Jessica Jones

"The big part of the job is looking for the worst in people. Turns out I excel at that. Clients hire me to find dirt. And I find it, which shouldn't surprise them, but it does."

- Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones is a private investigator from New York City. After she was orphaned at a young age, Jones was taken in by Dorothy Walker, and developed a sisterly bond with her daughter, Trish. During adolescence, Jones discovered she possessed superhuman strength and used her ability in adulthood to fight crime as a superhero. However, a fateful encounter with Kilgrave, a vicious man with mind controlling powers, tarnished her superhero career and she spent a torturous tenure as Kilgrave's slave before finally breaking free of his control. The experience left Jones suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, prompting her to hang up her secret identity and open her own detective agency.

Trying to remain an average person and keep a low profile, she would take on minor cases for cash, while caught in a spiral of despair and destructive behavior. However, the return of Kilgrave forced her to put aside her traumas and stop him. Jones had multiple grueling encounters with Kilgrave, but with the help of Trish, Jeri Hogarth, and fellow superhuman Luke Cage, Jones finally killed the maniac, conquering her demons and prompting her to continue her superhero career.

Early Life
The only daughter of Brian and Alisa Jones, Jessica Jones grew up as a antisocial young woman, often spending most of her time alone in her room and getting annoyed at overly nosy neighbors like Elizabeth De Luca. Although he would often annoy her, Jessica was incredibly protective of her younger brother Phillip, whom she described as a great kid. Tragically, Jessica became an orphan when she lost her parents and brother in a car accident. While recovering in the hospital where she had fallen into a coma, Jessica was adopted by a talent agent Dorothy Walker as a publicity stunt to promote her daughter Patsy's television show. As Jessica began to wake up from her coma while lying in bed, she overheard the Walkers discussing the death of her parents. This being the first time Jessica had learned of their death, she began crying as the Walkers realized their mistake.

Living with the Walkers
As they prepared to leave Jones' family home where she had grown up, Dorothy Walker refused to allow her to search for her journal which she had lost. Much to Jones' annoyance, Walker proved to be very forceful and would often push Jones to say please and thank you to the point of rude judgement. As Jones sat in the car, she noticed that Trish Walker had bruises on her neck which were likely inflicted by her mother. While living in the Walker Residence, Jones would often overhear the Walkers having huge arguments about the daughter's television show. During one of these arguments, Jones locked herself in the bathroom and accidentally broke a large marble sink. Shocked by her own strength, Jones discovered she could also lift the heavy sink above her head with one hand. She was caught by Trish Walker, who was shocked at her incredible strength, but the pair agreed to keep each others' secrets from the world.

However when Jones witnessed Dorothy Walker forcing her daughter to vomit in the toilet in order to lose weight, Jones lost her temper. She grabbed her adopted mother and, with an incredible feat of power, threw her across the room to protect her new sister. Dorothy fled while Jones helped Trish back to her feet and the pair struck up a friendship which would last for decades. Although Trish would often push Jones to use her gifts for good, Jones preferred to keep them a secret.

Crappy Jobs
"This job was sucking my brains out through the air vent." "You're bored because you're overqualified for all these crappy jobs." "Yet I'm uniquely unqualified for anything else."

- Jessica Jones and Trish Walker

Jessica Jones was working at an office job for a few weeks and despised it. When her boss continued to discredit her and make sexist remarks, Jones used her detective skills to blackmail her fraud-committing boss into giving her six months severance and a glowing recommendation. As she was leaving, the boss insulted her parents, so with a single push, she knocked over the many filing cabinets and left.

Later at the bar, Trish Walker tried to convince her to use her gifts to become a real super hero, but Jones remained reluctant. As they were speaking a man came over and tried to flirt with Walker, noting he remembered her as a child star. When the man made crude sexist jokes, Jones challenged him to a strength competition, agreeing if she won he would buy their drinks and if he won she would have sex with him. Jones won the challenge and got the money, using it to buy shots for everyone in the bar.

Back at Walker's apartment, Jones continued to be pushed about the idea of her becoming a super-hero, with Walker even having mock up costumes made and pitching the moniker "Jewel" as her superhero name; however, Jones only mocked the idea more and refused to get involved. In the back of Jones' mind, she did consider the idea and decided to help people whenever she could. Jones got another job, working at a cheap sandwich shop where she was forced to wear a large sandwich costume and hand out fliers. Clearly hating the job, Jones put little effort into her work. However, while on the street, Jones witnessed a young girl run into the road and into the path of a taxi; Jones ran out and used her strength to stop the taxi and save the girl. Hearing the girl's gratitude and knowing she had made a difference had a big impact of Jones' mentality towards becoming a hero.

