Unforgiven
Year's ago, after Jeff Palmer's long and difficult rehabilitation at Belle Reve
Sanitarium, Jeff was invited by his sister Amy to join a government
organization that worked closely with Luthorcorp. Amy Palmer was still utterly obsessed
with Lex Luthor and believed that Jeff could turn his life around with
Luthorcorp.
One day Jeff was sent on a mission by his boss Tina Greer to arrest a convicted
murderer. Jeff tracked down this person of interest. Having been told by Tina
that this person wouldn't offer much resistance Jeff approached this man, and
told him that he had been ordered to take him into custody. The man offered no
resistance. As Jeff reached to put handcuffs on him this man pulled out a knife
and stabbed him. The two of them struggled. Jeff reacted instinctively, and in
a matter of seconds the man lay dying on the floor.
Jeff was told by this person that Jeff had been set up. Jeff learned that there
was no "murderer" as he had been told by Tina. He also learned that
he had been made to believe he was a government agent when in fact he was
actually working for a secret criminal organization under the direct control of
Lex Luthor.
Jeff confronted Tina with this information. He yelled at her, expecting that he
would be fired. Tina instead knocked him on the floor, and told him that if he
ever left her he would be killed.
Tina despised Jeff for his disobedience, but needed his unique ability. (Over
the years Jeff had become meteor-infected by the very substance he used to turn
himself invisible. Eventually he was able to make himself invisible with a
thought.)
Jeff reluctantly served in Lex Luthor's secret task force. He was very
depressed in his isolation. He came to believe that if he talked to his sister
she would also be in danger. Jeff spent most of his time with Tina, and one
other agent known to him only as 'Bizarro'.
The Bizarro that Jeff knew was very egotistical. Bizarro had been captured a
year before by Lex Luthor's operatives, Molly Griggs and Dr. Helen Bryce, and
was controlled by Tina using a device that controlled the amount of blue
kryptonite in his bloodstream. Tina subsequently used this device to punish
Bizarro for his arrogance.
However Bizarro eventually came to admire his commander Tina Greer for her
bravery, her ingenuity, and her relentlessness. His change of heart soon made
him one of Tina's most valuable agents and, like Tina, he also despised Jeff
for his disobedience.
Eventually, Bizarro fell in love with Star Sapphire. He began to regret his
arrogance, his cruelty, and his entire role in the Legion.
But Tina recognized Bizarro's change in behavior. She used drugs to extend her
control over him and Star Sapphire.
After the fight between Tina Greer and Jeff at Belle Reve Sanitarium Jeff
Palmer disappeared. Some say that Jeff died that day. Others say that Jeff
worked in secret, aiding the Justice League. Some others say that Jeff Palmer
was driven to the brink of madness that day by Tina, and spends his nights
plotting his ultimate revenge against the Legion of Doom.