Jackpot's History
Sara Ehret was
Jackpot, a registered superhero who lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn. However, she wasn't interested in being a superhero, preferring to go back to her normal life and family instead. Alana Jobson recognized
Sara and showed genuine enthusiasm at paying her for the use of
Sara's Jackpot identity and license.
Sara took the offer and gave up costumed crime fighting. Alana then used a dangerous mixture of drugs including Mutant Growth Hormone to grant herself the powers of super-strength, stamina, and invulnerability associated with the Jackpot identity.
When
Spider-Man and Jackpot teamed up against a new villain named
Menace, councilwoman Parfrey was killed. Investigating Jackpot's identity,
Spider-Man went to what he believed was Jackpot's house only to find
Sara Ehret, who told him she was not the super-heroine Jackpot and sent
Spider-Man away.
Later
Spider-Man found out the secret identity of Jobson when he borrowed a cup she was drinking from to get a fingerprint. On entering her home he found several illicit drugs and confronted Jobson.
While fighting
Commanda and Blindside, Alana was pumped with the blindness serum used by Blindside to defeat his enemies.
Spider-Man came to the rescue with an antidote, which cleared Alana's vision but the blindness serum had a terrible reaction with the combination of drugs that gave her the powers, and Alana died shortly thereafter.
Later,
Spider-Man discovered the truth about Alana and
Sara and notified
Sara about Alana's death, blaming
Sara for evading her responsibilities and allowing the otherwise powerless and untrained Alana to go to die fighting crime.
Spider-Man told her that people with powers do not have a choice of giving up their responsibilities.
Sara then reclaimed her heroic identity as
Jackpot.
