Jessica Jones Fact — November 5, 2026

Today's Fact

One mistaken shade of red outside Avengers Mansion ended Jewel's career, put Jessica in another coma, and quietly armed her for a rematch years later.

JESSICA JONES WAS SENT TO KILL DAREDEVIL — AND PUNCHED THE SCARLET WITCH INSTEAD, BECAUSE THE FIRST RED COSTUME SHE SAW WAS HERS!

The Featured Fact

After eight months held under the mind control of Zebediah Killgrave, the Purple Man, Jessica — then the hero Jewel — was given a final order in a fit of his rage at Daredevil: fly to Avengers Mansion and kill the blind hero. The further she flew from Killgrave, the weaker his pheromone grip became, but she arrived still dazed and locked onto her instructions.

Daredevil was not the first red figure she found. The Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff, was wearing red, so Jewel punched her instead. The returning Avengers beat Jessica severely before Carol Danvers — the only one of them who actually knew her — could call them off, and Jessica slipped into another coma and was moved into S.H.I.E.L.D. care.

The rescue planted a time bomb in Killgrave's favour-turned-failure. Jean Grey woke Jessica with telepathy and implanted a psychic defence trigger in her mind. Years later, when Killgrave ordered Jessica to kill a hero of her choice in front of the Avengers, the trigger fired — and Jessica used the opening to beat Killgrave himself senseless, as retold in Alias Vol. 1 #28 (2004).

Why It's Obscure

A case of mistaken identity did more damage to Jessica Jones than most supervillains ever managed — and also quietly saved her.

Eight months

Barely missed, barely noticed — Killgrave held Jewel for eight months, and part of the wound was how little the hero community registered her absence at all.

Red is red

Targeting by colour swatch — A pheromone-dazed Jewel navigated by the one instruction her fading orders left her: find the hero in red. Wanda Maximoff paid for Daredevil's palette.

Carol knew her

One friend on the roster — Carol Danvers was the sole Avenger who recognised Jewel, which is why the beating stopped when it did.

Jean's trigger

A defence installed in advance — Jean Grey's implanted psychic trigger sat dormant for years, then fired at the exact moment Killgrave tried to use Jessica again.

Gallery

Jewel in her white costume and pink hair on the flight that went wrong — and Wanda Maximoff in the red that drew the punch.

Jessica Jones as Jewel in white costume with pink hair flying over the city, Purple Haze splash page — **Jewel, before the fall**The “Purple Haze” splash from Jessica's Jewel era: pink hair, white costume, blue gloves, flying happily over New York — months before Killgrave turned that flight path toward Avengers Mansion.

Comic panel of Jessica Jones flying as Jewel in her white costume while colleagues discuss her fan sites — **The costume in the file**A later panel shows the same Jewel look — white suit, pink hair — while the text beside her even name-checks her unprovoked attack on the Scarlet Witch.

Scarlet Witch Wanda Maximoff in her classic red costume with hex energy at her hands — **The wrong red**Wanda Maximoff in her classic red costume: to a mind-controlled Jewel hunting a man in red, the Scarlet Witch was simply the first matching target she saw.

Sources

Every fact on this page was checked against at least two independent sources before publication.

Bullpen Bulletins

Jessica Jones In Comics — Powers, Enemies, History | Marvel.comMarvel's official history: Killgrave held Jessica for eight months, ordered her to kill Daredevil at Avengers Mansion, she mistook the Scarlet Witch for him and punched her, the Avengers injured her into a coma, and Jean Grey woke her.
Alias Vol. 1 #28 — Marvel DatabaseIssue entry for the Purple finale: Jean Grey explains she implanted a psychic defence trigger in Jessica's mind after the first Killgrave incident, and Jessica turns on Killgrave instead of killing a hero.
Marvel: 10 Things Everyone Forgets About Jessica Jones — CBRIndependent rundown confirming Jewel attacked the first person she saw in a red costume, the Scarlet Witch, was beaten into a coma, and later resisted Killgrave thanks to Jean Grey's mental blocks.