{"id":21525,"date":"2019-12-04T22:16:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T22:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propstore.com\/?p=21525"},"modified":"2020-04-14T10:32:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T10:32:18","slug":"jj1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propstore.com\/blog\/jj1\/","title":{"rendered":"SHADOWS IN HELL’S KITCHEN: The Villains of Marvel’s Jessica Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Across three seasons of the groundbreaking series Marvel\u2019s <\/em>Jessica Jones<\/em>, the eponymous damaged heroine had to face some true demons, from a mind-controlling creep, to a full-on serial killer, to her own mom<\/em>. In their own way, each of these antagonists reflects how showrunner Melissa Rosenberg and her team brought Jessica from the more heightened world of the comic book page to hard-hitting reality, dealing with serious themes while doling out crimefighting entertainment. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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KILGRAVE, aka THE PURPLE MAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the pages of Marvel comics:\u00a0<\/strong>Zebediah Killgrave was a Croatian ex-spy who, while on a mission, was exposed to a chemical pheromone that turned his skin purple and enabled him to control minds.<\/p>\n

He was originally a villain in the Daredevil <\/em>comic series (first appearing in Daredevil #4<\/em>), but when Brian Michael Bendis created the Alias <\/em>comic book, Killgrave was revealed as having used his power on Jessica Jones, effectively making her his slave, and becoming the hero\u2019s most-enduring nemesis.<\/p>\n

On television:<\/strong> While the live action Kilgrave\u2019s skin isn\u2019t purple, he does wear some slick purple suits. The Jessica-enslavement backstory was retained by showrunner Melissa Rosenberg, although an added twist was that Kilgrave ordered Jessica to kill Reva Connors, Luke Cage\u2019s wife, crippling Jessica with guilt.<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, Kilgrave is one of the most disturbing villains in all the Marvel series, not least because he represents the very worst a man can be, toxically controlling every interaction he has while hiding his shortcomings behind unearned power and a gentlemanly facade.<\/p>\n

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WILL SIMPSON, aka NUKE<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the pages of Marvel comics:\u00a0<\/strong>Created by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli for Daredevil<\/em>, Nuke (whose real name is Frank, rather than Will, Simpson) was basically Captain America gone wrong: a Vietnam vet and test subject of the \u201cWeapon Plus\u201d Super Soldier program, with the stars and stripes tattooed on his face.<\/p>\n

He was cybernetically enhanced, with a second heart that triggered different effects depending on what color pill he popped: red would send him into a berserker rage, white would balance him out, and blue would calm him down.<\/p>\n

On television: <\/strong>The onscreen Simpson is far more sympathetic than his comics counterpart. An ex-military cop briefly manipulated by Kilgrave, his combat abilities become enhanced when he starts taking an experimental drug.<\/p>\n

For much of the first season he\u2019s Trish Walker\u2019s boyfriend, giving another example of a detrimental relationship: overbearing, overprotective, jealous and, when the pills finally send him over the edge, dangerously violent.<\/p>\n

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ALISA JONES<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the pages of Marvel comics:\u00a0<\/strong>Not only was Jessica\u2019s mother not a villain in the Jessica Jones<\/em> comic book, she was also not her biological mother. Alisa adopted Jessica after the accident that killed her family and gave her daughter abilities, though ultimately disapproved of her heroic lifestyle.<\/p>\n

On television: <\/strong>The television Alisa is very different. Originally presented as having died in that fateful car crash, she is revealed in season 2 to have survived. And more: she\u2019s revived by shadowy company IGH in such a way that she\u2019s become a super-strong monster, even more powerful than her daughter and prone to murderous rages.<\/p>\n

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GREGORY SALLINGER, aka FOOLKILLER<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the pages of Marvel comics:\u00a0<\/strong>Gregory Salinger (spelled with one \u2018l\u2019) was the second of four villains who took the name Foolkiller, an antagonist who used a \u201cpurification gun\u201d to disintegrate his victims, typically selected for being offensively dull or materialistic.<\/p>\n

His first full appearance was in Omega the Unknown<\/em> Issue #9, and he went on to have dealings with The Defenders, Spider-Man and Captain America, before joining Deadpool\u2019s Heroes for Hire and, eventually, S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/p>\n

In the show:<\/strong> Gregory Sallinger (spelled with two \u2018l\u2019\u2019s) is a much darker character: a serial killer who had an abusive father, and who targets Jessica in season 3, even stabbing her and causing her to lose her spleen. He tortures Jessica\u2019s love interest Erik Gelden and Jessica herself, before his death at the hands of Trish, in her crimefighting guise, Hellcat.<\/p>\n

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