Jessica Jones: Alias, volume 2

     Jessica Jones is hired to find a missing girl in upstate New York. For the most part, the town is glad she's there to help. But as the detective digs deeper into the disappearance, she discovers a secret shame that is haunting the town. It has a anti-mutant problem and the young girl Jessica is hired to find claimed she was a mutant. Was the missing child a target of a homo superior hate crime?

     Then Jessica goes on a blind date with Scott Lang. Just what do the two have in common? The answer might surprise you in this very charming story by Bendis.

     This entire volume was great. The Ant-Man story had a 'When Harry Met Sally' appeal to it. It was very fresh and very New York. 

      But the story about missing teen was awesome. There were hints of Twin Peaks. Yet, the small town feel behind the mystery actually was more representative of an even more obscure, short-lived series called Picket Fences. There were some powerful parallels between the hatred of mutants and the discrimination that minorities and homosexuals face. 

        Of course, Bendis does a fantastic job. But I can't overlook the amazing artwork by Bill Seinkiewicz, Mark Bagley, David Mack, and Michael Gaydos. Gaydos crafted an entire scrapbook as from the perspective of the runaway and it was amazing. It's published in it's entirety in the back of this volume. Amazing stuff!

       Worth Consuming!

       Rating: 9 out of 10 stars. 

Jessica Jones: Alias, Volume 1

  The ground-breaking series that inspired Netflix's Jessica Jones. 

   Retired from the superhero game, Jessica Jones still has powers and still wants to do some good. So she becomes a private detective, but not before burning quite a few bridges in the superhero community. When Jessica accepts a case to find a missing sibling, she stumbles upon the secret identity of one of the pillars of the Avengers- Captain America. This case just got interesting...
    Then Jessica is hired by a woman claiming to be the husband of Rick Jones- the Forrest Gump of the Marvel Universe. As she searches for Rick, Jones will uncover some uncomfortable truths about not only the superhero community and herself as well.
     Originally published under the title Alias from 2001-2004 under the MAX imprint, Brian Michael Bendis pens this series that puts the Max in Marvel Max. It's some very edgy stuff- not just for it's time but for the entire Marvel Universe. I don't know what was more unnerving; hearing your favorite superheroes use the F-word like a Tarantino character on an epic monologue or seeing your favorite Marvel characters have hardcore sex. 
     Just like the live-action series, this is not for kids. And no- this series is not based on the Jennifer Garner series, either!
     
     An intriguing series, very well written but not your dad's comic book by any sense.

    Worth Consuming!

    Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.