Sapphire | |
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Sapphire from Power Company: Sapphire #1, artist Mark Bagley. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | JLA #61 (February 2002) |
Created by | Kurt Busiek (writer) Tom Grummett (artist) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Candace Jean Gennaro |
Species | Metahuman |
Team affiliations | Power Company |
Abilities | Telekinesis Alien "Serpent's Egg" artifact |
Sapphire (Candice Gennaro) is a superheroine appearing in media published by DC Comics. She first appeared in the Power Company back-up story in JLA #61 (February 2002), but her origin is told in Power Company: Sapphire #1 (March 2002). Sapphire was created by Kurt Busiek and Tom Grummett.
Fictional character biography
Candice Gennaro, nicknamed Candy, is a sixteen-year-old runaway and street thief on the streets of San Diego, California, who encounters the Serpent's Egg artifact during a battle between Kobra and Lady Eve. Afterwards, she joins Power Company as Sapphire.
Sapphire appears in Terror Titans as a participant in the Dark Side Club.
Powers and abilities
Candy is physically bonded to a psycho-reactive alien gem called the Serpent's Egg. It enhances her latent telekinetic abilities, allowing her to fly and manipulate its structure to form various constructs.
References
- Power Company: Sapphire one-shot (March 2002)
- "Power Company Chronology". Archived from the original on 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2006-12-16. Power Company Chronology
- Terror Titans #2 (January 2009)
- Power Company #6 (September 2002)