During the Justice League's confrontation against Grail and Darkseid, Grail manages to separate the Flash from the Black Racer, which immediately begins to pursue the Flash. Jessica, Cyborg and Mister Miracle head to the prison and the close proximity to the Syndicate allows the Ring to possess Jessica's mind and body. After this, the Justice League decides to free the Crime Syndicate to help in the fight against the Anti-Monitor and Grail. Jessica and the rest of the Justice League are then transported away by Metron. When Darkseid's daughter Grail arrives on Prime Earth, she attacks Jessica and uses her ring to open a portal to Earth-Three, allowing the Anti-Monitor to cross over to the Prime Earth.

Hal Jordan returns to Earth to teach Jessica how to control her ring. Jessica later succumbs to the effects of the Amazo Virus but is soon cured. 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.īatman 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. Jessica Cruz is a member the Justice League and co-leads her own solo series for DC's Rebirth initiative Story Arcs Justice League Jessica becomes an official member of the Green Lantern Corps at the end of Justice League #50: The Darkseid War. She was dubbed 'Power Ring' while she was host to the Ring of Volthoom but is not a member of the Crime Syndicate of America. She makes her full appearance and first cover appearance in the following issue, Justice League vol. 2 #30, when the Ring of Volthoom locates her. Jessica Cruz's name is mentioned and her hand appears briefly in a single panel of the 2013 issue Green Lantern #20 but does not make her official debut in cameo until the last pages of Justice League vol. Character Evolution New 52 Jessica as Power Ring Jessica was one of Johns' final mysteries of the series, as he merely had her mentioned and visually teased in his final issue of Green Lantern, suggesting her fate was somehow tied to fellow new Green Lantern Simon Baz and the conclusion of Trinity War. Jessica Cruz was created by Geoff Johns, longtime writer of the Green Lantern franchise. After dealing with the Amazo Virus, Flash calls in Hal Jordan to begin properly training her in the use of her ring. She then decides to learn how to use the ring. Before any real harm is done, Flash motivates Jessica to reign in the ring's power on her own. Later, Jessica is taken to the Watchtower to be monitored but loses control of the ring again.

However, before anyone can take the ring, Batman inspires Jessica to assert control over the ring, ending the rampage. She is confronted by the Doom Patrol who wish to take the ring.

The Power Ring takes control of her and goes on a rampage through the city. Since then, she became a survivalist preparing for the end of the world and hoarding food and water before the Power Ring found her. Jessica Cruz and a group of her friends went out hunting but came across a group of men who were burying a body, they killed her friends and Jessica was the only one to make it out alive. Origin Jessica is chosen to become the new Power Ringįollowing the death of Power Ring at the hands of Sinestro during Forever Evil, the cursed ring seeks out a new host, selecting Jessica Cruz to bear its power. Concurrently, the duo operates alongside the Justice League in their newest series.Īfter the events of Justice League: No Justice Jessica Cruz joined Cyborg, Starfire, and Jean-Paul Valley on an Odyssey. Currently, she and Baz are working to stop the Red Lantern Corps attempting to take over the planet. In the new series Green Lanterns, Hal has forced Jessica and fellow rookie Simon Baz to protect Earth as partners, even fusing their power batteries to ensure their cooperation. Despite being chosen to be a Green Lantern, she still struggles with anxiety issues. After the power ring from Earth-3 was destroyed in the Darksied War, A Green Lantern ring chose her to be Earth's newest Green Lantern.

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