NBC's Heroes vs. 24 and Jack Bower!

Ever since NBC's "Heroes" became a hit in its first season on television, people have been wondering: What's going to happen come January? We've all been looking forward to the moment we can start up our annual "Jack's Back" campaigns. I know I personally have anxiously awaited the return of America's number one defender (at least, as far as television is concerned). Yet in the back of any "Heroes" and "24" fans' minds has been the puzzle of what to do come January . . . that is, come now. "Heroes" and "24" will compete on two different networks for viewers, and any fans of the newcomer must feel some twinge of fear at the idea of what Jack Bower will do when he comes back. "He's coming back?!" some likely screamed. "I thought he was in China!" (Clearly they'd forgotten one important detail: this is Jack Bower we're talking about here) Now all that's left to do is choose sides (or choose TiVo), sit back, and see what happens.

Yet in the calm before the impending storm, I began wondering to myself. In my wonderings, I thought, "Could anybody beat Jack Bower? Could anything or anyone possibly be enough to take out our modern hero who has survived everything from having threats against his life to capture by the enemy to drug addiction, car accidents, fires, and the threat of an impending bomb?" And then something clicked. Haven't NBC's heroes endured the same things? Yes, they certainly have! So that got me thinking, could any of NBC's heroes possibly prove a formidable force against Fox's television titan? This seems worthy of some investigatory . . . er . . . ness . . .

So, overlooking made-up words (and some possibly faulty logic), let's look at how Jack stacks up against some of our favorite new heroes, namely Peter Petrelli, Niki/Jessica Sanders, Hiro Nakamura, and Claire Bennett.

Jack Bower -vs- Peter Petrelli

1. Peter has the power it seems to absorb the abilities of any hero he's in close proximity to. If this is the case, could Peter possibly absorb Jack Bower's apparent invulnerability in the same way he did Claire's? Hm, sure, doubtful, but undeniably (don't deny it) a possibility.