History
Jerome Mason is a police detective lieutenant from Newark, New Jersey. When Harlan Ryker and many of the Cybertek members were arrested, Cybertek scientist William Hansen made a deal, presenting evidence against Ryker in exchange for a suspended sentence on him. Hansen was released, on bail, under Mason's watch. Despite Mason's efforts, Ryker activated a cyborg that tracked down and killed Hansen on the freeway. While Mason was analyzing the body, Deathlok called him on the phone, pretending to be L.A. Tribune journalist Lou Grant, to confirm Hansen's time of death; and Mason accidentally revealed that Hansen was dead, before realizing that even that fact hadn't been made public.[1]