In an epic horror franchise comic book crossover, Jason Voorhees’ father managed to make his Friday the 13th debut without anyone noticing. An old question about each Friday the 13th Fans’ minds have been: what happened to Jason’s father? Jason’s mother, Pamela, has a domineering presence throughout the franchise, even after her death, but his father is barely mentioned.
Jason vs. #2 – written by Nancy Collins, with art by David Imhoff – finally gave an answer when Elias, Jason Voorhees’ father, made his debut. While this crossover’s exact place in continuity is questionable – especially when it misnames Jason’s mother as “Doris” – it’s the closest fans come to canonizing Elias Voorhees.
At the very least, the character’s role in the crossover provides some additional context for how he might appear in the future. Friday the 13th installments of the film.
Elias Voorhees finally made his “Friday The 13th” debut in a crossover comic with “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
Jason vs. #2 – Written by Nancy Collins; Art by David Imhoff, Jeff Butler, Steve Montano, Renee Witterstaetter and Electric Crayon
In Jason vs. #2, a draining of the lake under which Jason is chained leads to the infamous killer who inexplicably arrives in Texas, where a chance encounter with the Hitchhiker and Leatherface leads to him being indoctrinated into the Sawyer Family. Throughout the second issue, watching the Hitchhiker bully his brother, Bubba asks Jason to have a flashback to one of the most traumatizing moments of his young life, in which the boy is severely beaten by his father, Elias, until he runs to his mother’s room to protect her.
As Jason cowers behind “Doris Voorhees”, she kills Elias with a machete to his head, in the process creating an immediate connection in Friday tradition.
And she protects him – while Elijah Voorhees chases his son, shouting obscenities and slurs in a furious, drunken stupor at the boy, Elijah opens the door to find Jason’s mother… who, for some reason, looks nothing like him. with Pamela in name or appearance. As Jason cowers behind “Doris Voorhees”, she kills Elias with a machete to his head, in the process creating an immediate connection in Friday tradition, serving to explain why Jason seems so attached to using machetes to kill.
Why Fans Didn’t Meet Jason’s Father in Any Friday the 13th Movie
Elias almost appeared on screen several times
Jason’s father has become something of a legend in space. Friday the 13th franchise; not in a glorified sense, but as a legend, as there is doubt as to whether man ever existed at this time. It is extremely rare for the man to be mentioned in the franchise, especially in the films. Granted, this wasn’t always intentional. Victor Miller, the writer of the original Friday the 13thhas spoken publicly about the matter, saying there simply wasn’t time to incorporate Jason’s father – even as part of the Voorhees family story – into the film.
Most of the time, Elijah is portrayed as abusive towards Pamela Voorhees, usually abandoning the family as a result of Pam’s obsession with her son.
As a result, the mystery of Elias Voorhees has developed a life of its own in many respects, particularly with regard to how different forms of media explain both the character and his absence. Most of the time, Elijah is portrayed as abusive towards Pamela Voorhees, usually abandoning the family as a result of Pam’s obsession with her son; or, alternatively, the obsession manifests itself as a result of leaving. Friday the 13th: The Gamefor example, it suggests that Pamela used Elias to escape an abusive relationship, only to discover that Elias himself was abusive.
It’s important to note that Mr. Voorhees was supposed to make an official on-screen debut in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. He was originally included in the film, but his scenes never made it into final production and were therefore never filmed (although the deleted scene is recreated through storyboard art and the voice of Bob Larkin in the role in the film’s DVD special features ). Jason Lives would have portrayed Elijah in a more sympathetic role, paying Martin, the caretaker, to tend the tomb of his wife and sononly to be horrified to learn that the latter is missing from his.
Another Friday the 13th comic was directly inspired by “Jason Vs. Leatherface”
DC Comics’ Pamela’s story – Written by Marc Andreyko, with art by Shawn Moll.
It’s also notable that under its Wildstorm imprint, DC Comics released its own origin story for Elias Voorhees. It’s a two-part prequel limited series called Friday the 13th: Pamela’s Tale. This miniseries recontextualizes Pamela piggybacking on Annie as the off-screen killer in the first film, giving Pam someone to tell her origin story to on the way to Camp Crystal Lake. The story goes back to September 1947 in Cadiz, Ohio, when Elias Voorhees comes home to his new wife.
In Pamela’s story, Elias is an abusive miner who regularly beat and assaulted Pamela Voorhees. Her violent nature is portrayed as so brutal that she is too afraid to tell Elias that she is pregnant, for fear of what he would do to her and her baby. Under the impression that young Jason is speaking to her in her stomach, urging her to kill, she takes an ax to Elijah’s head while he sleeps. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s almost literal what happens to Elijah in Jason vs.exchanging just a machete for an axe.
Friday the 13th Comics Reveal the Franchise’s Lore in a Way the Movies Couldn’t
Expanding and exploring the series canon
What makes this so notable is that the remnants of this 2007 origin story appear to have been carried over from the one seen in the 1995 crossover comic Jason vs. The influence of Jason vs. unexpectedly seems to have infiltrated other forms of media, specifically when it comes to how other forms choose to portray Jason’s father. Jason Goes to Hell: Last Friday is the first to name Jason’s father in canon, but Jason vs. is the first to describe the man and show his face.
Several times in the films, attempts have been made to canonize Jason’s father into film lore, and yet all of these attempts have failed, as there is still no on-screen appearance by Elias Voorhees. This comic crossover is the closest the franchise has come to canonizing Jason’s father in the franchise. Considering how subsequent stories would borrow elements from this origin story, It is safe to say that this depiction of Elijah is generally accepted within the canon of Friday the 13th.
As previously stated, the origin story produced by DC Comics borrows the element of Pamela killing Elijah out of love for Jason. In fact, almost all Friday the 13th the media takes the position that Elijah, in one way or another, abused Pamela, Jason, or both. As this appears to be the earliest depiction of Elias Voorhees, it is difficult to argue against the idea that many of these stories were inspired by Jason vs.which says a lot when not even a deleted scene intended for Friday the 13th Part VI inspires any of these incarnations.