Jessica Jones: Avenger

by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos (Illustrator), Billy Tan (Illustrator)

Collects New Avengers (2005) #38, 47; New Avengers Annual (2006) #3; New Avengers (2010) #8, 31; What If Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers?; Netflix Jessica Jones Comic; material from Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #601, Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1. You've binge-watched her hit series, now binge-read Jessica Jones' greatest Avengers adventures — including every post-ALIAS/PULSE collaboration by her creators, Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos! As the Skrulls' SECRET INVASION rages, Jessica makes a fateful decision that may wreck her marriage to Luke Cage! But when Norman Osborn captures Hawkeye, Jessica will step up — and Jewel will fly again! Then, uncover Jessica and Luke's first case together as Doom crashes their dinner date! But as Jessica weighs her biggest responsibility — her daughter, Danielle — will Alias Investigations reopen its doors? advice from Spider-Man, and an alternate take on Jessica's life!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Marvel, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Science Fiction

162 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 31, 2016

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Scott Rhee · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Jessica Jones: Avenger” is a fun but ultimately disappointing (for me, anyway) entry in the JJ series, mainly because it is stories “featuring” Ms. Jones in other Marvel publications, mainly “The New Avengers”, “The Amazing Spider-man”, and a “What If?”

I fully acknowledge that the fault is all mine, because I am well aware that more literate Marvel fans (those who have actually read and continue to read the multiple series) will have a better appreciation for what is going on than myself, who can only glean what the heck is going on from context and/or if it related in anyway to anything that happened in the MCU. Most of the time, it didn’t.

I have no idea what the “Secret Invasion” was or what happened to Scarlet Witch or who half of these so-called superheroes are (Is Ms. Marvel a different version of Captain Marvel? Who is Victoria Hand?) or why Jarvis kidnapped Jessica’s baby.

I think I am supposed to read these with the implicit intention of eventually going back and reading these other series, but the thought of doing so is so daunting because, I’m guessing, the best way to understand “The New Avengers” is to read the old “Avengers”, and I would want to start from the very beginning, which is about forty years worth of comics, and nahhh.

Maybe if my superpower was speed-reading (which would be an awesome superpower), but it’s not going to happen.

I did, of course, enjoy what I read, even if I didn’t understand everything going on, mainly because Brian Michael Bendis did the writing. I will say that I was troubled by some of the other artist renditions of Jessica. In some frames, she looked like a young Cindy Crawford and in other frames she looked like the girl from the Sprint commercials. I don’t have a problem, per se, with either artist’s renditions, but I have grown used to---and actually now like---artist Michael Gaydos’s rendition of Jessica. I’m not sure who she is modelled after---clearly, she is modelled after someone, whether it’s Gaydos’s girlfriend or an office intern at Marvel---but she has the perfect kind of no-bullshit, I’m-okay-wearing-sweat-pants-and-no-makeup-today kind of bad-ass chick with a grin vibe that I dig.

[Terry Mcginnis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent collection of JJ stories, but too many of them end with cliffhangers that do not continue in this book, leaving loose plot threads for Jessica. Recommend for JJ fans.

[Brent · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just great: rereading most of these, though some are new to me, they make me miss Bendis' keen dialogue.
Here is a smattering of Jessica Jones intersecting with Luke Cage, the Avengers, motherhood, and adventuring. In all, great comics art collaborations and comics scripting appears.
Recommended. Thanks to Fulton County Public Library for the loan.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh compilation of JJ stories...makes you realize just how few stories she's actually in.

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This collection is mostly good, with the exception of one artist who is very 90s inspired and the insistence, for whatever reason, to trash the great set up of ALIAS for the sake of shoving Jessica into the Avengers. Don't get me wrong - there is strong stuff here. The case she takes for Luke is an incredibly well-done story. Their relationship is one of (if not) the most authentic in comics right now. But Jessica is not the type of character who has breakfast with or crushes on Spider Man.

Overall, I just prefer her detecting versus flying.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you don't have some background knowledge of the arcs these issues are from, they're not that well connected, and there's not a lot of context. It's not a necessarily collection to read. But the individual issues and Jessica and Luke's appearances in them are good ones, so if you've read enough to get the gist of the timelines and are seeking out other Jessica appearances just because you love her (and because a month between current issues feels longer and longer), it's a fun binge-read, just as the book itself describes.

[Noel · Rating 2 out of 5]

The cover calls this binge watching... only if binge watching means catching episodes 1, 5, 8, 12,... There is no complete story here. it is a disjointed hodge podge of snippets. Each entertaining on their own, but you could go buy random individual back issues to get the same effect, and spend less.

[Ashlight Grayson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice collection of stories featuring Jessica. She's been through some ups and downs within her marriage and has built a lot of relationships within the Avengers which was nice to get a glimpse of. If you want to know more about the charter, this is a good compilation to pick up.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anthology volumes like this are always a little rough to read because they jump in and out of storylines with minimal setup. In this case, it was easy enough to follow the basic plot of each, but the overall story arcs are left incomplete. Because of this, I put collections of this type into a different mental category than fully-established storylines.

