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Cheshire (Jade Nguyen) is a
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fictional character. She is a long-standing rival of the superhero team, the
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, and occasional love interest of Roy Harper.


Publication history

Cheshire first appeared in ''
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'' Annual #2 (1983) and was created by
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and
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.


Fictional character biography


Post-Crisis

Born (allegedly) to a
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father, Andrê Chaumont, and a
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mother, Anna Nguyen, Jade Nguyen had an unhappy childhood and was sold into slavery. As a young adult, after killing her master, Jade was informally adopted by Chinese freedom fighter Weng Chan, who taught her all he knew about guerrilla fighting. She acquired knowledge of poisons from Kruen Musenda, a famed African assassin known as the "Spitting Cobra", whom she was married to for the two years prior to his death. She is a long-standing rival of the superhero team the
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. However, when Roy Harper, a.k.a. the archer
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, went undercover for the government in a mission to get her confidence and turn her over, the two fell passionately in love. Knowing he would not be able to turn her in, he walked out; Cheshire would not learn his true identity until later. The result of their romance was a daughter, Lian, whom Roy raised. Returning to her mercenary ways after leaving Lian behind for Roy, Jade saved
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's life so he could help her in stealing nuclear weapons from
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in an attempt to blackmail the world. To prove she is not bluffing, she obliterates the fictional
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nation of Qurac, reasoning that since Qurac is a stronghold of
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terrorists, that Western countries would be secretly grateful. Cheshire's plans were foiled when her base came under attack and she was forced to flee. She later created her own team, The Ravens. In ''Showcase'' '95 #8, Jade was revealed to have a brother named Luke Chaumont. Cheshire volunteered to join Tartarus, a group created by
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with the objective of destroying the Titans. During a confrontation with the Titans and the H.I.V.E, Savage shot Cheshire to distract Arsenal. She recovered, but was taken into custody for crimes including destroying Qurac. Sentenced to life imprisonment, she was broken out by the Ravens. Arsenal, however, forced her back into custody. Eventually, Cheshire discovers that her biological father was a Senator named Robert Pullman, and she attempted to torture and kill him. To that end, she defeated
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, and devised a plan to use her to fake her own death and flee the country with her daughter. Jade ties up Shiva, gags her and locks her in the trunk of her car (which was wired to explode), hoping that the authorities will find the charred body of an Asian woman in the flaming car wreck and believe that Jade was killed while fleeing the Senator's murder. On her unfortune,
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and
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show up and untie Shiva, while Huntress and
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stop Jade from murdering the Senator, and then take her into custody. While escaping the scene of the attempted assassination, Jade is punched in the face and thrown out of the helicopter the women were escaping in by Black Canary to avoid being beaten to death by an enraged Shiva. In 2005, she appeared in the
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''
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'' as a member of the
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. Cheshire had been blackmailed into joining by Mockingbird, who claimed that there was a small bomb implanted in the back of Lian's head. During the series, she slept with Thomas Blake, a.k.a. Catman, and became pregnant with a replacement child, thereby allowing her to leave the team and no longer needing to worry for Lian's safety. At the end of the miniseries, having betrayed the Six to Luthor's Society, she is shot and critically wounded by Deathstroke. As the faux Luthor orders the Society's withdrawal, one of his last commands is to bring Cheshire with them, provided she is still alive. After the "Villains United" series, she later turned up alive, living in a mansion in the
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with her son by Blake. Working with Vandal Savage again, she put out hits on the other members of the Secret Six except for Blake. Taking matters into her own hands, she stabs the
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, who is working with the Six. Her blade was poisoned (as usual) and she later bartered the antidote to the poison to Catman in exchange for her safety. In ''
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'' (vol. 2) #12, Cheshire was shown in prison, receiving a visit from Roy Harper and Lian. In the ''Justice League of America Wedding Special'', Cheshire was shown to be a member of the new
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. She was later seen among the exiled villains in ''
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''. Cheshire returned as a member of a small army of villains attempting to collect massive bounties on the heads of the Secret Six. She manages to poison the meals of her targets, but is defeated by Jeannette. In '' Justice League: Cry for Justice'', Star City is destroyed by
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, killing Lian. Cheshire attacks Roy, outraged at him for not keeping Lian safe, injuring him in the process. Both Roy and Cheshire continue to fight however Roy manages to pin Cheshire against the wall. Cheshire loses the will to fight and tearfully recalls the loss of her child. Roy comforts her and the two of them attempt to sleep together, but due to Roy's impotence he is unable to please Cheshire in bed, which causes more turmoil in Roy's life forcing him to angrily leave. In ''
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'' Cheshire's son from her involvement with Catman (Thomas Blake) is kidnapped; chronologically this takes place after the death of Lian. Catman goes on a murderous rampage believing the child to already be dead only to find the man who orchestrated the kidnapping has given the boy to a loving childless couple and that the kidnapping itself was an act of revenge against Cheshire for murdering his family. Catman, after realizing the child is better left where he is, informs Cheshire that their son is dead. This sends her in to a sorrowful rage, while Catman tells his son to rest in peace after killing all of the kidnappers involved. Cheshire is now a member of Deathstroke's new team of
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. Their first assignment was murdering
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. It is unforeseen how long she will stay on the team, but it seems one of Deathstroke's goals is to taunt her into overcoming her lost edge after Lian's death. She later contacts Roy, forcing him into joining Deathstroke's team so the two of them can kill Deathstroke. Cheshire rationalizes that Roy "owes" her for Lian's death, but while it appears Roy double-crosses her, it is part of Cheshire's plan. Afterward, Deathstroke and his team arrive at South Pacific Island to kill cult leader, Drago, over the arena production of blind warriors; however, his team, Cheshire, and Roy betray him, revealing that they had been working with Drago. Cheshire and Roy's plan backfired, because Drago never intended to give Cheshire her freedom back. Their attempt to defeat Drago and escape failed miserably. Later, Drago explained to Cheshire that he needs an heir, and she was going to provide him with one. Drago tries to convince Cheshire to succumb to him, but Drago was reading her mind and using her thoughts against her. Cheshire is rescued by Deathstroke and the Titans. When Drago is defeated, Deathstroke allows him to live and the Titans then leave his island. Cheshire and Roy choose to re-join the Titans. Upon returning to the labyrinth, Deathstroke reveals to them that his preceding deeds were used to create a healing machine called a "Methuselah Device" for his dying son,
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. After healing Jericho, Deathstroke claims the machine can also resurrect the dead, offering Cheshire and Roy the chance to revive Lian. Cheshire accepts, but Roy refuses, saying that he has been punishing himself for his daughter's death and that Lian is in a better place. Cheshire joins
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and Cinder in fighting the other Titans to destroy the Methuselah Device. After Cinder sacrifices herself to destroy the Methuselah, Cheshire leaves and tells Roy that she will never forgive him.


