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"I love her, but she scares the piss out of me. But who wants a conventional romance?"
"Yeah, this is so much better."
"Maybe I love her because she scares the piss out of me. I still want to understand her and make it right."

―Karl Malus and Jessica Jones^[src]

Karl Malus was a bio-geneticist at IGH who was responsible for saving the lives of Alisa and Jessica Jones. Taking special care of Alisa, Malus helped her control her new power and unpredictable rage, eventually falling in love with her. When Malus' work was uncovered by Trish Walker, he was hunted down by Jessica who learned of Alisa's survival. Before Malus could escape, Walker kidnapped him and forced him to perform his procedure on her to gain powers, with Malus' choosing to destroy his own lab and himself when the experiment appeared to fail and caused her severe injuries.

Biography

Early Life

To be added

Treating Eric Ambrose

"This is my son, Eric. He was born with severe craniofacial dysostosis, a genetic disorder. He wasn't expected to live past age five. I met Karl at university. He had made some incredible breakthroughs, but his techniques were years away from being approved. Eric didn't have that kind of time."
"So you paid Karl to experiment on your son?"
"I would have given him every penny I had. Karl risked his entire career to save my boy."

―Justis Ambrose and Jessica Jones^[src]

To be added

Work with IGH

Testing Alisa Jones

Doctor Malus and Alisa in IGH — Malus and Alisa Jones within the labs of IGH

"Look at how far she's come. It's unreal."
"Well, she's not attacking people. That's progress."
"It's more than progress. We're talking major breakthrough."
"Until something angers her. Why do we keep putting her through this?"
"Because we are so close."

―Karl Malus and Leslie Hansen^[src]

Malus was given patients Jessica Jones and Alisa Jones after the Jones family crashed. During the first seventeen days, he performed operations on the mother and daughter. After discharging Jessica, he oversaw operations and experiments on Alisa, seeing as her body was heavily scorched.^[4]

Shutting Down IGH

"I'm closing down the clinic. Dr. Hansen, Kozlov, I can't trust them anymore."
"I'm not ready. You can't send me out there alone."
"I'm not sending you anywhere. I'll get us a little place by the water. Somewhere safe. It'll just be you and me."

―Karl Malus and Alisa Jones^[src]

Taking a trip alongside a beach, Malus informed Alisa Jones that he was shutting down IGH, as tensions between Leslie Hansen and Miklos Kozlov had driven his project in jeopardy. Despite Jones expressing concern that she was not ready to be released, Malus reminded her that he would continue to seek resolution to her disassociative episodes.^[1]

Exposed

Hunted by Jessica Jones

"Whatever he did to me, whoever else he messed with, I'm not gonna stop until I find out."

―Jessica Jones to Justis Ambrose^[src]

To be added

Final Experiment

"Trish wants Karl to operate on her."
"His experiments have killed people. She'd never trust him."
"She has to, if she wants to be like me."

―Jessica Jones and Malcolm Ducasse^[src]

Unknown to Jessica Jones, Trish Walker intended to gain powers similar to Jones'. To that end, Walker kidnapped Malus and took him to the closed clinic, forcing him to perform his procedure on her. However, Jones arrived to confront Walker of her intentions, resulting the experiment to fail and Walker to sustain several injuries.^[1]

Death

"This is all I can create. This is useless."
"Karl, don't."
"Useless as the man who built it. This is where it ends. It has to be destroyed."
"Stop it."
"Tell your mother I'm sorry."

―Karl Malus and Jessica Jones^[src]

Upon seeing Trish Walker's injuries and recognizing the harm his work has wrought, Malus decided to commit suicide by setting himself and his lab on fire, but not before telling Jessica Jones that he was sorry for what he did to her mother. Upon hearing of Malus's death in the news, an angry Alisa broke out of prison before she was shot by Walker during her attempt to reconcile with Jones. Because of this event, an angry Jones disowns Walker for this, though Walker later found out that she has developed enhanced powers thanks to Malus' experiments.^[1]

Personality

"I wanted to save people. I did save people."

―Karl Malus to Trish Walker^[src]

Karl Malus was, at heart, a decent but misguided man driven by a desire to make the world a better place. Though he did genuinely care for those he treated, his operations often produced unforeseen consequences for his patients, himself and others.

Abilities

Master Physician: Karl Malus is an extremely talented doctor, with a great knowledge of human anatomy, allowing him to perform dangerous experiments on Alisa Jones without completely harming her.
Master Scientist: Malus attended and graduated a university in genetics. Utilizing his knowledge, he began experimenting with gene editing. After the birth of Justis Ambrose's first son Eric, Malus succeeded in editing the genes responsible for the facial deformity and extended Eric's life expectancy. Establishing IGH, he performed other life-changing experiments on injured victims. However, his successes gifted his patients with powers.

