History Comicbook / ThePulse

-->'''Jessica:''' This is a really [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney big brick]].
-->'''Agent:''' Yes.
-->'''Jessica:''' Then how am I going to [[AssShove shove it up your ass?]]

-->'''Luke:''' [[ImmuneToBullets Unbreakable skin]].
-->'''Spider-Man:''' [[ClothingDamage You need unbreakable pants]].
-->'''Luke:''' [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore I've heard that one]].

* MadeOfIron: Comes up when Jessica is being examined after [[spoiler: getting blasted by one of the Green Goblin's pumpkin-bombs and getting smashed in the back by his glider]]. Apparently her internal organs(including her uterus) are also superhumanly durable.

* MissingMom: Inverted; after never showing up in ''Alias''(with the exception of a flashback), Jessica's adoptive mother finally shows up, first on the phone, and then at Jessica and Luke's wedding.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The adminstrator of the hospital Jessica is taken to when she goes into labor blows a gasket when she finds out Jessica's there and demands that she be removed from the building despite being in active labor.

* [[SinisterSilhouettes Sinister Silhouette]]: When Lucia attacks Luke, all Jessica sees is her standing in front of the setting sun.

** Carol Danvers (in uniform as Ms. Marvel) gives a CallBack to the infamous ''Avengers'' #200 story where she was raped, impregnated, and carried off by an extradimensional alien.

* MalignedMixedMarriage: When proposing, Luke brings up this as just one reason why their relationship will attract attention.

* TakeThat: Terri Kidder, aside being a ComicBook/LoisLane lookalike, also derives her name from Creator/TeriHatcher (who played Lois in ''Series/LoisAndClark'') and Creator/MargotKidder (who played Lois in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' and sequels).

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: In a twist, '''Jessica''' gets lambasted for her and Luke's relationship by a black nurse.

* WrongGenreSavvy: ''Bugle'' reporter Terri Kidder uses a smokescreen about profiling Norman Osborn to get an interview with him and ask him about the disappearances of [=OsCorp=] personnel. Suffice to say [[NeckLift this doesn't end]] [[NeckSnap well for her]].

* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Carol Danvers sets up a lunch date Q & A for Jessica with Sue Storm to assuage any concerns about the baby being "normal". Then it turns out this was the ''one'' thing Jessica ''hadn't'' thought of.

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* ImagineSpot: Ben, Jessica and Kat try to think of who could have dropped Kidder into the bay. This ranges from the highly unlikely(Iron Man, Hulk) to the probably not(Vulture) to the downright ludicrous(Stilt-Man).

* TakeThat: Terri Kidder, aside being a ComicBook/LoisLane lookalike, also derives her name from Teri Hatcher (who played Lois in ''Series/LoisAndClark'') and Margot Kidder (who played Lois in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' and sequels).

* {{Badass}}: Luke. Someone who spends most of his time taking out non-superhuman crooks like drug dealers doesn't hesitate to go after the Green Goblin [[spoiler: when he threatens someone Luke cares about]].

Her first day on the job, however, is complicated by the murder of a new ''Bugle'' staffer at the hands of an unknown superhuman, and it doesn't really get any easier from there. The series primarily follows Jessica and Luke through the pregnancy, and also deals with the aftermath of the Nick Fury-led "SecretWar". Like ''Alias'', it focuses more on character development and storytelling than fights or action sequences, though it has several of those.

!!Tropes:

''The Pulse'' is a fourteen-issue (April, 2004 - May, 2006) Marvel comic series by BrianMichaelBendis and several artists that continues the story of JessicaJones from ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}''. A short time after she told Luke Cage that she is pregnant with their child, Jessica is asked to talk with notorious anti-vigilante media hawk J. Jonah Jameson. Turns out the ''Daily Bugle'' isn't doing so hot and Jonah, even though he doesn't like the idea, is willing to give expanded coverage to the "superheroes" if it will save the paper he loves. To that end, he wants to hire Jessica as a "vigilante analyst", someone who can give insight into the goings-on of the superhuman activities that "The Pulse", as the new section will be called, is going to focus on.

!!Tropes featured in this series:

* TakeThat: Terri Kidder, aside being a LoisLane lookalike, also derives her name from Teri Hatcher (who played Lois in ''Series/LoisAndClark'') and Margot Kidder (who played Lois in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' and sequels).

* TakeThat: Terri Kidder, aside being a LoisLane lookalike, also derives her name from Teri Hatcher (who played Lois in ''LoisAndClark'') and Margot Kidder (who played Lois in ''SupermanTheMovie'' and sequels).

''The Pulse'' is a fourteen-issue (April, 2004 - May, 2006). Marvel comic series by BrianMichaelBendis and several artists that continues the story of JessicaJones from ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}''. A short time after she told Luke Cage that she is pregnant with their child, Jessica is asked to talk with notorious anti-vigilante media hawk J. Jonah Jameson. Turns out the ''Daily Bugle'' isn't doing so hot and Jonah, even though he doesn't like the idea, is willing to give expanded coverage to the "superheroes" if it will save the paper he loves. To that end, he wants to hire Jessica as a "vigilante analyst", someone who can give insight into the goings-on of the superhuman activities that "The Pulse", as the new section will be called, is going to focus on.

''The Pulse'' is a fourteen-issue, 2004-2005 Marvel comic series by BrianMichaelBendis and several artists that continues the story of JessicaJones from ''Comicbook/{{Alias}}''. A short time after she told Luke Cage that she is pregnant with their child, Jessica is asked to talk with notorious anti-vigilante media hawk J. Jonah Jameson. Turns out the ''Daily Bugle'' isn't doing so hot and Jonah, even though he doesn't like the idea, is willing to give expanded coverage to the "superheroes" if it will save the paper he loves. To that end, he wants to hire Jessica as a "vigilante analyst", someone who can give insight into the goings-on of the superhuman activities that "The Pulse", as the new section will be called, is going to focus on.

* SymbolSwearing: While ''Alias'' was a MAX imprint(meaing strong language was okay), ''The Pulse'' was not, and Bendis had to tone down the at-times foul-mouthed Jessica's dialogue accordingly.
* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Carol Danvers sets up a lunch date Q & A for Jessica with Sue Storm to assauge any concerns about the baby being "normal". Then it turns out this was the ''one'' thing Jessica ''hadn't'' thought of.

* LighterAndSofter: ''The Pulse'' still has some serious moments([[spoiler: Jessica thinking she's miscarried, Luke's near-fatal wounding]]), but in general it's quite a bit less dark than ''Alias'' was.

* SymbolSwearing: While ''Alias'' was a MAX imprint(meaing strong language was okay), ''The Pulse'' was not, and Bendis had to tone down the at-times foul-mouthed Jessica's dialogue accordingly.

* MadeOfIron: Comes up when Jessica is being examined after [[spoiler: getting blasted by one of the Green Goblin's pumkin-bombs and getting smashed in the back by his glider]]. Apparently her internal organs(including her uterus) are also superhumanly durable.

* GoshDangItToHeck: While ''Alias'' was a MAX imprint(meaing strong language was okay), ''The Pulse'' was not, and Bendis had to tone down the at-times foul-mouthed Jessica's dialogue accordingly.