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Jenny Quantum sketch by Dustin NguyenReal Name: Jennifer Quantum
First Appearance: The Authority vol 1 #12
Affiliation: The Authority

Vital Stats
Species: Human Being/Century Baby
Height: variable
Weight: variable
Date of Birth: 01 January 2000
Birthplace: Singapore
Known Family:
Powers/Abilities:
Due to her young age, Jenny's powers have not been fully defined. As a newborn she produced an energy blast of sufficient strength to disintegrate the legs of a giant who was attempting to kill her. She has the ability to teleport between points on Earth and also other dimensions, as well as independent flight. It has been stated that Jenny Quantum's powers are far in excess of those possessed by her predecessor Jenny Sparks, and that she still is the most endangered of all.


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Bio:
Jenny Quantum was born January 1, 2000 in Singapore, during the death of Jenny Sparks, where her birth mother was killed by super villains attempting to kidnap her and shape the coming century. Her biological father’s identity and whereabouts are unknown. She was rescued and cared for by the Authority and later adopted by Apollo and Midnighter shortly after their marriage. She is the current leader of superhero team, The Authority.
 Quantum is the corporeal spirit of the 21st century, and the youngest known Century Baby, as well as being the successor to the Spirit of the 20th Century, Jenny Sparks.

Jenny Fractal
 In the 'Fractured World' storyline (issues #10-#13 of the second volume of The Authority), it is revealed that Jenny Quantum had a twin sister. It was believed that there were no other survivors.

 Jenny's twin sister had been found unharmed in the ruins of the Singapore hospital by the Chinese government, who recognised the potential weapon that she could become. She was immersed in a cruel assassination program that involved hyper-learning, as well as ways to kill and wage war. She
was named Jenny Fractal after it was realised that she could tear reality apart at the seams.

 Fractal escaped, causing a series of fractures in the fabric of reality. She forced the government to help her, on pain of total annihilation; she was able to convince the Authority that she was Jenny Quantum's biological mother. She was on the Carrier when another series of fractures led to the near-destruction of many cities.

 The two Jennys battled it out; Apollo was nearly killed while the others were trying to control the damage on Earth. Fractal was able to seize control of the Carrier after killing Jenny.

 In a bid to bring her back to life, the Doctor captured her spirit at the moment she died, temporarily placing her in the Garden of Ancestral Memory. The Authority went back in time to the birth of the twins, where Midnighter was sent to kill baby Fractal. The Authority took on Fractal, who had followed them back in time, to distract her. After the baby's death, the Doctor helped Jenny's spirit return to the other body.

 Because both of them were the reincarnation of Jenny Sparks and identical twins, when one died, the other would have become the sole spirit of the 21st century. Since Fractal's consciousness was not captured at the time of her death, Jenny's was able to transfer to her body.

Revolution
 In Authority: Revolution #7, Quantum forced herself to age several years into her teens so that she could better fight the threat of Henry Bendix and his evil group. While fighting Bendix, Jenny was able to free the current Doctor, Habib Ben Hassan, and enlist him in the fight against Bendix.

Inspired by the Doctor's Garden of Ancestral Memory, Jenny created a dimension for all her ancestors called the Infinite City, a metropolis of assorted time-periods on the back of a giant turtle. Jenny Quantum's lineage extends to the earliest accounts of human history, which include Jenny Stone and Jenny Fire, the first two "Century Spirits". Her direct ancestors before Jenny Sparks are Jenny Steam, Jenny Revolution, Jenny Plague and Jenny Inquisition.

WorldStorm
In Captain Atom: Armageddon #9, Captain Atom inadvertently kills Jenny Quantum when she attempts to quiet the energy build-up within him that is about to destroy the universe.

 However, promotional artwork for the new Morrison/Ha version of The Authority show Jenny Quantum, now renamed as Jenny Quarx, standing in the middle of the poster as the leader of the new Authority, which also appears to have the same line-up as the previous version. Quantum/Quarx is wearing a t-shirt with the Singaporean flag, in a manner reminiscent of Jenny Sparks' Union Jack t-shirts.

World's End
In summer and autumn 2008, Wildstorm produced an eight-issue limited series, Number of the Beast, documenting the destruction of the Wildstorm earth by a resurrected John Cumberland of The Changers. During the series Jenny sacrificed herself to prevent the Carrier's engine, a caged miniature universe, from overwriting and destroying the universe when the damaged Carrier crashed to earth. Before absorbing the universe she kissed goodbye to The Doctor, telling him that should she return he should find her and tell her how it all turned out. After Number of the Beast a new Authority series by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, Authority: World's End, depicted a post-apocalyptic world from which Jenny was (at least initially) absent.


Trivia
  • Jenny Quarx was created by Warren Ellis & Bryan Hitch
  • Jenny Quarx appearance as a baby was modeled after writer Mark Millar's daughter, which explained why an Asian child originall appearaed caucasian.

Appearances
  • The Authority Vol 1 #12, 13,
  • The Authority Vol 2 #0, #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #10, #11, #12, #13
  • The Authority Vol 3 Revolution #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12
  • The Authority Vol 4 WorldStorm/The Lost Year #2, #3,
  • The Authority vs. Lobo: Jingle Hell
  • The Authority/Lobo: Spring Break Massacre
  • The Authority: Prime #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
  • The Authority: Scorched Earth
  • Captain Atom Armageddon #5, #7, #9
  • Countdown Presents the Search for Ray Palmer: WildStorm #1
  • DC/WildStorm: Dreamwar #1, #2, #3,#4, #5, #6
  • Gen 13 WorldStorm #8
  • Grifter and Midnighter #1, #2,
  • Midnighter #1, #5, #10, #14, #15, #16, #18, #20
  • Midnighter: Armageddon #1
  • Number of the Beast #6, #7, #8
  • The Secret History of the Authority: Hawksmoor #1, #6
  • WildStorm: Revelations #2

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