Equipment

Syringe: Malus utilized needle syringes filled with fluid anesthesia, often to subdue Alisa Jones during her dissociative anger episodes. He used one after Jessica Jones punches Alisa upon the confession that she had killed Stirling Adams.
Smith & Wesson M&P Compact: Malus used this handgun to shoot at a flammable container in order to blow himself and his lab up.

Relationships

Allies

IGH
- Miklos Kozlov † - Former Colleague
- Leslie Hansen † - Former Colleague
- Inez Green - Former Employee
- Luanne McClure † - Former Employee
- David Kawecki - Former Employee
Justis Ambrose - Friend and Benefactor
Eric Ambrose - Patient
Alisa Jones † - Patient and Love Interest

Enemies

Jessica Jones - Patient
Trish Walker - Kidnapper and Patient
Malcolm Ducasse

Appearances

Appearances of Karl Malus
In chronological order: Jessica Jones Season Two AKA I Want Your Cray Cray (flashback) AKA The Octopus AKA Facetime AKA I Want Your Cray Cray AKA Ain't We Got Fun AKA Pork Chop AKA Three Lives and Counting AKA Pray for My Patsy (mentioned) AKA Playland (mentioned) Season Three AKA The Perfect Burger (mentioned) AKA You're Welcome (mentioned)

Trivia

In the comics, Dr. Karlin "Karl" Malus is a mad scientist fascinated with superhumans. Malus would later take on the alias of Carnage after obtaining a symbiote of the same name.
Karl Malus is shown to be a fan of Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, and The Doors through the T-shirts he wears.

References

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Karl Malus.

External Links

Karl Malus on Marvel Database
Karl Malus on Wikipedia

[JJ210-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Jessica Jones: 2.10: AKA Three Lives and Counting

