Alejandra Jones (Marvel)
Alejandra Jones is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Alejandra Jones was a female human born he daughter of an American human trafficker and an unknown Mexican woman. Her father was said to had been many women some of whom he had gotten pregnant with the resultant children being sold. Such a fate was for Alejandra who was said to had been sold though her biological father could not recall the event. She eventually came under the care of a man named Adam who raised her in his temple. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
Adam was later able to convince Johnny Blaze, the current Ghost Rider, to give up the curse. Adam then resurrected the Seeker to choose the next Ghost Rider. Alejandra was chosen and was sent to Dayton, Ohio to fight Skadi, the daughter of the Red Skull and the Serpent's loyal subject. Alejandra put up a good fight but was ultimately defeated. (Ghost Rider v7 #1) Meanwhile, Johnny Blaze learned from Mephisto that Adam's ultimate goal was to wipe all sin from humanity, effectively turning humanity into mindless, emotionless beings. Blaze, feeling guilty for selfishly giving up the curse, agreed to help him separate the Ghost Rider from Adam. Shortly after Alejandra and Adam returned to the temple, he ordered her to extinguish the sin from her fellow students. When she refused, Adam enslaved her. (Ghost Rider v7 #2) When Blaze arrived, he and the Seeker, who disagreed with Adam's plans, joined sides to stop him. Adam turned Alejandra into a bomb of sorts that, after exploding, wiped the sin out of everyone in Nicaragua, save for Blaze and the Seeker, who grabbed Blaze and used his ability to nullify the Ghost Rider's power to protect him from the blast. Adam then took the Ghost Rider to Cape Canaveral to board a space shuttle and flew to a space station. (Ghost Rider v7 #3) Onboard, Adams told her that he wanted her to focus all her power and magnify it through the space station's camera lens so that it could reach across the Earth. Johnny Blaze, having made a deal with Mephisto for a bike he could fly into space, took the Seeker up with him to the space station. But, realizing he was going to use her as a weapon, he jettisoned him from the bike, sending him back to Earth. Blaze was too late to stop Adam from forcing Alejandra to release all of her power but tried to get her to take control of it. His words touched her and she was able to overcome Adam's influence and blew up the space station. Alejandra saved Blaze, and they returned to Earth. Seeking to give the Nicaraguans their souls back, Alejandra drove off without Blaze, not wanting another person telling her what to do. (Ghost Rider v7 #4)
As penance for her actions, she decided to remain in the vicinity of her former home in Nicaragua and protect its people. The village's inhabitants were then attacked by Carnage who was targeting all the former Symbiote hosts. Danny Ketch was sent by Johnny Blaze to help her but despite his efforts they were unable to stop Cletus Kasady from murdering Alejandra where he claimed her spine and the codex material within it thus temporarily giving him her powers. With her dead, Alejandra appeared in Hell that was now under the rule of Johnny Blaze who had deposed Mephisto. She asked Blaze to send her back so that she could save the village but Johnny revealed that her body was dead and she was consigned to the afterlife with the other Spirits of Vengeance. However, Alejandra convinced him to use his powers to let her take possession of a girl named Imara in the village who convinced the other people in the area to help Ketch by throwing burning bottles at Carnage. This ultimately forced Carnage to escape thus saving the village from his continued attacks. Alejandra's tether to her host was only for a limited time and she bid her thanks to Ketch before returning back to Hell. Once there, Blaze took her to the hall containing the other Spirits of Vengeance so that she could take her place among them. (Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Alejandra believed that the word 'adopted' simply described a refugee who had somehow escaped tragedy. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
Though focused on vengeance, she was shown to prioritise the lives of the innocent over simple revenge. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
She had said that she never knew her parents and was instead raised by the man named Adam. Alejandra would ask him about her real parents but he simply told her that her past was gone and that she was lucky he found her. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
Her biological father was a human trafficker who had slept with many Mexican women some of whom he got pregnant. This led to Alejandra having many 'brothers' and 'sisters' all of whom were sold though she was not aware of any of them. Her real father claimed that the land only respected the strong with him being a harsh and cruel man. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
Alejandra believed herself to be a sinful person who deserved to be punished. Whilst bonded to Zarathos, the demon claimed that her service as a Ghost Rider would be her penance. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
Powers and abilities
Alejandra had trained every day of his entire life to become the Spirit of Vengeance. In this role, she was an agent of God and had been bonded to the demon Zarathos. As a Ghost Rider, she was said to embody justice in its most ancient form. He was said to speak to her and guided her on the path that would feed her anger and the need for retribution. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
Though training for the role, after becoming a Ghost Rider she admitted that the role was still new to her with its language and nuances still alien to her. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
It was shown that she could generate a swarm of locusts from her mouth to torment her quarry. (Ghost Rider v7 #5)
Notes
- The Alejandra Ghost Rider was created by Rob Williams and Matthew Clark where she made her first appearance in Ghost Rider v7 #1 (September, 2011).
- She was originally only identified as Alejandra and lacked a surname but Secret Wars: Official Guide to the Marvel Multiverse #1 (October 28, 2015) identified her fully as Alejandra Jones with the last name being the name of her father.
Alternate Versions
- In Ghost Racers v1 #1 (2015), an alternate version of Alejandra Jones appeared on Battleworld who came from an undesignated reality. Alejandra "Nicaraguan Hellfire" Jones was one of the many Igniter Spirits who were forced by Arcade and Chief Zadkiel to race in the Killiseum's Ghost Races for the entertainment of its audience. Like the other Spirits of Ignition, Alejandra raced to get the first place prize, which was temporary freedom from the arena, otherwise, she would be sent to its dungeons to be tortured along with the other losers.
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel Heroes, the Alejandra Jones Ghost Rider appeared as an alternate skin available to the player in the MMORPG video game. As a child, Alejandra Blaze trained within the confines of a template to become the next Ghost Rider. Chosen from those she trained and grew up with, she battled both enemies from hell and herself, as she struggled to control her power. With Johnny Blaze's help, she has learned how to handle being the Ghost Rider.
- In Marvel: War of Heroes, Alejandra Blaze appeared as a playable card in the video game.
Appearances
- Ghost Rider v7: (2011)
- Absolute Carnage: Symbiote of Vengeance v1:
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