JUBILEE
      Earth-295
Real Name: Jubilation Lee
      
Identity/Class: Alternate
          Earth (Earth-295), human mutant,
        citizen of the United States
      
Occupation: Thief, freedom fighter
      
Group Membership: X-Ternals (Gambit/Remy LeBeau, Lila Cheney, Strong Guy/Guido Carosella, Sunspot/Bobby Da Costa)
Affiliations: Bishop, Colossus (Peter Rasputin), Peter Corbeau, Destiny (Irene Adler), Everett Thomas, Jahf, Jonath, Charles Lensherr, Magneto (Erik Magnus Lensherr), Nanny, Illyana Rasputin, Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde), Starjammers (Ch'od, Deathbird/Cal'syee Neramani, Hepzibah, Raza Longknife), X-Men (Blink/Clarice Ferguson, Dazzler/Alison Blaire, Exodus/Bennett du Paris, Iceman/Bobby Drake, Morph/Kevin Sydney, Nightcrawler/Kurt Darkholme, Rogue/Anna Marie Lensherr, Sabretooth/Victor Creed, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Sunfire/Shiro Yoshida, Weapon X/Logan, Wild Child/Kyle Gibney Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff-Lensherr)
Enemies: Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur), Madri, D'Ken
        Neramani, Mudir Rictor (Julio Richter), Shi'ar Imperial Guard (B'Nee,
        C'Cil, Fang, Gladiator/Kallark, Hobgoblin, Impulse, Mentor, Nightside,
        Oracle, Scintilla, Smasher, Starbolt, Titan)
      
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: "Pipsqueak", "Squirt" (nicknames used by
        Strong Guy)
      
Base of Operations: The Morlock Tunnels, Apocalypse
        Island, New York
      
First Appearance: Gambit & The X-Ternals I#1
        (March, 1995)
      
Powers/Abilities: Jubilee had the mutant ability to
        generate plasma "fireworks" from her hands. These bursts of energy could
        vary in intensity, from blinding flashes of light to concussive blasts
        capable of causing significant damage. Jubilee's powers were versatile;
        she could create tiny sparkles for distraction or explosions strong
        enough to blast holes through walls. With sufficient concentration, she
        could cause objects to detonate on a molecular level. Jubilee is a
        skilled thief trained by Gambit and has experience using various bladed
        weapons and energy blasters.
      
Height: 5'5"
        Weight: 115 lbs.
        Eyes: Blue
        Hair: Black
      
    History: 
        
        (Gambit & The X-Ternals I#1 (fb) - BTS) - On Jubilation Lee's sixth
        birthday Apocalypse attacked North America with atomic bombs.
        
        (Gambit & The X-Ternals I#1
          (fb) - BTS) - On her twelfth birthday, Jubilee learned she was a
          mutant when she found herself able to shoot fireworks out of her
          fingertips.
          
          (Gambit
            & The X-Ternals I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Jubilee met and befriended
            fellow young mutant Everett Thomas who died an untimely death in
            Apocalypse's North America.
            
            (Gambit & The X-Ternals I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Faced with
              the choice of joining Apocalypse's forces and opposing his reign,
              Jubilee decided to join the former X-Man Gambit who offered her a
              spot on his own team. As part of the X-Ternals she lived on the
              outside and over the edge, robbing from the rich and giving it to
              the poor. Jubilee and the others aided the suffering human
              population like a band of modern homo superior Robin Hoods. 
            
(Gambit
                & The X-Ternals I# (fb) - BTS) - Jubilee and the X-Ternals
                took up residence in the extensive network of sewer tunnels
                underneath Manhattan that were once occupied by the Morlocks.
                They used the tunnels to covertly carry out their missions:
                stealing relief supplies, blowing up bridges and being a
                persistent thorn in Apocalypse's side. 
                
                (Gambit &
                  The X-Ternals I#1 - BTS) - The X-Ternals' activities were
                  closely monitored by the Madri. Eventually mudir Rictor
                  managed to place a mole on the team: Guido Carossela. 
                
