Jesse Chambers
Jesse Chambers is a female comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Jesse Chambers was a female human who was born the daughter of Johnny Chambers and Libby Lawrence. (Justice Society of America v2 #3)
As a young girl, she was noted to had met many of her father's fellow superheroes in the Justice Society of America. (Justice Society of America v2 #3)
For a long time, her father told her that if she simply concentrated and released her inner potential. However, she never manifested her abilities initially and her mother believed that this was a waste of time. In fact, she felt that Jesse's time would have been better spent on behaving like a lady. (Justice Society of America v2 #7) Afterwards, her parents were said to had drifted apart and separated as a result. (Justice Society of America v2 #3) The resultant divorce was said to had been ugly with the young Jesse feeling like she was being pulled apart by her parents. It was then that she began to recite her father's speed formula where she came to find that she had super-speed. (Justice Society of America v2 #7)
At some point, she came to enrol in Gotham University where she did work on superheroes. (Justice Society of America v2 #4) It was said that she was in graduate school where doing research on the impact of superheroes on society. (Justice Society of America v2 #3)
Her father came to uncover evidence that the Ultragen corporation was conducting inhuman experiments on innocent people and mutating them in the process with these being secretly overseen by the Ultra-Humanite. He faxed this information to Jesse who was then sent to inform the Justice Society of the threat. (Justice Society of America v2 #5)
Jesse along with her father came to Keystone City along with other speedsters including Max Mercury and Jay Garrick]] when all were called by Wally West. Whilst together, Max Mercury came to relate the origin of his powers and revealed that all the speedsters drew on a shared energy source called the Speed Force. Around this time, Wally West had faced the threat from Kobra where he feared that he might die in he confrontation. As such, he had been training Bart Allen to take over the mantle of the Flash but felt he was not ready and instead decided that Jesse Quick should replace him if he died much to her surprise. (The Flash v2 #97)
She then experienced the strange sensation that she had to meet Wally West over a matter concerning her father. Upon arriving at his home, Wally claimed to had not heard anything but they were interrupted by Tina McGee who arrived at the scene to ask for the Flash's help. This was because her husband Jerry McGee had ben taking the Velocity 9 drug and become the supervillain Speed Demon once again. Thus, Jesse and Max Mercury accompanied the Flash in order to stop him. Eventually, Wally confessed to her that he was seeing Johnny Quick every time he attained top speed. Whilst there, he managed to encounter Johnny Quick who revealed that he had simply wanted to say his final goodbyes to his daughter but could only interact with Wally as he had a direct connection to the Speed Force. The Flash then helped Jesse Quick reach top speed where her father told her he was proud of her and that she now could continue his race thus giving final closure to both of them. (The Flash Annual v2 #11)
After learning of Zoom, Jesse regretted not being there for Wally and rushed to his side after he was defeated by the new villain. They came to learn that Zoom was Wally's former friend the profiler Hunter Zolomon who had attained powers over local time. Jesse decided that she wanted to help Wally fight this new villain but he refused as their opponent was faster than any speedster and he believed that Quick would become another victim of his attacks. Thus, he raced off to confront Zoom alone where he was overpowered by the villain again until Jesse arrived to save him and she urged him to accept her help. As Zoom caught up with them, Jesse lent her speed equation to Wally thus super-charging his abilities to the point that he was fast enough to fight Zoom in the same time-space. This ultimately was responsible for helping him defeat Zoom who came to be incarcerated at Iron Heights. The incident had affected Jesse in some way as she was no longer able to access her speed mantra and thus unable to tap into the Speed Force. As a result, she came to live as an ordinary human being with Jay Garrick offering her a place in the Justice Society to serve as a business manager for the team. Jesse came to quickly agree with the intention of using this time to also find out how to regain her powers. (The Flash v2 #200)
As a result, she took on her duties at the new business manager of the Justice Society at Garrick's request. He gave her a tour of the rebuilt headquarters and she believed this was the chance to get her life back in order. During this time, she met with Rick Tyler and reconnected with him as the two caught up. (JSA v1 #52)
