 Brides		6
Dark Ali (Ali) (1-panel cameo)  appears in a single-panel montage		22 Brides		13
Marilyn (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)		22 Brides		8
Lulu Stump (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)		22 Brides		5
Hardkiss (1-panel cameo, pg. 4, panel 3)		22 Brides; black		4
Mr. Darrow (1-panel cameo, pg. 25, panel 5)		[moved into Painkiller Jane's parents' home after they died]		1
Mrs. Darrow (1-panel cameo, pg. 25, panel 5)		[moved into Painkiller Jane's parents' home after they died]		1
baby Darrow (1-panel cameo, pg. 25, panel 5)		[moved into Painkiller Jane's parents' home after they died]		1
Frankenstein's Monster (someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 25, panel 2)  young child trick-or-treater in Frankenstein's Monster costume and mask.		First Line; S.H.A.D.E....  Seven Soldiers of Victory [Uses name Frankenstein in tribute to his creator.]		990
Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) (someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 25, panel 2)  Trick or Treaters dressed up as Madonna (mom) and Jay & Silent Bob (kids)	Catholic (lapsed); Kabbalah (convert)	[actress; singer...]		463
Jay (someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 25, panel 2)  Trick or Treaters dressed up as Madonna (mom) and Jay & Silent Bob (kids)		[drug dealer]	View Askew Productions , etc.	48
Silent Bob (Bob) (someone disguised or dressed as, pg. 25, panel 2)  Trick or Treaters dressed up as Madonna (mom) and Jay & Silent Bob (kids)	Catholic (raised)	[drug dealer]	View Askew Productions , etc.	50
Tweety (Virginia Marie Garcia) (behind the scenes)  One source identifies Tweety as present in "a single-panel montage," but we did not see her, although fellow members of 22 Brides group appear.		22 Brides; Hispanic		3
Mercy (behind the scenes)  One source identifies her as appearing in this issue, but we did not see her, although fellow members of 22 Brides group appear.		22 Brides		8
Dorothy Gale (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 3)  Lindy (to bouncer at door): "'Scuse me, sir, how do we go about getting in this here club?" unruly guy in line: "Only chance ya' got, Dorothy, is to DUMP the Scarecrow an get wit' ME!"	Protestant	[farmer; student]	George M. Hill Company; Arrow, etc.	270
The Scarecrow (mentioned, pg. 1, panel 3)  Lindy (to bouncer at door): "'Scuse me, sir, how do we go about getting in this here club?" unruly guy in line: "Only chance ya' got, Dorothy, is to DUMP the Scarecrow an get wit' ME!"		[farmer; ruler]	George M. Hill Company	233
Raymond Fernandez (mentioned, pg. 19-21, 27)  (pg. 20) TV reporter: "...shoot-out left one veteran NYPD detective severely wounded... Lt. Raymond Fernandez is in the intensive care unit of Spicer Memorial Hospital in extremely critical condition..." (pg. 21): doctor: "...sorry, Maureen, honey... He just didn't make it." [more]		Hispanic; NYPD [husband of Jane Vasko's partner Maureen]		1
Hector (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 6)  Reynaldo Blanco (on phone): "TOO Crazy. Hector? Ginger's gonna come runnin' out in a second. Follow her." Reynaldo Blanco calls one of the thugs who works for him to have him follow Maureen Fernandez as she rushes to the hospital to be with her injured husband, breaking her cover.		Hispanic [tailed Maureen to hospital; learned she, Vasko were cops]		1

This comic was reprinted from: Painkiller Jane (vol. 1) #0 (Jan. 1999): "Jane's Addiction".

Essential Painkiller Jane is a trade paperback collection of the complete first Painkiller Jane series (issues 0 through 5), published by Event Comics.

Notes from original source:
48 pages. 38 pages comic story. 2 pages of "Painkiller Jane" pin-ups (one by Jimmy Palmiotti and one by Jimmy Palmiotti with Bill Sienkiewicz). 4 pages of articles/creator columns. 4 pages of ads. Two of the text pages feature an interview with artist Amanda Conner and pictures of her dressed as Painkiller Jane.

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