Jessica Jones

Jessica Campbell Jones-Cage, professionally known as Jessica Jones, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos and first appeared in ''Alias'' #1 (November 2001) as part of Marvel's Max, an imprint for more mature content, and was later retroactively established to have first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #4 (June 1963) in the Silver Age of Comic Books as an unnamed classmate of Peter Parker, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Within the context of Marvel's shared universe, Jones is a former superhero who becomes the owner (and usually sole employee) of Alias Private Investigations. Bendis envisioned the series as centered on the private investigator superhero Jessica Drew, designing and characterising Jones as a reinvention of Drew returning to her P.I. origins, only deciding to make her a new P.I. character once he realized that the main character he was writing had a distinct-enough voice and background to differentiate her from Drew, though deciding to still name the character Jessica (after Drew) on the basis of how "two [people] can have the same first name".

Jones has since starred in three ongoing series: ''Alias'', ''The Pulse'', and ''Jessica Jones''. ''Alias'' ran for 28 issues before ending in 2004, while ''The Pulse'' ran for 14 issues from April 2004 to May 2006. ''Jessica Jones'' debuted in October 2016, published as a tie-in with the self-titled television series. She became a member of the New Avengers, alongside her husband Luke Cage during Marvel's 2010 Heroic Age campaign. Currently, after the events of Devil's Reign in which Cage became the Mayor of New York City, Jones is now the first lady of New York City.

She has used various aliases throughout her history, including Jewel, Knightress, Mrs. Cage, and Power Woman. Jessica Jones has been described as one of Marvel's most powerful female heroes.

Krysten Ritter portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) streaming television series ''Jessica Jones'' and ''The Defenders'', with Elizabeth Cappuccino portraying a young Jessica in the first and second seasons of ''Jessica Jones''. Tara Strong voices the character in the video games ''Lego Marvel's Avengers'', ''Marvel Heroes'', and ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order'', while Michelle Phan voices a Vietnamese American version of the character in the video game ''Marvel Avengers Academy''. Provided by Wikipedia