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Jackdaw is a fictional character featured in theMarvel Comics universe. He was created byDez Skinn,Steve Parkhouse,Paul Neary andJohn Stokes, and first appeared inThe Incredible Hulk Weekly #57 (April 1980).
A now-deceased hero, thesidekick ofCaptain Britain, Jackdaw was anOtherworldelf. Jackdaw had been mortally wounded earlier in his adventures, but was revived byMerlyn and given new powers and a new costume.
He was permanently slain later on Earth-238 byThe Fury. Jackdaw was literally torn in half by one of the Fury's energy bolts and expired shortly thereafter in Captain Britain's arms. Jackdaw expressed a belief that Merlyn would resurrect him.Saturnyne had abandoned them (and her assistant Dimples, who loved her deeply) to escape.[1] Merlyn did not resurrect Jackdaw as it would have damaged his chances of rescuing Captain Britain, who was killed as well by the Fury after Dimples and Jackdaw, and resurrected by Merlyn back on Earth-616.[2]
Jade Dragon is a fictional character portrayed in theMarvel Comics universe. He was created byJim Krueger,Alex Ross, andJohn Paul Leon, and first appeared inEarth X #2 (May 1999).
Little is known of Jade Dragon's history before his exposure to Terrigen Mist onEarth-9997. Once exposed to the mist, he mutated into a humanoiddragon and became a slave to the Skull, who gained the ability tocontrol the minds of others after exposure to the mist. The Skull intended to take over firstNew York City, then the world. Along with the Skull's other slaves, he was forced to fight a team of super-mutants led byCaptain America; in the end, the Skull was killed and his slaves were freed.
Jade Dragon would move on to work alongsideIron Maiden,Black Bolt, and the Iron Avengers.
As part of his transformation by the mist, Jade Dragon gained functional wings with the ability to fly and the ability to blow jade-green flames from his mouth.
J. Jonah Jackal is an anthropomorphicjackal and animal version of J. Jonah Jameson who is the boss ofSpider-Ham.
J. Jonah Jackal appears in theUltimate Spider-Man episode "The Spider-Verse", voiced byJ.K. Simmons.[3]
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J. Jonah Jameson Sr. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Joan Jameson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the deceased wife ofJ. Jonah Jameson inMarvel Comics. The character, created byZeb Wells andDean Haspiel, first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #190 (March 1979).
Joan was a high school classmate of J. Jonah Jameson and part of the school paper along with Steve "Tripod". While being accosted by some bullies, Jameson furiously tore into them scaring his tormentors and earning a reputation. This easily impressed Joan who fell in love with him. Joan spent some time with Jameson at his home after the school dance and met his step-father, David Burnoll, who was a raging alcoholic. Unintimidated by his behavior, Jameson took David's cigar and smoked one for the first time. He threw up afterwards and Joan admitted that his father was a jerk, something which Jameson said was "the most romantic thing [he] had ever heard".[4] While Jameson was away inKorea for theDaily Bugle, Joan was killed by a masked mugger. This resulted in Jameson's ongoing anger issues as well as his hatred for masked individuals likeSpider-Man.[4][5]
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Abigail Jarvis isEdwin Jarvis's mother.[citation needed]
TheUltimate Marvel version of "Mrs. Jarvis" isGregory Stark's assistant.[7]
Ana Jarvis appears inAgent Carter, portrayed byLotte Verbeek.[8] This version is Edwin Jarvis' wife.
Jarvis is an alias of characters appearing inMarvel Comics.
Jarvis the Skrull, created byBrian Michael Bendis andDavid Finch, first appeared inThe New Avengers #3 (February 2005). He's aSkrull who impersonatedEdwin Jarvis. Jarvis the Skrull used the Skrulls' computer virus fromAvengers Tower to disableIron Man (Tony Stark) andS.H.I.E.L.D.[9][10] Jarvis the Skrull then revealed toMaria Hill that multiple Skrulls were disguised as government agents before he realized his captive utilized aLife Model Decoy as a distraction for theHelicarrier's destruction, but he survived.[11] Jarvis the Skrull manipulatedJessica Jones to fight with the various heroes and villains againstVeranke's armada, leavingDanielle Cage in his care.[12] Jarvis the Skrull was eventually found byLuke Cage before he's killed byBullseye.[13]
AnUltimate Marvel equivalent isWilliam "Jarvis",Iron Man's second personal servant who tolerates being called Jarvis.[14]
Jazinda is a fictional character appearing inMarvel Comics. She is the estranged daughter of Kl'rt, theSuper-Skrull. Exiled from the Skrull empire under threat of death as a traitor, she currently resides and works onEarth as part of a freelance bounty hunting team, withShe-Hulk. She is a member of the Lady Liberators.
Jentorra is a fictional character appearing incomic books related toMarvel Comics. She was created by Scott Reid and Miguel Munera, and first appeared inRealm of the Kings: Son of Hulk #1 (February 2010).
Jentorra is a native of the planet K'ai in theMicroverse and the niece of its late princessJarella. After Psyklop attacks K'ai, Jentorra attempts to summon theHulk, but unintentionally summons his son,Hiro-Kala, who removes K'ai from the Microverse. Subsequently, Jentorra joins the Enigma Force to stop him.