Under Kilgrave's Influence
While walking home one day, Jones came across Malcolm Ducasse being mugged, so she quickly overpowered the thugs and saved him. This action was spotted by Kilgrave, who clapped enthusiastically. Jones immediately fell under Kilgrave's mind control powers, answering his questions about her powers and revealing her real name. Kilgrave complimented her on her beauty before ordering her to join him for dinner.

Over the next few months Kilgrave kept Jones as his prisoner, he constantly used his powers to force her to spend time with him and have sex with him, which she knew was rape despite Kilgrave believing it was a real relationship. When Trish Walker would call Jones to ensure that she was alright, Kilgrave ensured that Jones explain that everything was fine. Kilgrave would treat her to dinner and use his vast wealth to stay in a five star hotel; however it would constantly be his powers keeping her there, not Jones' own free will.

It quickly became clear that Kilgrave's powers would only last twelve hours until he would need to give a new order. One day no order was given and Jones became free of him for a few seconds. She considered jumping off the balcony and escaping, but before she could, Kilgrave ordered her to step down, putting her under his control again. When he questioned why she initially had not listened to him he decided to punish her by ordering her to cut off her own ear. When she began to obey Kilgrave changed his mind and hugged her.

Breaking Free
Kilgrave began aware that Reva Connors was previously in possession of a hard-drive which he wished to gain ownership of for unknown reasons. With Jones by his side, Kilgrave put Connors under his power and discovered she had buried the hard-drive under concrete. Kilgrave ordered Jones to uncover it and after hours of digging, leading to her hands bleeding, Jones found the hard-drive and gave it to Kilgrave.

Satisfied that he had gotten what he desired, Kilgrave and the women stepped outside the warehouse and Kilgrave ordered Jones to kill Connors. Jones mustered all her strength and punched Connors in the chest, stopping her heart. However, the trauma of committing murder horrified Jones so much that she walked away from Kilgrave, ignoring his commands. As Kilgrave screamed at Jones to come back to him, a bus crashed and hit Kilgrave, seemingly killing him and breaking his control over Jones.

Jones received a death certificate which confirmed Kilgrave had been killed in the crash and returned to Trish Walker for comfort. However the prolonged experience of being under Kilgrave's control left Jones suffering from PTSD and she gave up all hope of becoming a hero. Jones moved from Walker's apartment and found her own flat, deciding to use her gifts to open Alias Investigations and earn a living following men having affairs, becoming addicted to alcohol and avoiding human contact as much as possible.

Alias Investigations
Jones was hired by a man to stalk his wife to see if she was cheating on him. She stalked the woman and found her having sex with another man. When Jones showed her client the photos at her office, he began to get angry that his own wife was cheating on him with his brother. When he began to get violently aggressive, Jones tossed him through the door, breaking it and its window, still demanding her payment.

Visiting Turk Barrett
"What happened to you Turk?" "D-Devil, the Devil in Hell's Kitchen, he's everywhere."

- Jessica Jones and Turk Barrett

Jessica Jones was hired by a former lover of Turk Barrett to locate him and force him to give money in order to raise the child he had had with her. When Barrett was attempting to get money from an old client, he was immediately ambushed by Daredevil. The brawl resulted in Barrett being brought to the hospital, where Jones found him. Once she had established what had happened, Jones took Barrett's wallet to give to her client and disconnected his IV before leaving.

Hope Shlottman's Case
The next day Jones walked to the offices of Jeri Hogarth. Jones asked Hogarth for a case, with Hogarth pointing that she already hired a company private investigator. Hogarth called Jones out on Her many flaws, only for Jones to point out that she had solved every single case that none of the other private eyes could. Hogarth gave Jones the assignment of serving a subpoena to a Gregory Spheeris: an owner of numerous gentlemen clubs. One of Spheeeris dancers apparently injured herself on a loosened pole. When Jones suspected she had an ulterior motive Hogarth admitted several of her other clients were interested in taking Spheeeris property.

At her home Jones contacted Spheeris secretary Magda under the guise of Karen Accord one of her old friends. Magda revealed to Jones the location that Spheeris was meeting an associate. Jones later tried to get some rest but found herself unable to sleep. She took her camera and began spying on a man named Luke Cage. Jones spied on Cage and a woman he was with and watched as he and the woman went up to his apartment to have sex. When she dosed off she began to have a nightmare about Kilgrave. She then proceeded to use the coping mechanism her therapist taught her.

