Jackpot (comics)
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Free Comic Book Day Spider-Man: Swing Shift (May 2007) |
| Created by |
Dan Slott Phil Jimenez |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Sara Ehret Alana Jobson |
| Team affiliations | The Initiative |
| Abilities |
Sara Ehret Superhuman strength Alana Jobson Superhuman strength, and stamina Dramatic gymnast Limited hand-to-hand combatant Possesses some invulnerability to injury |
Jackpot is the codename shared by two fictional superheroes, Sara Ehret and Alana Jobson, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character have been primarily appearing in Spider-Man's stories. Jackpot's first appearance was in the Free Comic Book Day giveaway Spider-Man: Swing Shift, released on May 5, 2007 and set in the "Brand New Day" storyline.
The character Jackpot, first appeared in the Free Comic Book Day issue Spider-Man: Swing Shift released on May 5, 2007 and written by Dan Slott with art by Phil Jimenez. Following the character's debut, Jackpot would appear in several The Amazing Spider-Man related titles before gaining her own mini-series Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot in 2010.
Sara Ehret, a pregnant scientist at Phelcorp (a subsidiary of Oscorp) works on gene therapy to cure Parkinson's disease when she is accidentally exposed to "Lot 777". The virus rewrote the DNA in her cells leaving her in a coma for 4 months. Coming out of her coma Ehret went on to have her child Madeline with no complications, however when her family came under threat by falling debris she displayed superhuman strength to save them.
Jackpot went on to train and become a government sanctioned Initiative superhero for New York City. Though she became a hero for a while, Sara Ehret had no impulse to remain one. Instead she wanted to go back to her normal life and family. When another woman, Alana Jobson, recognized Sara and showed genuine enthusiasm at paying her for the use of Sara's Jackpot identity and license, Sara took the offer and gave up costumed crime fighting.
Alana buys Sara's identity, and while the latter goes in hiding, the former starts using a cocktail of enhancement drugs, including the infamous Mutant Growth Hormone to grant herself the powers of super-strength, stamina, and invulnerability associated with the Jackpot identity. Alana decided to have a crush on Spider-Man, to mask her sexuality and wanted to be like him; she later was revealed to be a lesbian; she was attracted to Sara but never told her.
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