How powerful is the purple man?

Through the use of pheromones, he can control up to one hundred people at a time and possibly more. He can rob banks through simply asking cashiers to give him money, or defeat super-strong heroes by merely ordering them to retreat.
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What are Purple Man's powers?

He can control any number of people by simply giving oral commands and can order anyone to do anything he tells them without being physically present. However, his commands can only be followed for one day before it wears off.
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How did the Purple Man get his powers?

Zebediah Killgrave aka the Purple Man was a Croatian Spy turned supervillain. He was exposed to various unnamed chemicals changing his skin to a purple hue. He was altered by an accident and ended up giving him the new ability to control people's minds at his will using pheromones.
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How strong is Killgrave?

9 HE IS POTENTIALLY THE MOST POWERFUL

With the power to control anybody's mind simply by speaking to them, Kilgrave's sole power puts him in the top tier of MCU villains in terms of abilities. Kilgrave vs. Kingpin? Kilgrave can simply tell the big man's henchmen to fire on their boss.
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What are Kilgrave's powers?

Thanks to exposure to special chemicals that turned his skin and hair purple, Kilgrave gained the ability to control people's minds, as long as they are in his presence. While Kilgrave has been a thorn in the side of Daredevil and others, it is his treatment of Jessica Jones that is the most horrifying.
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Can Kilgrave control over the phone?

Kilgrave acquired over a million dollars by having the participants of a poker game all fold after betting everything. However, Kilgrave himself must have been present for his commands to have an immediate effect; speaking over a phone did not enthrall his victim.
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How long do Kilgrave's powers last?

Kilgrave is not unstoppable, however. His mind control is limited by distance and time—a maximum of 80 feet and 12 hours, respectively.
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Is anyone immune to Kilgrave?

There's just one exception to Kilgrave's power, one woman who has managed to overcome his control; Jessica Jones.
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Can Kilgrave beat Avengers?

Kilgrave is being said to have had the potential to beat the Avengers before Thanos even showed up.
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Can Kilgrave control Thanos?

Assuming it actually is a virus, Kilgrave probably could not affect Thanos. Earth microbiota, even one that is genetically modified, would probably be specialized to affect Earth life, so it would be incapable of affecting Thanos.
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How strong is Jessica Jones?

Superhuman Strength: While her uppermost strength level has never been properly documented, Jessica has shown that she has strength enough to lift a two ton police car with no discernible effort and toss it a short distance at approaching police men while under the control of the Purple Man.
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What is Jessica Jones super power?

Jessica boasts super human strength and durability. She has the power of flight, though she's never mastered the ability and rarely uses it.
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What is Luke Cage's superpower?

Powers and abilities

Luke Cage possesses superhuman strength and stamina, and has extremely dense skin and muscle tissue which render him highly resistant to physical injury. Cage possesses these abilities as a result of a cellular regeneration experiment which fortified the various tissues of his body.
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Who is the purple super hero?

Hawkeye. Of all the superheroes that wear purple, Hawkeye might be the most well-known.
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Why is the purple guy purple?

His daughter, Elizabeth Afton, would be killed by one of the animatronics he built. Prior to this incident, his youngest son had unfortunately suffered the same fate. For his own selfish reasons, he becomes a serial killer, dubbed The Purple Guy.
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Is Kingpin a mutant?

As mentioned previously, Wilson Fisk, also known as The Kingpin, doesn't have any special superhuman powers or abilities. Instead, Fisk is simply a businessman and the head of a huge criminal organization.
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Who is immune to purple man?

5 Certain characters can resist him.

Robotic (or even alien characters) would presumably be immune to Killgrave, so android heroes like the Vision are safe from his wrath. However, in the comics, most of the characters who can resist his control do so out of sheer force of will (like Doctor Doom and Kingpin).
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Who's stronger Luke Cage or Jessica Jones?

Luke, in the comics, is FAR stronger than his wife. According to Marvel Comics official handbook, Luke can press 50 tons. Jessica, at least 2 tons and no more than 25.
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Is Jessica Jones a super soldier?

With the origin Jones was given in her Netflix show, she received medical care courtesy of a clandestine group named IGH. Slowly, she discovered more and more and found out it was a genetics lab that concocted drugs that could give people special abilities — hence Jessica's super-human strength and reflexes.
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Can Kilgrave read minds?

Portrayed by. Kevin Thompson was a man who was experimented on by his parents since his childhood in order to treat a neurodegenerative disease, but the treatment ended up giving him the new ability to control people's minds at his will.
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What is Kilgrave's obsession with Jessica Jones?

It's hard to watch at times, but easily one of the most engaging parts of Marvel's latest Netflix series is the dynamic between the protagonist and her mind-controlling nemesis. Why is Kilgave obsessed with Jessica on Jessica Jones ? His relationship with her is toxic, non-consensual, and abusive.
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Is Trish Walker a villain?

Throughout the third season of Jessica Jones, Trish goes from being a vigilante hero to a self-described villain.
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Does Jessica Jones have PTSD?

Jessica spent a torturous tenure as Kilgrave's sex slave before eventually breaking free of his control, but the experience left Jessica suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The first season of the series centers on Kilgrave's return and Jessica's attempt to defeat him.
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Who is the villain in Luke Cage?

Diamondback (Willis Stryker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is primarily an enemy of Luke Cage and is notable for being the first major supervillain that he faced.
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What did purple man do to Jessica Jones?

At the age of ten, he forced his mother to burn her face with an iron, permanently scarring her.
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