Jentorra appears inAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, portrayed byKaty O'Brian.[15] This version is the leader of a rebellion againstKang the Conqueror in theQuantum Realm.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | TheNew Mutants #16 (June 1984) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont (writer) Sal Buscema (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Haroun ibn Sallah al-Rashid |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Team affiliations | Hellions |
| Abilities | Concentrates thermo-kinetic energy beneath his feet to aid him in jet-like propulsion; also has various technological components surgically inserted into his legs and back which help to focus his abilities and direct his flight path |
Jetstream (Haroun ibn Sallah al-Rashid) is a fictionalMoroccanmutant character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created as a part of the group known as theHellions, he exists in Marvel's mainshared universe, known as theMarvel Universe. His first appearance was inThe New Mutants #16.
Haroun ibn Sallah al-Rashid was born in theRif Mountains inMorocco. As Jetstream, he was a student and operative of theWhite Queen and member of the original group of Hellions, the trainee group of mutants set up by theHellfire Club to be a rival to theNew Mutants. Haroun felt obligated to be part of the group; they gave him cybernetics to stop his powers from causing self-injury.[16] Jetstream was theantithesis ofCannonball, who could also propel himself through the air and was also the team leader. He engaged in several battles with the New Mutants—mostly petty competition—but occasionally got along with the students, sometimes having dances for socialization.
On the first mission of the Hellions, Jetstream helped to captureDoug Ramsey andKitty Pryde from theX-Mansion. When the New Mutants came to reclaim their own, Jetstream was defeated byMagma, and quarreled with fellow HellionEmpath. The two teams decided to solve the dispute their own way: a duel between Cannonball and Jetstream with the winner getting to keep the captives. Jetstream lost, but Emma Frost returned in time withSebastian Shaw to deter the New Mutants from retrieving their friends. Kitty was able to create a diversion forMagik to be able to transport the team to safety.[17] Later, when the New Mutants were in a state of emotional turmoil over being killed and resurrected by theBeyonder, Emma Frost saw it as her opportunity to sweep in and take control. She convincedMagneto—the current leader of the team—to allow the New Mutants to come to the Massachusetts Academy for psychiccounseling, where she promptly accepted them into the ranks of her Hellions. The two teams became quite fond of one another, and Jetstream was able to challenge Cannonball to another duel, but the teams were separated when Magneto realized that his emotions had been manipulated by Empath to convince him to relinquish the students.[18]
Jetstream later used his skill with computers to find Empath, who had been captured by the New Mutants.[19] Jetstream later repeated his challenge to Cannonball at a Hellfire Club gala. He also participated in the Hellions' capture ofViper andSilver Samurai, and the Hellions' unsuccessful attempt to captureBird-Brain.[20] After that, Jetstream joined in the Hellions' mock attack on new recruit Magma during a training session.[21] On the team's final mission, Jetstream went along with the Hellions to retrieveFirestar. They found her in the ranks of theNew Warriors and their leaders,Tai and the White Queen, decide to have a series of fights to see who would get her, whichever team defeated more of the other won. This deal was unknown to either team as they were already fighting. Jetstream was defeated byNova who ended up punching him through a wall. The Hellions, as a team, lost and went home, not knowing that their young lives would soon be over.[22]
Soon after, Emma threw another party which the Hellions as well as theX-Men Gold team attended. It was there thatTrevor Fitzroy crashed the party with the goal of killing Emma to gain points within the group. The Hellions were mere formalities: Jetstream was killed in the opening salvo of the crossfire by Fitzroy to fuel his teleportation portal.[23]
Jetstream was amutant who could generate thermo-chemical energy, accompanied by plasma (a super-heated state of matter), and release it through his skin. Jetstream could only release this energy downward beneath him, and the result was that it propelled him through the air like a human rocket. He could also release energy from all of his limbs, thus delivering at close to the speed of sound. Jetstream's body was immune to damage from the intense heat released by these energy discharges and by the plasma. He could not fly beyond a certain undefined distance without temporarily exhausting his energy powers. However, Jetstream's body was unable to withstand the tremendous energies he generated—one day his flesh even caught fire as he flew. To save him and enable him to use his power, the Hellfire Club provided Jetstream with a Frost Industries bionic system. Among these systems was a bionic backpack that could fold away into his body which contained computerized scanning devices and aerial navigation, and rockets in his thighs to help better contain, focus, and control his power. Jetstream was a fair hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained at the Massachusetts Academy. He was also skilled in utilizing computers.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Shang-Chi (vol. 2) #4 (September 2021) |
| Created by | Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan |
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| Species | Human |
| Place of origin | Ta-Lo |
| Team affiliations | Qilin Riders |
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Jiang Li is the heroShang-Chi's mother who debuted inShang-Chi (vol. 2) #4 (September 2021). The character was created byGene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan, and is based on theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) characterYing Li, portrayed byFala Chen in the filmShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). As a Qilin Rider, Jiang Li is blessed by theXian with the power of innatearchery and topsionically link withqilin. Jiang Li can also extend her psionic abilities to other individuals, including humans and aliens. She is also proficient in martial arts.
