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Sapphire (character)

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Sapphire
Sapphire from Power Company: Sapphire #1, artist Mark Bagley.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceJLA #61 (February 2002)
Created byKurt Busiek (writer)
Tom Grummett (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoCandace Jean Gennaro
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliationsPower Company
AbilitiesTelekinesis
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

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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.[1] Afterwards, she joins Power Company as Sapphire.[2]

Sapphire appears in Terror Titans as a participant in the Dark Side Club.[3]

Powers and abilities

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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.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Power Company: Sapphire one-shot (March 2002)
  2. ^ "Power Company Chronology". Archived from the original on 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2006-12-16. Power Company Chronology
  3. ^ Terror Titans #2 (January 2009)
  4. ^ Power Company #6 (September 2002)
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