Reacher shows no mercy to people he goes up against and will kill without hesitation, showing little interest in seeing people brought to justice the traditional way. Reacher is a naturally anti-social person who is blunt and direct and isn't afraid to threaten people to get what he needs.
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Lee Child has described him as a modern "knight errant" and akin to a hero from a Western film. Reacher is a natural loner who shows little interest in any kind of long lasting relationships with anyone, preferring to always keep moving. Purely for the good of the species." -Lee Child Ninety-nine of us grow up to fear the howling wolf, and one grows up to envy it. " I think ninety-nine of us grow up to love the campfire, and one grows up to hate it. He buys his clothes predominantly from second hand stories and thrift shops and is baffled at the idea of anyone spending a lot of money on clothes. He predominantly wears simple clothing, mainly plain t-shirts, blue jeans and plaid shirts with a jacket. Reacher is described as having dark blonde hair and striking blue eyes. He resets the bone with a thump from his palm and later puts on a plaster bandage made of duct tape. He suffers his first ever broken nose in Worth Dying For, at over 50 years of age. and a powder burn from a near-miss at point blank range, and one on his arm where his brother struck him with a chisel. His various other scars include one from a chest shot with a. Reacher attributes his survival to the rough MASH stitch work. He has various scars, most notably a collection of roughly stitched scars on his abdomen caused by a bombing in Lebanon, with ugly raised welts that are later instrumental in saving his life, a 3-to-4-inch-wide (8 to 10 cm) white scar that intersects his shrapnel scar that he received during a knife fight in Gone Tomorrow. He also reveals that his size is purely genetic he states in Persuader and Never Go Back that he is not much of an exercise enthusiast and he shows little interest in any kind of healthy diet. In Never Go Back, he is described as having "a six-pack like a cobbled city street, a chest like a suit of NFL armor, biceps like basketballs, and subcutaneous fat like a Kleenex tissue." In his youth, his physical appearance likened to that of a 'bulked-up greyhound'. Reacher is described as being 6 feet 5 inches (1.95 m) tall, weighing 210–250 pounds (95–113 kg) and having a 50-inch (130 cm) chest. " His face looked like it had been chipped out of rock by a sculptor who had ability but not much time" -Lee Child
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He had an older brother Joe, who died 4 hours before the start of the first book Killing Floor. Reacher was a military brat and grew up in military bases all around the world. His mother was Josephine Moutier Reacher. Jack Reacher's father, Stan Reacher, was a United States Marine Captain.