She then eventually retired for the night and went to bed. The next day Jones awoke hearing noise from her kitchen. Jones went to the kitchen only to find her high neighbor Malcolm Ducasse there eating her peanut butter. As Jones went to escort him out she was confronted by a couple, Bob and Barbara Shlottman who were looking for their apparently missing daughter Hope. Barbara proceeded to explain how Hope was originally attending New York University on a athletic scholarship when she suddenly decided to "take a break", move out of her apartment and quit the track team. When the police said there was nothing they could do an officer recommended Jones.

Jones proceeded to accept their case. Later when they left Jones researched the Shlottmans to check there legitimacy. After confirming it she researched Hope and her numerous track accomplishments and noticed a friend in one of her pictures. Jessica tracked down the old roommate who revealed to Jessica that Shlottman was with a new boyfriend she met.

Later Jones tracked down Spheeris. She originally tried to talk to him by asking for directions but when he rudely dismissed her and attempted to drive off Jones resorted to picking up the car. Realizing she was another person with powers Spheeris became afraid and threatened to tell the world about her abilities. However Jones only pointed out that she was not really hiding and noted that no one would believe him before threatening to kill him with her "laser eyes". Spheeris proceeded to sign the subpoena. Back at her apartment Jones fell asleep at her desk when she suddenly had another nightmare about Kilgrave. Mentally and emotionally unhinged she then received a phone call from Hogarth who briefly chastised her about threatening Spheeris with her " laser eyes" only with Jones pointing out that Spheeris was so idiotic he would believed anything he said. Hogarth accepted this giving Jessica what she considered a compliment before hanging up. Jones went to Luke's bar where she was confronted by Luke herself who noticed that she came around often but never stepped inside. He then told her it was "ladies night" in which woman get to drink for free. Jones noticed that this was false only for Cage to say that it was now, noting that Jessica's attractiveness and loneliness attracted customers. Jones went inside and drank until the bar was almost closed. She and Luke then proceeded to talk about their respective jobs with Cage noticing that she seemed to be flirting with him. The two eventually ended up having sex in Luke's bed. When it seemed that Luke was about to harm Jessica he advised they take it slow. When they were done Jones went to the bathroom where she noticed a picture of Conners. Unsettled Jones decided to leave; apologizing to Luke. The next morning Jones was awoken by Barbara who asked about her progress on Hope's case. Jones told her Hope made some recent purchases on her credit card which Barbara claimed that she only gave to Hope to use only if there was an emergency. Jones went to the places that Hope had used her credit card until she arrived at the same restaurant Kilgrave was took her. Horrified by the fact that he might be back Jones questioned the manager and showed her a picture of Hope the man recognized her and began to recount how her companion asked for a specific table and a specific dish which were all things Kilgrave ordered when he took her to the same restaurant. Terrified by the fact that Kilgrave was back Jones ran to her apartment and contacted Jeri to ask for immediate payment only for Hogarth to remind her that the money will take few days to transfer to her account. Jones then went to Trish with the two arguing about Jones leaving her without calling to let her know she was alright. Jones then told Trish that Kilgrave was back and while Trish attempted to convince her to track down Kilgrave and save Hope Jones was to afraid of the thought that Kilgrave might control her again. Trish gave up and went to go give Jessica the money. On the cab ride home Jones had a change of heart and decided to go to the hotel that Kilgrave took her to before where she found Hope who had been ordered by Kilgrave to not move and had been stuck in the bed for hours. With some difficulty Jones managed to get Hope out of the room and contacted her parents and told them to meet her a her apartment. At the apartment Jones comforted Hope and told her to tell herself that it was not her fault. Bob and Barbara arrived and embraced there daughter, thanking Jones. Jones told them to get Hope as far away from New York City as possible. Jones then ordered a ticket on the next plane out of New York. As she left her apartment with her bags packed she saw the Shlottmens in the elevator however as the door closed Jessica noticed Hope pull out a gun. Jones rushed o stop her but was to late. As she rushed down the stairs to the open elevator door she found Bob and Barbara dead with Hope looking at Jessica and telling her to smile before snapping back to her senses to realize what she had done. Breaking down crying Jones left and called a taxi but soon realized that she had to choices: keep running or stay and fight Kilgrave. Jones chose the latter and returned to her apartment determined to stop Kilgrave from ruining anymore lives.

Personality
"You are a hard-drinking, short-fused, mess of a woman, but you are not a piece of shit."