      (Age of
                                Apocalypse: The Chosen I#1 - BTS) - Apocalypse
                                thought so little of Jubilee and her fellow
                                X-Ternals that he deemed them "more irritating
                                than dangerous" and barely worth his attentions.
                                As a result, he labelled the group as
                                "forgotten" in his personal files, with the
                                notable exception of their ally, the latent,
                                long distance teleporter Lila Cheney.
                              
                  (Gambit & The X-Ternals I#1) - While on a
                    mission to steal medical supplies, Jubilee and the X-Ternals
                    were chased by Infinites. She failed to use the full measure
                    of her powers against the gene-spliced troops, but mouthed
                    off to her teammates who tried to call her out for this. The
                    team went to meet their human liaison Lila Cheney who
                    accompanied them to their sewer lair. There, much to
                    Jubilee's surprise, they found Gambit and Magneto waiting
                    for them. The X-Men's leader took them on a mission to raid
                    one of Apocalypse's subterranean storage facilities. 
                    
                    (Gambit & The X-Ternals I#1 -
                      BTS) - Mudir Rictor, the Madri and the Infinites were
                      tracing the team using the tracking device he had placed
                      on Guido.
                    
                    (Gambit & The X-Ternals I#1) - Jubilee
                    helped break into the facility and then learned the true
                    reason for their mission: the X-Ternals were to travel to
                    the Shi'ar galaxy to steal a piece of the M'Kraan crystal as
                    part of Magneto's larger plan. Jubilee was stunned to learn
                    Lila Cheney was a latent mutant, capable of teleporting
                    across countless light years. Before they could depart,
                    Rictor and the Madri attacked, forcing Jubilee to use her
                    powers to detonate the priests' garb on a molecular level.
                    Magneto held off the arriving Infinites while ordering
                    Gambit and his team to teleport away. Jubilee did not like
                    the idea, but Gambit made sure they all went through
                    together, including Rictor who sneaked through Lila's
                    teleportation gateway at the last possible moment.
      (Gambit & The
                        X-Ternals I#2) - Lila's gateway led the X-Ternals and
                        Rictor to the Shi'ar world Ch'reesharaa where they
                        immediately encountered the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Their
                        leader Gladiator ordered their surrender, but only
                        Rictor complied. Gambit ordered Jubilee and the others
                        to make a run for it instead. Jubilee was almost fried
                        by Starbolt's plasma attacks, but she was saved by
                        Sunspot who beat the Guardsman. Strong Guy managed to
                        buy his teammates some time when he absorbed Gladiator's
                        attack, thereby knocked the Imperial Guard's leader into
                        orbit.
                        
                        (Gambit & The X-Ternals I#2 - BTS) - The team hacked
                        their way through the jungles of Ch'reesharaa unaware
                        they were dealing with sentient plantlife that did not
                        take kindly to the unintended mutilation. The plants
                        took their attackers captive. As a result, the Imperial
                        Guard's B'Nee and C'Cil could no longer find them. 
                        
                        (Gambit
                          & The X-Ternals I#2) - All of Ch'reesharaa
                          momentarily experienced the Nexus Expansion, the utter
                          eradication of all reality caused by an increasing
                          imbalance in the M'Kraan Crystal.
                        
                        (Gambit
                          & The X-Ternals I#2) - When Jubilee and the others
                          woke up, they found themselves restrained by the
                          plants' thick, green vines. They were confronted by
                          the Shi'ar/Mephistoid hybrid Jonath who told them
                          about the Nexus Expansion and its threat to all of
                          existence. After determining they were friendly enough
                          to release, Jonath explained to the disbelieving
                          Jubilee that the planet had somehow called out to
                          Gambit and his team for aid. Jonath told Gambit that
                          in order to save the planet and their entire reality,
                          they had to witness the end of all that is to prevent
                          it from happening again. Jubilee flipped out when she
                          heard this: they were only supposed to steal a rock.
(Gambit & The X-Ternals I#2) - Jubilee did not have long to argue: Mudir Rictor had led the Imperial Guard to them. However, seconds into the fight another Nexus Expansion occurred, signalling the impending death of the planet. When Lila Cheney could not teleport them away in time, all hope seemed lost. Then, the team found themselves transported aboard the Starjammer where Deathbird and her crew were waiting for them. The spaceship sped away from Ch'reesharaa which was already falling victim to the M'Kraan crystallization wave. According to Deathbird, the M'Kraan wanted them to witness the planet's destruction.
(Gambit & The
              X-Ternals I#3 - BTS) - The Starjammers brought Jubilee and her
              team to the Shi'ar world where the M'Kraan crystal was kept. In an
              attempt to control the crystal's ever increasing energies, D'Ken
              had a planet sized contraption constructed that baffled the Terran
              mutants. Deathbird planned to have the Starjammers keep the Shi'ar
              imperial fleet occupied while she and the mutants went down to
              take out her brother D'Ken and secure the crystal. 
            
