Jason King (TV series) the X-Men comics, the character of Jason Wyngarde (aka Mastermind) was partially inspired by Jason King and Peter Wyngarde. Mastermind had first appeared in the 1960s, but took on the appearance and identity of Jason Wyngarde in the build-up to the X-Men's first confrontation with the Hellfire Club in the late 1970s. Wyngarde had played the leader of another Hellfire club in "A Touch of Brimstone", an episode of the popular TV series "The Avengers", in which Diana Rigg appeared in a leather costume that Jean Grey adopted as the Hellfire Club's Black Queen. He is also one of the
Jason Kane (Doctor Who) line as its fiftieth book. We see them as a happily married couple in "Return of the Living Dad". However, when the BBC withdrew the "Doctor Who" licence, the New Adventures planned to continue with Benny as the lead character and an editorial decision was taken to split up Benny and Jason, as depicted in "Eternity Weeps". The Benny-led New Adventures launched with Benny a single woman, but Jason remained an intermittently recurring character. He remarries in "Deadfall", but his new wife does not appear again in the series. When the New Adventures came to an end, Jason was trapped