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Jade

Jade

105 appearances · Bronze Age · 1984–2025 · 5 key issues
Who is Jade?

Jennifer-Lynn Hayden is the daughter of the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, and inherited a mystical connection to the Starheart—the ancient power source behind her father's ring. This birthright grants her formidable energy-manipulation abilities without needing a power ring.

Born in the pages of Infinity, Inc. #4 in 1984, Jade is a genuine Bronze Age DC creation from the celebrated team of Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, and Jerry Ordway — and over four decades of continuous publishing, she's proven herself one of the more enduring figures to emerge from that era's ambitious expansion of the DC universe. With 105 catalog appearances spanning Infinity, Inc., Outsiders, and Green Lantern, she's kept remarkable company — sharing adventures with the likes of Superman, Batman, The Flash, and Hawkman — and her five key-issue appearances signal that collectors have long recognized her significance. Whether you're drawn to the legacy-rich corners of the DC cosmos or simply love a character with genuine staying power from the Bronze Age through today, Jade is absolutely worth your time.

Identity

Real name. Jennifer-Lynn "Jennie" Hayden

Powers. Starheart Empowerment: Jennie can control the mystical power of the Starheart, an ancient artifact created by the Guardians of the Universe. Jade had extensive energy manipulation powers able to affect gravity, radiation, heat and light in a large number of ways.; ; ; ; : Jade can communicate with her brother Todd Rice through a limited form of telepathy.

Teams & affiliations
Justice LeagueGreen Lantern CorpsGuardians of the UniverseManhunters
★ First appearance
All-Star Squadron #25
Sep 1983

Top series

Covers through the years — 1984–2023

Infinity, Inc. #4 1984
Infinity, Inc. #4
Action Comics #596 1988
Action Comics #596
Action Comics #655 1990
Action Comics #655
Congorilla #3 1993
Congorilla #3
Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 1996
Guy Gardner: Warrior #39
JLA #27 1999
JLA #27
Green Lantern #148 2002
Green Lantern #148
Teen Titans #21 2005
Teen Titans #21
The Outsiders #31 2010
The Outsiders #31
DCU: Legacies #9 2011
DCU: Legacies #9
Convergence: Infinite Earths #1 2015
Convergence: Infinite Earths #1
Absolute Infinite Crisis #[nn] 2017
Absolute Infinite Crisis #[nn]
The Other History of the DC Universe #5 2021
The Other History of the DC Universe #5
The Other History of the DC Universe #[nn] 2023
The Other History of the DC Universe #[nn]

Appearances

Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
#4
Justice League of America (1960)
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
All-Star Squadron (1981)
#53
Superman (1987)
Hawkman (1986)
#11
Adventures of Superman (1987)
Action Comics (1938)
Who's Who: Update '87 (1987)
#3
Teen Titans Spotlight (1986)
#18
Wonder Woman (1987)
#13
Infinity Inc. Annual (1985)
#2
Flash Annual (1987)
#3
Showcase '93 (1993)
#1
Congorilla (1992)
#3
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly (1992)
Guy Gardner: Warrior (1994)
Deathstroke (1995)
#49
Green Lantern Secret Files (1998)
#1
JLA (1997)
#27
Flash (1987)
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999)
#9
Green Lantern: Our Worlds at War (2001)
#1
Green Arrow (2001)
JSA (1999)
#51
Identity Crisis (2004)
Teen Titans (2003)
#21
Teen Titans and Outsiders Secret Files and Origins 2005 (2005)
Infinite Crisis (2005)
#2
Firestorm (2004)
The Outsiders (2009)
#31
DCU: Legacies (2010)
Justice Society of America (2007)
#50
Infinity, Inc.: The Generations Saga (2011)
#1
DC Universe: Legacies (2011)
Justice Society of America: Monument Point (2012)
The Infinite Crisis Omnibus (2012)
Teen Titans by Geoff Johns Omnibus (2013)
Convergence: Infinite Earths (2015)
#1
Flash by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar (2016)
Absolute Infinite Crisis (2017)
JSA by Geoff Johns (2018)
#1
Who's Who Omnibus (2021)
#1
The Other History of the DC Universe (2021)
Detective Comics (2011)
Batgirl (2025)
Jenny Sparks (2024)
#4
DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025)