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HEIGHT 6 FT 2 IN WEIGHT 190 Ibs

FIRST APPEARANCE

Daredevil Vol. 1 *42 (Juty 1968)

'Miło the Jesier has no superhuman powers. he is an above-average athiote, skiled in gymnaotics. swordsmanship. and unarmed combal. He aiso u sos a vanety of toys włtich ltave fceen turned into deadly weepons or spooal tcols.

The Jest er fnaty runs out japes when cornered by Daredov* on o fire escaoe hgh above the stroots of New York City.

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performance was panned by the critics and booed by the audience. He began studying fencing, gymnastics. and bodybuilding, hoping to win additional roles, but all he landed was a job as a comic foil on a childrensTV show.

Deciding to tum to crimc, Powers contacted theTiNKERER, who specialized in creating unusual weapons from toys. Donning a harlequin-style jester^ costume. Powers began calling himsclf the Jester. and set out on a crime spree in New York. using his deadly toys and gimmicks.

Jester soon came into conflict with the costumed hero Daredevil. who halted Jester s criminal activity and helped to put him injail. MT

Jetstream

FIRST APPEARANCE New Mutants *16 (June 1984)

REAL NAME Haroun ibn Sallah al-RasNd OCCUPATION Holbon team-member BASE Massachusetts Academy HEIGHT 5 f! 7 .n WEIGHT 145 Ibs EYES Black HAIR Black SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Body generates thermo-chemical energy. able to fty.

Mutants often have difficulty learning to use their powers, but Haroun al-Rashid struggled morę than most. Codenamcd Jetstream, Haroun had ditFiculty controlling and releasing thc thermo-chemical energy his body was constantly generating. When these cncrgies caused his flesh to catch firc, it was only the intcrvention of thc Heu.io.ns that saved his life.The Hellions provided him with a bionic system that enabied him to contro! his powers.

After all they had done for him. Haroun felt obliged to remain with the team; howcvcr his membership was not destined to last long. During an attack on the Heli fire Club by White Rook (Trcvor Fitzroy),

Haroun was killed when his lite energ\’ was drained away. AD

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FIRST APPEARANCE Avengers *162 (August 1977)

REAL NAME Jocasta

OCCUPATION Formef adventurer; Computer BASE Mob»io HEIGHT 5 ft 9 in WEIGHT 750 Ibs EYES Rod HAIR Nonę SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Superhuman ab.Hty to process nformation; superhuman strength, durability and senses of sight and heartng; projocts energy blasts from eyes and hands.

FIRST APPEARANCE Thunderbolts *1 (Apnl 1997)

REAL NAME Helen 'Hallle* Takahama

OCCUPATION Adventurer BASE Counter-Earth

HEIGHT 5 ft 5 in WEIGHT 110 Ibs EYES Brown HAIR Błack

SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Jott łs suffused with piokmotic

energy which głves her enhanced strength. speed and agtlrty and

the ability to łhrow hyperkinetic punches.

FIRST APPEARANCE Sgt. Fury and his Howting Commandos *1 (May 1963) REAL NAME Gabriel Jones OCCUPATION SHIELO agent BASE New York City HEIGHT 6 ft 2 in WEIGHT 225 IbS EYES Brown HAIR Whrte SPECIAL POWERS/ABILITIES Form.dable hand-lo-hand combatant when younger: exo©!lent marksman and combat tactician: expert jazi trumpeter.

Likc so many other members of World War U heroes the Howung Commandos, Gabe Jones was to continuc fighting alongside its commander, Nick Fury, for most of his lite.

Rcuniting with the rest of the military strike squad during the Korean andVietnam wars, Gabe became a key aide to Fury when lie was madę director of SHIEL1). Rcsponsible for infiltrating and bringing down thc insidious organization known as thc Sccret Empire. Gabe remained loyal to Fury cvcn after the android Dcltites infiltrated SHIELD. He went on to play a kcy role when the organization was re-established as a leaner. morc focused operation. ad

The robot Jocasta was crcated by anothcr robot, thc hate-filled Ultron, to bc his matę. Jocasta s personality is bascd on that of the Wasi*, who was thc wife of Ultron’s crcator. Henry Pym. Although Ultron programmcd Jocasta to serve him. she turned against him. She repeatedly aided the Avf.nc.cks and became a member of their team. Later Jocasta*s artificial intelligcnce entered the main Computer in thc Scattle mansion ofTony Stark (Ikon Man), and she became his persona! ally. Subsequently. Jocasta appeared in a robot body that rescmbles her original form. PS

After her parents were killcd during thc rampage of Onslaught, Hallic Takahama had to fend for herself on thc strects of New York. Abducted by mad gencticist Arnim Zola. Hallic was rcscucd by the Thunderbolts—Super Villains posing as heroes. Not realizing their motives. Hallic joincd thc team as Joli. to thc consternation ofits    <■

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sonie members to tum against Zemo, beforc lcaving the team and opting to live on thc ravagcd Counter-Earth on the other side of the sun. tb

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