Warning: spoilers for The Variants #4 ahead!Jessica Jones has gone through hell and back trying to reclaim her life from Kilgrave's mind control, but now she's found the one Marvel hero who can beat the Purple Man's seemingly invincible grip over her mind: Professor Charles Xavier. Although forever haunted by the repercussions and legacy of Kilgrave's actions, the Jessica Jones of the present is a far stronger person than she was when she was first ensnared by him. Now, that strength takes the form of a favor called in from Marvel's strongest telepath.

Although the Purple Man remains comatose, his influence has once again returned to torment Jessica Jones. When Maria Snyder, one of his past victims, suddenly kills her family and blames Kilgrave's control, Jessica is horrified to realize that she too carries a "time bomb" in her head as a last laugh from the sadistic villain. With the...