Jade appeared in the second and third season of Stargirl on The CW network, portrayed by Ysa Penarejo.
Creation
Thomas spoke on the genesis of the character stating
"Dann and I decided that Alan Scott, a.k.a. Green Lantern, would have two kids in the new group--twins, no less. Coming up with Jade was the easy part: we loved (and figured our pubescent male readers would drool over) the idea of a green-skinned girl, who possessed from birth the powers her father gained only by slipping on a magic ring which had obviously affected his genes."[3]
Fictional character biography
Jade is the daughter of Green Lantern Alan Scott and the villain Thorn and fraternal twin sister of Todd Rice / Obsidian. Thorn fears that she will harm her children, so she gives them up for adoption, with Jade being adopted by a couple in Milwaukee.[4][5] After reuniting as teenagers, Jade and Obsidian become superheroes and founding members of Infinity, Inc.[6][7][8]
As a civilian, Jade becomes a model, photographer, and roommate and girlfriend of Kyle Rayner.[9][10] After she loses her powers in a battle with Starheart, Kyle gives her a spare Green Lantern power ring, inducting her into the Green Lantern Corps.[11][12] After becoming Ion, Kyle restores Jade's powers, with John Stewart gaining her ring.[13][14][15] Jade later breaks up with Kyle and becomes the leader of the Outsiders.[16][17][18]
In Rann–Thanagar War, Jade is killed while trying to prevent Alexander Luthor Jr. from recreating the multiverse. Her Starheart power is transferred to Kyle Rayner, causing him to become Ion a second time.[19]
Blackest Night
Jade as a Black Lantern, menacing her former love, art by Patrick Gleason.
During the 2009–2010 Blackest Night storyline, Jade is resurrected as a member of the Black Lantern Corps.[20] Jade, a soulless undead being, uses Kyle's affection for her against him, claiming that his love for her had brought her back. However, Kyle recognizes her lies after witnessing the attack of the Black Lantern Corps on the planet Oa. Jade captures Kyle and torments him with black energy constructs of Alexandra DeWitt, Donna Troy, his mother Moira, and herself.[21] The battle between Jade and Kyle is ended by Soranik Natu, who activates Jade's ring.[22]
The Black Lanterns are ordered to devour Oa's Central Power Battery. Mogo causes all of the Black Lanterns, including Jade, to be absorbed into the core of Oa. The Black Lanterns are continuously burned with magma, preventing them from regenerating their bodies.
During the finale of Blackest Night, Jade and several of the Black Lanterns are resurrected by the Life Entity in their true forms. Jade and Kyle resume their relationship.[23][24]
The New 52
Jade and the Justice Society are not present in The New 52 continuity reboot. In Doomsday Clock, this is revealed to be the result of Doctor Manhattan altering the timeline.[25] The Society are restored after Superman convinces Manhattan to restore the timeline.[26][27]
Powers and abilities
Jade inherited the power to manipulate and generate emerald energies similar to the Starheart-powered energies also utilized by the original Green Lantern's ring. Unlike her father's ring, her energies are self-renewing and allows for powers such as flight.[2] She also possess the power to control plants and photosynthesis. After temporarily losing her powers, she wielded a Green Lantern ring to compensate.
Other versions
The new Jade, Nicki Jones, is introduced, art by Chris Batista.
An unrelated Jade, Nicki Jones, appears in 52. She is a graphic arts student from the San Francisco Art Institute and a member of Lex Luthor's Infinity, Inc. who possesses similar powers to the original Jade.[28][29][30]
An alternate universe variant of Jade from Earth-22 appears in Kingdom Come.
An alternate universe variant of Jade from Earth-9 appears in the Tangent Comics universe. This version is an Asian operative of Meridian with dragon tattoos that she can bring to life.
An alternate universe variant of Jade appears in Ame-Comi Girls. This version is Jade Yifei, a Chinese teenager and the daughter of a National People's Congress official who was blinded at a young age. During an attack on her family, Jade is chosen by a Green Lantern power ring, which partially restores her vision.[31]
Jennie-Lynn Hayden appears in Stargirl, portrayed by Ysa Penarejo.[33] Introduced in the second season, she breaks into Courtney Whitmore's home to retrieve Alan Scott's lantern, only to be attacked by Courtney. After Jennie introduces herself to Courtney and the latter's family, Courtney becomes skeptical of Jennie's intentions, believing she is a mole for the Injustice Society. As Pat Dugan trains Jennie to control her powers, which initially appear to be connected to Scott's lantern, Courtney eventually apologizes. After feeling isolated and emotional over her missing brother Todd Rice, Jennie breaks the lantern and strengthens her powers, after which Dugan theorizes Jennie herself is the source. Following this, Jennie leaves to find Rice, though Courtney and Dugan later recruit her to help them fight Eclipso. In the third season, Jennie receives Sandy Hawkins' help in finding Rice and helps him control his powers after discovering they are connected to hers.
^Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 203. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. The children of the original Justice Society of America made their smash debut in this issue by writer Roy Thomas and penciler Jerry Ordway...All-Star Squadron issue #25 marked the first appearances of future cult-favorite heroes Jade...
^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 156. ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
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