In the early 1970s, writerSteve Englehart and artistJim Starlin developed the characterShang-Chi, a master of kung fu and a previously unknown son ofDr. Fu Manchu.[24][25] Shang-Chi's mother was a white American woman, per mandate[26] by then editor-in-chiefRoy Thomas, who was genetically selected by Fu Manchu to be the mother of his progeny.
The name Jiang Li was originally used for Shang-Chi's mother inShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, in which she is depicted as an Asian woman, although the name for the film character was ultimately changed to Ying Li.[27][28] Following the film's release,Shang-Chi comic writerGene Luen Yang incorporated several concepts introduced in the film into the Shang-Chi mythos, including the character Jiang Li as Shang-Chi's real mother, who was based onShang-Chi's mother Ying Li,[a] retconning Shang-Chi's white American mother and his mixed-race heritage; the heavenly realmTa-Lo, which was previously introduced by writersMark Gruenwald,Ralph Macchio and artistKeith Pollard inThor #310 (1980);[29] and theTen Rings weapons.[30]Refinery29 reviewer Leah Marilla Thomas praised the newer incarnation of the character for the "mythical (and devastatinlgy romantic) backstory", which makes her a "real character" as compared to the brief appearances in earlier comics.[31]
Jiang Li was born into one ofTa-Lo's few communities of mortals known as the Qilin Riders who were appointed by theXian as guardians of the gateway connecting Ta-Lo to Qilin Island in theEast China Sea. While on patrol, Jiang Li rescued a shipwreckedZheng Zu from pirates. Jiang Li nursed Zu back to health and the two fell in love. However, Jiang Li's father, Chieftain Xin, was outraged over her harboring an outsider and ordered her to return to Ta-Lo with Zu's head. Instead, Jiang Li and Zu fled to Zu's House of the Deadly Hand inHunan, where Jiang Li discovered Zu's true identity as the leader of theFive Weapons Society, a criminal organization. Jiang Li attempted to leave him, but Zu pleaded with her to stay, promising to change his dark ways. True to his word, Zu rediscovered his own humanity from Jiang Li and the two married and had two children: Shang-Chi and Shi-Hua.[32] However following an attack byHydra against the House of the Deadly Hand, Zu became cold and distant towards his family, as he felt that his love for them made him weak. Out of loneliness, Jiang Li sent a letter to her father and a few weeks later was drawn to a confrontation between Xin and Zu in the latter's personal tower, where it was revealed that Zu had constructed a makeshift portal to Ta Lo to steal the realm's sacred weapons to bolster the Society. While Zu fought his wife and father-in-law, Shang-Chi happened upon the scene, just as the portal's connection to Ta Lo became disconnected and Jiang Li was accidentally pushed through to her presumed death.[33]
Instead, Jiang Li was sent to theNegative Zone, where she used her psionic abilities to mentally link with the nativemantid creatures, who protected and sheltered her. Jiang Li resided in the Negative Zone for many years, occasionally using her psionic abilities to reach out to her children. After Shang-Chi took over the Five Weapons Society following Zu's death and began reforming it as a heroic organization, he began receiving Jiang Li's messages through his dreams and travelled to the Negative Zone with his half-siblings to rescue her. While she recuperated at the New House of the Deadly Hand inChinatown, Manhattan, she is secretly visited by her father. Despite claiming to being overjoyed to see her again, Xin is consumed by his rage towards Zu and his bloodline since his earlier confrontation with them and believes Shang-Chi to be as evil as his father, vowing to put an end to his grandson.[34]
Due to being mentally linked to insects for many years, Jiang Li takes a while to recover her mental health but spends time with her son and his half-siblings.[35][36] After she fully recovers, Jiang Li begins telling Shang-Chi their family history but the two are attacked by several enemies of the Society. Jiang Li uses her psionic abelites to realize that they are being led by Xin.[32] Although Shang-Chi and the Society are able to defeat the would-be assassins, Jiang Li is taken hostage by them, forcing Shang-Chi to let them escape. Although Xin is outraged over their failure to kill Shang-Chi and for kidnapping his daughter, he allows his allies to escape with Jiang Li through a portal to Qilin Island and through the gateway to Ta Lo.[33] After failing to acquire Shang-Chi's corpse to complete his magic, Xin forcibly extracts Jiang Li's psionic energy to locate Shi-Hua for his ritual.[37] Xin returns with Shi-Hua's severed right hand, which he uses to createtaotie masks for himself and the Qilin Riders. Jiang Li escapes by psionically bonding with a nearby qilin and travels back to Earth to help the Society defend the House of the Deadly Hand from the mask empowered Riders.[38] Jiang Li briefly faces off against her father, who is empowered by his own mask and several of the heavenlyTen Rings but helped by the arrival of Shang-Chi and his siblings. When Shang-Chi succumbs to his inner darkness to take the Ten Rings from Xin and defeats him and the Riders, he attempts to sever Xin's hand in retaliation for what he did to Shi-Hua but Jiang Li and his siblings talk him down, bringing him back to his senses. Jiang Li and Shang-Chi return to Ta Lo for Xin to face justice and to return the Ten Rings to the Jade Emperor, who appoints Jiang Li as the new Chieftain of the Qilin Riders, which requires her to remain in Ta Lo.[39]
| Jimmy-6 | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Spider-Man #70 (May 1996) |
| Created by | Howard Mackie (writer) John Romita Jr. (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Giacomo "James" Fortunato |
| Team affiliations | U.S. Army |
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Giachomo "Jimmy-6" Fortunato is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is featured in theMarvel Universe and is commonly associated withSpider-Man. He first appeared in the comic,Spider-Man #70 and was created by writer Howard Mackie and artist John Romita Jr.
