Here’s the first of our episode-by-episode viewing notes for Marvel’s Jessica Jones, available now on Netflix… Thats taken almost verbatim from the comic, where it forms the opening scene of the series.

I forget how much bad language slipped intoDaredevil, but I dont remember it being this densely packed.

Carrie Anne-Moss is playing Jeri Hogarth, a gender-flipped version of Jeryn Hogarth.

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Jeryn was introduced inIron Fist #6(August, 1976) as the attorney for Heroes for Hire.

On a similar point, is Jeri Hogarth the first gay character in the MCU?

Ive not been keeping up withAgents Of SHIELD, but as far as Im aware she is.

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And Mike Colter is, of course, Luke Cage.

An odd thing, that showing more can make it potentially less graphic, but here we are.

inAvengers #144(February 1976).

All that said, this version of Walker shares virtually nothing with the comics version.

The details dont play out identically, but you could read that story inAlias #16-21.

He first appeared inDaredevil #4(October 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Joe Orlando.

At this point Ill refrain from saying too much about him at this point.

As near as I can Google up, theres no real-world location with those names together.

Did we miss anything else big?

So, that was a lot of character introduction notes for this first episode.

But then, that was a lot of character introductions we just watched.

Be back here shortly for our similar look at episode 2.