        (Gambit & The X-Ternals I#3) - While
                            Gambit headed for the crystal with Deathbird and
                            Lila, it was up to Jubilee, Strong Guy and Sunspot
                            to keep D'Ken's ground forces at bay. They fought a
                            valiant, but ultimately unwinnable battle,
                            especially when Gladiator arrived on the planet with
                            Rictor who shook everyone up with his seismic
                            powers. Jubilee watched Sunspot push his powers to
                            the limit by absorbing the M'Kraan's energies. 
                            
                          (Gambit
                                                & The X-Ternals I#3) - Faced
                            with no other options, she jumped into the giant
                            crystal. She found herself in the city in the
                            crystal, where the M'Kraan's guardian Jahf was
                            already talking to Gambit and the others. Jubilee
                            witnessed Gambit strike a deal and receive a shard
                            of the crystal. Lila was ready to teleport the team
                            and Rictor to Earth, but Sunspot elected to stay
                            behind because he had absorbed a dangerous amount of
                            energy and would only be a liability to them. 
                            
                          (Gambit & the X-Ternals
                              I#4 (fb) - BTS) - Moments before leaving, Gambit
                              covertly slipped Jubilee the crystal shard because
                              he suspected Rictor would immediately try and come
                              after him upon their return. The second they
                              reappeared on Earth in the Morlock tunnels, the
                              team split up to make it harder for Rictor to
                              track them down. Jubilee went with Strong Guy
                              while Rictor began to use his seismic powers to
                              affect the stability of the entire tunnel network.
                              
                            (Gambit &
                                the X-Ternals I#4 - BTS) - Jubilee and Strong
                                Guy ran into Magneto's infant son Charles and
                                his robotic Nanny who had retreated to the
                                tunnels following Apocalypse's assault on the
                                X-Men's base. In order to prevent Magneto from
                                obtaining the shard, Strong Guy showed his true
                                colors and smashed Nanny.
        
      (Gambit & the X-Ternals I#4) -
            Terrified and furious, Jubilee grabbed Charles and made a run for
            it. But she got herself lost in the massive tunnel network and
            eventually ran into Guido who very
          calmly forced his teammate to hand over both the child and the
          crystal. Jubilee could do nothing but watch him disappear into the
          darkness.
          
          (Amazing X-Men I#4 - BTS) - Jubilee was located by Gambit, Lila Cheney
          and the X-Men Dazzler and Exodus who had entered the tunnels to look
          for Charles. After learning of the boy's fate, they decided to return
          to Xavier's estate.
          
          (Amazing X-Men I#4) - Jubilee watched from a distance when Rogue
          almost killed Gambit after he told her one of his teammates had
          abducted her son. After calming down, Rogue led Jubilee and the other
          X-Men and their allies in a final attack on Apocalypse's base to free
          her husband, her son and the M'Kraan crystal which they needed to
          correct the timeline.
        
                            
                            (X-Men Omega I#1) - Jubilee and the others were
                            teleported into the Pens underneath Apocalypse's
                            citadel by Blink. She helped the team fight their way to
                              the M'Kraan crystal where the blind seer Destiny
                              confirmed Bishop's claims about the need to
                              restore the timeline. Jubilee also heard Destiny
                              tell Illyana that they were both dead in the world
                              Bishop was trying to recreate. Jubilee then fought
                              to keep Apocalypse's forces, buying Bishop,
                              Destiny and Illyana time to enter the M'Kraan
                              Crystal and carry out their mission. 
                              
                            (X-Men: Age
                                of Apocalypse One-Shot I#1) - Jubilee was just
                                as surprised as everyone else when the atomic
                                bombs sent by the Eurasian Human High Council to
                                wipe Apocalypse and his empire off the map did
                                not explode. Their world had been saved and
                                everyone assumed it was Magneto who disarmed the
                                explosives (see comments).
                                
