13 Things You Have to Know About JESSICA JONES
In lieu of the upcoming Netflix series – Marvel’s Jessica Jones, let’s do a list about some interesting comic information about the titular character. Here goes:
- Jessica Jones first appeared in Alias #1, under the MAX-imprint Marvel publishing in 2001. Her creator was Brian Michael Bendis.
- Ms. Jones was first appeared as the sole private investigator and proprietor of the ALIAS INVESTIGATIONS, handling cases about anything super-powered costumed related, including mutants.
- Speaking of super-powered, Jones is also super-powered. As a matter of fact, she was once a superhero under the moniker JEWEL.
- Continuity-wise, the future superhero and private investigator was actually a high-school contemporary of Peter Parker. Actually, she had a terrible crush on him. And, she was in the same laboratory on the same day where a radioactive spider bit her crush, Pete.
- As revealed in Alias #21, she had a tragic past. She was the sole survivor of a vehicular accident. And her superpowers originated from a top-secret government-military chemical compound named “HAZARDOUS EXPERIMENTAL MATERIAL” that was exploded inside the car she and her family ride in.
- Jessica’s very first superhero act was knocking down the Scorpion, one of Spider-Man’s perennial adversaries, as shown in Alias #24.
- Captain America actually invited Jessica Jones to the Avengers way back. But due to the manipulation of a certain Daredevil villain for eight straight months, she reluctantly dropped out and lived under the radar since then.
- Well, Ms. Jones is a promiscuous type of gal. She slept with Luke Cage and even Scott “Ant-Man” Lang. In a “What If?” issue, she even ended up marrying Steve Rogers.
- Aside from superhuman strength, she can fly and possesses super durability as well.
- After completing her stint as a private investigator, she was hired by Peter Parker’s Daily Bugle boss, Jonah J. Jameson, as a newspaper journalist.
- She has a daughter actually. The name is Danielle Cage (yep, Luke Cage is the father).
- She has plenty of friends in the superhero community, particularly with some of Marvel’s “street-level” types, such as Matt Murdock, Iron Fist, Spider-Man, and even the Punisher.
- To sum it up, Jessica Jones is your average lady around. To quote her creator, Bendis, on how she’s described, “She’s complicated.” NUFF SAID!