It is established that while he was successful in reducing crime, problems arose due to his alcohol drinking problem, he frequently caused more damage than he prevented. Thinking that this was his name, he adopted the name as his identity.Įventually landing up in Los Angeles, Hancock attempted to serve as a superhero with mixed success. When discharged from hospital the reception nurse asked him for his 'John Hancock'. He recalled nothing regarding his past life.

Due to the amnesia he could not recall his name and was unaware of his prior relationship with Mary Embrey. Hancock woke up in a hospital after a black out caused by his skull being fractured. Hancock is approximately 3,000 years old and it has been revealed that in his past he lived in ancient Rome and Greece however due to amnesia the farthest back he can remember is living in Miami, approximately 80 years ago. Hancock is currently located in New York. After saving the life of public relations spokesman Ray Embrey, Hancock works with Embrey to attempt to repair his tarnished public image and eventually Ray helps Hancock to become a respected hero. He is often drunk or hungover which results in the public he attempts to help distrusting and disliking him. At the beginning of the story, Hancock does not care about his public image and he often causes more damage than he prevents while performing heroic acts. He is unable to remember anything prior to 1928 due to suffering from amnesia.

Hancock is a superhero in the 2008 superhero film Hancock. Hancock and Mary were going to see a movie when they were jumped in the alley and Hancock was hit really hard and blood was spilled everywhere, this happened due to him and Mary being close to each other, when they are close they lose their immortality but when they are separated they regain their powers, when the ambulance came Mary was not allowed to ride in the ambulance with Hancock but she went to the hospital next morning, but when Hancock was awake he had no memory of his and Mary’s relationship, so she left to let him heal and let him have a better life so that he can keep his powers To 1928 due to Hancock losing his memory because of his fractured skull.

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