Jessica Jones Fact — November 6, 2026

Today's Fact

She quit costumes twice. When she finally suited up for the Avengers in earnest, she refused both of her old names and invented a third.

JESSICA JONES CAME BACK TO THE AVENGERS AS POWER WOMAN — NOT JEWEL, NOT KNIGHTRESS, A THIRD NAME FOR A THIRD ACT!

The Featured Fact

For years Jessica Jones lived at Avengers Tower in a strange half-status: resident, consultant, new mother, but pointedly not on the roster. She had buried Jewel after the Purple Man and buried Knightress after a single week, and she meant to stay buried.

Motherhood changed the maths. With her daughter Danielle to protect and threats arriving at the Tower's door, Jessica concluded she was the person best placed to defend her own family, and in the New Avengers era she formally joined the team her husband Luke Cage was leading.

The telling detail is the name on the membership card. She did not revive Jewel, and she did not dust off Knightress. She called herself Power Woman — a deliberate mirror of Luke's old Power Man identity — and she was trusted enough in the role to lead the New Avengers in the field.

Why It's Obscure

Two retired identities, one tower full of Avengers, and a comeback that needed its own nameplate.

HALF A MEMBER

Resident, not rostered — Living at Avengers Tower with Luke and Danielle made Jessica part of the furniture long before she was part of the team.

THE REASON

A bodyguard for her own — Jessica's return was not nostalgia; it was a protection decision made by the most qualified investigator in the building.

POWER WOMAN

A matched set, on purpose — Power Woman beside Power Man is the rare codename that is also a marriage announcement.

FIELD LEADER

Not a token return — The comeback came with real authority: Jessica led the New Avengers, the team that had once only housed her.

Gallery

Jessica Jones in her private-eye prime, and in the company she kept when the Avengers years arrived.

Jessica Jones comic cover art — **The investigator, cover-starred**A solo cover treatment for Jessica — the leather-jacket detective the Avengers eventually had to recruit properly.

Jessica Jones standing arms crossed among Elektra, Echo, Black Cat and other heroines — **Serious company**Jessica front and centre among Elektra, Echo and Black Cat — the street-level world she never really left, even in an Avengers tower.

Jessica Jones comic art portrait — **Third act, same glare**The expression that survived Jewel, Knightress and Alias Investigations intact, all the way to Power Woman.

Sources

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

Bullpen Bulletins

13 Things You Didn't Know About Marvel's Jessica Jones — RankerRecords that Jessica lived at Avengers Tower as an honorary presence, then formally joined the New Avengers as Power Woman rather than reviving Jewel, and led the team.
Jessica Jones (Earth-616) — Marvel DatabaseThe Fandom wiki's full history for Jessica, the independent record against which the Power Woman membership and name were checked.