What Marvel's Jessica Jones Cast Look Like In The Comics
9. The Whizzer
In The comics:
Another oldie of the Golden Age, Robert Frank, aka The Whizzer, was a superhero from World War 2, who worked alongside the superheroine Miss America, and eventually the Invaders, responding to a call by Bucky Barnes. His origins involve his father injecting him with mongoose blood, to save him from the deadly bite of a cobra, and his super-speed made him an asset on the field. His later years were tragic; his wife Madeline died of radiation poisoning from birthing irradiated children, and he was convinced that the twins, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver were his children, who he abandoned in grief. He'd eventually die to save his actual child, Nuklo, lowering his radiation levels to liveable conditions.
In The TV Series:
Robert Coleman first appears in season two, coming to Jessica Jones claiming that someone's trying to kill him, but that his super-speed was keeping him alive. At first, Jessica thinks he's insane, prescribed with anti-psychotics and owning a pet mongoose (a nod to his comics origins), but she eventually observes his super-speed firsthand, right before he's murdered. His connection to IGH pushes her to further investigate their human experiments. He's portrayed by actor Jay Klaitz.