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* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: Jewel's origin is that she was madly in love with Cyclops off of news stories about him. When she read he and Jean Grey were engaged, Jewel stormed into the X-Mansion to confront them. Naturally, Cyclops having zero clue who this woman was didn't help as Jewel ended up slaughtering the X-Men.]]
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Jessica, now married to Luke Cage and mother to baby Danielle, is largely retired from the superhero business. But when Franchise/{{Daredevil}} calls on her regarding the trial of a woman who was allegedly mind-controlled by a supervillain, the past comes back to haunt her.

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Jessica, now married to Luke Cage ComicBook/LukeCage and mother to baby Danielle, is largely retired from the superhero business. But when Franchise/{{Daredevil}} ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} calls on her regarding the trial of a woman who was allegedly mind-controlled by a supervillain, the past comes back to haunt her.
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* AllianceOfAlternates: The various Jessicas reluctantly work together. The BigBad turns out to have their own Aliance of Altenates, who are Jessicas forced into compliance by threatening their loved ones.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: The BigBad of the alternate Jessica’s showing up is revealed to be [[spoiler:one that still employs her Jewel persona]]. They pretend to be a naive ingenue but really orchestrated the whole thing to KillAndReplace Jessica for her life.

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* AllianceOfAlternates: The various Jessicas reluctantly work together. The BigBad turns out to have their own Aliance alliance of Altenates, alternates, who are Jessicas [[spoiler:Jessicas forced into compliance by threatening their loved ones.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: The BigBad of behind the alternate Jessica’s showing up Jessicas appearance is revealed to be [[spoiler:one that still employs her Jewel persona]]. persona. They pretend to be a naive ingenue but really orchestrated the whole thing to KillAndReplace Jessica for her life.life]].



* DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: Jessica Omega, who was married to Daredevil on her world and saw him killed, hits on 616 Matt but regrets it.
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Jewel]] is a sociopathic LifeDrinker who slaughtered most of her world's heroes and is now traversing the Multiverse, [[spoiler:trying to steal the lives of other Jessicas]].

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* DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: Jessica Omega, who was married to Daredevil on her world world, and then saw him killed, hits on 616 the Earth-616 Matt but regrets it.
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Jewel]] [[spoiler:Jewel is a sociopathic LifeDrinker who slaughtered most of her world's heroes and is now traversing the Multiverse, [[spoiler:trying trying to steal the lives of other Jessicas]].
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* AllianceOfAlternates: The various Jessicas reluctantly work together. The BigBad turns out to have their own Aliance of Altenates, who are Jessicas forced into compliance by threatening their loved ones.


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* DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: Jessica Omega, who was married to Daredevil on her world and saw him killed, hits on 616 Matt but regrets it.


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* LegendaryImposter: The Stomping Ground extortionists are led by, as it turns out, some doofus who thinks wearing a double-breasted suit and a big hat will let him trade on Hammerhead's reputation.
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* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Jewel]] is a sociopathic LifeDrinker who slaughtered most of her world's heroes and is now traversing the Multiverse, [[spoiler:trying to steal the lives of other Jessicas]].


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* IdenticalStranger: Jewel and Knightress are from the same Earth. No explanation is given for why that reality had two different Jessica Joneses.

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* HerOwnWorstEnemy: Two-fold; Jessica asks for Charles Xavier's help to deprogram her of Killgrave's ticking time bomb in her mind. Though it appears as a LivingMemory of the Purple Man in her mindscape, Charles helps her realize it's simply a manifestation of her own trauma from his control, because it only knows things she does. Later, variants of her start showing up and antagonizing her.



* YourOwnWorstEnemy: Two-fold; Jessica asks for Charles Xavier's help to deprogram her of Killgrave's ticking time bomb in her mind. Though it appears as a LivingMemory of the Purple Man in her minds cape, Charles helps her realize it's simply a manifestation of her own trauma from his control, because it only knows things she does. Later, variants of her start showing up and antagonizing her.
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* YourOwnWorseEnemy: Two-fold; Jessica asks for Charles Xavier's help to deprogram her of Killgrave's ticking time bomb in her mind. Though it appears as a LivingMemory of the Purple Man in her minds cape, Charles helps her realize it's simply a manifestation of her own trauma from his control, because it only knows things she does. Later, variants of her start showing up and antagonizing her.

