Joshua Jackam (New Earth)

Josh Jackam
Mainstream Universe‎, 1986‎-2011‎
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Real Name	Joshua Jackam
Main Alias	Josh Jackam
Relatives	Julie Jackam (mother), Mark Mardon (father), Clyde Mardon (paternal uncle), Joe Jackam (great maternal grandfather), Iris West (adoptive mother)
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Toddler
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	New Earth
Creators	Geoff Johns · Scott Kolins
First Appearance	The Flash Vol 2 #170 (March, 2001)
Appearance of Death	Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge #3 (November, 2008)

Josh Jackam was the son of Julie Jackam and Mark Mardon, the Weather Wizard.

History

Julie became pregnant when she worked for the New York City Police Department. She believed the father was Wally West, with whom she had a brief relationship. Iris West, who had learned about the child during her time in the future, moved next door to Julie when she returned to the early 21st Century. He was destined to become a great hero, so he had to be kept safe. She became a friendly neighbor and later confidant to Julie, who eventually trusted her enough to ask her to take care of Josh should something happen to her. Julie left to take up a new job in Keystone City shortly after.

As a single mother and a police officer at the Keystone City Police Department, Julie had an old lady called Rita to look over her son until she went back home at evening. After Julie's death, Officer Chyre decided to take care of Josh, as he had great appreciation for his mother and also because Julie never told anybody who was Josh's father. Chyre also asked Rita to look over Josh while he was working, but eventually Josh started showing some signs of elemental power.

It eventually became clear that Josh's father was in fact the Weather Wizard, which explained the reason behind his unusual powers. When his father learned of his existence, he tried to retrieve Josh with the sole intention of learning the source of his powers. Mardon wanted to dissect Josh and for this reason, he was stopped by Flash, while his wife, Linda protected Josh. Following the incident, Iris petitioned to adopt the boy to fulfil the old promise. When she initially researched Josh in the future, the records erroneously showed Julie had survived Cicada's attack and married another cop. With the new knowledge, and knowing she could no longer reveal information from the future, she moved back in with the West family to take care of the child.

Josh was later killed by Kid Zoom.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Weather Manipulation

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