Jake Colton (G1)
| The name or term "Jake" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Jake (disambiguation). |
- Jake Colton is a human in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Jake Colton is a b-movie actor, with extensive experience in the understudy area of the dinner theater circuit.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Starring as "Brick" in the Creepozoids of the Crab Nebula had given Jake quite a swelled ego. When the Creepozoid broke down, Jake stormed off to confront the film's director Rollie Friendly about his "intollerable working conditions". The director told him to get lost, reminding him of his former status as a has been nobody. His co-star Carissa Carr reminded him she'd tried to warn him not to start a fight with Rollie, but Jake brushed her off and cited his duty as a professional actor to defend his craft (and managed to simultaneously put Carissa down while doing it).
Later, on an expedition to find the mysterious Big Foot, Jake at first decryed the rural life, until Rollie pointed out who his boss was. When the crew finally found the creature it attacked and Jake hid with Carissa behind the studio's jeep, asking his co-star if nurses were paid well.
With everything settled between Skullgrin, the army, and the studio, the movie changed production to Monster from Mars, adding Skullgrin as the star. Jake was not happy with the change of billing, and made his feelings well known. During a break in filming at the Grand Canyon a battle broke out between Skullgrin and Circuit Breaker, which the director ordered captured for use in the movie. To aid this he ordered Jake to get out there and act like he was fighting the monster. Baulking at the prospect of real fighting, Jake protested, but the threat of blacklisting proved a sufficient motivator for him to improvise. It was all for nothing though, as the film was destroyed, and Skullgrin left injured in the canyon. Jake seened to find this most amusing. Monstercon from Mars!