When theKingpin (Wilson Fisk) lost control of New York's underworld, crime lordDon Fortunato filled the power void. His son, Giachomo "Jimmy-6" Fortunato, disapproved of his family's methods and tried to quit organized crime just as his father's plans were coming to fruition. Enraged, Don Fortunato demands his son's death. On the run, Jimmy-6 pushesBen Reilly (a clone of Peter Parker) away from a barrage of bullets intended for him. AsSpider-Man, Reilly returns the favor later by rescuing Jimmy-6 from an assassination attempt. Although the wounded Jimmy-6 wants nothing to do with Spider-Man, he reluctantly accepted Reilly's offer to hide out at his apartment.[40] Hoping that Jimmy-6 could still be persuaded to return, Don Fortunato orders that he be captured rather than killed. Shortly after meeting Reilly's "cousin" Peter Parker, Jimmy-6 learns of an alliance of rival crime lords formed by gangsterHammerhead which plans to assassinate Don Fortunato. Jimmy went to warn his father of the planned hit, only to learn that Don Fortunato has formed an alliance with theHYDRA terrorist organization to defeat his rivals.[41]
In a small ceremony, Fortunato reveals he has kidnapped civilians from each of the territories of the attending crime lords. Jimmy-6 learns the civilians are to be executed as an example of what would happen in case of disobedience. Horrified, Jimmy pulls a gun on his own father. The attendees wait and see what happens. Don Fortunato disowns Jimmy right there on stage. Spider-Man – then Ben Reilly – andDaredevil help rescue the civilians but need help themselves when they are cornered near an exit. Jimmy-6 flies in on an attack helicopter, killing the men threatening the group and carrying the heroes and civilians away to safety.[42] Later, Jimmy-6 learns theGreen Goblin (Norman Osborn) has killed Ben Reilly, and vows to avenge his friend's death.[43]
Wounded by enemies of his father in Forest Hills, Queens, Jimmy-6 seeks refuge at the nearby Parker residence, where he stops an assassin sent by the Green Goblin.[44] He then departs. When Spider-Man (Peter Parker) was suspected of murdering street thug Joey Z, Jimmy-6, feeling he owes Spider-Man his life, saves him from vigilantes trying to collect the $5 million bounty placed on Spider-Man's head.[45] Soon after, Jimmy-6 shot a new Green Goblin (a genetic creation employed by Osborn), although the Goblin's armor saved him. Several vigilantes sought the bounty on Jimmy's head afterward, but thePunisher (Frank Castle) and government mercenaryShotgun (J.R. Walker) save him.[46]
When the Kingpin returns to claim his criminal empire, Jimmy-6 challenges him and rejoins the Fortunato crime cartel, replacing his incapacitated father (allegedly hospitalized by Kingpin). Trying to stop the bloodshed, Jimmy-6 reaches an agreement with the Kingpin. Peter Parker is caught photographing a secret meeting between Jimmy and the Kingpin, but Jimmy lets Parker go due to his "relationship" to Ben Reilly.[47] After one of Jimmy's men accidentally knocks over the Kingpin's high-stakes poker game, New York erupts in a gang war between rival underworld faction. When Jimmy and his family are caught in a crossfire involving Kingpin'sEnforcers (Fancy Dan, Montana, & Ox), Spider-Man's intervention enables Jimmy to escape, and he later helps Jimmy defeat the Enforcers in Jimmy's penthouse.[48]
Jimmy-6's current status is unknown now that Don Fortunato has regained his health and control of the cartel, but it was confirmed that Jimmy-6 had somehow made peace with his father, as Fortunato briefly refers to him as "My Beautiful Giacomo,"[49] showing no signs of ill will. WithAngelo dead after as short term as the secondVenom, Jimmy-6 is in all probability the sole heir to Fortunato's crime empire.
Composed almost entirely of muscle, Jimmy-6's massive frame grants him peak human strength and resists many penetration wounds. He is a skilled strategist and electrical engineer, having designed the Fortunato estate's security systems. A veteran of two tours of duty with the U.S. Army, he is an accomplished hand-to-hand combatant, firearms user, and helicopter pilot.
Jimmy-6 appears inSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, portrayed byGideon Glick.[50] This version is a member of the Geek Chorus, a group of Spider-Man fans.
Otis Johnson andAdina Johnson are the parents ofTyrone Johnson (the superhero known as Cloak) inMarvel Comics. The characters, created byBill Mantlo andRick Leonardi, made their sole appearance inCloak and Dagger #4 (January 1984).
