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Javaman

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Fri Jul 24, 2020, 08:10 AM Jul 2020

The origin of Superheroes: Jesse Chambers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Chambers

Jesse Chambers is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Chambers, who first used the superhero name Jesse Quick[1] and later Liberty Belle, is the daughter of Golden Age heroes Johnny Quick[2] and Liberty Belle.[3] She inherited both of her parents' powers.

A version of Jesse Chambers renamed Jesse Wells appeared as a recurring character on The CW television series The Flash played by Violett Beane. This version was the daughter of the Earth-2 counterpart of Harrison Wells.

The 1992 limited series Armageddon: Inferno re-introduced the Justice Society of America after their disappearance into and re-emergence from the limbo dimension of Ragnarok (where they had been trapped since 1986's The Last Days of the Justice Society). Subsequently, a new Justice Society of America series (vol. 2) debuted. The series' first issue introduced the character of Jesse Chambers. Thereafter, Jesse became a supporting character in The Flash (vol. 2) as Wally West's partner, Jesse Quick. She also spends a brief run on Booster Gold's team The Conglomerate, when he leaves the JLA.

In 1999, Jesse was featured in a lead role in writer Devin Grayson's series Titans, which ran until 2002.[4] After 50 issues, Titans was cancelled and ultimately relaunched in writer Judd Winick's Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day limited series. Jesse was not part of the new roster of Titans introduced after Graduation Day.

Following Graduation Day, Jesse played a small supporting role in Geoff Johns and David Goyer's JSA series, where she served as Rick Tyler's love interest. When the book relaunched in 2006 as Justice Society of America (vol. 3), Jesse was featured as one of the main characters, now going by the name of Liberty Belle. She served primarily under the Liberty Belle name until Johns' 2009 limited series, Flash: Rebirth, where she returned to the Jesse Quick identity. She continued to feature as one of the leads in Justice Society until late 2010, when she was brought over to the writer James Robinson's revamp of the Justice League of America (vol. 2) series.

In addition, the character was the star of the Liberty Belle & Hourman back-up feature in JSA All-Stars from issue #2 of the series. Written by Jen Van Meter and drawn by Travis Moore, the series was an action/romance feature which chronicled the adventures of Jesse and her husband Rick as they battled the villainous couple of Tigress and Icicle. The series had its finale in JSA All-Stars #10 in October 2010.[5]

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