Jade (comics)

Jade
Jade as the new Green Lantern. Art by Dale Eaglesham.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	All-Star Squadron issue 25, September 1983.
Created by	Roy Thomas (writer) Jerry Ordway (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Jennifer-Lynn Hayden
Team affiliations	Outsiders Infinity, Inc. Justice League Blood Pack Green Lantern Corps Black Lantern Corps
Notable aliases	Green Lantern, Jennie-Lynn, Jen
Abilities	via Starheart: Energy constructs Flight Control over plants via Power rings: Solid light constructs Flight Energy absorption (requires recharge)

Jade (Jennifer-Lynn Hayden) is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics Universe. She first appeared in All-Star Squadron #25 in September 1983.

Jade is the daughter of the Green Lantern (the first character), alias Alan Scott, and Thorn, alias Rose Canton. Jade's twin brother is Obsidian, alias Todd James Rice.

Jade is a founding member of Infinity, Inc.. She has worked with the Justice League and the Justice Society of America. She is also a member and leader of the Outsiders. After being given a power ring (a spare one), she joined the Green Lantern Corps. The Green Lantern Corps had been resurrected and Jade was the first female Green Lantern from Earth.

Jade's romantic interests are Henry "Hank" King, Jr. and Kyle Rayner. She was ranked 34th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.

Rose, Jade's mother, was married, briefly, to Alan Scott. When she had children by Scott, she gave them up for adoption because she feared she would harm them. Jade and her twin were separated.

Jade was adopted by a couple living in the suburbs of Milwaukee. Jade learned of her twin brother, Todd, when she was in her late teens. Shortly after she met Todd, the two siblings tried to join the Justice Society. They were rejected, but joined with other children and protégés of JSA members to form Infinity inc.

Due to their father's exposure to magical energies, Jade and her brother were born with metahuman powers. Jade's powers first manifested when she was a child when she defended herself against sexual assault. Jade's powers resembled her father's in that she was able to generate green energy and shape it into constructs. Jade also inherited her mother's power of plant manipulation.