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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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