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| Skyrocket | |
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 Skyrocket from Power Company #3, art by Tom Grummett. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | JLA #61 (February 2002) |
| Created by | Kurt Busiek (writer) Tom Grummett (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Celia Forrestal |
| Team affiliations | Power Company United States Navy Argo Technologies Justice League |
| Abilities | Via Argo Harness:
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Skyrocket (Celia Forrestal) is a superhero published by DC Comics. She first appeared in JLA #61 (February 2002), and was created by Kurt Busiek and Tom Grummett.
Character biography
Celia Forrestal was an esteemed naval aviator whose career stalled due to discrimination. Additionally, her grandfather was Ralph Jackson, an Army sergeant who led a battalion during World War II and encouraged her to work for a better future. While visiting her parents, the terrorist organization Scorpio attacks and kills them while seeking to claim their Argo Harness. Celia survives due to wearing the Harness and becomes a superhero to avenge her parents, joining Josiah Power's Power Company.
Power Company
After Celia joins Power Company, Josiah provides her with a technical support crew led by Charlie Lau to maintain the Harness. As Skyrocket, she works with the team through the series sixteen-issue run, coming into repeated conflict with an interdimensional army who seek to conquer Earth through corporate takeover and mystical means.
Infinite Crisis
During Infinite Crisis, Skyrocket is one of several heroes who aid in the efforts to prevent a global super-villain jailbreak.
Later years
In Action Comics #842, Skyrocket is captured by the Auctioneer and works with Nightwing, Firestorm, Superman, Blue Jay, Livewire, the Veteran, and Aquaman to escape. She later joins an all-female team of superheroines founded by Wonder Woman to repel a faux alien invasion masterminded by Professor Ivo.
Powers and abilities
Skyrocket possesses no innate powers, but wields the Argo Harness. It is a powered suit of armor that enables her to fly as well as absorb energy and convert it from one form to another.
Other versions
- An unrelated villain named Skyrocket, who predates the heroic character, appears in Super Friends #4.\
- In 2023, writer Magdalene Visaggio revealed a rejected pitch she had written in which Superboy (Conner Kent) would take on the Skyrocket identity after transitioning into a woman named Connie.
References
- The Power Company: Skyrocket #1 (March 2002). DC Comics.
- Ralph Jackson first appeared in World's Finest Comics #17 (Spring 1945).
- The Unofficial Skyrocket Biography
- Infinite Crisis Special: Villains United (June 2006). DC Comics.
- Wonder Woman #600
- http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/files/2010/06/ww_600_no_ads-5-copy.jpg
- Hellstone - Who's Who Mini Bios
- "Super Friends #4 - Riddles and Rockets".
- Epps, Justin (October 15, 2023). ""Conner Kent is a Trans Girl": DC Writer Talks Rejected Pitch To Redefine Superboy With New Codename & Identity". ScreenRant. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
External links
Categories:- African-American superheroes
- Characters created by Kurt Busiek
- Comics characters introduced in 2002
- DC Comics female superheroes
- DC Comics superheroes
- Fictional characters from Missouri
- Fictional characters with energy-manipulation abilities
- Fictional female lieutenants
- Fictional lieutenants
- Fictional naval aviators
- Fictional United States Navy officers
- United States-themed superheroes