She and the Justice Society came to work with the new incarnation of the Justice League in stopping the threat of the Starheart. The mystical force had taken control over Alan Scott and created havoc globally over Earth as it caused beings tied to magic to run amok. Jesse participated in the heroes assault against the Starheart's citadel on the Moon where Jade was able to weaken its hold over her father thus allowing Alan Scott to take back control over his body. With the threat defeated, Jesse was invited by Batman to join the Justice League of America where she decided to accept the invitation. (Justice League of America v2 #48)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events. It was revealed that the Speed Force protected Jesse and Max Mercury from the changes in reality but they remained trapped within it. However, when Eobard Thawne possessed the Flash's body, the essences of Jesse and Max came to approached Barry within his mind where they sought to help him learn to restore control over his own form. (The Flash v1 #759)
She later came to manifest fully where she assisted the Flash in battling Thawne and the Legion of Zoom. Jesse was among the speedsters to help battle the villains whilst saving innocent civilians during the fight. She then joined the other heroic speedster users in create a storm to reset the internal vibrations of the supervillains thus sending them back to their respective parts in the timeline. (The Flash v1 #761)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Jesse Chambers was a beautiful young woman with long blonde hair. (Justice Society of America v2 #1) She said that she had inherited her mother's blonde hair and blue eyes. (Justice Society of America v2 #8)
Jesse was known to sometimes use her looks to distract men. (Justice Society of America v2 #7)
She was noted for being a bit of a bookworm. (Justice Society of America v2 #7) Her talent for research led to her learning more about speedsters as recorded in history. (The Flash v2 #97)
The heroes of the Justice Society were said to had been her heroes where she came to follow their exploits. (Justice Society of America v2 #4) Her father was regarded as one of the biggest fans of them and often told Jesse stories about them when she was growing up. (Justice Society of America v2 #5)
Jesse Chambers was the daughter of Johnny Chambers and Libby Lawrence. Her parents were said to had later divorced after her father started his own business. (Justice Society of America v2 #3) Her father was noted to had become a millionaire fitness guru. (Justice Society of America v2 #7)
Upon her fathers death, Jesse was hurt, grieving and angry but ultimately said that she did not blame Wally West. She even claimed to had come to terms with the death of her father. However, she only gained full closure when Wally West helped her say her goodbyes to her father who similarly went to say his farewells to his daughter. This was said to had been the greatest gift to be given to Jesse and she kissed Wally in gratitude as a result of what he did for her. (The Flash Annual v2 #11)
She was noted to have had an attraction to Wally West when she met him as the Flash. (Justice Society of America v2 #5)
Powers and abilities
Jesse Chambers came to inherit her fathers super-speed which she achieved by repeating a speed formula like a mantra. (Justice Society of America v2 #4) Her father had claimed that the mantra helped release the potential of their Metagene. (Justice Society of America v2 #5) From Max Mercury, she came to learn that her abilities stemmed from an extradimensional energy known as the Speed Force that was tapped into by all speedsters. (The Flash v2 #97)
As a hero, she was known to have had her own costume. (Justice Society of America v2 #8)
Notes
- Jesse Chambers was created by Len Strazewski and Mike Parobeck where she made her first appearance in Justice Society of America v2 #1 (August, 1992).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In The Flash, Jesse Chambers appeared in the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse starting with the second season where she was portrayed by actor Violett Beane. This version was an inhabitant of Earth-2 where she was born Jesse Chambers Wells where she was the daughter of Harrison Wells. At an early age, Jesse's father gave her the nickname 'Jesse Quick' due to her sharp intellect and quick-thinking nature. When Jesse was four years old, she and her father went out for the first time together to a planetarium. There, Jesse got lost in the Mars exhibit and Harry shut the entire facility down to look for her. When she was six, Harry gifted her a Mr. Jiggle Wiggle teddy bear. Growing up, Jesse and her mother would often visit Harry at S.T.A.R. Labs, where they got scared by his 'work voice'. At some point in her childhood, Jesse's mother died. Jesse graduated from high school at the age of 15. She enrolled at Central City College, where she had five majors, one of them being biochemistry. In March 2015, Jesse supported her father as he unveiled his new line of meta-human awareness apps. She was awed when her worlds Flash showed up, only to watch in concern as he criticized Harry for the initial meta-human infestation through his particle accelerator. After the presentation, Jesse asked her father if The Flash's allegations were true. Harry simply said he did what was necessary to open the door to a new era of science. Upset by his apathy, Jesse returned to college. Later on, Zoom attacked the college and took Jesse captive.
Video games
Appearances
- Justice Society of America v2: (1992)
- The Flash v2:
- The Flash Annual v2:
- JSA v1:
- Justice Society v1:
- Justice League of America v2:
- The Flash v1: (2020)
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