While their names have never been revealed in the comics, for the convenience of this section they will be referred to by their names in the TV series with their son renamed Otis Jr. Michael and Adina had four children, Tyrone, Otis Jr., Anna and an unnamed daughter. The Johnsons met with Tyrone's teacher when they discovered that despite Tyrone being a gifted basketball player, he had a stutter which worried the Johnsons. Beyond that not much is known about them, but it is assumed that they have been in grief due to Tyrone having run away which may have further affected them by the death of their daughter and imprisonment of Otis Johnson Jr.[51]
Otis and Adina appear inCloak & Dagger, portrayed byMiles Mussenden andGloria Reuben respectively.[52][53] These versions respectively work at an unspecified desk job and atRoxxon Gulf.
Otis Johnson Jr. is the brother ofTyrone Johnson (the superhero known as Cloak) inMarvel Comics. The character, created byBill Mantlo andJune Brigman, made his sole appearance inCloak and Dagger (vol. 2) #11 (March 1987).
Otis Jr. is the son of Otis Sr. and Adina Johnson. He is the younger brother of Tyrone and the older brother to Anna and an unnamed sister.[54] Not much is known about him other than that he looked up to Tyrone, but after he ran away he and the family spiraled. Otis Jr. resorted to becoming a dope pusher and hooked his sister Anna who overdosed causing him to get arrested.[51]
Otis Johnson, renamedWilliam Johnson, appears inCloak & Dagger, portrayed by Marqus Clae. This version was killed by Detective James Connors in the same incident where Tyrone gained his powers.
Aikku Jokinen is a fictionalsuperhero appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character was created by writerJonathan Hickman and artist Stefano Caselli, and first appeared inAvengers (vol. 5) #4 (March 2013). She is a girl fromFinland who bonded with an alien battle suit, initially using thePod codename but now goes byEnigma.
Aikku was hiking and came across the armor of the beingEx Nihilo which proceeded to bond with Aikku, forming a cocoon that protected her.[55] She was later found by the groupAvengers Idea Mechanics where she finally hatched and flew to Australia to fight theAvengers only to be caught by A.I.M. again.[56] The leader of A.I.M. turned out to be the superheroSunspot who made Aikku (now going by the Pod name) a personal bodyguard and together joined theNew Avengers.[57][58] While being studied byToni Ho, it is revealed that Aikku refuses to take the Pod armor off as it would effectively kill the Pod suit due to being a living sentient suit. It's also revealed that Aikku is depressed as her girlfriend Darja Vollun broke up with her. Toni herself began to fall in love with Aikku.[59] They're suddenly attacked by theNew Revengers who fatally wound Pod. With no other choice, the Pod armor sacrificing itself and ejects Aikku, however Aikku is able to retain the undersuit from Pod.[60] Afterwards, Toni helped Aikku get used to her new suit and the two admitted feelings to each other.[61]
Alongside the Iron Patriot, Aikku (now taking the Enigma alias) is a member of theU.S.Avengers when Avengers Idea Mechanics merges with the U.S. government to be the American Intelligence Mechanics. In their first mission, the team encountered theSecret Empire in a floating volcanic island base. They are later approached by afuture version as Captain America when the Golden Skull arrived in their timeline to steal all the world's wealth. InMiami, Florida, the team crashes a charity gala only to discover that the wealthy CEOs were kidnapped and replaced by robots. During the battle, the team manages to defeat and capture the Golden Skull who was wearing a golden armored suit. Captain America then goes back to the future timeline with the Golden Skull as a prisoner.[62] During theSecret Empire storyline, Aikku gets concerned about Toni, who has been spending too much time with an upgraded Iron Patriot armor.[63] During the event, the team arrives inWashington D.C. to confront Hydra when theRed Hulk begins to attack them, due to nanites that were injected in him which start to control him. When Enigma andSquirrel Girl end up in Paris and are attacked by Hydra Agents, they are saved by the Champions of Europe consisting ofAres,Captain Britain,Excalibur,Guillotine,Outlaw andPeregrine. They later help the Champions of Europe in raiding a Hydra base. After stealing some ships, Enigma, Squirrel Girl and the Champions of Europe manage to defeat the Hydra soldiers in Paris by destroying a Helicarrier and releasing other captured heroes. Enigma then makes contact with Toni who managed to break out of prison with Sunspot and Red Hulk, and makes plans to return to the US. In the aftermath, Squirrel Girl and Enigma are shown on a stakeout at the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. facility, where Enigma expresses concerns over Toni's decision to quit the Iron Patriot mantle. They later end up fighting thePlunderer andBlue Streak who were attempting to rob from the facility.[64] While travelling through space with Smasher, Pod and the rest of the U.S.Avengers are attacked by space pirates known as warpjackers. After a brief fight, the pirates tell them that Glenbrook is actually the planet Kral X and that its ruler Ritchie Redwood is ruthless. Arriving in Kral X, the heroes manage to help Cannonball and the planet's rebels in overthrowing Ritchie. After restoring the planet's order, the heroes head home.[65]
Aikku Jokinen's super-human suit that bonded to her allows flight, shield generation, invulnerability and the ability to adapt to its enemies attacks, and also includes a full arsenal such as laser beams and mines.
