Jessica becomes an official member of the Green Lantern Corps at the end of Justice League #50: The Darkseid War. She was dubbed "Power Ring" while she was host to the Ring of Volthoom but is not a member of the Crime Syndicate of America. She makes her full appearance and first cover appearance in the following issue, Justice League vol. 2 #30, when the Ring of Volthoom locates her. Jessica Cruz's name is mentioned and her hand appears briefly in a single panel of the 2013 issue Green Lantern #20 but does not make her official debut in cameo until the last pages of Justice League vol. Character Evolution New 52 Jessica as Power Ring Jessica was one of Johns' final mysteries of the series, as he merely had her mentioned and visually teased in his final issue of Green Lantern, suggesting her fate was somehow tied to fellow new Green Lantern Simon Baz and the conclusion of Trinity War. Jessica Cruz was created by Geoff Johns, longtime writer of the Green Lantern franchise. After dealing with the Amazo Virus, Flash calls in Hal Jordan to begin properly training her in the use of her ring. She then decides to learn how to use the ring. Before any real harm is done, Flash motivates Jessica to reign in the ring's power on her own. Later, Jessica is taken to the Watchtower to be monitored but loses control of the ring again. However, before anyone can take the ring, Batman inspires Jessica to assert control over the ring, ending the rampage. She is confronted by the Doom Patrol who wish to take the ring. The Power Ring takes control of her and goes on a rampage through the city. Since then, she became a survivalist preparing for the end of the world and hoarding food and water before the Power Ring found her. Jessica Cruz and a group of her friends went out hunting but came across a group of men who were burying a body, they killed her friends and Jessica was the only one to make it out alive. Origin Jessica is chosen to become the new Power Ringįollowing the death of Power Ring at the hands of Sinestro during Forever Evil, the cursed ring seeks out a new host, selecting Jessica Cruz to bear its power. Concurrently, the duo operates alongside the Justice League in their newest series.Īfter the events of Justice League: No Justice Jessica Cruz joined Cyborg, Starfire, and Jean-Paul Valley on an Odyssey. Currently, she and Baz are working to stop the Red Lantern Corps attempting to take over the planet. In the new series Green Lanterns, Hal has forced Jessica and fellow rookie Simon Baz to protect Earth as partners, even fusing their power batteries to ensure their cooperation. Despite being chosen to be a Green Lantern, she still struggles with anxiety issues. Although she still has a lot to learn and many personal obstacles to overcome, she’s proven herself as one of the Earth’s most heroic protectors.įor more on Jessica Cruz's history, visit her page on the power ring from Earth-3 was destroyed in the Darksied War, A Green Lantern ring chose her to be Earth's newest Green Lantern. After an act of self-sacrifice, Jessica was given a Green Lantern Ring and chosen to become a member of the Corps.Īlongside her frequent partner, Simon Baz, Jessica is now one of two Green Lanterns assigned to the planet Earth and the other planets in its sector of space. Although the ancient ring was at first a corrupting influence and exerted its control over Jessica, she was eventually able to break free and use its powers for good. Unlike a Green Lantern Ring, the Ring of Volthoom chose Jessica for succumbing to fear, not overcoming it. The result of a tragic event in her youth, Jessica suffers from crippling anxiety, and, before becoming an official Lantern, was chosen to wear another kind of weapon-the evil Ring of Volthoom. But she holds the distinction of being Sector 2814’s first official female representative in the Corps. On the surface, Jessica Cruz may seem an unlikely candidate for membership in the Green Lantern Corps, and her road to ring wielder was a long and twisted one. The sworn protector of Sector 2814, the power ring-bearing Jessica Cruz has conquered her fears and brought renewed honor to the Green Lantern Corps.
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