Fatherhood question

It was in the ''Birds of Prey'' story arc ''Sensei and Student'' that Cheshire herself states that she had found out the real identity of her father, U.S. Senator Robert Pullman. According to her, Senator Pullman beat her mother and left her alone with a child. As of "
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", Cheshire is no longer the daughter of Senator Pullman, as she is stated to only be Vietnamese.


The New 52

In
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, Cheshire first appears in ''
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'', becoming a team with Deathblow to aid Cole Cash. In this timeline, the character is originally only referred to as Niko, not as Cheshire. Later, she betrays Grifter and Deathblow revealing she was an undercover agent for
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, but later was defeated by them when they tried to stop Helspont's plans. Cheshire is later seen as a member of the
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when they plan to recruit
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. Cheshire appears in
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and the Others, teaming up with KG Beast and a group of terrorists known as Mayhem to steal the launch codes to a soviet-era satellite full of nuclear weapons in order to hold the Earth to ransom.


DC Rebirth

In
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, Cheshire appears as one of the bounty hunters trying to kill
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. Cheshire is also one of the assassins hired by the
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in order to eliminate
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. She later attempts to kill
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. She is stated to be one of the most toxic individuals on the planet, along with
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. They attack Batman on a train, and he responds by blowing himself up into a lake below. Cheshire and Copperhead comment on his resilience. Arsenal is shown tracking Chesire down in ''Nightwing'' #43. It's stated that they used to date but parted ways due to Jade's villainous tendencies. Chesire is seen leading a mission for the League of Assassins with the intent of carrying out a citywide catastrophe, but her plans are thwarted by Nightwing, Damian Wayne and Roy. Cheshire was hired by the Brotherhood of Evil to steal a sample of drug material called Bliss. In the same time, Roy Harper is on the trail for the drug as well. Cheshire plays him into helping her, poisoning him during a sexual encounter leading him to believe he had relapsed on drugs. Soon after, still under the employ of the Brotherhood, she, along with a few thugs, defends Monsieur Mallah and The Brain by fighting off Arsenal. Devastatingly mismatched, Arsenal is nearly beaten to death by the thugs while Cheshire steps back and watches. She spares him the misfortune of being beaten to death and provides him with euthanasia. As she is about to do so, Donna Troy arrives to stop her. Nearly losing to her, Cheshire attempts to taunt Donna into killing her as she was told of recent events that were highly sensitive to Donna. As she decides what to do next with Cheshire, Arsenal defeats her with a trick arrow. Cheshire secretly attends Roy Harper's funeral, standing away far from everyone else, in the back. She looks inexpressive, yet sheds a single tear, possibly feeling remorse their about last interaction. She re-appears in Green Arrow comics as a member of the "Ninth Circle". Cheshire later appeared in James Tynion's first arc on
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. She's one of the assassins, along with
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,
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, Gunsmith and Mr. Teeth, hired by
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and the Designer to kill Batman. She evaded capture from the GCPD and almost tries to kill Batman, but was hit by a truck, while Batman slid from underneath the truck. Batman brings her in to custody, until the other assassins helped her escape. Cheshire, along with Merlyn, would later attempt to attack
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and
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at a cemetery, but were both defeated by them.