Jolt (Helen "Hallie" Takahama) is a fictional character, asuperheroine appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created byKurt Busiek andMark Bagley, the character has been depicted as a member of theThunderbolts andYoung Allies. She was a teenager whenOnslaught attacked New York and killed her parents, leading her to be abducted byArnim Zola and be subjected to experiments that gave her powers of heightened strength, speed and agility. After escaping, Helen went toFour Freedoms Plaza seeking theFantastic Four, only to find the Thunderbolts were now living there. After they followed her into Zola's compound to rescue the other kidnapped children, she was accepted into the group, adopting the name Jolt. She died after being shot byScourge, who had been coerced to eliminate all the Thunderbolts, andTechno took Jolt's body from the morgue hoping to investigate more on her biokinetic powers. His experiments, however, caused a regenerative effect that healed Jolt and brought her back to life. Jolt also got new powers, that allowed her to turn into pure biokinetic energy, enabling her to discharge energy blasts and fly.[66][67][68]
Jolt appears inLego Marvel's Avengers as part of the "Thunderbolts"DLC.[69]
Raymond "Piranha"Jones is asupervillain appearing inMarvel Comics, primarily as a foe ofLuke Cage.
The character first appeared inLuke Cage, Power Man #30 (April 1976), created by writerDon McGregor and artistsRich Buckler,Arv Jones andKeith Pollard. Ray Jones grew up in poverty and lost all of his teeth by the age of 15, and had them replaced with long, sharpened steel spikes. These, and his habit of using them on his enemies, gained him the nickname "Piranha". He became a criminal at an early age, and eventually allied withDontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton.
Joseph was briefly a member of theX-Men. Created by writerScott Lobdell and artistRoger Cruz, he first appeared inTheUncanny X-Men #327 (December 1995).
Joseph is aclone of the X-Men's nemesisMagneto, possessing hismagnetic powers, though he was originally intended to be anamnesiac Magneto. He had a brief courtship withRogue before dying in battle with the actual Magneto. Joseph is later revived byAstra.
Joseph was discovered near a South American orphanage run by a nun known as Sister Maria. After several run-ins with "The Colonel", Joseph opted to leave the orphanage to protect the children. It was shortly after this that he encountered Rogue and saved her from the first wave ofBastion's "Operation Zero Tolerance".[72] Rogue believed Joseph to be an amnesiac and mysteriously youthful Magneto. During this time, theX-Men first encountered the entityOnslaught. Believing Magneto to be responsible, theAvengers sought Joseph out and figured out that he was not responsible nor was he like Magneto.[73] Out of guilt for what he believed were his past sins, Joseph joined the X-Men in their war against Onslaught.[74]
In an attempt to find out more about his past, Joseph encountered theAcolytes and their leaderExodus. They too believed that Joseph was Magneto and begged him to lead them. Exodus turned on Joseph when he noticed that Joseph was not the Magneto he knew. Joseph took on Magneto's identity to convince the Acolytes that he truly was Magneto and ordered them to abandon their current activities. Exodus disagreed, but obeyed because he believed he saw a glimmer of the old Magneto within Joseph. Joseph returned to the X-Men, satisfied that he no longer was Magneto.[75]
Shortly afterward, Joseph dedicated himself to reconstructing the Z'nox chamber to give Rogue some control over her powers. It was successful, to an extent, in that while standing under it, Rogue was unable to absorb the powers or psyche of another person. Immediately after this, Joseph and some of the X-Men were sent to theShi'ar to fight thePhalanx. When they returned to Earth, they were captured. In captivity, Joseph met the mutantMaggott, who had been saved by Magneto years before, and expressed his gratitude to the confused Joseph. Maggott discovered though that their captorErik the Red was the real Magneto in disguise. Feeling that he owed Magneto for saving him, he did not tell the X-Men that Joseph was not Magneto.[76]
Several weeks later,Sabra appeared at the X-Mansion and wanted to kill "Magneto". Maggott revealed to her that Joseph wasn't Magneto, confirming Sabra's suspicions. Joseph left with Sabra to find out more about his past and Magneto's current whereabouts. He was kidnapped byAstra, who told Joseph that it was she who had found the escape pod that came from the space station Avalon before it was destroyed. inside she found the bodies of Colossus and the comatose Magneto. This being the perfect chance to get revenge on him for the way he had treated her when she was one of the members of his original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, she stole Magneto's body before Colossus woke up. But killing Magneto would have been far too easy, Astra wanted to humiliate him and so she proceeded to rebuild Magnus' damaged mind, in order to create a copy of him with full mental faculties. She used both Kymellian and Glyxian technology to create a perfect mental and genetic copy of Magneto at a younger age, without the self-imposed limits he had placed on his powers.