That being said, this is a fun read for fans of Jessica Jones. The overall quality of the episodes included here is high, with some great character interactions--particularly between Jessica and Luke. The art is mostly good, and I enjoyed getting to see more of Jessica and some of these other characters that I haven't had the chance to follow across all of their appearances.

This isn't a volume that stands well on its own, but for fans of Jessica Jones--and for those with a basic working understanding of the Marvel comics universe--it's a fun read with some definite high points overall.

[Jamie Connolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jessica jones is one of my favorites. This book is pretty good. It’s not one story arc though. It’s more of an anthology of sorts. I’ve read all the Jessica jones comics and these are more avengers comics that happen to have a focus on Jessica and Luke. But still very enjoyable. For someone who loves Jessica jones, this is great because it gives you all the random encounters and tid-bits of her history you wouldn’t get in the regular series. All written by bendis and mostly drawn by gaydos. I could easily give this five stars like I do all her other collected arcs but I don’t want to overdo it! 4 stars.

[Dawn-Lorraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good collection of Jessica Jones stories to introduce the character. Of course, it feels a bit incomplete because they are partial stories, some from bigger plotlines. But it let's you know her basic story, powers, status among other heroes and some about her relationship with Luke Cage. And it will make most readers want to pick up more of her books, either the Bendis Alias series or the current Jessica Jones or Defenders series.

[Cloak88 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jessica Jones: For Completionist

This volume is an anthologie of Somewhat related Jessica Jones stories as a supporting character in the New Avengers. As such the writing, art and inking is all done by a variety of people. Most of it pretty good, but the art-styles clash pretty badly, and the writing ranges from good to mediocre.

Overall this is an oke book, but not much to write home about. 3 stars for the bits that were good enough not to dwell on the boring bits.

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book. Mostly a review of bits of Jessica Jones across some amount of time. But readable. Good writing. But wow the art is basically terrible. Not necessarily for anyone else, but Jessica Jones is captured poorly. And Luke Cage almost as badly. They just can't seem to decide what they look like. It's kind of annoying.

[mad mags · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection felt haphazard and more than a little confusing, with single, Jessica-centric issues pulled from larger story arcs and presented with little-to-no-context. If, like me, you're not familiar with the Skrulls' SECRET INVASION story line, then you will be lost.

Also, Power Woman and boob windows? Vomit.

2.5 stars.

[Robert Noll · Rating 3 out of 5]

A few unrelated stories about Jessica Jones from the Brian Michael Bendis era. I am still unsure of her exact powers and limitations, but the flashback sequences of old issues of Marvel Comics are interesting. I think the most entertaining part was how she was a high school classmate of Peter Parker.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the stories I liked quite a bit while others I found confusing (which is understanding due to how the book is put together and my lack of knowledge about The Avengers). I picked it up because I love the Netflix series.

[Burrito von Ska · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's now what I was expecting. It's a collection of times Jessica Jones appeared in comics that aren't her own. As such, the art style and plot lines are all over the placed, but the last few stories pull it together. Def read if you're a JJ fan, pass if she's not a favorite of yours.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Essential reading only if you need to read everything Jessica Jones is in (up to the time of publication). It's just several cameo appearances in Avengers and a couple of stories at the end. All in all, skip it, unless you are a super Jessica Jones fan.

[Shira · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like the story (as always) but the illustration is kind of hit and miss. The biggest miss is drawing Jessica with a concave stomach when the baby is a newborn. I don't care if she's a meta-human/superhero, she's also a woman and that is not how the female body works.

[Still Life With Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

En este cómic se recopilan algunas de las apariciones más destacadas de Jessica. Habiendo visto en una de ellas lo que hubiera pasado si se llega a unir a los Vengadores, creo que me quedo con la versión normal de la historia 😂

[Kit · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 Stars

Only for Jessica Jones completists. None of these stories are connected in any way EXCEPT by the inclusion of Jessica. So unless you know the background stories you'll be completely lost.

Wouldn't recommend.

[Jaq · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely a more traditional take on a female character, she's not as strong or as independent as she could be. The final story is an interesting what if that was the stand out for me.

[Rachel Redhead · Rating 5 out of 5]

somewhat disjointed at times, more like a greatest hits collection than a regular comic book

[Nina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh, I didn't find this helpful to give me any context. Mostly it just confused me.

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hadn't heard of this character until I saw the show. Her story arcs are interesting and the art style in this is good.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some hits, some misses. Most of these stories are fun. If you're a BMB fan, this is a decent collection.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

For an overview of about 8years of comics it was pretty good.

[Fernanda Fadel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've been reading all of the Jessica Jones stuff. This is the last one and I find it a bit confusing, since I did not follow any other storylines in the comics.

[Bel Hernández · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amé por todo el domestic! jessica jones BUT creo que necesitaba más info

[Micha Goebig · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t like this one at all. Just a mix of half-stories and different styles.