Jessica Jones - (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Meet Jessica Jones. Once upon a time, she was a costumed superhero ... Her powers were unremarkable compared to the amazing abilities of the costumed icons that populate the Marvel Universe. ... The self-destructive would-be Avenger is now the owner and sole employee of Alias Investigations--a small, private-investigation firm specializing in superhuman cases. When she uncovers the potentially explosive secret of one hero's true identity, Jessica's life immediately becomes expendable. But her wit, charm, and intelligence just may help her survive through another day. Thrust into the midst of a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels, has Jessica burned too many bridges to turn to old friends for help?"--Page 4 of cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Meet Jessica Jones. Once upon a time, she was a costumed super hero...but not a very good one. Her powers were unremarkable compared to the amazing abilities of the costumed icons that populate the Marvel Universe. In a city of Marvels, Jessica Jones never found her niche. Now a chain-smoking, self-destructive alcoholic with a mean inferiority complex, Jones is the owner and sole employee of Alias Investigations - a small, private-investigative firm specializing in superhuman cases. When she uncovers the potentially explosive secret of one hero's true identity, Jessica's life immediately becomes expendable. But her wit, charm and intelligence just may help her survive through another day.</br></br><b>COLLECTING: </b> Alias 1-9</br></br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Brian Michael Bendis</b> is an American comic book writer and former artist. He has won critical acclaim, including five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books.[2] <p/>Starting out with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, launching <i>Ultimate Spider-Man</i> in 2000, on which he continues as writer to the present day. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with <i>New Avengers</i> in 2004, and has also written the Marvel "event" storylines "Secret War" (2004), "House of M" (2005), "Secret Invasion" (2008), "Siege" (2010) and "Age of Ultron" (2013). <p/>In addition to writing comics, he has also worked in television, video games and film, and taught writing at Portland State University. He will begin teaching at University of Oregon starting in Fall 2013, and his book <i>Words for Pictures</i> will be out in Spring 2014 from Random House
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