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Jackpot (character)
Jackpot is the name of three superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of Jackpot, Sara Ehret, first appeared in the storyline "Swing Shift" in FCBD: Spider-Man #1 (May 2007), and was created by writer Dan Slott and artist Phil Jimenez. The second incarnation, Alana Jobson, debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #545 (January 2008), having bought the Jackpot identity from Sara, whom she was in love with. Following Alana's death, Sara reclaims the mantle of Jackpot, renaming herself Alana Jobson II in Alana's honor. In the 2023 storyline Armed and Dangerous, Mary Jane "MJ" Watson takes up the mantle as the third Jackpot.
Sara Ehret debuted in the storyline "Swing Shift" in FCBD: Spider-Man #1 (May 2007), created by writer Dan Slott and artist Phil Jimenez. She appeared in the 2010 Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot series (published initially simply as Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot), her first solo comic book series, by Marc Guggenheim, retaking the Jackpot name after the death of her successor Alana Jobson, ultimately renaming herself Alana Jobson II.
Alana Jobson debuted as Jackpot in The Amazing Spider-Man #545 (January 2008), created by writer Dan Slott and artist Phil Jimenez.
Mary Jane "MJ" Watson took up the mantle of Jackpot in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #31 (August 2023), by Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr., Emilio Laiso, and Ze Carlos, starring in the one-shot Jackpot #1 (January 2024) followed by the four-issue miniseries Jackpot & Black Cat (March–June 2024) and the ongoing series All-New Venom (December 2024–present), in which Jackpot acquires the Venom symbiote.
Sara Ehret, a pregnant scientist at Phelcorp (a subsidiary of Oscorp) works on gene therapy to cure Parkinson's disease when she is accidentally exposed to "Lot 777". The virus rewrote the DNA in her cells leaving her in a coma for 4 months. Coming out of her coma Ehret went on to have her child Madeline with no complications, however when her family came under threat by falling debris she displayed superhuman strength to save them.
Taking the name "Jackpot" and designing her costume after the catchphrase of her favourite soap opera character, played by actress Mary Jane Watson, Jackpot went on to train and become a government sanctioned Initiative superhero for New York City. Though she served as a crimefighter for a while, Sara Ehret had no desire to remain one, preferring her normal life and family. When another woman, Alana Jobson, recognized Sara and showed genuine enthusiasm at paying her for the use of Sara's Jackpot identity and license, Sara took the offer and gave up costumed crime fighting.[citation needed]
Alana buys Sara's identity, and while the latter goes in hiding, the former starts using a cocktail of enhancement drugs, including Mutant Growth Hormone to grant herself the powers of super-strength, stamina, and invulnerability associated with the Jackpot identity. In denial of her own sexuality, Alana developed a crush on Spider-Man, whom she emulated. She later was revealed to be a lesbian. She had been attracted to Sara but never revealed this to her.
Alana/Jackpot teams up with Spider-Man on a search for the villain Menace. They eventually find her after she attacks a council meeting and kidnaps a councilwoman. Jackpot interferes with the fight between Spider-Man and Menace, pulling Menace from her glider. However, as a result of this action, the glider slams into the rescued councilwoman, killing her. Menace blames Spider-Man for the woman's death and escapes. Jackpot blames herself, as does Spider-Man, as seen in his internal monologue. Still, he attempts to comfort her but Jackpot, who is distraught and angered by the experience, takes it all out on Spider-Man by pushing him away and storming off.[citation needed]
Jackpot (character)
Jackpot is the name of three superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of Jackpot, Sara Ehret, first appeared in the storyline "Swing Shift" in FCBD: Spider-Man #1 (May 2007), and was created by writer Dan Slott and artist Phil Jimenez. The second incarnation, Alana Jobson, debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #545 (January 2008), having bought the Jackpot identity from Sara, whom she was in love with. Following Alana's death, Sara reclaims the mantle of Jackpot, renaming herself Alana Jobson II in Alana's honor. In the 2023 storyline Armed and Dangerous, Mary Jane "MJ" Watson takes up the mantle as the third Jackpot.
Sara Ehret debuted in the storyline "Swing Shift" in FCBD: Spider-Man #1 (May 2007), created by writer Dan Slott and artist Phil Jimenez. She appeared in the 2010 Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot series (published initially simply as Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot), her first solo comic book series, by Marc Guggenheim, retaking the Jackpot name after the death of her successor Alana Jobson, ultimately renaming herself Alana Jobson II.
Alana Jobson debuted as Jackpot in The Amazing Spider-Man #545 (January 2008), created by writer Dan Slott and artist Phil Jimenez.
Mary Jane "MJ" Watson took up the mantle of Jackpot in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #31 (August 2023), by Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr., Emilio Laiso, and Ze Carlos, starring in the one-shot Jackpot #1 (January 2024) followed by the four-issue miniseries Jackpot & Black Cat (March–June 2024) and the ongoing series All-New Venom (December 2024–present), in which Jackpot acquires the Venom symbiote.
Sara Ehret, a pregnant scientist at Phelcorp (a subsidiary of Oscorp) works on gene therapy to cure Parkinson's disease when she is accidentally exposed to "Lot 777". The virus rewrote the DNA in her cells leaving her in a coma for 4 months. Coming out of her coma Ehret went on to have her child Madeline with no complications, however when her family came under threat by falling debris she displayed superhuman strength to save them.
Taking the name "Jackpot" and designing her costume after the catchphrase of her favourite soap opera character, played by actress Mary Jane Watson, Jackpot went on to train and become a government sanctioned Initiative superhero for New York City. Though she served as a crimefighter for a while, Sara Ehret had no desire to remain one, preferring her normal life and family. When another woman, Alana Jobson, recognized Sara and showed genuine enthusiasm at paying her for the use of Sara's Jackpot identity and license, Sara took the offer and gave up costumed crime fighting.[citation needed]
Alana buys Sara's identity, and while the latter goes in hiding, the former starts using a cocktail of enhancement drugs, including Mutant Growth Hormone to grant herself the powers of super-strength, stamina, and invulnerability associated with the Jackpot identity. In denial of her own sexuality, Alana developed a crush on Spider-Man, whom she emulated. She later was revealed to be a lesbian. She had been attracted to Sara but never revealed this to her.
Alana/Jackpot teams up with Spider-Man on a search for the villain Menace. They eventually find her after she attacks a council meeting and kidnaps a councilwoman. Jackpot interferes with the fight between Spider-Man and Menace, pulling Menace from her glider. However, as a result of this action, the glider slams into the rescued councilwoman, killing her. Menace blames Spider-Man for the woman's death and escapes. Jackpot blames herself, as does Spider-Man, as seen in his internal monologue. Still, he attempts to comfort her but Jackpot, who is distraught and angered by the experience, takes it all out on Spider-Man by pushing him away and storming off.[citation needed]