- Luke Cage to Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones has always wanted to do what was right and used her powers of super strength to help others. Jessica, very young, demonstrated acts of heroism such as saving her adoptive sister, Trish Walker from her abusive mother despite the latter not wanting her to and later saving a young girl from being run over by a car and saving Malcolm Ducasse from being mugged.

Despite her wanting to do good, Jessica was also severely traumatized over her brother, father and mother all dying in a car accident and then being adopted by a completely loveless mother who only adopted Jones for the publicity of having a daughter. Despite having a miserable childhood, Jessica truly cared for her adoptive sister, Trish and began to see her as her own sister. Jessica's painful childhood also makes it difficult for her to express or even feel love for another person.

However Jones' attitude completely changed when she ran into Kilgrave, a handsome, charming and charismatic man, while saving Malcolm from muggers. Using his mind control powers, he continuously raped Jessica and under his influence she lost her free will and became his personal slave. Kilgrave also forced her to murder Reva Connors, a woman who came close to discovering Kilgrave's past. After this Jessica was able to break free from his control and looked with horror at what she was forced to do.

After this it transformed Jones into a cynical, sharp-tongued, self-loathing and sarcastic shell of a woman. Trish even commented about Jessica's Post-Traumatic Stress, which was evidently so bad she quit being a hero as she no longer saw herself as one and became a private investigator instead. Kilgrave evidently had a lasting on her psyche; the very idea that he was still alive left her completely panicked and was prepared to leave New York to get away. Despite her not wanting to be a hero anymore, Jessica showed a lot of sympathy towards other people who were "Kilgraved" such as Hope Schlottman, Malcolm Ducasse, Reva Conners, Luke Cage and her neighbor Ruben who she all wanted to help but still felt responsible for destroying their lives.

Jessica should also be remarked for her aggressive, violent temper which if she had reached her limits could be terrifying and even brutal to whoever she was unleashing it upon. The first time she expressed this was when humiliating a man who spoke disrespectfully towards Trish in a bar by emasculating him and actually throwing a client through her window when he blamed her for ruining his life. Once after being disowned by Luke Cage and later getting intoxicated she came close to throwing Wendy, the ex-wife of her acquaintance Jeri Hogarth, onto a train track while trying to get her to sign the divorce papers.

Jessica did her best to refrain from killing people while performing feats of heroism and normally limited herself to just injuring criminals in nonfatal ways however if she felt that the death would benefit the world and he had caused to much pain she would have gladly taken his life such as the case with of course Kilgrave.

Jones possessed something of the alcoholic side, claiming that the way she coped with the trauma of being "Kilgraved" was with whiskey. She more then once was kicked out of a dive bar for having too much to drink and at times even become violent when intoxicated.

Powers
"How fast is your mile?" "Six minutes." "Under four."
 * Superhuman Strength: Jones has strength beyond that of a regular human, especially notable regarding her size. She was able to completely crush an alarm clock with a single hand when she tried to sleep off a hangover, lift a slow moving car and hit a man with enough strength to make him fly across the street.

- Jessica Jones and Will Simpson

"It's fine; it's just ribs. I heal faster than most; you know that."
 * Enhanced Speed: Jones' overall strength allows her to run at speeds superior to the average human. She was able to catch up to a car fairly easily, and stated she can run a mile in under four minutes.
 * Enhanced Durability: Jones has durability far beyond that of a regular human, being able to resist multiple beatings with little to no visible injuries. However, she is still vulnerable to gunshots and explosions.

- Jessica Jones


 * Regenerative Healing Factor: Jones' augmented metabolism heals faster than an ordinary human being. She is capable of completely healing minor scratches and injuries in mere hours, and major injuries like broken ribs in just a single day. It may also allow her to not be affected by the harmful and long term affects of alcohol, leaving her only to experience intoxication and hangover while not experiencing any signs of toxicity.
 * Flight: Jones is able to fly, though she has never mastered this ability. She can propel herself off a surface and through the air at various speeds and altitudes, but she sometimes gets injured while landing. Jones refers to this as "guided falling".

Abilities

 * Master Investigator: Jones is a highly skilled investigator, using a multitude of methods to achieve her goals. She often impersonates other people's voices on the phone to advance with her cases, and is able to easily connect evidence that other people may overlook. She is not afraid of using methods that could be considered illegal, such as stealing things, or breaking into private places, often using her strength to break doors and padlocks, in order to obtain clues and advance in her cases. She was able to successfully locate Hope Shlottman and Antoine Grier when he was hired to do so, and is often offered different jobs by Jeri Hogarth, despite her law firm hired their own private investigator, a position that was first offered to Jones, but that she refused.
 * Combatant: Jones has basic combat skills, often using her superhuman strength to her advantage. She, alongside Luke Cage was able to defeat a group of men led by Andre.

