Suzanne "Cissie" King-Jones, alias Arrowette was a skilled archer and member of Young Justice.
History
Origin
Cissie is the daughter of Bonnie King aka Miss Arrowette and Star City reporter Bernell "Bowstring" Jones. Bernell and his family lived a happy life, that is until he ate some bad shellfish and died. Her mother received a large sum of money from his life insurance, which was delivered by Hal Jordan himself, back when he worked for Evergreen Insurance.
Her mother was an Olympic-level archer and insisted that her daughter achieve the same level. Bonnie developed a psychological disorder and forced Cissie to train constantly. Apparently after seeing Green Arrow and Speedy in action, she developed trick arrows and the 'Miss Arrowette' identity to use as a cover.
The first hero she encountered was the speedster Impulse. Cissie and her mother worked together with the speedster and his current guardian and mentor Max Mercury, to defeat the super villain Spazz. However Max grew concerned about Bonnie forcing her daughter to become a hero to fight crime. Max gets Child Services involved and Bonnie loses custody of her daughter. Cissie is sent to the boarding school Saint Elias School for Girls. However, Cissie continued to train while overseen by Dr. Marcy Money, who observed that she really was a good archer, better than her mother.[1]
Young Justice
Cissie returned in a new costume, this time facing the criminal Harm, but was injured by him using one of her own arrows against her. She escaped and contacted the teenage superheroes Young Justice, together they defeated Harm with the help of his sister Secret and the new Wonder Girl. These three young heroes then officially join the team, and became close friends in the process. During a game of "Truth or Dare", Cissie was asked what she'd do if given the chance to leave her vigilante life behind, she responded that she would ask her mother's advice and then do the opposite! [2]
Dr. Marcy Money, a counselor at Cissie's school, was brutally murdered by her estranged boyfriend and an accomplice. As Money was the only adult Cissie had ever trusted, Cissie tracked down the killers to avenge Money. She nearly killed one of them herself, but is stopped by Superboy. Cissie was so affected by the incident that she vowed to never don the Arrowette costume again.[3]
Now free from the team, she reconciled with her mother, and trained for the "Summer Games" in Sydney, Australia. Cissie ended up winning a gold, and became something of a celebrity upon her return to the US. She was offered a guest-spot on the television show, "Wendy the Werewolf Stalker" which just so happened to be Superboy's favorite show.[4] Later, when Traya Sutton; Red Tornado's adopted daughter comes to Saint Elias School for Girls, she helped her adjust to her new home. When Secret is returned to life, Cissie helped her become a student as well.[5] An alien plant once got loose in Cissie and Traya's dorm and Wonder Girl, Slobo and Red Tornado came to the rescue to stop it from hurting any of the students.[6]
Finally living a normal life, she had no desire or want to return to the life of heroics, even though friends and family thought she should. The team invited her to play baseball on an alien planet, with the fate of many innocent lives depending on the outcome of the game. This annoyed Cissie, as there is a long list of better candidates, most of whom have superpowers. She reluctantly participated and they barely won.[7]
Imperiex War
During the war with Imperiex, she served as field medic for the team, although the team was again divided due to uncertainty about Robin's loyalty because of Batman's files on the Justice League and other such heroes.[8]
When Helena Sandsmark attempted to enroll her daughter Cassie, aka Wonder Girl into the Saint Elias School, she is rejected. Cissie, with the help of fellow student Greta Hayes, threatened to leave the school and take her celebrity status as a gold-winning archer with her, they reluctantly agree and Cassie is enrolled in the school.[9]
Cissie later visited Wonder Girl at Titans Tower in San Francisco, as she wished to give her best friend moral support while she battled with the decision to tell her friends that her father was the Greek God, Zeus. While walking the grounds, the villains known as Multiplex and the Hyena jumped out and attacked them. Cissie and Cassie made quick work of the villains and Cissie leaves soon after. Cassie returned to the Tower just as a brainwashed Superboy prepared to launch a surprise attack of his own.[10]
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
- Acrobatics
- Archery: Arrowette is an Olympic-level archer and athlete. She was trained from an early age to become one of the world's greatest archers.
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Arrowette is also skilled in kick boxing and other hand to hand combat.
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Trick Arrows: She has a variety of trick arrows that she uses such as classic arrows, boxing glove arrows, oil slick arrows, freeze arrows, and even a few sillier ones such as perfume arrows that her mother made her use.
Trivia
- Wonder Girl once considered Arrowette her best friend.[11]
Recommended Reading
Related
- 99 Appearances of Cissie King-Jones (New Earth)
- 33 Images featuring Cissie King-Jones (New Earth)
- 2 Quotations by or about Cissie King-Jones (New Earth)
- Character Gallery: Cissie King-Jones (New Earth)
Footnotes
  Young Justice member |
 This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats. |