Infinite Frontier

Cheshire reappeared in the
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event, now wearing a mask similar to her
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counterpart. In a flashback, Jade is shown fleeing from ninjas with her daughter, Lian. To protect her, Jade took Lian to a local church in Gotham, referring to the then-sleeping girl as Lotus before departing back into the night. Moreover, Jade is reinstated that her heritage as only vietnamese, therefore she is no longer stated to be the daughter of Senator Pullman, or André Chaumont and Anna Nguyen. Throughout ''Catwoman'' #33-38, Jade is shown pursuing a redemption path alongside
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, and other villains such as
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. Together, they aided
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to save Alleytown from the Magistrate. In Catwoman #38, Jade was reunited with her now teenage daughter Lian. In ''Harley Quinn'' Vol. 4 Annual, Jade helped Solomon Grundy to find Harley, who had been abducted by Keepsake.


Skills and abilities

Cheshire is a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, and is one of the premiere martial artists and hand-to-hand combatants in the DC Universe. She is trained in several martial arts thought forever lost. In addition, Cheshire is also an expert triple-jointed acrobat, and uses this skill to move quickly and unexpectedly, and to also augment her fighting abilities. Of bigger concern are her artificial fingernails, which she dips in several varieties of poisons. She gives her weapons and other accessories a similar treatment. In ''
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'' #63, Black Canary calls her "the second most deadly assassin in the world", only topped by
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. In ''Aquaman and the Outsiders'' #11, Cheshire is called "the most dangerous woman alive".


Other versions


Flashpoint

In the '' Flashpoint'' universe, Cheshire joined with the
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'
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.


Injustice: Gods Among Us

In the ''
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'' reality, Cheshire was a criminal that was apprehended by
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during the fifth year of Superman's Regime.


DC vs. Vampires

In ''DC vs. Vampires'', Cheshire is saved from a vampire by Green Arrow and the latter warns her about the impeding vampire attack on humanity and asks Jade to be on her guard.


In other media


Television

* Cheshire makes non-speaking appearances in season five of ''
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''. This version is a new recruit of the
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with the ability to turn invisible save for her mask's eyes and grin, akin to the
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. * The ''Teen Titans'' incarnation of Cheshire appears in the "New Teen Titans" segment of ''
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''. * Cheshire appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. This version is a member of the
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who wields a pair of sai and a technologically advanced mask that can perform a number of functions, such as enhancing footprints and filtering out poisonous gases. Additionally, she is the daughter of
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and Paula Nguyen and older sister of
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. In between seasons one and two, Cheshire betrayed the Shadows to save Red Arrow, whom she married, and gave birth to a baby girl named Lian Nguyen-Harper. In between seasons two and three however, Cheshire left Lian in Artemis and Red Arrow's care to focus on her criminal activities as she feels unworthy to be Lian's mother and part of a normal family despite still loving Lian and Red Arrow. In season four, Cheshire reveals to Artemis that she fears being a bad influence on Lian. Upon hearing of her plight,
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agrees to help rehabilitate Cheshire, who stays on Infinity Island to work on herself.


Film

* Jade appears in the DC Universe animated film, '' Batman: Soul of the Dragon'', voiced by
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. This version is a martial arts student of
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who frequently challenges her master's decisions. She is murdered by her fellow student Rip Jagger to open a mystical gate to the realm of the serpent god
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. * Jade appears in the DC Universe animated film '' Catwoman: Hunted'', voiced again by
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. This version is an associate of
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's who possesses a
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mask and wields a pair of sai, a sword, and claws laced with jellyfish poison.


Video games

* The ''Young Justice'' incarnation of Cheshire appears as a boss in '' Young Justice: Legacy'', voiced again by
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. * Cheshire appears as a playable character in '' Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham'', voiced by
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. * Cheshire appears as a playable character in ''
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''. * Cheshire appears as a playable character in ''
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''. *Cheshire appears as a playable character in ''
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''.


Miscellaneous

* The ''Teen Titans'' animated series incarnation of Cheshire appeared in issues #34 and #39 of ''
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''. * Cheshire appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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.


References

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