[2] Jessica Jones: 2.01: AKA Start at the Beginning

[3] Jessica Jones: 2.04: AKA God Help the Hobo

[JJ207-4] Jessica Jones: 2.07: AKA I Want Your Cray Cray

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+|alias = Pervert with a God Complex<br>Sick Dirtbag<br>Deranged Butcher<br>Dr. Frankenpiss<br>Tomas Millar<br>Creep with a Science Hard-On<br>Animal<br>Charlatan
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+|DOB = [[1950s#1950|Mid-1959]]-[[1960s#1960|Mid-1960]]<ref name="JJ210">''[[AKA Three Lives and Counting|Jessica Jones: 2.10: AKA Three Lives and Counting]]''</ref>
+|DOD = [[2017|Mid-2017]]<ref>''[[AKA Start at the Beginning|Jessica Jones: 2.01: AKA Start at the Beginning]]''</ref><ref>''[[AKA God Help the Hobo|Jessica Jones: 2.04: AKA God Help the Hobo]]''</ref>
+|title = Doctor
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-|DOB = [[1950s#1950|1959]]-[[1960s#1960|1960]]
-|DOD = [[2017]]
-|age = 57<ref>''[[AKA Three Lives and Counting|Jessica Jones: 2.11: AKA Three Lives and Counting]]''</ref>
 |tv series = ''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)|Jessica Jones]]'' <small>(5 episodes)</small>
 |actor = [[Callum Keith Rennie]]
-|status = Deceased|title = Doctor}}
+|status = Deceased}}
 {{Quote|I love [[Alisa Jones|her]], but she scares the piss out of me. But who wants a conventional romance?"<br>"Yeah, this is so much better."<br>"Maybe I love her because she scares the piss out of me. I still want to understand her and make it right.|Karl Malus and [[Jessica Jones]]|AKA Ain't We Got Fun}}
-'''Karl Malus''' was a bio-geneticist at [[IGH]] who was responsible for saving the lives of [[Alisa Jones|Alisa]] and [[Jessica Jones]]. Taking special care of Alisa, Malus helped her control her new power and unpredictable rage, eventually marrying her. When Malus' work was uncovered by [[Trish Walker]], he was hunted down by Jessica who learned of Alisa's survival. Before Malus could escape, Walker kidnapped him and forced him to perform his procedure on her to gain powers, with Malus' choosing to destroy his own lab and himself when the experiment appeared to fail and caused her severe injuries.
+'''Karl Malus''' was a bio-geneticist at [[IGH]] who was responsible for saving the lives of [[Alisa Jones|Alisa]] and [[Jessica Jones]]. Taking special care of Alisa, Malus helped her control her new power and unpredictable rage, eventually falling in love with her. When Malus' work was uncovered by [[Trish Walker]], he was hunted down by Jessica who learned of Alisa's survival. Before Malus could escape, Walker kidnapped him and forced him to perform his procedure on her to gain powers, with Malus' choosing to destroy his own lab and himself when the experiment appeared to fail and caused her severe injuries.
 ==Biography==
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 ===Work with IGH===
 ====Testing Alisa Jones====
-[[File:Doctor Malus and Alisa in IGH.png|thumb|left|250px|Malus and [[Alisa Jones]] within the labs of [[IGH]].]]
+[[File:Doctor Malus and Alisa in IGH.png|thumb|left|250px|Malus and [[Alisa Jones]] within the labs of [[IGH]]]]
 {{Quote|Look at how far [[Alisa Jones|she]]'s come. It's unreal."<br>"Well, she's not attacking people. That's progress."<br>"It's more than progress. We're talking major breakthrough."<br>"Until something angers her. Why do we keep putting her through this?"<br>"Because we are so close.|Karl Malus and [[Leslie Hansen]]|AKA I Want Your Cray Cray}}
 Malus was given patients [[Jessica Jones]] and [[Alisa Jones]] after the Jones family crashed. During the first seventeen days, he performed operations on the mother and daughter. After discharging Jessica, he oversaw operations and experiments on Alisa, seeing as her body was heavily scorched.<ref name="JJ207">''[[AKA I Want Your Cray Cray|Jessica Jones: 2.07: AKA I Want Your Cray Cray]]''</ref>
@@ Line 34: / Line 33: @@
 ====Shutting Down IGH====
 {{Quote|I'm closing down the [[Industrial Garments & Handling Facility|clinic]]. Dr. [[Leslie Hansen|Hansen]], [[Miklos Kozlov|Kozlov]], I can't trust them anymore."<br>"I'm not ready. You can't send me out there alone."<br>"I'm not sending you anywhere. I'll get us a little place by the water. Somewhere safe. It'll just be you and me.|Karl Malus and [[Alisa Jones]]|AKA Three Lives and Counting}}
-Taking a trip alongside a beach, Malus informed [[Alisa Jones]] that he was shutting down [[IGH]], as tensions between [[Leslie Hansen]] and [[Miklos Kozlov]] had driven his project in jeopardy. Despite Jones expressing concern that she was not ready to be released, Malus reminded her that he would continue to seek resolution to her disassociative episodes.<ref name="JJ210">''[[AKA Three Lives and Counting|Jessica Jones: 2.10: AKA Three Lives and Counting]]''</ref>
+Taking a trip alongside a beach, Malus informed [[Alisa Jones]] that he was shutting down [[IGH]], as tensions between [[Leslie Hansen]] and [[Miklos Kozlov]] had driven his project in jeopardy. Despite Jones expressing concern that she was not ready to be released, Malus reminded her that he would continue to seek resolution to her disassociative episodes.<ref name="JJ210"/>
 ===Exposed===
@@ Line 43: / Line 42: @@
 ====Final Experiment====
 {{Quote|[[Trish Walker|Trish]] wants Karl to operate on her."<br>"His experiments have killed people. She'd never trust him."<br>"She has to, if she wants to be like me.|[[Jessica Jones]] and [[Malcolm Ducasse]]|AKA Three Lives and Counting}}
+Unknown to [[Jessica Jones]], [[Trish Walker]] intended to gain powers similar to Jones'. To that end, Walker kidnapped Malus and took him to the closed clinic, forcing him to perform his procedure on her. However, Jones arrived to confront Walker of her intentions, resulting the experiment to fail and Walker to sustain several injuries.<ref name="JJ210"/>
