Jailbird Joe
Joseph "Jailbird Joe" Dell'Orso is a willing inmate of the Port Oakes Penitentiary, a prison farm loosely affiliated with the Rogue Island Police. He became a prisoner on his 18th birthday, April 23, 2000, when he scaled the perimeter fence and was arrested for trespassing.
Since 2002, he has often been seen outside the walls of the Pen in his gray work release uniform. His "work" consists of beating people up, taking their money, and turning the money over to his jailers. His victims are usually armed villains, but he often fights Longbow, and he has targeted banks and their guards. He does not attack civilians.
When not engaged in fisticuffs, he is unfailingly polite. He has never been seen spending stolen money on himself. He attends free classical music recitals at Aeon University and occasionally elsewhere. He is indifferent to the quiet consternation his presence causes.
Joe describes himself as a "rescue dog" and says, proudly, "I behave well off leash." He attributes his strength and his superhuman resilience to chain gang organic gardening in overlapping regeneration auras. This explanation of his powers is mostly true.