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Jubilation Lee
Jubilation Lee

Jubilation Lee

509 appearances Β· Copper/Modern Age Β· 1989–2026 Β· 19 key issues
Who is Jubilation Lee?

A teenage runaway and mall rat, Jubilation Lee discovered she could fire dazzling bursts of explosive plasma from her fingertips. After secretly following the X-Men to the Australian Outback, she was taken under Wolverine's wing and eventually joined the team as Jubilee.

Jubilation Lee burst onto the scene in 1989's X-Men Annual #13 β€” a Copper Age arrival courtesy of creators Terry Austin and Mike Vosburg β€” and she's never stopped lighting up Marvel's mutant corner of the universe since. A genuine X-Men mainstay, she's shared countless adventures alongside icons like Wolverine, Storm, and Anna Marie across the pages of Uncanny X-Men and X-Men, accumulating over 450 catalog appearances and 19 collector-recognized key issues across an impressive 37-year publishing run. Few characters introduced in that era have demonstrated such staying power, growing from a fresh young face into a figure with genuine depth and history woven through decades of Marvel storytelling. If you're building a serious X-Men collection, Jubilation Lee is absolutely essential reading.

Identity

Real name. Jubilation Lee

Powers. Generates pyrotechnic energy plasmoids ("fireworks") from her hands of variable explosive/concussive intensity; later (post-2010) temporarily a vampire with associated abilities, since restored to mutant. Skilled gymnast.

Teams & affiliations
X-Men
β˜… First appearance
The Uncanny X-Men #244
May 1989

Trivia

  • Jubilee earned her place in comics history as Marvel's first Chinese-American superhero to hold a major X-Men role, making her a landmark visibility milestone in mainstream superhero comics.marvel.com
  • Marvel took Jubilee in a dramatically darker direction during the 'Curse of the Mutants' storyline, transforming her into a vampire in a horror-era twist that briefly redefined both her powers and her role across the X-Men line.marvel.com
  • Chris Claremont has written more of Jubilation Lee's comics than any other writer in our catalog β€” 32 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 1989–2024

X-Men Annual #13 β˜… 1989
X-Men Annual #13
The X-Men Annual #1 β˜… 1992
The X-Men Annual #1
The Uncanny X-Men #325 β˜… 1995
The Uncanny X-Men #325
What If...? #105 β˜… 1998
What If...? #105
Spider-Woman #14 2000
Spider-Woman #14
The Uncanny X-Men #423 2003
The Uncanny X-Men #423
Jubilee #3 2005
Jubilee #3
The Uncanny X-Men #500 2008
The Uncanny X-Men #500
Wolverine and Jubilee #1 2011
Wolverine and Jubilee #1
Astonishing X-Men #66 2013
Astonishing X-Men #66
Groot #6 2016
Groot #6
Season's Beatings #1 2019
Season's Beatings #1
Excalibur #14 2021
Excalibur #14
Dead X-Men #2 β˜… 2024
Dead X-Men #2

Appearances (451–509 of 509, oldest first)

Uncanny X-Men No. 244 Facsimile Edition (2024)
Uncanny X-Men by Gail Simone (2025)
Venom War: Wolverine / Deadpool (2025)
Wolverine: Deep Cut (2025)
X-Manhunt Omega (2025)
#1
Kid Juggernaut (2025)
#1
Free Marvel Must-Haves: June 2025 (2025)
#1
Generation X Epic Collection (2021)
#5
Wolverine: Old Man Logan [Marvel Premier Collection] (2025)
Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus (2025)
X-Men '97 No. 1 Halloween Trick-or-Read 2025 (2025)
Spider-Man: Holiday Spectacular (2026)
#1
Laura Kinney: Sabretooth (2025)
#3
Amazing X-Men (2025)
#3
Unbreakable X-Men (2025)
#3
All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2025)
Ultimate X-Men (2024)
#22
Generation X-23 (2026)
X-Men Annual (2026)
#1
X-Men United (2026)
#1
Jubilee: Deadly Reunion (2026)
#1
De X-Mannen (1983)