Jessica Jones character breakdown

Jessica Jones is an interesting character that I have only recently researched.  She was present when Peter Parker was bitten by the radioactive spider that would turn him into Spider-Man.  Jessica actually had a crush on him and was about to talk to him for the first time when he got distracted by the spider bite.  Soon after this major comic event, Jessica was involved in a car accident along with her family.  They collided with a military convoy that was, of course, carrying radioactive materials.  Her family was killed, but Jessica survived although in a coma.  She would awaken to find that the radiation had given her super powers; super strength, limited invulnerability, and flight (which she never managed to master in her entire career).

After seeing Spider-Man fight the Sandman, Jessica was inspired to use her powers for heroic purposes.  As Jewel, Jessica Jones had a pretty uneventful career until she faced off against Daredevil villain Zebadiah Kilgrave aka The Purple Man.  Kilgrave used his mind control powers to telepathically torture and control Jessica.  After 8 months of being tortured and controlled, Kilgrave sent Jessica to kill Daredevil, but misdirected her to the Avengers' Mansion.  There she attacked the first hero she saw, the Scarlet Witch. After a brief fight, the mind control began to wear off and Jessica attempted to flee but was stopped by the Vision (then husband of the Scarlet Witch) and Iron Man.  Once again, Jessica was in a coma, but this time being treated by S.H.I.E.L.D.  When she woke, she remembered the intensely violating nature of her experience with Killgrave, combined with the fact that no one noticed she had been missing for eight months, forced a demoralized Jones to give up being a costumed superhero.

She would go on to open a Private Detective Agency, and despite her desire to leave the super hero life she found herself being pulled back repeatedly.  At this time she would begin dating Luke Cage off and on, as well as Scott Lang (Ant Man).  Long story short, Jessica leaves the detective agency and joins the Daily Bugle, gets pregnant with Luke Cage's baby, marries Cage, works with the Young Avengers for a while, before giving birth and becoming an on again off again Avenger.

Jessica Jones will be played by Krysten Ritter.

I am very excited to see these new shows!  Daredevil comes first in April, followed by aka Jessica Jones sometime in the fall.  Luke Cage will make his first appearance in the Jessica Jones show before his own solo series starts.  And Iron Fist will come after that.  I'm sure each series will feature at least 1 crossover and since they all share this universe and know each other, the possibilities are endless!  The potential for some great TV and storytelling is incredible.  Each character on their own is very interesting, but knowing that we'll get to know each one individually and then see them all team up for a Defenders show!  I haven't even gotten the villains!  There are some great ones in there too.  Next time.  Stay tuned!