It is ten years since Jessica was held captive for eight months by the Purple Man.Cage proposed in The Pulse #13 and they were married in New Avengers Annual #1. There is a flashback of Jessica buying lipstick for her wedding to Luke Cage.

Can Jessica get along with herself? Will she want to kill her other selves? And will seeing the lives she could have led drive her into a self-destructive spiral? This is what happens when you meet…the Variants! What would it really be like to meet an alternate version of yourself, another you who had made different choices and lived a completely different life as a result? That's the question facing Jessica Jones, as what seemed like a routine investigation instead has her encountering other incarnations of herself from across the Multiverse. Jessica Jones' Apartment, Omega's Reality (Mentioned).Fourth Community Courthouse (First appearance).Hell's Kitchen Deli (First appearance) (Cameo).New York City (Main story and flashback).United States of America (Main story and flashback).Captain America (Jessica Jones) (First appearance).Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave) (Only in flashback).Puppet Master (Phillip Masters) (Referenced).Maria Snyder (First appearance) (Main story and flashback).

President of the United States of America (Mentioned) (Omega's reality).

Brinina (First appearance) (Only in flashback).

Jesse Jones (First appearance) (Unnamed) (Cameo).

'Hammerhead' imposter and his two henchmen (First appearance).

Jessica Jones-Cage (Main story and flashback).

Jessica Jones-Cage Appearing in 1st story

'They said Daredevil was a woman now' – Elektra took on the identity in Daredevil (Vol.

Dani 'briefly turned purple for a couple of days' from Jessica Jones - Marvel Digital Original #3 to Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter - Marvel Digital Original #3.

Dani's age is given as three and a half.

Meanwhile, the mysterious VARIANTS arrive, and Jessica fears for her own sanity! But will the latest effects of her missing time leave her on the wrong side of the law AND her own family? Jessica Jones is experiencing terrifying blackouts and leaving chaos and pain in her wake.

Fourth Community Courthouse (Only in recap).

Cheyenne Diner (First appearance) (Only in flashback).

Hell's Kitchen (Main story and flashback).

Jewel (Jessica Jones) (First appearance).

Daredevil (Elektra Natchios) (Mentioned).

God / Lord (Yahweh) (Invoked) (Omega's reality).

Matt Murdock (Mentioned) (Omega's reality).

Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned).

Purple Man (Zebediah Killgrave) (Vision).

Simone’s story takes Jessica Jones through a particularly complicated journey into her own psyche in a deeply provocative chapter in the five-part series. Writer Gail Simone reaches the mid-point of her story with the cleverly refined aid of artist Phil Noto.

Tigra (Greer Nelson) (Only in flashback) Things are weird, and they’re going to get weirder in The Variants 3.

'Happy anniversary.' - Daredevil Appearing in 1st story

Gail simone the variants