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 former superhero who hung up her secret identity due to suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, opening her own detective agency in New York City. 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, she would eventually meet other enhanced individuals, and the return of her greatest enemy, Kilgrave, would force her to fight to protect people she cares about.

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 nosey neighbours like Elizabeth De Luca. Although he would often annoy her, Jones was incredibly protective of her younger brother Phillip, whom she described as a great kid. Tragically, Jones 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, Jones was adopted by a talent agent Dorothy Walker as a publicity stunt to promote her daughter Patsy's television show. As Jones 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 Jones had learned of their death, she began crying as the Walkers realised 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 next which were likely inflicted by her mother. While living in the house, 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 the 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 sexiest 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 continued to insult her, 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 sexiest 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 name 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.

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.

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

To be added

Powers

 * 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. Her strength extends to her legs, allowing her to propel herself off a surface and through the air at various speeds and altitudes, which some can mistake for flight. Her jumping and leaping ability allow her to scale tall buildings in a single bound.
 * Enhanced Speed: Jones' superhumanly strong legs allow 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.
 * Increased Metabolism: Jones' augmented metabolism heals about four to five times faster than a youthful & healthy human specimen. 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.

Abilities

 * Master Investigator: Jessica is a highly skilled investigator, using a multitude of methods to achieve her goals.
 * Master Impersonator: Jessica is highly experienced in impersonation, easily impersonating other people's voices through phones to further her own agenda.

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 Powder - 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
 * New York City Police Department
 * Oscar Clemons †
 * Brett Mahoney
 * Metro-General Hospital
 * Claire Temple

Enemies

 * Kilgrave † - Former Enthraller and Victim
 * Turk Barrett
 * Gregory Spheeris - Assignment
 * Gina
 * Audrey Eastman - Client
 * Carlo Eastman
 * Len Sirkes
 * Wendy Ross-Hogarth † - Assignment
 * Will Simpson - Ally turned Enemy

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.