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Jenny Sparks Vol 1 1

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"Chapter 1: "Be Better"": Seven people just woke up Los Angeles. A smoker. A dog owner. A psychiatrist. A judge. A university teacher. A super hero who is murdering people. And a PR professional.

I'm not a superhero. I'm the @$@$@$ who keeps them in line.
— Jenny Sparks

Jenny Sparks #1 is an issue of the series Jenny Sparks (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2024. It was published on August 21, 2024.

Synopsis for Chapter 1: "Be Better"

Seven people just woke up Los Angeles. A smoker. A dog owner. A psychiatrist. A judge. A university teacher. A super hero who is murdering people. And a PR professional.

The smoker is approached in her bedroom by Batman. Seemingly unfazed, the smoker orders the man she was sleeping with to leave the room, so that she can discuss the case Batman has brought her - Captain Atom has gone rogue.

As Captain Atom argues with a man feeding pigeons in Griffith Park and the other five go through their work days, Jenny Sparks and Batman talk over the case - Superman is scanning the city from a distance, and Wonder Woman is on standby. But, invoking a pre-existing agreement between herself and the heroes, Jenny Sparks orders them all to hand back, saying she will catch Captain Atom.

As the workday ends and people start considering after-work drinks, Jenny Sparks is summoned to a crime scene - a man in Griffith Park, killed in a manner consistent with Captain Atom's powers. Touching the corpse to "taste" the ambient energy, Jenny Sparks leaves the police to secure the scene and chases the energy.

Captain Atom is standing in the wreckage of a truck that almost struck him while he was jaywalking, when he is accosted by Jenny Sparks. Captain Atom's powers have advanced to the point where his appearances fluctuates, his metallic skin flowing across his form and outfits appearing and disappearing. His ego has grown to match his expanded powers, and he rants about God. But Jenny Sparks is over a century old, and her ego and powers are as great as his.

As four million lives trundle on oblivious to her in the Los Angeles downtown, Jenny Sparks unloads a massive amount of lightning into Captain Atom and lectures him about her godfather, Albert Einstein, who said confidently that quantum improbability was impossible and spent the last decades of his life being proven wrong. And about how, for all the mythic weight that super heroes gather around themselves, their powers are a result of luck and blind chance, and they die like everyone else, full of regret.

But Captain Atom is not dead. He is able to grab Jenny Sparks by the neck and muster the clarity to recall a past adventure where they met. Jenny Sparks was a name to inspire fear and respect, once, long ago. But Captain Atom breaks her neck and walks away, saying that she doesn't have the authority anymore...

Appearing in Chapter 1: "Be Better"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Alex (Jenny Sparks' one-time lover) (Single appearance)
  • Apollo (Andrew Pulaski) (Cover only)
  • Dr. Bowles (First appearance)
  • Ms. Colon (Single appearance) (Cameo)
  • Judge Dani (First appearance)
    • Dani's husband (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Davey's owner (First appearance; unnamed)
    • Davey the Dog (First appearance)
  • Engineer (Angela Spica) (Cover only)
  • Prof. Erica Yellin (First appearance)
  • Erica Yellin's students (First appearance)
    • Mr. Garcia (First appearance) (Voice) (Cameo)
  • Jennifer Sparks' mother (First appearance; unnamed) (Voice) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Sam (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Swift (Cover only)
  • Taylor (Bartender) (First appearance; unnamed)
  • Unnamed Los Angeles homeless man (Single appearance; dies) (Also as a corpse)
  • Adolf Hitler (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Albert Einstein (Jennifer Sparks' godfather) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Clark Gable's boyfriend (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Court of Owls (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Doll Man (Mentioned only)
  • God (Mentioned only)
  • The "God" entity (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Gods of Old (Mentioned only)
  • Professor Jaxon (Mentioned only)
  • Jenny Sparks' brother (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Jenny Sparks' father (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Jesus Christ (Mentioned only)
  • Joker (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Justice League (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
  • Midnighter (Mentioned only)
  • Nathaniel Adam's son (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Nathaniel Adam's wife (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
  • Red Army (Mentioned only)
  • Superman (Clark Kent) (Mentioned only)
  • Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) (Mentioned only)
  • Zombies (Mentioned only)
  • Clark Gable (Mentioned only)
  • John Ford (Mentioned only)
  • Michael Keaton (Mentioned only)
  • Orson Welles (Mentioned only)

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Trivia

  • Jenny Sparks mentions killing God which is a reference to her Wildstorm counterpart killing the so-called "God" creature in The Authority #12.
  • The title of the issue comes the dying words of Jenny Sparks in the Wildstorm Universe.


See Also


Links and References

  1. ↑ Superman and the Authority #2
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