Jax was then recruited by Rip Hunter on a mission to take down Vandal Savage; though Jax was initially unwilling to join the team, Stein, who was desperate to become a time traveler and knew that he couldn't be separated from Jax for long without his powers becoming unstable, drugged him and forced him to come along. Despite joining the team against his will, Jax later grew to like being part of the team, and he began to act as the mechanic of the Waverider as well as a member and the second-in-command of the Legends, a group of people dedicated to protecting the timeline from time criminals.
Publication Information
- Flash : Jefferson Jackson
- Multiverse : Earth One
- Version : The Flash Series
- Known As :
- Jax
- Mechanic
- Firestorm
- Type :
- Formerly Member of the Legends
- Formerly Project supervisor at S.T.A.R. Labs : Altered reality
- Formerly Ally of Team Flash : In secret
- Student : Graduated
- Football player : Formerly
- Vigilante : In secret, as Firestorm, formerly
- Relative :
- James Jackson : Father
- Louise : Grandmother
- Unnamed : Mother
- Affiliation : Legends
- Gender : Male
- Origin : Earth One
- Season : The Flash
- First Appeareance :
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer :
- Franz Drameh
- Victor Garber : In Martin Stein's body
- Main View : Full Episod
After the death of Martin, Jax takes a leave of absence from the team with their blessing. Two weeks after his birth, Jefferson's father was killed in an IED explosion while serving in Somalia, hurting both him and his mother. He also watched many horror movies with his mother. As a senior in high school, Jefferson was a promising football quarterback and a 4.0 student. On December 11, 2013, Jax led his school to a victory at the state championships while scouts from colleges watched from the stands.
These scouts were instantly impressed by his performance on the field, and his coach told him that he was talented enough to go to any school he wished. Shortly afterward, the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator exploded, creating a huge wave of dark matter that spread over the city. Upon seeing the wave of energy approach, the attendants of the game ran for their lives, causing a stampede that held up one of Jax's injured teammates who relied on crutches to get around.
Becoming Firestorm
Two years later, Jax was approached by Barry Allen and Professor Martin Stein at the auto shop where he worked. Barry and Stein had sought him out because the dark matter wave from the particle accelerator explosion changed his body's molecular structure in a way that made him one of two perfect matches to Stein, who, due to the death of his literal other half, Ronnie Raymond, was dying as a result of his powers becoming unstable from a lack of merging and needed to find a new partner.
Aiding Rip Hunter
In January 2016, Jax and Martin Stein are still in Pittsburgh, where they are up against a criminal at a chemical plant as Firestorm. Stein tells Jax to be careful, as 83% of the chemicals are flammable, however, Jax still shoots fireballs all over the place. While Firestorm does defeat the man, Stein is still upset that Jax doesn't listen to him, Jax tells him to stop treating him like one of his "snot-nosed undergrads" when they are intercepted by Rip Hunter. Jax and the rest of Rip Hunter’s recruits woke up on top of a building where Rip informed them of the impending threat of Vandal Savage’s conquest of the world and a chance to join him.
Exploits in 1975
Jax woke up as the team is en route to St. Roch in 1975 and was angry with Stein. Jax was left behind in the Waverider when Chronos attacked. Jax merged with Stein and provided cover for the team to escape. After learning of Rip Hunter’s status as a rogue Time Master, Stein and Jax discussed leaving, but Jax had a change of heart because he likes being part of a team, reminding him of his days as a football star. They tracked down Savage to Norway. However, Savage recognized that they weren’t terrorists and a huge fight broke out. Firestorm fought off Savage’s criminal allies, but Ray Palmer left a part of his A.T.O.M. Exosuit behind, altering history.
1986 and the Cold War
The team’s next mission took them to 1986 to break into the Pentagon to steal a file on Savage’s current whereabouts. As Firestorm, he was tasked with creating a diversion by cutting the power, however he accidentally tripped the alarm, but they succeed on getting the file. The file directed them to the Soviet Union. After Time Master Druce set a trap for Rip, he is rescued by Jax, Stein, and Mick but Jax is wounded. Stein and Jax get into an argument where Jax is angry that he has to take all of shots, was unwillingly brought on the mission, and was forced to leave behind his life and his widowed mother in 2016.
