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Jean Loring began her career as a lawyer about the same time that physicist Ray Palmer first began adventuring as the Atom. She did not know that her fiancé was really the Atom for many years, despite the fact that she had aided the Atom on several of his adventures. Jean eventually discovered Ray's secret identity and the two were married. The Palmers' marriage was rife with difficulty, due primarily to Ray's double-life as a super-hero. The intensity between them strained when the Atom began devoting large portions of his time to the Justice League of America. Ultimately, the two could not reconcile their lives together and they divorced. Following their separation, Ray abandoned life in Ivy Town to live in a miniature jungle environment with a colony of six-inch humanoids known as the Morlaidhian, under the rule of Princess Laethwen. With Ray gone from her life, Jean remarried to a fellow attorney named Paul Hoben.
Jean and Paul left Ivy Town and opened up a small firm in Calvin City. After practicing for several years, they eventually returned to Ivy Town, where Jean became senior partner at Grabemann, Loring and Ross.
Recently Jean suffered a mental breakdown and was desperate to get back together with Ray Palmer. She shrunk herself using one of Palmer's old costumes and tried to give Sue Dibny a minor stroke. She hoped that the incident would cause the heroes to become closer to their loved ones and in the process drive Palmer back to her. Unfortunately, Jean killed Sue. [1] She incinerated her body to cover it up, starting a disastrous chain of events.
She then faked an attempt on her life, and set up Captain Boomerang to take the fall. Boomerang was sent to attack Timothy Drake's father while an anonymous tip alerted Drake. However, both men died. Palmer did return to his ex-wife, but Jean revealed information about the murders in passing, leaving her exposed as the killer.[2]
Incarcerated in Arkham Asylum, Jean was abused by other prisoners. She found a black diamond in her cell one day and became the new host for Eclipso. As Eclipso, she convinced the Spectre to massacre magical beings. During a battle with other magic users, Jean was sent orbiting around the sun.[3]
A short time later, Ralph Dibny - accompanied by the helmet of Doctor Fate - approached the Spectre as part of his quest to restore his wife Sue to life, promising to fulfil any bargain demanded of him in order to accomplish this. The Spectre, desiring revenge on Eclipso but rendered incapable of taking it (owing to his lack of a host), ordered Dibny to punish Eclipso in return for his wife's life; Dibny, intending to punish his wife's murderer and temporarily granted the power of the Spectre, took Eclipso back to the point at which she (as Jean Loring) murdered Sue and, restoring Jean's sanity, intended to trap her in a permanent time loop, forcing her to watch herself murder Sue Dibny over and over for all eternity. Her sanity restored, a terrified Loring tearfully begged for forgiveness, screaming that she loved Sue and that she was crazy when she killed her. Dibny, affected by her pleas, found himself incapable of such ruthlessness and refused to complete his pact with the Spectre, returning Eclipso to her orbit around the sun, and moving on to find another being with whom he could accomplish his goals. [4]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
On the average, Jean does not possess any superhuman capabilties. While under the influence of the Heart of Darkness, Jean embodies all of the powers and physical characteristics as Eclipso. Such abilities include: possession, flight, enhanced strength and darklight projection.
Abilities
Jean Loring is a skilled attorney specializing in criminal law. In later years, she shied away from trial work, preferring to hone her abilities at business law.
Paraphernalia
Weapons
Jean used a flame-thrower to incinerate Sue Dibny.
Related
- 193 Appearances of Jean Loring (New Earth)
- 19 Images featuring Jean Loring (New Earth)
- 4 Quotations by or about Jean Loring (New Earth)
- Character Gallery: Jean Loring (New Earth)
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- Identity Crisis #1-7
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