J2 (comics)

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J2


Cover to J2 #1
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance What If #105
Created by Tom DeFalco
Ron Frenz
Characteristics
Alter ego Zane Yama
Affiliations A-Next
X-People
Notable aliases Masked Midget, Juggernaut, Zane Marko
Abilities When transformed: Superhuman strength, endurance
Invulnerable to physical harm
Magical helmet makes him immune to psychic attacks

J2 (real name Zane Yama) is a fictional comic book mutant superhero in the Marvel Universe. He exists in MC2, a possible future timeline of the main Marvel continuity and is the son of the former supervillain Juggernaut. J2 is a member of the future incarnation of the Avengers, A-Next. J2 once had his own series, which lasted for twelve issues. He has made a few appearances in Spider-Girl (also set in the MC2 universe, starring the daughter of Spider-Man).

[edit] Fictional character biography

When young Zane Yama was bullied by school bully Miller Hallendale, he discovered that he had inherited the powers of his father, the unstoppable Juggernaut, a former villain and reformed hero and member of the X-Men. J2 lived most of his younger life without the guidance of his father, who had gone missing on a mission with the X-Men.

His father's powers, received from the mystical Ruby of Cyttorak, transform their wielder into a large behemoth with enchanted armor, granting amongst other things, super-strength and enhanced endurance. It is through an act of will that Zane can transform himself into a similar appearance, with armor which he had to fashion himself, also granting him super-strength and heightened endurance. A constant trademark of his costume is his father's flannel shirt tied around his waist.

Calling himself J2, Zane was offered membership to the group called A-Next, themselves also children of heroes, notably, the Avengers. Although J2 was also offered membership with a group known as the Uncanny X-People, led by an older Jubilee, he turned them down, albeit remaining friends with the team and assisting them on a few occasions. Similarly, Magneta, the self-styled mistress of magnetism, offered J2 a spot amongst the new villainous group she was forming, but she was also turned down.

J2 later learned of the reason behind his father's disappearance from Cyclops, leader of the X-Men. Juggernaut was being held prisoner by a villain called Nemesus in an alternate dimension. Thanks to the Sorcerer Supreme Doc Magus, J2 was able to locate his father and then rescue him. Later announcing his retirement, Juggernaut was content to let J2 carry on his legacy, having proven himself worthy of the powers he wielded.

[edit] Powers and abilities

J2 has the power to change from his normal teenaged form into a unstoppable brute who is very tall, standing about 7'0 to 7'8, with nearly all of the powers of his father, the Juggernaut. He is superhumanly strong and invulnerable, and once he starts moving, he is almost impossible to stop. In battle, he wears his father's helmet which protects his mind from psychic assaults. His only limitation is that if he uses his powers for too long, he will uncontrollably revert to his normal human form.

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