Jinx is a recurring antagonist in the DC Comics universe.
She is an East Indian elemental sorceress whose powers include the ability to command elements such as air, the manipulation of magical energy that she can manifest as offensive force bolts and green flame, the ability to dissolve matter, and create ground tremors. Jinx is bald and attractively slender. She traditionally wears only a white two-piece loincloth bikini with golden jewelry, and she is always barefoot.
Biography[]
Modern Age[]
First version of Jinx
Jinx first encountered the Fearsome Five when that group attacked a research facility belonging to S.T.A.R. Labs where Jinx and another criminal, Neutron were being incarcerated. The Five are defeated by the Teen Titans, but Jinx and Neutron decided to join the Fearsome Five. Jinx remained with the group even after Neutron subsequently left it, but after their next appearance in Adventures of Superman #430 (July 1987), in which they fought Superman alongside new members Deuce and Charge, the group disbanded, and Jinx was incarcerated in the metahuman prison on Alcatraz along with her teammates Mammoth and Gizmo.
Jinx was part of Circe's army of female supervillains that was defeated by Wonder Woman and Earth's superheroines. Shortly thereafter, Jinx was recruited by Queen Clea into the reformed all-female crime organization Villainy Inc. Together with Cyborgirl, Doctor Poison, Giganta, and Trinity, Jinx assists Clea in conquering the other-dimensional land of Skartaris. However, the plan is commandeered by Trinity. The team has not appeared since.
Later, in a storyline in Outsiders #12–15 (July 2004 – October 2004), frequent Captain Marvel archenemy Dr. Sivana freed Jinx, Mammoth, and Gizmo from Alcatraz. Having summoned teammate Psimon and having brought her teammate Shimmer back to life after she had been turned into glass and shattered, Sivana put the team to work for him in a scheme to short sell LexCorp stock by having them steal its accounts from its corporate building in Metropolis, and then driving down the stock by killing all the people in the building. Sivana also had them destroy two other Lexcorp properties. At the latter of the two, a microchip processor factory of Lexcorp's subsidiary, Kellacor, the Five were confronted by the Outsiders.
After escaping, the criminally unsophisticated Five urged Sivana to take Lexcorp's nuclear missile facility near Joshua Tree, California. When Sivana refused, Psimon asserted that they would take it anyway, and in response, Sivana killed Gizmo with a laser blast to the head, and severed relations with the remaining four, warning them that he would kill them if they ever crossed his path again. The Five decided to enact their plan to take the facility and fire a nuclear missile at Canada, but were defeated by the Outsiders. Mammoth was returned to Alcatraz Island, but Jinx and the other members of the Five remain at large. Most recently, she as seen among the new Injustice League, and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run. She is one of the villains sent to retrieve the Get Out of Hell free card from the Secret Six.
The New 52[]
Jinx during Dawn of DC
The post-Flashpoint incarnation of Jinx was introduced during The New 52 alongside the rest of the Fearsome Five in the Outsider's Secret Society of Super Villains. At the behest of the Crime Syndicate, Jinx was sent with the other members of the Fearsome Five, Mammoth, Gizmo, Shimmer and Psimon, along with Dr. Psycho and Hector Hammond to fight against Cyborg and the Metal Men. However, she ends up defeated by Lead. Following DC Rebirth, Jinx and her allies tried lying low as the spearhead of H.I.V.E.'s scheme to steal and resell metahuman abilities, but she soon inevitably clashed with Titans, Teen Titans, and the Justice League. Following the Dawn of DC, Jinx received a redesign, based on her animated version from the Teen Titans cartoon.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Jinx Magic: Jinx's body produces mystical energy which she can use for a variety of effects. Though an act of will, Jinx can cause electrical systems to malfunction. Jinx's sorcery also enables her to affect the elements. She can generate a whirlpool or tidal wave in the middle of the ocean, or summon heavy winds to knock opponents off their feet. How she does this has never been explored in the series. When she is not shooting waves of energy her eyes glow a bright pink instead, and can make structures crumble. In early stories, it was shown that her powers are magical in nature; however, in later episodes, she has seen exhibiting her powers as a free flow output through her brain, common for most psionics. When she wants her enemies to be "jinxed", she mostly uses her energy waves to disrupt solid structures in her surroundings, though other effects are also possible, such as tidal waves. As shown in the Teen Titans Go! issue #1, her powers cannot bypass Raven's dark-energy shields. Most of it was probably learned at H.I.V.E. Academy.
- Probability Manipulation: Among these is the ability to affect probability fields around specific objects. Jinx has the ability of Probability Control, or manipulation over luck or - in Jinx's case - bad luck. Jinx is described as an enchanting sorceress who wields the power of bad luck, which manifests as pink, lightning-like energy blasts/waves fired from her hands. Jinx's powers portray a manipulation of probability, or more specifically, the ability to "jinx" her enemies, hence her name.
- Energy Projection: Primarily though, Jinx uses her power to produce bursts of concussive mystical energy. She can hurl this energy either as a blast, or as a pink wave/hex, which she uses to knock her opponents off their feet. Her bad-luck energy can also serve a direct offensive role as concussive blasts.
Abilities[]
- Expert Gymnast: Jinx is an accomplished gymnast, capable of dodging beam-bursts, starbolts, and pillars of stone telekinetically launched at her with ease. She also excels at hand to hand combat. She is not as experienced as the other Titans but she was able to hold her own against Raven. Jinx is extremely agile and uses various somersaults and tumbling to avoid offensive attacks. She has also incorporated her gymnastic skill into close-quarter combat.
Other Media[]
- Jinx appears in as a background character in the web series DC Super Hero Girls.
- Jinx appears in the HBO Max series Titans, where she was portrayed by Lisa Ambalavanar.
Teen Titans[]
Jinx from Teen Titans
- Main article: Jinx (Teen Titans)
- Main article: Jinx (Teen Titans Go!)
A younger version of Jinx appears in the Teen Titans animated series, voiced by Lauren Tom in every appearance but her last, for which Tara Strong provided the voice. She is a H.I.V.E. Academy student and often associates with Gizmo and Mammoth. She has pale skin, pink hair, pink eyes with cat-like pupils and a witch-like attire. The animated Jinx's power is probability manipulation, very similar to early portrayals of Marvel's Scarlet Witch. She subsequently leaves H.I.V.E and joins the Titans with Kid Flash instead, an act to which Cyborg commented "Well, that was unexpected".
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