J2 (comics)
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| File:J2x.png Cover to J2#1 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | What If #105 |
| Created by | Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Zane Yama |
| Team affiliations | A-Next, X-People |
| Notable aliases | Masked Midget, Juggernaut, Zane Marko |
| Abilities | transform into a huge behemoth, superstrength, endurance, invulnerable to physical harm, magical helmet makes him immune to psychic attacks |
J2 (real name Zane Yama) is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He comes from the alternate future MC2, and is the son of the Juggernaut. He is a member of the future incarnation of the Avengers, A-Next. J2 once had his own series, which lasted for twelve issues, and has made a few appearances in Spider-Girl (also set in the MC2 universe, starring the daughter of Spider-Man).
History
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 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 aroud 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 to carry on his legacy, having proven himself worthy of the powers he wielded. With the impending cancellation of the Spider-Girl title, it is doubtful we will ever see J2 again; though the Spider-Girl fans plan otherwise.
Powers
J2 has the power to change from his normal teenaged form into a unstoppable brute with all of the powers of his father, the Juggernaut. He is superhumanly strong (Able to lift up to 75 tons) and invulnerable, and once he starts moving, is almost impossible to stop. He wears his father's helmet in battle, which protects his mind from psychic assualts. His only limitation is that if he uses his powers for too long, he will uncontrollably revert to his normal human form of Zane Yama.
Bibliography
- J2 #1-12 (Marvel Comics, October 1998 - September 1999)
- Spider-Girl Presents Juggernaut Jr., Vol. 1: Secrets and Lies (Marvel Comics, March 2006; ISBN 0-7851-2047-5, reprints J2 #1-6)