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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Even though really about 4 out of 6 issues here are just Jessica and the Purple Man talking I still thought this was a really good volume. Conversations and personal interactions are one of Bendis' strong suits and I think he did a really excellent job with both of their characters here. The final standalone issue was pretty cute as well and definitely felt like some of Jessica's older cases with its smaller scale. Overall a pretty good end to Bendis' run on Jessica Jones.
My first foray into a comic book. I love Jessica Jones movie series. The comic not so much.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood
Bendis and Gaydos end their Jessica Jones series pretty definitively. The book has all the Bendis staples: never-ending dialogue, sarcasm, and gut-wrenching moments and I really enjoyed it. The series is sadly ending here but a complete story was told. I'm unsure how I feel about Carol's involvement in the ending, or at least how she dealt with it. It was shocking. Also, a big moment isn't explained. Michael Gaydos continues to pump out glorious Jessica Jones-type panels and they're great. Overall, while not perfect still a tremendous read.
They say you can't go home again, but Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos have proved everyone wrong.
Alias, the original series starring Jessica Jones, is my favorite Marvel series. I think it is the best thing they ever published. Ever. When I heard there was a new Jessica Jones title coming, I was excited, but skeptical. Did Bendis really have a story to tell that could match the original? Or was this just a way to cash in on the popularity of the Jessica Jones Netflix series?
I was afraid for no reason. The new title was just as great as the original, and this third volume may just be Bendis' masterpiece. Jessica is such a damaged, flawed, at times unlikable character, yet she is far and away the most fascinating character in comics. As somebody who struggles to stay grounded in reality, yet is constantly pulled into the world of super heroes, she is the perfect way to examine the life snd psychology of the super powered community, both heroes and villains.
The original Alias series took C-List villain Zebadiah Kilgrave, The Purple Man, and turned him into the stuff of nightmares. What he did to Jessica in Alias may be the worst thing a villain has ever done to a hero. Bringing him back was necessary, but his first story with Jessica was so powerful, I again was worried a sequel couldn't deliver, and once again, I was wrong.
Without throwing a punch, Kilgrave was once again the most chilling villain imaginable. The interactions between him and Jessica were riveting. Just two people, alone, talking in an abandoned bakery had more suspense, drama, psychologicaly fascinating situations, and just plain amazing storytelling than any universe threatening supervillain that needs a company wide crossover to stop.
This is as good as it gets. Comic book storytelling does not get any better than what Bendis and Gaydos have achieved over the course of two series starring Jessica Jones. Whether you are into super heroes or just looking at what makes a pwrson tick psychologicaly, espionage, crime, family drama, studies of morality, what it means to feel love and have friends and family, and the lengths you will go through to stand up for what you believe in, this book has it all.
Jessica Jones is one of the greastest comic book characters ever created, one who msy have powers and live in an unbelievable world of heroes, but it also the most relatable character in Marvel. She goes through horrible events in her life, and it actually effects her. it damages her. It destroys her. She hurts, and she makes bad choices, and she fails repeatedly, and she lets down her loved ones and she lets down herself. But through it all, she survives, and keeps trying, because what else can you do?
I could sing this books praises all day and not run out of things to say. Just do yourself a favor and read all of Alias and Jesdica Jones. It is the kind of character and stories comics were made for.
Alias, the original series starring Jessica Jones, is my favorite Marvel series. I think it is the best thing they ever published. Ever. When I heard there was a new Jessica Jones title coming, I was excited, but skeptical. Did Bendis really have a story to tell that could match the original? Or was this just a way to cash in on the popularity of the Jessica Jones Netflix series?
I was afraid for no reason. The new title was just as great as the original, and this third volume may just be Bendis' masterpiece. Jessica is such a damaged, flawed, at times unlikable character, yet she is far and away the most fascinating character in comics. As somebody who struggles to stay grounded in reality, yet is constantly pulled into the world of super heroes, she is the perfect way to examine the life snd psychology of the super powered community, both heroes and villains.
The original Alias series took C-List villain Zebadiah Kilgrave, The Purple Man, and turned him into the stuff of nightmares. What he did to Jessica in Alias may be the worst thing a villain has ever done to a hero. Bringing him back was necessary, but his first story with Jessica was so powerful, I again was worried a sequel couldn't deliver, and once again, I was wrong.
Without throwing a punch, Kilgrave was once again the most chilling villain imaginable. The interactions between him and Jessica were riveting. Just two people, alone, talking in an abandoned bakery had more suspense, drama, psychologicaly fascinating situations, and just plain amazing storytelling than any universe threatening supervillain that needs a company wide crossover to stop.
This is as good as it gets. Comic book storytelling does not get any better than what Bendis and Gaydos have achieved over the course of two series starring Jessica Jones. Whether you are into super heroes or just looking at what makes a pwrson tick psychologicaly, espionage, crime, family drama, studies of morality, what it means to feel love and have friends and family, and the lengths you will go through to stand up for what you believe in, this book has it all.
Jessica Jones is one of the greastest comic book characters ever created, one who msy have powers and live in an unbelievable world of heroes, but it also the most relatable character in Marvel. She goes through horrible events in her life, and it actually effects her. it damages her. It destroys her. She hurts, and she makes bad choices, and she fails repeatedly, and she lets down her loved ones and she lets down herself. But through it all, she survives, and keeps trying, because what else can you do?
I could sing this books praises all day and not run out of things to say. Just do yourself a favor and read all of Alias and Jesdica Jones. It is the kind of character and stories comics were made for.
This was good. I definitely dont think this plotline would have existed it not for the Netflix series, but you know what? Season one of that show was fucking amazing and this was a pretty good ride. Even if it did end a little conveniently for me. The last issue was pretty amusing. I kind of thought this would be the end, with Bendis leaving Marvel and all, it I guess not. Interested to see what Jessica will be like with someone else at the helm.
Interesting idea of Bendis trying to give Jessica her perfect day. The story line with the purple man was good but I didn’t think the ending was realistic.
This is a goodbye book on multiple levels, but it's disappointing on as many levels. The main conflict and extended confrontation with Kilgrave/Purple Man suffers from chronic Bendisism: so many two page spreads look identical to one another in terms of the same number, size, and grid-like panel layout, and yet on one you're supposed to read across the top from page A to page B, and then on others you're supposed to read all the way through page A before moving to B. If you've read a lot of comics as I have, you know this *ought* to be an intuitive process, but it never is when Brian Michael Bendis is writing the script. He cares so much about focusing on Inside Voices conversations, and adding realism to characters' voices, but it's always tainted by awkwardly started and finished sentences, and no clear visual cues to guide the reader through the panels in the correct order. If you're going to alternate between panel order, you need to give clear indications either through the artwork, the speech bubbles (e.g. sentences ending and then beginning with an em dash (like a long hyphen) or with a question that is clearly answered on the next sequential panel), or both. This team sucks at that, so you'll likely end up reading multiple pages in the wrong order before it becomes apparent which way the conversation flows.
Bendis is saying goodbye to Jessica Jones (his creation, who has risen to huge fame thanks to Netflix), goodbye to Marvel, and possibly forcing the world to say goodbye to her biggest nemesis and former abuser. Some of this is done well, but overall it was anticlimactic.
Bendis is saying goodbye to Jessica Jones (his creation, who has risen to huge fame thanks to Netflix), goodbye to Marvel, and possibly forcing the world to say goodbye to her biggest nemesis and former abuser. Some of this is done well, but overall it was anticlimactic.