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* YourOwnWorseEnemy: YourOwnWorstEnemy: Two-fold; Jessica asks for Charles Xavier's help to deprogram her of Killgrave's ticking time bomb in her mind. Though it appears as a LivingMemory of the Purple Man in her minds cape, Charles helps her realize it's simply a manifestation of her own trauma from his control, because it only knows things she does. Later, variants of her start showing up and antagonizing her.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: The BigBad of the alternate Jessica’s showing up is revealed to be [[spoiler:one that still employs her Jewel persona]]. They pretend to be a naive ingenue but really orchestrated the whole thing to KillAndReplace Jessica for her life.


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* OutsideContextProblem: First, Jessica has to contend with the possibility that the Purple Man left dormant commands that would force her to kill her family after a set amount of time. After seemingly resolving that, alternate versions of her start showing up and cause a different kind of problem.


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* {{Yandere}}: The BigBad turns out to be someone that was in love with Cyclops, even though they never met, and was so outraged he ended up with Jean that they sought to kill all the X-Men.[[spoiler: She succeeded in her home reality.]]
* YourOwnWorseEnemy: Two-fold; Jessica asks for Charles Xavier's help to deprogram her of Killgrave's ticking time bomb in her mind. Though it appears as a LivingMemory of the Purple Man in her minds cape, Charles helps her realize it's simply a manifestation of her own trauma from his control, because it only knows things she does. Later, variants of her start showing up and antagonizing her.
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* MuggingTheMonster: The gangsters trying to extort money from the Stomping Grounds coffee shop suggest that they might hurt one of the customers to send a message. They pick Jessica as their example. [[KerbStompBattle It goes badly for them]].

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* MuggingTheMonster: The gangsters trying to extort money from the Stomping Grounds coffee shop suggest that they might hurt one of the customers to send a message. They pick Jessica as their example. [[KerbStompBattle [[CurbStompBattle It goes badly for them]].
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* CurbStompBattle: Jessica flattens all three of the gangsters who are menacing coffee shop Stomping Grounds without getting up from her seat. Or spilling her coffee.

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* CurbStompBattle: Jessica flattens all three of the gangsters who are menacing coffee shop Stomping Grounds without getting up from her seat. Or spilling her coffee.



* MuggingTheMonster: The gangsters trying extort money from coffee shop Stomping Grounds suggest that they might hurt one of the customers to send a message. They pick Jessica as their example. [[KerbStompBattle It goes badly for them]].

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* MuggingTheMonster: The gangsters trying to extort money from coffee shop the Stomping Grounds coffee shop suggest that they might hurt one of the customers to send a message. They pick Jessica as their example. [[KerbStompBattle It goes badly for them]].
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* ShoutOut: At the end of the first issue, after meeting two alternative versions of herself, Jessica’s narration has a knowing shout-out to one of the most famous superhero stories to use that device:
-->'''Jessica Jones:''' [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]]. I'm having a crisis. '''''Swell'''''.
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* ManchurianAgent: Exactly ten years after Kilgrave abducted Maria Snyder she killed her family. In court, she claims this was due to Kilgrave's mind control leaving a hidden instruction that she was programmed to follow. She warns Jessica that he's likely to have done the same thing to her.
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''The Variants'' is a limited series from Creator/MarvelComics, starring superheroine Characters/JessicaJones. The series is written by Creator/GailSimone and illustrated by Phil Noto.

Jessica, now married to Luke Cage and mother to baby Danielle, is largely retired from the superhero business. But when Franchise/{{Daredevil}} calls on her regarding the trial of a woman who was allegedly mind-controlled by a supervillain, the past comes back to haunt her.

The first issue was released June 29, 2022.

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!!''The Variants'' (2022) provides examples of:
* CurbStompBattle: Jessica flattens all three of the gangsters who are menacing coffee shop Stomping Grounds without getting up from her seat. Or spilling her coffee.
* MuggingTheMonster: The gangsters trying extort money from coffee shop Stomping Grounds suggest that they might hurt one of the customers to send a message. They pick Jessica as their example. [[KerbStompBattle It goes badly for them]].
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