Anthony and Dr. Issues take on the reluctant superheroine-turned-private-investigator, Jessica Jones! Alcoholism and PTSD make for a dangerous combination, but our hosts are up to the task… Dr. Issues’s office, notsomuch…
Show notes:
- Introduction
- Background
- Introduced in Alias, as part of Marvel MAX imprint
- Born Jessica Campbell, classmate of Peter Parker
- Car collides with truck carrying radioactive chemicals, rest of family dies and she’s in a coma
- Adopted by Jones family, discovers she has super strength
- Becomes Jewel, no-name superhero
- Mind controlled by Purple Man, almost kills Daredevil, rescued by Carol Danvers
- Dates Scott Lang, then Luke Cage
- Joins Daily Bugle as superhero correspondent
- Has Cage’s baby (Danielle), and then marries him
- Initially sides with Captain America during Civil War
- Attacked by the Hood, and joins the pro-reg side to protect Danielle
- Rejoins Avengers (New Avengers), but quits once again to protect Danielle
- Joins Defenders during Secret Empire
- Helps Maria Hill evade SHIELD assassins, and reconciles with Luke
- Major issues
- Listener question: Paul – “why does Jessica suppress/ignore her powers, and why does she become self-destructive?”
- Alcoholism
- PTSD as a result of Purple Man
- More focused on investigating others than her own demons
- Treatment
- In-universe: use telepaths, befriend Luke Cage, group therapy
- Out-of-universe: combination of therapy and medication
- Next episode: Rorschach from Watchmen
- April 25th – special Infinity War episode – THANOS