Equipment

 * Cellphone: Jones used applications on her cellphone to get information she needed for cases, such as a police scanner app she used while searching for Kilgrave, or a GPS app that allowed her to know the exact location of Trish Walker's phone.
 * Camera: As a detective, Jones tended to take pictures for her clients to use them as proof; but she also used it for personal uses, and when she took pictures of the affair between Gina and Luke Cage.
 * Crosswords: During stake-outs, Jones is usually alone and gets bored; to pass the time, she would have crossword puzzles with her.
 * Hip Flask: The trauma Kilgrave gave her caused Jones to resort to alcohol to ease her thoughts; Jones carries a hip flask filled with alcohol to take a sip when desired on assignments.

Family

 * Brian Jones † - Father
 * Alisa Jones † - Mother
 * Phillip Jones † - Brother
 * Dorothy Walker - Adoptive Mother
 * Trish Walker - Adoptive Sister and Best Friend

Allies

 * Luke Cage - Friend and Former Lover
 * Jessica Jones' Apartment Building
 * Malcolm Ducasse - Neighbor and Friend
 * Ruben † - Neighbor and Admirer
 * Robyn - Neighbor
 * Alias Investigations
 * Bob Shlottman † - Client
 * Barbara Shlottman † - Client
 * Hope Shlottman † - Client
 * Hogarth, Chao and Benowitz
 * Jeri Hogarth - Employer
 * Pam
 * Desmond Tobey
 * Mei
 * Raj
 * New York City Police Department
 * Oscar Clemons †
 * Brett Mahoney
 * Metro-General Hospital
 * Claire Temple
 * Serena Grier
 * Antoine Grier - Assignment
 * Charles Wallace
 * Doorman of Plaza Hotel
 * Adam‏‎
 * Maury Tuttlebaum
 * Kilgrave Support Group
 * Donald
 * Jackson
 * Clair
 * Emma
 * Albert Thompson
 * Louise Thompson

Enemies

 * Kilgrave † - Former Enthraller, Rapist and Victim
 * Reva Connors † - Victim (under coercion)
 * Turk Barrett - Assignment
 * Gregory Spheeris - Assignment
 * Gina
 * Andre
 * Audrey Eastman - Client
 * Carlo Eastman
 * Len Sirkes
 * Victor
 * Wendy Ross-Hogarth † - Assignment
 * Will Simpson - Ally turned Enemy
 * Sissy Garcia
 * Tweaky
 * Bunny Wiles

Appearances
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed wikitable" width="100%" ! Appearances for Jessica Jones in chronological order:
 * Jessica Jones
 * Season One
 * AKA WWJD? (flashbacks)
 * AKA Top Shelf Perverts (flashbacks)
 * AKA I've Got the Blues (flashbacks)
 * AKA The Sandwich Saved Me (flashbacks)
 * AKA 1,000 Cuts (flashbacks)
 * AKA You're a Winner! (flashbacks)
 * AKA It's Called Whiskey (flashbacks)
 * AKA Crush Syndrome (flashbacks)
 * Jessica Jones
 * Jessica Jones
 * Season One
 * AKA Ladies Night
 * AKA Crush Syndrome
 * AKA It's Called Whiskey
 * AKA 99 Friends
 * AKA The Sandwich Saved Me
 * AKA You're a Winner
 * AKA Top Shelf Perverts
 * AKA WWJD?
 * AKA Sin Bin
 * AKA 1,000 Cuts
 * AKA I've Got the Blues
 * AKA Take a Bloody Number
 * AKA Smile
 * Season Two (unreleased)
 * The Defenders (unreleased)

Non-canon appearances

 * Lego Marvel's Avengers
 * }

Trivia

 * In the comics, Jessica Campbell went to High School with Peter Parker and had a crush on him. After a car accident killed her entire immediate family, Jessica fell into a coma and woke up months later by the cosmic energies released by . She is then adopted by the Jones family. During her adult years, she became a trusted friend and ally of Captain America, and pursued a relationship with Scott Lang, with Carol Danvers acting as their matchmaker, but she then realized she was in love with Luke Cage and pregnant with his child, so she eventually married him and had a daughter named Danielle. During her superhero career, she was codenamed Jewel, Knightress and Power Woman on different occasions and possessed superhuman strength, durability and flight.
 * During her teens, Jessica was a fan of, the and.
 * The super hero outfit Trish Walker created for Jones is similar to the suit worn by Jones in the comics, when she was the hero Jewel.