Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed that a paper manufacture expert she hired asserts that reams of paper supposedly used by Jack the Ripper to write several letters to Scotland Yard and paper purchased by Sickert's mother bear the same small-press watermark. She also claims that there are matches in the cutter's marks, which are a result of the rough cutting of each quire (or small package) for packaging. A "quire" was usually of 24 sheets. Though Cornwell's book sold many copies, many Ripperologists and other critics argued that Cornwell's theory was far from persuasive. Critics also note that Cornwell has said that she did not
Quentin Quire "New X-Men" #140, when Lucas Bishop asks to interview them. The Omega Gang is formed by Quentin Quire, a young telepath and one of the top students of the Xavier Institute. Quire has become depressed because of an unrequited crush on Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos; his unpopular status among the Institute students; and especially the revelation that he was an adopted child, which shatters his already fragile self-esteem. The death of mutant fashion designer Jumbo Carnation prompts Quire to gather a small group of students to exact revenge on Carnation's murderers. At Quire's request, all members tattoo themselves with