Who Is Jessica Jones? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Jessica Jones is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Jessica Campbell Jones Cage, with over 856 comic issue appearances. A superhero turned private invesitgator, Jessica is married to Luke Cage and is the mother of Danielle, their infant daughter.

Who is Jessica Jones?

Origin Knightress Jessica Campbell was just about to to speak to her crush, Peter Parker , before being distracted by the spider bite that gave him his powers. While going home, she and her parents are in their family car when it collided to a military truck that is carrying radioactive chemical. Her parents were killed and Jessica slipped into a coma. She was then adopted by the Jones family and she woke up from her coma during the time of the coming of Galactus to Earth to feast on the planet. She was enrolled back to Midtown High School , where she was at the receiving end of bullying by Flash Thompson . Peter felt empathy towards Jessica as he grew up without his true parents, but Jessica lashed out to him because she thought that he was pitying her. It was at this time that the exposure from the radioactive chemicals gave her powers. As the superhero Jewel she had a brief career thwarting crime.

Key facts

Jessica Jones is of human origin and first appeared in "Alias Investigations Part 1". The character is published by Marvel. With 856 recorded issue appearances, Jessica Jones ranks among the most featured characters in comics.