Detour from the mission
After the team arrived in Star City of 2046, they are attacked by the Green Arrow. They retreated to the ship where Jax diagnosed the repairs that are required to get the Waverider operational again. He wanted to have Kendra’s help in repairing the engines, and started to flirt with Kendra as they make repairs. Stein was able to deduce from his psychic link that Jax has a crush on Kendra and tries to deter Ray from getting close with Kendra. Stein's effort backfired, upsetting Jax but Stein told him to have more confidence in himself. Later, Sara Lance went off on her own to rescue the Connor Hawke, but the team came in to save Connor, Oliver, and Sara.
Foray into 1958
The updated timeline data from the Acheron pointed to Harmony Falls, Oregon in 1958 as the next place to find Savage. Jax was put in charge of gathering information from the local teenagers about a series of murders. After meeting Martin and Sara during their lunch hour in a diner, he talked to Betty Seaver but some jocks tried to intimidate him. Betty asked him out for tomorrow night. On the date, Jax asked Betty about her ex-boyfriend Tommy, who went missing.
2147 and the rise of Savage
The team next traveled to the Kasnia Conglomerate in 2147 to stop Savage before his rise to power. Jax, Martin, and Ray gathered more information on the A.T.O.M. robot police force Kasnia uses to enforce order. After the rest of the team kidnapped Per Degaton, Jax suggested dropping him off in the Stone Age instead of killing him. In retaliation, Savage and Tor Degaton’s forces surrounded the Waverider. Jax, Sara, and Snart held off the soldiers and A.T.O.M.
Taking the fight to Savage
Running out of time to kill Savage, the team traveled to the only time they knew for certain where he was, 2166. Jax accompanied Rip, Ray, and Martin to make contact with the resistance where he offered a candy bar to a refugee child. After capturing Cassandra Savage, the Waverider was attacked by the Leviathan. Martin was injured in the attack and asked Jax to take care of the refugees. Once the team came up with a plan to take out Savage, Jax assisted Ray in modifying his exosuit to grow in size to fight the Leviathan, and monitored Ray from the Waverider as Ray battled the giant robot.
Protecting the timeline
Sometime after encountering Rex, the Legends embarked on a mission to protect King Louis XIII in France 1637. Jax jumped off a palace balcony and merged with Martin in midair. Firestorm then fought off the attackers breaking Rip's rule of not using superpowers. After a time quake originated from New York City 1942, the Legends arrived there but Rip had Jax remain behind on the Waverider to repair the time drive. Later, the Legends tracked Damien Darhk to the Garrett Shipyard and engaged Darhk and his Nazi allies with Firestorm providing cover for the team. They rescued Albert Einstein's ex-wife Mileva Maric but could not disable the atomic bomb so they retreated.
Martin's death and leaving the Legends
While fighting the Nazis on Earth-X, Jax's fusion partner Martin Stein was shot multiple times. His psychic link to Jax kept him alive, but it caused Jax to suffer from Stein's own injuries and would eventually kill both. Despite Jax’s protests, Stein made the executive decision to finally sever the link, dooming himself but saving Jax, allowing Stein to pass away in peace. After Martin's death, Jax tried to persuade Martin's younger self to try to avoid his fate, but the younger Martin decided that living his life differently to avoid that death would alter the future he would go on to lead, possibly never meeting his friends and altering time to lead to his daughter's birth,
As Firestorm
- Main Article : Firestorm
- Origin : Earth One
- Version : The Flash Series
- Type : Member Of Legend
- Known as : Jefferson Jackson
- Height :
- Weight :
- Maximum Heat :
- Maximum Power :
- Maximum Flight :
- Punching Power :
- Kicking Power :
- Maximum Jump Height :
- Maximum Running Speed :
- Appearances : The Flash Series
- Firestorm Matrix connection/Meta-human physiology: When Jax merges with Martin Stein, the two create the nuclear-powered composite being Firestorm. The F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. Matrix is controlled by two individuals, or "halves"; when they achieve physical contact, the Matrix takes over their biology and merges them into a singular being. When the two halves of Firestorm merge, the Matrix has them take on the form of the individual that has the stronger body. However, after Martin took a serum created by Cisco Ramon and Harry Wells, it severed Jax and Martin's link; therefore he no longer has any connection to the Firestorm Matrix.
- Flight : Firestorm has so far seen to have at least two methods to achieve flight. The first and most common is when he uses fires nuclear blasts downward at a consistent rate, thereby generating enough force to defy gravity and allow for stable prolusion and gliding. This flight style is his preferred and most practiced choice. The second method is unclear, as he is shown to be able to fly at impressive speeds without the need of his blasts. How he achieved this skill or how he even does it is unclear.
