num_pages: 208
description: Meet Jessica Jones, one-time costumed heroine turned private investigator. After realizing that her powers were unremarkable compared to those of the icons in the Marvel Universe, Jones gave up being a super hero and eventually opened up a detective agency. While her intent to help others is intact, her personal behavior is anything but valiant: She is bitter, resentful and self-destructive. In lieu of professional help, Jessica battles her inferiority complex and depression with a chain-smoking habit and alcoholic tendencies. In spite of her self-imposed exile from the spandex crowd, Jessica's cases continually lead her back to her old circle of acquaintances, which only fuels her angst even more. Jessica is imperfect and human, and her textured personality is eloquently rendered by Bendis and Gaydos.
language: English
title: Alias, Vol. 1
titlecomplete: Alias, Vol. 1
characters: Jessica Jones, Steve Rogers, Kate Bishop, Luke Cage, Carol Danvers
genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comics, Comic Book, Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 10838
series: Alias, Alias (2001) (Single Issues)
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Gran Guinigi
category: Best long story
publisher: Marvel Comics