Jesse Brain

Jesse Brain
Character Information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Residence	Reality Z-25 31-H
Occupation	Witch
Parents	Doctor Brain His ex
Behind the Scenes
First seen in	COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells
Also seen in	See list
Copyright	Paul Hoppe (?)

In Reality Z-25 31-H, Jesse Brain was the daughter of the supervillain Doctor Brain and his ex. She was a very proficient student of witchcraft and occasionally helped her father with his evil schemes, although she did not have much of a villainous agenda of her own.

Description

Physical appearance

Jesse Brain was a thin young woman with blond hair, one lock of which was dyed black. She usually wore a “witchy” outfit with included black boots, a cape and a high collar as well as a fairly ordinary shirt and skirt. (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells)

Personality

Unlike her father, who had relatively normal tastes but relished in acting like a villain, Jesse had extremely gothic, “witchy” tastes, being incapable of sleeping in a bedroom that wasn't adorned with gargoyles and pits of hellfire — yet, simultaneously, had little interest in doing villainous thing, having concerns more at home with those of an average teenaged college student. She was only occasionally persuaded by the Doctor to lend a hand with his evil schemes. She was impulsive and independent, prone to sarcastic remarks even about her own father. (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells)

Powers & abilities

Although only a student by witch standards, Jesse was already a powerful magic user. She could set up a summoning ritual to bring forth a Griffin from another dimension and also displayed the ability to turn her room into a sorcerous dungeon, complete with bottomless pits and gargoyles, within minutes. (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells)

Biography

Internship

Jesse snitching on Sanderson to Kelly. (COMIC: Blast From The Past)

While Jesse was studying “witchcraft with a minor in supervillainy” at NYU with Alicia and Babs, the three went through an internship at Mr Grangler's stock-broking company for unclear reasons. They were assigned to then-Junior Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly to handle. Their magical abilities turned out to be extremely useful for predicting the stock market and digging up dirt on colleagues and competitors, ultimately allowing Kelly to get her boss arrested and replace him as head of the company. In thanks, she gave the three girls A+s on their internship. (COMIC: Blast From The Past)

Summoning Mervin

Jesse helps her father with a magical ritual to summon a Griffin from another dimension. (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells)

At a point when he had already been the nemesis of Captain Evening for some time, Doctor Brain secretly recruited his daughter, who was studying witchcraft at New York University, for a new scheme to get rid of him. The father and daughter (with the help of two of Brain's henchmen) participated in a summoning ritual to bring forth a Griffin from the Sixth Realm and bind him to this world until he killed Captain Evening. The Griffin took flight, Doctor Brain and his daughter parted ways once more, and neither thought anything more of it for a long time. (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells)

Falling out with Alicia

A baffled Doctor Brain realises his daughter has already moved back in in earnest. (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells)

A few weeks later, Jesse had a falling out with her college friend (and roommate) Alicia due to her humiliating Jesse in class by smugly answering a question about which Jesse had come up empty. She impulsively decided to move back in with her father, bursting into his home with little warning and immediately settling herself back in one of the bedrooms, giving her father nary a chance to protest. Although neither Brain realised, the Griffin had just been freed from its magical bonds by Captain Evening and “Jenny Everywhere” and vowed to take revenge on Doctor Brain and “his rotten offspring”. (COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells)

Brain grew to enjoy the brighter side of having his daughter around when she first used her magic to fix a mess he'd made of the kitchen while trying to cook dinner. (COMIC: In Dr. Brain's Kitchen) It seems that the issues between Jesse and her two friends were soon worked, as, later that day, the Doctor drove Jesse to a dance club to meet the two. (COMIC: Following Up)

However, Jesse was arrested for underage drinking, though she claimed she had simply forgotten her I.D. To her surprise, her father could not be reached and asked to bail her out, (COMIC: Redistribution) having been waylaid by Evil Cloak on the way back after dropping her off. (COMIC: Following Up) Evil Cloak was also waiting for Jesse in her cell, making her the same proposal she'd offered to her father. (COMIC: Redistribution)

Recurring elements of The Cosmic Beholder

The Odds The Blue Knight • Captain Evening • Centennia • Armstrong Fatbuckle • Merv the Griffin • Jenny Everywhere • Jenny Nowhere • Jung-La The Terrific Two & associates Kelly • Jenkins • Professor Madison • Robot Madison • Rodney Rabbit • The Mutant Villains Armagedda • Bureau of Singularity • Captain Perfect • Doctor Brain • The Devil • Hexia • Insecto • Jesse Brain • New Protectors (Kate Kerrigan) Other characters Alicia • Babs • The Big Bad Wolf • Glow Girl • The Human Tree • Mysto the Space-Wizard • Red Riding Hood • Terry Tornado Items Doctor Brain's Portal • Fortress of Evening • Magic Sword of the Legion of Light • Odd Mobile • Professor Madison's device • Skycicle