Marvel unveils Singaporean superhero Jitter with power of ‘hyper-focus’


By AGENCY

Jitter, or Singaporean Sofia Yong, is the latest Marvel mutant to feature in Marvel's X-Men comic book canon. — Photo: GAILSIMONE/X

A special ability to “hyper-focus”, the capacity to do anything she sets her mind to, and never slowing down, not even to sleep.

While some may feel those are just everyday attributes most Singaporeans are already equipped with, in the Marvel universe, that describes Jitter, one of the latest mutants to feature in the comic book publisher’s storied canon.

Marvel officially unveiled the Singaporean teen Jitter, whose real name is Sofia Yong, somewhat fittingly on Aug 9, Singapore’s National Day. She was introduced in a closer look alongside three other new characters known collectively as “the Outliers” in a new iteration of The Uncanny X-Men series that first ran in 1981.

The second issue of the latest series penned by Gail Simone and drawn by David Marquez, which will feature said Outliers alongside other X-Men, will go on sale from Sept 11. The characters were first discussed at July’s San Diego Comic-Con.

Jitter has difficulty concentrating or prioritising things, according to writer Simone, but her special ability of hyper-focus allows her to attain a skillset, but not powers, for up to a minute before she “crashes”.

“She can take one set of skills, like being the top martial artist in the world, or the best lockpicker that there ever was, for one minute. And she has a timer that she sets, and she can do that thing for one minute and then it’s gone,” she told pop culture site Popverse, adding that the teenage girl has a stutter and is “very cool”.

“These new Outliers, we’ve designed them to represent invisible disabilities in that when you look at them, you cannot tell that they’re mutants.” — The Straits Times/Asia News Network

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!

Marvel Comics , X-Men

   

Next In Culture

Art of Thom Yorke and Radiohead album covers exhibited for first time
Weekend for the arts: Irama Asli & Asal festival, BBC 'Arts Hour' live in KL
Banana taped to a wall sells for US$6.2mil in New York
Malaysian artist Book of Lai's 'Tiny Moving Place' series is inspired by George Town heritage houses
The Old High Court building in KL gets a stunning digital art glow-up
'Manifest' is Cambridge Dictionary's 2024 word of the year
Japan's manga powerhouse 'Dragon Ball' turns 40 today
How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth US$1mil
Painting by artist Ren� Magritte shatters record price for any Surrealist work
Arthur Frommer, creator of 'Europe On 5 Dollars A Day' travel guides, dies at 95

Others Also Read