Jocelyn Davis a.k.a. Freestyle is a character from the comic book series DV8. She first had a background appearance in Gen 13 #7, by Brandon Choi, Jim Lee and J. Scott Campbell, but her character was named and fully revealed by Mike Heisler and Juvann Kirby in DV8 #11 Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Gen13 is a comic book originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ... Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from Taxi Driver, the first scene in which Cybill Shepherd appears. ... DV8 is a comic book published by Wildstorm. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. ... DV8 is a comic book published by Wildstorm. ... DV8 is a comic book published by Wildstorm. ... Gen 13 V3 #1 cover by Talent Caldwell Gen 13 is a comic book originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ... Brandon Choi is an American comic book author best known as one of the co-creators of the series Gen13 which enjoyed high popularity in the middle and late 1990s. ... Lees depiction of DC Comics Batman. ... Danger Girl:Back in Black Jeff Scott Campbell is best known as the original artist and co-creator of Danger Girl. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

Character history

Little of Freestyle's past is known, but it has been revealed that she is the fifth of seven children and that she grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. To help make herself stand out in a large family, Jocelyn took up gymnastics. She excelled at the sport and was already a highly skilled gymnist before being a part of Project: Genesis. Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus (largest metropolitan area is Cleveland) Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 34th 44,825 square miles (116,096 square kilometers) LandArea = 40,986 square miles (106,154 square kilometers) WaterArea = 3,878 square miles (10,044 square kilometers) PCWater... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ...

Jocelyn was tested "gen-positive" and taken to Project:Genesis, a project funded by International Operations with the goal to create superpowered soldiers under their control. Using activator drugs, the gen-positive subjects were turned Gen-Active and immediately cryogenically frozen. Jocelyn's powers, being more subtle than those of other Gen-Actives, activated without the project's managers noticing, but when the guards came for Gen-Actives Evo and Sublime, Jocelyn tried to use her powers to escape. The guards hit her with a electroshock gun and froze her as well. Shortly afterwards the actions of John Lynch and Gen 13 forced Project Genesis Director Ivana Baiul to flee, taking the frozen Gen-Actives with her. Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. ... Cryogenics is a branch of physics (or engineering) that studies very low temperatures or the production thereof. ... Evo is the name of a comic book character from DC Comics/Wildstorm Comics. ... An electro-shock gun, also referred to as a stun-gun or in the case of the projectile enabled Taser, are used for subduing a body by administering electric shock to disrupt superficial muscle functions. ... John Lynch is the name of a comic book character from DC Comics/Wildstorm. ... Gen 13 V3 #1 cover by Talent Caldwell Gen 13 is a comic book originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ... Ivana Baiul is the name of a comic book character from DC Comics/Wildstorm. ...

The Gen-Actives were thawed on Ivana's base on the Caballito Island and trained to become DV8. Ivana considered Freestyle a threat though, because her powers were unpredictable and DV8-member Copycat was incapable of controlling her; a backlash would hit her whenever she would try. Freestyle was frozen again and left behind on Caballito Island when the team left. DV8 is a comic book published by Wildstorm. ... Copycat is the name of a comic book character from DC Comics/Wildstorm Comics. ...

Many months later, DV8 returned to Caballito Island and an experiment of Ivana unleashed Copycat's multiple personalities, who were now trying to possess others. To stop them, Ivana tricked one of the unleashed personalities into possessing Freestyle. The backlash knocked the alternate personalities back into Copycat and Ivana decided to add Freestyle to the team again. She used Freestyle's ability to crack the codes on the secret files of I.O. director Miles Craven and used these files to eventually blackmail her way back into I.O., this time as its leader. Freestyle and her fellow Deviants were now official agents of International Operations.

During her time in the Deviants Freestle did her best to get along with rest of the team. Unlike most of her teammates though, Freestyle always had a strong distaste for violence. She eventually befriended Sublime and Copycat and started a tentative romantic relationship with Evo. This relationship would prove to be short-lived as Freestyle found it difficult to even look at Evo after she saw him rip apart an enemy, who had been trying to flee during a mission.

After the breakup of DV8, Freestyle went to Las Vegas where she took a job as an exotic dancer. Using her powers to clean up at the casinos, Jocelyn bought the club she'd been working at only a month after starting there. Freestyle was last seen having an unwelcome reunion with her old DV8 field leader Threshold. This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

Powers and abilities

Freestyle has the ability to psionically view multiple possible timelines and subconsciously chooses the best course of action for herself from these possibilites. A side-effect of this power is that she ages at an incredible rapid pace when using her power for a prolonged period. Ivana has theorized that Freestyle actually lives through all the possible timelines until she finds one that is favourable to her. She has little control over this power, and when placed in a situation where she can't escape her powers still automatically activate. For example, when Ivana forced her to decrypt I.O.'s secret files, her powers forced her to keep trying until she was finished. Though she only needed a few minutes to crack the codes, she was aged many years and near death. Freestyle quickly returns to her actual age when she stops using her powers. Freestyle is an excellent gymnast and uses her powers to increase her formidable agility to superhuman levels. She also has a perfect sense of direction. It is unknown if this is related to her powers or just a natural talent. Another side-effect of her powers protects Freestyle from Copycat's mental powers.

Trivia

• While she would be named in later issues of DV8, Freestyle first appeared in Gen13 #7 in a scene in which the Deviants are engaged in virtual reality training. Though hooked up the the machine Freestyle was not seen participating in the simulated mission.
• Freestyle has large scars on her back. These scars were made by Evo, who accidentally hit her when she blocked his attack on Copycat in DV8 #32.
• Unlike her fellow DV8-members, Freestyle doesn't have any large, red tattoos. She does have a tattoo of a star on her forehead, but it is a small tattoo that she already had before Project: Genesis.
• For some reason, Freestyle always calls Sublime "Roach".