Astra then pitted her creation against the newly restored Magneto, laughing out loud as Magneto, unable to best his younger self in combat, was forced to flee. Believing to have seen enough, Astra ordered her creation to fulfill the task he had already started, while she teleported away to space. The clone caught up with Magneto over Central America, and the pyrotechnics of their confrontation could be seen for miles. In order to survive, Magneto was forced to resort to trickery, and struck his clone in the back of the head with a piece of debris, sending him falling to Earth. The impact destroyed what little memories the younger Magneto had.[77]
In the meantime, the real Magneto had fully recovered and was once more blackmailing all of Earth's governments by manipulating the planet's electro-magnetic field from within his base near the magnetic North Pole. This event came to be known as theMagneto War. Astra forced Joseph into battling Magneto, seeing the chance to reach two goals at once – getting rid of her archenemy and enslaving the world by continuing where Magneto left off. The timely arrival of the X-Men thwarted her plans, though. With some members distracting Magneto and others keeping Astra busy, Joseph set to work re-aligning Earth's electromagnetic field, which was spinning out of control by the forces unleashed. Joseph's cloned cells couldn't handle the unlimited energies being channeled by his proximity to the magnetic north pole, and his physical form was destroyed, while his magnetic power and mental essence were merged with the EM field. His sacrifice saved the Earth and everything on it.[78]
However, Astra revived Joseph by drawing his essence back out of the electromagnetic field and into physical substance once more. She didn't do this out of sentiment, but out of greed. Christopher Bach, leader of the anti-mutant activist group Humanity Now! was willing to harm his own people to drum up support for his cause. To do this, he wanted his own "Magneto" who could attack Humanity Now! rallies and feed public sentiment for his cause. Astra did her work restoring Joseph's mind, aligning it more with Magneto's traditional rhetoric than with the compassionate worldview Joseph developed as an X-Man. Joseph announces his comeback by murdering 40 anti-mutant campaigners while wearing Magneto's costume, leaving the real Magneto to take the blame. Joseph has also assembled his version of theBrotherhood of Mutants consisting of himself, Astra, and clones ofBlob,Mastermind,Quicksilver,Scarlet Witch, andToad. All the clones were killed by Magneto. Joseph is defeated by Magneto and remanded toUtopia's X-Brig.[79]
After the destruction of Utopia in the war between theAvengers and X-Men,Danger released all prisoners on the X-Brig, including Joseph. After the loss of Magneto, Joseph disguised himself as the Master of Magnetism and formed a new Brotherhood in the wake of the death of the X-Men. He brought them to an Air Force base in East Transia to stoke fear in humankind because of the spike in anti-mutant violence. But they were confronted by a new group of X-Men led by a resurrected Cyclops. After the battle, Joseph's ruse was revealed making Juggernaut mad because he thought the group was made to protect mutants. He attacked Joseph and held him down while Scott and him talked about ideologies. But before anyone could see what was going on, Joseph was killed byKwannon who considered Joseph a threat to mutantkind.[80]
As a clone of Magneto, Joseph possesses the superhuman power to generate extremely powerfulmagnetic fields. He can employ these magnetic fields to manipulate ferrous metals and to produce a number of other effects. He has also been shown to generateelectricity and electromagnetic radiation. Joseph is capable of personal levitation/flight at high speeds, and often produces a protective magnetic aura around his own body. The real Magneto has on rare occasions been able to produce a wormhole using magnetism, and to safely teleport himself and others by means of the wormhole, but Joseph has not demonstrated a similar ability. It was revealed that the circumstances of his creation mean that he lacks the mental barriers that the original Magneto has established over the years to prevent himself from over-using his powers, with the result that Joseph can manipulate more energy than Magneto is capable of controlling on his own (Magneto requiring technological assistance to boost his powers to the same level as Joseph's full potential), at the cost of causing significant damage to Joseph if he pushes himself too far.
Josiah X is a fictional character, the son ofIsaiah Bradley, the black Captain America, and the uncle ofElijah Bradley, the Patriot.[81] The character was created byChristopher Priest andJoe Bennett, and debuted inThe Crew #1.
Josiah is aNation of Islam minister. He replaced his last name Bradley with the letter "X". He has had many names including "Justice", the one he used as a hero. The "X" apparently symbolizes his allegiance to theLost Tribe of Shabazz. Josiah runs a Nation of Islam Mission in the "Mog" (Little Mogadishu) inBrooklyn, New York.[volume & issue needed]
As depicted in the seriesTruth: Red, White & Black, the World War IISuper Soldier program of 1942, operated by "Reinstein", usedAfrican American test subjects in a beta phase. The clandestine experimentation that empowered Josiah's fatherIsaiah Bradley held similarities with theTuskegee Experiments. After a failed suicide mission to destroy the Super-Soldier efforts of the Nazis, Isaiah was court-martialed and imprisoned. While he was in prison, the government attempted to use his altered DNA to create another Super-Soldier. After 39 attempts they had a single success, which was Josiah. His surrogate mother smuggled him out from the government's watchful eye.