- Matter transmutation : While fighting Nazis in 1944, Jax and Martin discovered that their nuclear powers can manipulate matter at an atomic level and arrange its subatomic structure into a different substance altogether. He first used this by turning a rifle into dust by grabbing it. Using this ability, Firestorm is able to transform a radioactive meteorite into water. Over time, the duo further refined this skill, able to transmute machinery into countless smaller and more complex compounds, such as a shielded safe into a pile of jellybeans.
- Nucleokinesis : Firestorm is virtually a living reactor, and as such, creates great amounts of nuclear energy via the innumerous atomic reactions constantly occurring in his body. That and his mental capacity to process both fission and fusion, allow him to harness the energy emitting from his either his own body or any near source of energy that’s near.
- Energy absorption : Firestorm has shown the ability to not only generate nuclear power but also contain the energy coming from outside sources by absorbing its output. He did so when he absorbed the blast from Vandal Savage's nuclear warhead. He's also able to manipulate and absorb the flow of other forms of energy, as shown when he was able to siphon off energy from the Pentagon.
- Psychic link : Jax can hear Martin's disembodied voice while the two of them are merged into Firestorm. Even when they are separated, their link allows them limited communication of sensations or emotions.
- Pyrokinesis : Due to the nuclear nature of the transmutation of the two bodies, Firestorm is able to release nuclear energy from parts of his body in the form of fire. He can use his control over the energy to project it willingly in the form of concussive blasts. These "nuclear blasts" are often shown to be quite powerful and have shown to be able to range from being able to knock unarmed humans out unconscious to being hot enough to burn through solid structures and even causing extreme harm to meta-humans. The impact of these blasts can sometimes create an explosive-like force.
- Superhuman strength : While in his Firestorm form, Jax has performed feats of strength that surpass those of normal humans. He was able to rip apart straps made of Tiberian steel, which were able to encase both Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
- Keen intellect : Whilst he lacks a college degree, Jax is highly intelligent, having quickly learned how to operate and perform maintenance on the future technology of the Waverider. He is also shown to be a talented actor, able to perform an accurate British accent.
- Expert mechanic / engineer : To help his mother with bills, Jax gained a job in a car repair. To which, his skill at have prevented very adaptive, able to apply it to the various needs of the Waverider and technology encountered on their travels. He eventually was appointed by Rip to be chief engineer for the Waverider. Jax's intellect from his time traveling adventures has risen to a point where he finds himself bored with 21st century engineering.
- Hand-to-hand combatant : While unknown to what degree, Jax has shown some skill at hand-to-hand combat, being able to fight off and even tackle a member of Vandal Savage's cult while the Legends attempted to reclaim Carter Hall's body. This is probably due to his past experience as a quarterback. He is also shown to have a very effective punch, able to knock out a League of Assassins member with a single strike and hold off a 12th century knight wielding a sword with a bow.
- Skilled athlete : Jax is gifted with great natural talent in athletics. During his time in high school, he was a star quarterback who earned a full scholarship to any college/university of his choosing. However, after the particle accelerator explosion, his leg was too damaged to ever play football again, costing him his scholarship.
- Skilled marksman : In the Old West, Jax used a revolver to shoot a gun out of a man's hand while on a horse. He also wielded a bow in the 12th century and fired two arrows in the chests of two knights on horses.
- Torn ACL : Due to being hit by dark matter rather hard and subsequently slamming into a wall, Jax's ACL was badly damaged and as a result cannot run too hard on it. This is evidenced when he ran across the Koshmar prison courtyard to get to a power switch only to barely make it due to his knee cramping.
- Psychic link : Although the psychic link allows them limited communication of sensations or emotions when they are not in their Firestorm form, it also has another drawback, if one of them dies the other will die as well, this was evidenced by the fact when Martin was mortally shot, he only surviving because of the psychic link he had with Jax; unfortunately, it was slowly killing the latter, however, after Martin took a serum created by Cisco Ramon and Harry Wells, it severed his and Jax's link, saving Jax's life.
- Firestorm suit : Sometime after leaving Team Flash and before joining the Legends, a suit was made for Firestorm. Only Jefferson can wear it, as he is the host of Firestorm. It only appears whenever Jax and Martin merge, and seems to be based around the quantum splicer that Eobard Thawne and Cisco Ramon developed.
- Speed Force rifle : Designed by Eobard Thawne to temporarily incapacitate a speedster, this weapon has become Jax's personal sidearm when he is not able to become Firestorm.
- Main Article : Firestorm (Disambiguation)