                                              (Rise of the Powers of X I#5) -
                                              Jubilee was among the many
                                              deceased mutants from countless
                                              realities whose souls were
                                              summoned to the White Hot Room by
                                              Earth-616's Jean Grey to help her
                                              and the Phoenix finally defeat the
                                              multiverse spanning threat of
                                              Nathaniel Essex.
Comments: Created by
              Chris Claremont & Marc Silvestri;
     adapted by Scott
                Lobdell, Terry Kavanagh, Carlos Pacheco and Cam Smith
The untimely death of Charles Xavier
                caused the divergence point that created Earth-295. As a result,
                it's a small miracle Jubilee even existed considering
                Apocalypse's war on humanity was already well underway by the
                time she was born.  
                
                Adding Jubilee to Gambit's team of thieves instead of making her
                part of Generation Next was an inspired bit of
                casting. After all, before she found herself joining the X-Men
                in Australia, young Jubilation Lee survived in LA as a thieving
                mall rat. Her colorful yellow, blue and purple costume isn't
                exactly the sort of stealthy garb you expect a thief to wear,
                but the bright palette is a nice nod to her fireworks.
                
                Jubilee's fate after X-Men Omega remains unrevealed.
                She's shown to be alive in 2005's X-Men: Age of Apocalypse
                  One-Shot, but while Gambit (re)joined the X-Men, she
                vanished without a trace. Her presence in the White Hot Room in
                Rise of the Powers of X I#5 suggests she probably met
                her untimely demise at some point.
              
All locations mentioned are Earth-295, unless
              otherwise specified.
            
Profile by Norvo
CLARIFICATIONS: 
              Jubilee of Earth-295 should not be confused with
Images: (without ads)
              Gambit and the X-Ternals I#4, p10, pan1 (main image)
              Gambit & The X-Ternals I#1, p4, pan5 (closeup)
              Gambit and the X-Ternals I#2, p15, pan3 (just to steal a rock)
              Gambit & The X-Ternals I#3, p19, pan3 (inside the crystal)
              Gambit and the X-Ternals I#4, p13, pan5 (betrayed by Guido)
              X-Men Omega I#1, p17, pan5 (learns of Illyana's fate)
            
Appearances:
            Gambit and the X-Ternals I#1 (March, 1995) -
              Fabian Nicieza (writer), Tony Daniel (pencils), Kevin Conrad
              (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
            Gambit and the X-Ternals I#2 (April, 1995) -
              Fabian Nicieza (writer), Tony Daniel (pencils), Kevin Conrad, Al
              Milgrom, Mike Christian (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
            Age of Apocalypse: The Chosen I#1 (April, 1995) - Ian
              Churchill (pencils), Scott Hanna (inks), Jaye Gardner & Kelly
              Corvese (editors)
            Gambit and the X-Ternals I#3 (May, 1995) -
              Fabian Nicieza (writer), Salvador Larocca (pencils), Al Milgrom
              (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
            Gambit and the X-Ternals I#4 (June, 1995) -
              Fabian Nicieza (writer), Salvador Larocca (pencils), Al Milgrom
              (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
            Amazing X-Men I#4 (June, 1995) - Fabian
              Nicieza (writer), Andy Kubert (pencils), Matt Ryan (inks), Bob
              Harras (editor)
            X-Men Omega I#1 (June, 1995) - Scott Lobdell,
              Mark Waid (writers), Roger Cruz (pencils), Bud LaRosa, Tim
              Townsend, Karl Kesel, Harry Candelario, Scott Hanna, Al Milgrom
              (inks), Bob Harras (editor)
              X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One-Shot I#1 (May, 2005) - Akira Yoshida
              (writer), Mark Brooks (pencils), Jaime Mendoza (inks), John Barber
              (editor)
            Rise of the Powers of X I#5 (July, 2024) -
              Kieron Gillen (writer), Luciano Vecchio (pencils & inks),
              Jordan D. White, Lauren Amaro (editors)
 First Posted: 01/03/2025
              Last Updated: 01/06/2025
            
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