Jessica Jones (Comics)

Jessica Jones is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring Jessica Jones as its protagonist. The series was written by Brian Michael Bendis with art from Michael Gaydos. The series ran for 18 issues as part of both Marvel's Marvel NOW! and Marvel Legacy relaunches and lasted from December 2016 until May 2018, when Bendis left Marvel for DC Comics. A digital exclusive relaunch with Kelly Thompson taking over from Bendis and Mattia de Luis taking over from Gaydos occurred in July 2018. The series is the third to feature Jones as a protagonist following Alias (2001–4) and The Pulse (2004–6), which both featured Bendis and Gaydos on the creative teams (Gaydos drew the last four issues of The Pulse).

Vol. 02. Issue 15
Purple Man prattles on while Jessica remains mostly silent. He says he made her life more interesting by kidnapping and tormenting her. He says she is the person who knows him best, and they can help each other. Suddenly he is shot dead through the heart by Kraven the Hunter, under orders from Carol Danvers and Nick Fury.

Jessica begins beating up his corpse as Carol and Nick Fury arrive to take over. But then Killgrave speaks, telling Jessica he can no longer die. He incites a horde of citizens to get her off of him. He flees the scene but uses multiple people to speak to Jessica, who tries to calm him down and says she is willing to listen to him now, if he’s changed. He says it’s too late for that now, and he has now possessed Carol Danvers.

Vol. 02. Issue 16
Having taken control of Captain Marvel, Killgrave says Jessica will now sit and listen to him. Jessica tries to fly away, but Killgrave incites a mass riot, forcing ordinary citizens to fight each other. She agrees to talk, but he still refuses to release Carol Danvers’s body (“Sometimes I think my purpleness triggers you”). Jessica reluctantly follows him to her old office, now destroyed. A woman there complains about Jessica, but Killgrave orders the woman to never speak again.

Jessica retrieves a bottle of whiskey and tells him he is a monster. In response, Killgrave says he suspects he may be a god. She says if he were a god, he would recognize that all he does is evil, when he would be the most beloved person on Earth if he used his powers for good. Killgrave is upset by this but recognizes it is true, and releases Carol Danvers.

He confronts Jessica in his own body and Jessica thinks he is about to kill her, when he says he will save the world if Jessica will tell him how.

Vol. 2. Issue 17
Jessica considers Killgrave’s offer to bend the world in the direction of goodness, but hesitates. He realizes she is thinking that that would make her just as corrupt as he is. In Madripoor, Luke senses her confrontation with Killgrave isn’t going well, and despite Iron Fist’s assurances, he demands to be taken back to NYC.

In New York, Jessica and Killgrave have a long conversation about the morality of forcing people to be good. Killgrave says everyone’s morality is only superficial; Jessica says the only thing she wants from him is for her to leave her alone forever. Killgrave apologizes for his previous treatment of her. She still demands that he go, and even implies the best thing he could do is kill himself. He assents to this unspoken demand, and turns to leave.

Suddenly Captain Marvel blasts into the room and grabs him by the throat. He forces her to let him go, and walks out of the building. As they watch from the window above, Killgrave collapses in the street, apparently willing himself to die. Carol says she will throw his dead body into the sun to prevent any resurrections.

Luke Cage returns to find Jessica safe with Dani and she tells him everything that happened. Jessica and Luke are both proud that she confronted her demon face on.