Vanessa Jansen was a metahuman, known as Block, that could create dense boxes and an enemy of the Team Flash on Earth-1; she was ultimately murdered by the metahuman-killing villain Cicada. After the Crisis, she was revealed to be alive on Earth-Prime.
History
Pre-Crisis
Vanessa Jansen lived in Central City where she was a weapons dealer for a street gang; however, she was arrested and sent to Iron Heights.
At some point in time, she gained the ability to create force field-like boxes made out of air.
Years later, she got out of prison and tracked the gang member, Bobby Moretti, who let her be arrested in the first place and murdered him. As his brother, Bruno tried to avenge him, Vanessa used her powers to save herself and attacked the thug who was saved by the young speedster, XS: Vanessa overpowered XS and forced her father, Flash, to rescue his daughter while Vanessa ran away. Due to her abilities, Cisco Ramon nicknamed her Block.
Later, Vanessa was confronted again by Bruno Moretti that was backed up by his gang. Jensen saved herself once again with the boxes but the arrival of XS and Flash stopped the fight: Flash was stuck in one of Vanessa's boxes so that XS was forced to fight her alone and ultimately defeat the supervillain. As the other Team Flash superheroes arrived to escort her to the prison, Cicada throw his dagger at Vanessa, piercing her chest and fatally wounding her. Despite XS trying to save her, Vanessa died in her arms.[1]
Post-Crisis
After the rebirth of the Multiverse, Vanessa Jensen was stated to still be the supervillain Block on the newly born Earth-Prime. However, in the new timeline, Vanessa somehow survived Cicada's attack and is still alive by Spring 2020.[2]
Powers and Abilities
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Abilities
Notes
- This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series The Flash and is an adaptation of The Human Block. The original character was created by Robert Venditti and Van Jensen and first appeared in The Flash (Volume 4) #43.
- Vanessa Jensen/Block was portrayed by Erin Cummings.
- The name Vanessa Jensen is a reference to the original creator of the character in comics, Van Jensen.
Trivia
- Vanessa Jensen was one of the many Earth-1 residents whose life was affected by the Crisis.
- She is one of the Team Flash villains shown in the Cisco's Who's Who? Binder.
Related
- 8 Appearances of Vanessa Jansen (Arrowverse)
- 1 Images featuring Vanessa Jansen (Arrowverse)
- Quotations by or about Vanessa Jansen (Arrowverse)
- Character Gallery: Vanessa Jansen (Arrowverse)
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