Jessica Cruz

On a hunting trip with a group of friends, Jessica Cruz’s life was forever changed. The group stumbled upon a gang of mobsters burying the body of someone they’d murdered. Intent on eliminating witnesses to their crime, the mobsters shot and killed all of Jessica’s friends, leaving her as the only survivor of the massacre. Following this incident, Jessica developed anxiety resulting in self-imposed exile, and she locked herself in her apartment for four years.

During this time, the Crime Syndicate, evil doppelgängers of the Justice League from Earth-3, had taken over the Prime Earth and exiled their heroic counterparts. The Green Lantern counterpart from Earth-3 was Harold Jordan, also known as “Power Ring.” Instead of wielding a ring made by the Guardians of the Universe, he used the ancient Ring of Volthoom. During the invasion of Earth, Power Ring was killed by Sinestro, and his ring forced itself onto Jessica Cruz. Eventually, it took over her entire body and bent her to its will.

Under the negative influence of the Ring of Volthoom, Jessica attacked her hometown and fought the combined forces of the Justice League and the Doom Patrol. It was during this fight that Batman convinced Jessica that if he could overcome tragedy and fear to become a hero, she could, too. With the Dark Knight’s help, Jessica broke free of the ring’s control. When the Crime Syndicate was defeated, veteran Lantern Hal Jordan taught Jessica how to control the ring. Jessica joined the League as their resident power ring champion.

During the Darkseid War, Jessica seemingly sacrificed her life to save that of the Flash, her teammate. Though she didn’t die, her ring was destroyed. But due to her ability to overcome fear, Cruz was offered a real Green Lantern Corps power ring. Not long after, she began training as the partner of Earth’s other resident Green Lantern, Simon Baz.