Jessica Campbell Jones-Cage, professionally known as Jessica Jones, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos and first appeared in Alias #1 as part of Marvel's Max, an imprint for more mature content, and was later retroactively established to have first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #4 in the Silver Age of Comic Books as an originally unnamed classmate of Peter Parker, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Within the context of Marvel's shared universe, Jones is a former superhero who becomes the owner of Alias Private Investigations. Bendis envisioned the series as centered on Jessica Drew and only decided to create Jones once he realized that the main character he was writing had a distinct-enough voice and background to differentiate her from Drew, though deciding to still name the character after her on the basis of how "two [people] can have the same first name".
Artwork from The Pulse #14 (May 2006). Pictured clockwise from top left: Jones as Jewel; with husband Luke Cage; with daughter Danielle; as Knightress. Art by Mike Mayhew.
Brian Michael Bendis is an American comic book writer and artist.
Bendis at Midtown Comics in 2019
Bendis in February 2006
Bendis (far right) at a 2010 signing in Manhattan with fellow Marvel writers (seated left to right) Ed Brubaker, Christos Gage and Matt Fraction
Bendis and his wife Alisa at Midtown Comics in Manhattan