![]() During the AMAZO Virus arc, Jessica succumbs to the effects of the virus, but is cured once a antidote is synthesized from Superman. The Ring explains that it is using Jessica to attract the being that destroyed Earth-Three to Prime Earth because he is now dying (for reasons not explained) and wants to take the planet with him.įirst full appearance and first cover appearance of Jessica Cruzīatman is able to de-power the ring after convincing Jessica to face her fears. The Ring tortures Jessica with physical and psychological pain. Unlike the previous ring bearers, she does not willingly accept the ring, but is forced to accept it. The Ring of Volthoom, which feeds off fear and had abandoned Power Ring after his death during the Crime Syndicate's incursion to Prime Earth, is able to locate her due to her trauma. Jessica manages to escape but is left traumatized. Jessica Cruz and her friends are on a hunting trip when they accidentally stumble across two men burying a body. Fictional character biography The New 52 Jessica becomes an official member of the Green Lantern Corps, in the Prime Earth reality, at the end of The Darkseid War storyline. She was dubbed " Power Ring" while she was host to the Ring of Volthoom but is not a member of Crime Syndicate of America. 2) #30, when the Ring of Volthoom locates her, and she then gains her powers in the following issue. Her next appearance comes in Justice League (vol. Jessica Cruz's name is mentioned and her right hand appears briefly in a single panel of the 2013 issue Green Lantern #20. The character made her cinematic debut in the animated film DC League of Super-Pets, voiced by Dascha Polanco. Cruz currently operates out of Portland, Oregon. 2) #31 (August 2014), which is also her first cover appearance. Her first full appearance takes place in Justice League (vol. Created by Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke, Ivan Reis and Ethan Van Sciver, she is a member of the Green Lantern Corps and Justice League. Jessica Cruz, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. I’d also like to shout out Alley Cat Comics, my favorite Chicago-based shop run by an awesome couple – they ship nationally.Green Lantern Jessica Cruz in Green Lanterns #7 (2016). If you live in New York, an all-female comic book shop, Pulp716, is taking telephone orders and offering curbside pickup. You can order back issues from any comic book shops that are currently doing shipping or curbside pickup: call your local comic book shop to see if that’s possible (here is a nifty link to a comic shop locator). New comics for this week are currently available, and new comics will be delivered through April 1, the Hollywood Reporter wrote.Īfter April 1, we might not be getting new comics, but this is a great time to support your local comic book shop and catch up on comics you haven’t read. The distributor announced delays due to shutting down their factories to ensure the safety of their employees from the virus. Issue number 5 will be released on March 25, and I highly recommend readers order issues 1-4.ĭue to coronavirus, Diamond Comics, a major comic distributor, is slowing down production. She represents the Lantern Corps, and the more readers learn about her, the more they realize that, like the other Lanterns, Lantern Mullein is also worthy. Sojourner is most definitely not a token. She explained this type of diversity leads to tokenism. “It’s kind of rare to see the lone black person be a woman,” she said. She said many times when people say diversity, they usually mean one “black guy,” who is typically male, and they stop seeking other voices. In an interview with the Washington Post, Jemisin explained some of the issues of “diversity” in the industry. And Jemisin’s storytelling and the tension throughout help the reader understand and empathize with Sojourner’s experience. Through her writing, she gives a voice to black girls who have often been relegated to stock side characters instead of the protagonists in our media and in comics. Jemisin writes Sojourner’s experience as a black woman on earth with a voice of wisdom and authority. Issue five, released on March 25, shares with the readers more about the life Sojourner had before she was a Lantern and why she accepted the task. What makes Sojourner special, like with all Lanterns, is revealed. ![]() Readers learn how Sojourner becomes a Lantern through flashback scenes and dialogue-leaving more room to watch this Lantern be a competent badass as we learn her origin story. The first three issues set the tone and build the world of City Enduring. ![]()
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