John Duncan

John Duncan is a fictional character in the Graffiti series, created by David Ragin.

John Duncan is a superhuman with the ability to instantly learn and understand the complexity and exactness of any item that he touches. For a long time, he dated Melrose Hawthorne, and until their breakup, was a close friend and ally of her brother Dylan Johnson.

In film, John Duncan was portrayed by Dante Rionda, and appeared in Graffiti: Dreams & Knightmares (2013).

Background
John Duncan was born in Los Angeles, but his family moved when he was thirteen. Around this time, he learned that he could instantly understand the complexity of most of the things he touched. What started off as simply instantly knowing the parts of a computer soon evolved, and eventually, John found that he could touch a computer keyboard and instantly know what keys have been touched at what time and in what order, making it easy to know any passwords he needed. He later learned that he could throw his mind through the entire internet from his home computer and infiltrate the hard drives of any computer in the world completely unnoticed. Using his ability, he increased his intelligence and began to invent many futuristic inventions, including computers, tracking devices and holograms. His biggest achievement so far was hacking into the computers of the United States’ most powerful intelligence agencies and rerouting a copy of their information to his own computer. Because of this, he had knowledge on every American that ever lived and ever would live at his disposal.

During a concert at another school, he met Melrose Hawthorne, a girl who correctly guessed that he had these powers. The two soon bonded over their abilities and began dating. Together, they created more inventions and gadgets together and soon became known as the smartest and most respected students of their respective schools.

History
Main Article: Plot of Graffiti

Dreams and Knightmares arc
John Duncan makes his debut in this arc.

Foxworth Enterprises arc
While John Duncan does not appear in this arc, it is revealed that shortly after Dreams & Knightmares, John and Melrose would end their years-long relationship, and while Melrose would relocate to Japan for college, John would remain in Detroit, and slowly lose contact with Dylan and Evangeline. Eventually, John was tracked down and murdered by Switchblade, who then obtained his superhuman abilities.

Powers

 * Intuitive Aptitude: John had the ability to instantly learn and understand the complexity and exactness of any object he touches. He also had an extensive knowledge of most technology and computers, including the understanding of hacking and bypassing firewalls and security processes.


 * Technology Manipulation: Because of his ability to learn the aspects of anything he touches, he has been shown to create various gadgets and attachments with ease.


 * Enhanced Durability: As a superhuman, John's body has the natural ability to sustain numerous blows of external assault, though his inner body can take damage if struck hard enough.

Weakness

 * E.M.P: He is not immune to electromagnetic pulse waves.


 * Proximity: It was usually required for him to be in close proximity to the object that he wanted to manipulate.