Josiah grew up alone in a Catholic orphanage outside of Boston. His powers revealed themselves when he lashed out at one of the orphanage nuns while in his early teens. Believing he had accidentally killed Sister Irenia, he fled. Under the assumed name of Josiah Smith he entered the U.S. Army.[volume & issue needed]
Josiah served several tours in theVietnam War, becoming a seasoned and experienced veteran. His unit, made up of primarily black soldiers, were nearly killed on a mission by an inconsiderate and racist officer's order to bomb the area while they were still on patrol. His assault on the heartless officer was rewarded with a court martial. Josiah was sent back to the States to serve out his sentence inFort Leavenworth, a statesidemilitary prison.[volume & issue needed]
Blood tests at a secret research facility inBerkeley, California proved he was the missing Super-Soldier baby. Hissurrogate mother was brought in to confirm a genetic match, and she again helped him to escape. She also told him the truth about his past and the real first names of his genetic parents.[volume & issue needed]
It was a long four years later before he could act on this knowledge. He came across a list of African-American individuals abused by the Super-Soldier project, and used it to find his parents' full names and their location.[volume & issue needed]
After meeting his real parents, Josiah left the US and traveled abroad as a private military contractor and adventurer; he eventually ended up on the continent ofAfrica. It was in Africa that Josiah discovered theIslamic faith and decided to use it to find a purpose for his life.[volume & issue needed]
Josiah became involved withJames Rhodes' clandestine "Crew" after they were tricked into believing he was a criminal. After the usual superhero fight, Josiah joined them to seek out those who had not only framed him, but had also turned his neighborhood into a war zone.[volume & issue needed][82]
WhenIron Lad forms theYoung Avengers, he attempts to recruit Josiah, but instead recruits his nephewElijah Bradley when Josiah is unavailable.[81]
Due to his unique genetic makeup, Josiah has aged very slowly. Although he is well over fifty years old, he appears to be twenty-five. His genetic code was manipulated with great precision to compensate for the side effects of unrefined Super Soldier serum. Josiah is extremely strong (able to bench press over 1100 pounds) and his body possesses phenomenal endurance. Because of his many years on the run from the U.S. government, Josiah has experience and training as both a soldier and mercenary. He also has decades of experience with a variety of martial arts styles, languages and weapons.
Josiah carries the scarred battle shield belonging to his father and predecessorIsaiah, similar to one used by Steve Rogers before receiving his vibranium-steel shield. It is an unpainted concave triangular metal shield with theDouble V for Victory design. For protection he wears a loose chain mesh shirt over light padding.[volume & issue needed] This mesh shirt is capable of blunting the impact of most small arms fire.
Joystick is a fictional character created byMarvel Comics. She is the villainous alter ego of Janice Yanizeski. She debuted inThe Amazing Scarler-Spider #2 (December 1995), designed by artistMark Bagley.
Joystick is a participant of "The Great Game", a competition between costumed individuals sponsored by wealthy executives. When she is first introduced, she presents her "monitor" with the mask of fellow participant El Toro Negro. She is assigned a match in New York against Scarlet Spider. Joystick goes to the Daily Bugle looking for reporter Ken Ellis. She meets Phil Urich (without his costume). Scarlet Spider follows Ellis and is ambushed by Joystick. Phil Urich (as Green Goblin) saves Ellis as Ben Reilly still fights the woman. Meanwhile, in Paris, El Toro Negro attacks Joystick's "monitor", seeking revenge against her.[83]
Phil Urich, the heroic Green Goblin, develops something of a crush on Joystick, a participant of "The Great Game". He dons the costume and visits Joystick's hotel room, where a package is assigned to "Scarlet Spider". He opens it anyway and receives a dose of some kind of gas. Somewhere else, Joystick takes notice of the hotel room situation in her van and learns El Toro Negro is after her as payback for his defeat. Green Goblin is attacked by Joystick, until El Toro Negro surprises them. Scarlet Spider soon arrives to defeat El Toro Negro while Phil Urich saves Joystick. Scarlet Spider scolds the Green Goblin for letting her go.[84]
She is later seen in theReturn of Kaine arc of theClone Saga, fighting again against Ben Reilly (then under the Spider-Man identity) and his clone Kaine, with Polestar. Ben Reilly jumps to defend Kaine and Muse against their assailants. Kaine defeats Rhino as Ben destroys Joystick's weapons and beats Polestar.[85]
Later, she once again attacks Ben Reilly when he invades a facility's installations. Soon after, when Ben Reilly stops an attempt on Jonah Jameson's life (courtesy of El Toro Negro), an all-out brawl happens between the three and mercenaries Chance andCardiac. During a fierce melee battle, El Toro Negro unveils his role in the conspiracy to a beaten Joystick: he assumed the role of a rogue player in the game to divert attention to the hostile takeovers happening backstage. Joystick confesses that, despite the false pretenses of El Toro Negro's role, she still defeated him and took his mask.[86]
Joystick later appeared as a member ofCrimson Cowl's incarnation of theMasters of Evil.[87]
Joystick much later becomes a member of the New Thunderbolts.[88]
Jumbo Carnation is a fictional character appearing inMarvel Comics, a mutant fashion guru who first appeared inNew X-Men #134 (November 2002),[89] created by writerGrant Morrison and artistKeron Grant. The character also died that issue; it is left unclear if the character died from a drug overdose or from a hate crime.[90] The character was later resurrected during theKrakoan Age where he is a designer for many Krakoan mutants and suggests the firstHellfire Gala.[90][91]
Justice Peace is a cyborg agent of theTime Variance Authority.[92][93] During theInfinity Wars storyline,Gamora fuses her andCarol Danvers, creatingCaptain Peace.[94]
Capitalizing on the popularity of martial arts movies, writer Steve Englehart and artist/co-plotter Jim Starlin created Marvel'sMaster of Kung Fu series. The title character, Shang-Chi, was the son of novelist Sax Rohmer's criminal mastermind Dr. Fu Manchu.
Thank goodness for that, let's continue giving women with lesser comic backstories real characters.