Publication history
Jessica Cruz's name is mentioned and her right hand appears briefly in a single panel of the 2013 issue ''Green Lantern'' #20. Her next appearance comes in ''Justice League'' (vol. 2) #30, when the Ring of Volthoom locates her, and she then gains her powers in the following issue. She was dubbed " Power Ring" while she was host to the Ring of Volthoom but is not a member of Crime Syndicate of America. Jessica becomes an official member of the Green Lantern Corps, in the Prime Earth reality, at the end of ''The Darkseid War'' storyline.Fictional character biography
The New 52
Jessica Cruz and her friends were on a hunting trip when they accidentally stumble across two men burying a body. The men brutally murder her friends, and Jessica escapes, but is left severely traumatized. The Ring of Volthoom, which feeds off fear and abandoned Power Ring after his death in '' Forever Evil'', locates Jessica and forces her to wield it.''Justice League'' (vol. 2) #31 (August, 2014)DC Rebirth
In ''Green Lanterns: Rebirth'' #1, Jessica meets Simon Baz as he is investigating an intrusion by a Manhunter. The events are revealed to be a training exercise run by Hal Jordan. He combines Jessica and Simon's power batteries to make them work together, inducts them into the Justice League, and puts them in charge of protecting Earth. Jessica later temporarily dons the Phantom Ring, a prototype power ring that can channel the entire emotional spectrum, and overcomes her previous trauma. She is later sent to space to train with the Green Lantern Corps and is under the orders of Guy Gardner, who pushes her around and berates her. However, he agrees to keep the events secret after she defeats him in combat. Later, Jessica is assigned to monitor the Ghost Sector, a region consisting of recovered planets stolen by Coluans. While there, she encounters Cyborg, Starfire, and Azrael piloting a skullship commandeered from Brainiac in an attempt to enter the sector. Attempting to stop them, she finds herself trapped in the Ghost Sector alongside the others, and they work together to investigate the mysterious region of space as Justice League Odyssey. Darkseid later kills Jessica and destroys her ring. However, the ring's fragments resurrect her and temporarily grant her enhanced powers.Powers and abilities
As a Green Lantern, Jessica is capable of projecting energy-based constructions, flight, and utilizing various other abilities through her power ring which are only limited by her imagination and willpower. Jessica's signature constructs are massive, intricate structures with an organic appearance similar to a giant alien flower. She initially experienced some trouble in creating constructs with the ring, requiring a period of intense concentration to generate larger constructs, but overcame this limitation while training with Simon Baz. While Jessica was briefly a Power Ring, she initially had no control over the ring. Under the tutelage of Hal Jordan, she learns to overcome the evil powers within the Ring and use it effectively until Volthoom possesses her body. Her feelings of courage help Cyborg decipher the alien language of the ring, and he is able to let her overcome Volthoom's influence for a moment and jump between Black Racer and the Flash which ends up destroying Volthoom and the Ring, freeing Jessica. Jessica is also an adept survivalist and was able to live by herself for three years. She was seen wielding a shotgun with proficiency when she was able to hit the Ring of Volthoom and keep it at bay for a few moments before it made her its host. Jessica's ring is partly fused with Volthoom's Travel Lantern, due to it being one of the first seven power rings created by the rogue Guardian Rami during Volthoom's first attack on Oa, ten billion years ago. It was the Travel Lantern that allowed Volthoom to make his initial journey to the past, and Jessica's ring connection to it also resulted in Jessica accidentally using the ring to send herself and Simon into the past to escape Volthoom, only to find themselves at the time of Volthoom's assault on Oa.In other media
Television
* Jessica Cruz appears in '' DC Super Hero Girls'' (2019), voiced by Myrna Velasco. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version does not appear to suffer from past trauma, lives with aFilm
* Jessica Cruz appears in '' Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High'', voiced by Cristina Milizia. * Jessica Cruz appears in '' Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis'', voiced again by Cristina Milizia. This version is a member of the Justice League. * Jessica Cruz appears in '' Justice League vs. the Fatal Five'', voiced by Diane Guerrero. While suffering from various traumas, such as her agoraphobia, she is targeted by Mano, Tharok and Persuader of the Fatal Five, who seek to use her to free Emerald Empress and Validus from prison on Oa. After bonding with Star Boy, who also suffers from mental illness, Cruz defeats the Fatal Five and joins the Justice League. * Jessica Cruz appears in '' Lego DC Shazam! Magic and Monsters'', voiced again by Cristina Milizia. * Jessica Cruz appears in '' Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse'', voiced again by Myrna Velasco. * Jessica Cruz appears in '' DC League of Super-Pets'', voiced by Dascha Polanco. This version is a member of the Justice League who later adopts Chip. * Jessica Cruz appears in '' Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen'', voiced by Jeannie Tirado. This version is a member of the Justice League. * Jessica Cruz appears in '' Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League'', voiced by Annie Wild.Video games
* Jessica Cruz appears as a character summon in '' Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure''. * Jessica Cruz appears as a playable character in the mobile version of '' Injustice: Gods Among Us''. * Jessica Cruz appears as a playable character in ''DC Legends''. * Jessica Cruz appears as an unlockable playable character in '' Lego DC Super-Villains''. * Jessica Cruz appears in '' DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power'', voiced again by Myrna Velasco.Miscellaneous
* Jessica Cruz appears in '' DC Super Hero Girls'' (2015), voiced by Cristina Milizia. This version is Lois Lane's shy camerawoman who later succeeds Hal Jordan as Earth's Green Lantern. * Jessica Cruz appears as a playable character in Cryptozoic Entertainment's ''DC Deck-Building Game: Rebirth''.References
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