-''To be added''
 ===Death===
-{{Quote|This is all I can create. This is useless."<br>"Karl, don't."<br>"Useless as the man who built it. This is where it ends. It has to be destroyed."<br>"Stop it."<br>"Tell your [[Alisa Jones|mother]] I'm sorry.|Karl Malus and [[Jessica Jones]]|AKA Three Lives and Counting}}''To be added''
+{{Quote|This is all I can create. This is useless."<br>"Karl, don't."<br>"Useless as the man who built it. This is where it ends. It has to be destroyed."<br>"Stop it."<br>"Tell your [[Alisa Jones|mother]] I'm sorry.|Karl Malus and [[Jessica Jones]]|AKA Three Lives and Counting}}
+Upon seeing [[Trish Walker]]'s injuries and recognizing the harm his work has wrought, Malus decided to commit suicide by setting himself and his lab on fire, but not before telling [[Jessica Jones]] that he was sorry for what he did to her mother. Upon hearing of Malus's death in the news, an angry [[Alisa Jones|Alisa]] broke out of prison before she was [[Assassination of Alisa Jones|shot]] by Walker during her attempt to reconcile with Jones. Because of this event, an angry Jones disowns Walker for this, though Walker later found out that she has developed enhanced powers thanks to Malus' experiments.<ref name="JJ210"/>
 ==Personality==
 {{Quote|I wanted to save people. I did save people.|Karl Malus to [[Trish Walker]]|AKA Three Lives and Counting}}
-Karl was, at heart, a decent but misguided man driven by a desire to make the world a better place. Though he did genuinely care for those he treated, his operations often produced unforeseen consequences for his patients, himself and others.
+Karl Malus was, at heart, a decent but misguided man driven by a desire to make the world a better place. Though he did genuinely care for those he treated, his operations often produced unforeseen consequences for his patients, himself and others.
 ==Abilities==
 *'''Master Physician''': Karl Malus is an extremely talented doctor, with a great knowledge of human anatomy, allowing him to perform dangerous experiments on [[Alisa Jones]] without completely harming her.
-*'''Master Scientist''': Malus attended and graduated a university in genetics. Utilizing his knowledge, he began experimenting with gene editing. After the birth of [[Justis Ambrose]]'s first son [[Eric Ambrose|Eric]], Malus succeeded in editing the genes responsible for the facial deformity and extended Eric's life expectency. Establishing [[IGH]], he performed other life-changing experiments on injured victims. However, his successes gifted his patients with powers.
+*'''Master Scientist''': Malus attended and graduated a university in genetics. Utilizing his knowledge, he began experimenting with gene editing. After the birth of [[Justis Ambrose]]'s first son [[Eric Ambrose|Eric]], Malus succeeded in editing the genes responsible for the facial deformity and extended Eric's life expectancy. Establishing [[IGH]], he performed other life-changing experiments on injured victims. However, his successes gifted his patients with powers.
 ==Equipment==
-*'''Syringe''': Malus utilized needle syringes filled with fluid anaesthesia, often to subdue [[Alisa Jones]] during her dissociative anger episodes. At one point, he used one after [[Jessica Jones]] punches Alisa upon the confession that she had killed [[Stirling Adams]].
+*'''Syringe''': Malus utilized needle syringes filled with fluid anesthesia, often to subdue [[Alisa Jones]] during her dissociative anger episodes. He used one after [[Jessica Jones]] punches Alisa upon the confession that she had [[Assassination of Stirling Adams|killed]] [[Stirling Adams]].
+*'''Smith & Wesson M&P Compact''': Malus used this handgun to shoot at a flammable container in order to blow himself and his lab up.
 ==Relationships==
+{{Col-begin}}{{Col-2}}
 ===Allies===
 *[[IGH]]
-**[[Miklos Kozlov]] † - Colleague
+**[[Miklos Kozlov]] † - Former Colleague
-**[[Leslie Hansen]] † - Colleague
+**[[Leslie Hansen]] † - Former Colleague
 **[[Inez Green]] - Former Employee
-**[[Luanne McClure]] † - Employee
+**[[Luanne McClure]] † - Former Employee
 **[[David Kawecki]] - Former Employee
-**[[Eric Ambrose]] - Patient
 *[[Justis Ambrose]] - Friend and Benefactor
-*[[Alisa Jones]] † - Former Patient and Lover
+*[[Eric Ambrose]] - Patient
+*[[Alisa Jones]] † - Patient and Love Interest
+{{Col-2}}
 ===Enemies===
-*[[Jessica Jones]] - Former Patient and Situational Enemy
+*[[Jessica Jones]] - Patient
 *[[Trish Walker]] - Kidnapper and Patient
 *[[Malcolm Ducasse]]
+{{Col-end}}
 ==Appearances==
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 ***''[[AKA Pray for My Patsy]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
 ***''[[AKA Playland]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
+**''[[Jessica Jones (TV series)/Season Three|Season Three]]''
+***''[[AKA The Perfect Burger]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
+***''[[AKA You're Welcome]]'' <small>(mentioned)</small>
 |}
 ==Trivia==
-*In the comics, Dr. '''Karlin "Karl" Malus''' is a mad scientist fascinated with superhumans. He later takes on the alias of '''Carnage''' after obtaining a symbiote of the same name.
+*In the comics, Dr. '''Karlin "Karl" Malus''' is a mad scientist fascinated with superhumans. Malus would later take on the alias of '''Carnage''' after obtaining a symbiote of the same name.
-*Karl Malus is shown to be a fan of [[Led Zeppelin]], {{WPS|Grateful Dead}} and {{WPS|The Doors}} through the T-shirts he wears.
+*Karl Malus is shown to be a fan of [[Led Zeppelin]], {{WPS|Grateful Dead}}, and {{WPS|The Doors}} through the T-shirts he wears.
 ==References==