Purple Man
| Purple Man | |
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Cover of New Thunderbolts #10 (September 2005). Art by Tom Grummett. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Daredevil #4 (November 1964) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Joe Orlando (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Zebediah Killgrave |
| Species | Human mutate |
| Place of origin | Rijeka, Croatia (formerly Yugoslavia) |
| Team affiliations | Purple Children Villains for Hire Hood's Gang |
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The Purple Man is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Joe Orlando, the character first appeared in Daredevil #4 (1964) as an adversary of the superhero Daredevil, though he later became and endured as the archenemy of Jessica Jones. The Purple Man is the alias of Zebediah Killgrave, a Croatian spy who is exposed to chemicals that turn his skin purple and give him the ability to produce pheromones that allow him to control people's minds and actions through verbal suggestion.
A version of the character named Kilgrave was portrayed by David Tennant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Jessica Jones.