The Book of Jesse Quick

[quozl]

Shouldn't she have Superstrength? Wikipedia says she can lift a car.

[Viegon]

Originally Posted by quozl

Shouldn't she have Superstrength? Wikipedia says she can lift a car.

Not at this point of her character. When she was Jesse Quick, she was just a speedster. Later, she lost her speed powers but gained her mother's super strength and invulnerability, and started going as Liberty Belle. After that she regained her superspeed and used it in-conjunction with her super strength, sticking with the name Liberty Belle.

The three different phases of her character are being represented by the two designs. Jesse Quick by herself represents her early career, Liberty Belle by herself represents the middle period, and the two of them combined into one represent her later.

Originally Posted by SirGalahad

I thought the addition of Superspeed meant the subtraction of Flying.

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Did she really have Flying at the same time as she was Jesse Quick and super speeding all over? I don't recall her ever flying when I read stories with her in the pages of Flash during Wally West's run in the 90s.

Other than hashing out the flying thing, I definitely like the overall direction (especially the placement of her on Liberty Belle's card instead of vice versa).

I don't know her as Jesse Quick that well, but I was under the impression she could fly. Quoting Spidey from Liberty Belle's thread:

Originally Posted by Spidey'tilIDie

OK, here's what I recall (up until New 52, I read all of JSA since its re-inception right after Grant Morrison's JLA took off.) Jesse originally was just a speedster following in her father's footsteps, although she alone had the power to fly. Later, after some issues with Wally wanting her to be the Flash and her not feeling up to it, she lost her ability to move at superhuman speeds (just like Wally did at one time.) She then visited her mother and discovered that she also inherited her powers (this was around the time the JSA was re-forming.) Shortly after they rechartered, she realized she still had both sets of powers. Most of her time in the JSA (spanning several years and more or less a hundred issues), she had both of their powers. Briefly, when asked to join Dick Grayson's Justice League (written by famed Starman writer, James Robinson), she re-claimed the mantle of Jesse Quick with both sets of powers. After Robinson's run on Justice League (17 issues featuring her), she went back to the JSA and Liberty Belle.