Jessica Jones Appreciation 2022

[phonogram12]

that comic seems interesting, i want to read it

I mean, for the Phil Noto art alone...

[Digifiend]

Her less scary outfit turns out to be a sweater and a ponytail. I noticed one oddity - someone calls her Ms. Jones, but she corrects them with Jones-Cage. Since when has Jessica combined her name with Luke's?

[Frontier]

Her less scary outfit turns out to be a sweater and a ponytail. I noticed one oddity - someone calls her Ms. Jones, but she corrects them with Jones-Cage. Since when has Jessica combined her name with Luke's?

I mean, legally she is Jones-Cage. I feel like someone has called her that before.

[Krakoa]

Her less scary outfit turns out to be a sweater and a ponytail. I noticed one oddity - someone calls her Ms. Jones, but she corrects them with Jones-Cage. Since when has Jessica combined her name with Luke's?

Have seen some speculation that this issue is not following our Jessica, but rather a variant, and our Jessica is one of the variants she encounters at the end (the one that looks normal). The continuity placement of this book based on the status quo of Purple Man & Matt seems odd, and they make a weirdly big deal of her being a coffee addict as if they're talking about alcohol.

[thwhtGuardian]

This was a really solid first issue, and although I know Simone has largely been DC exclusive but it seems like a crime that she hasn't done a Jessica Jones book before. The whole, tough as nails street level hero is just something Simone nails perfectly.

[Digifiend]

Well, she's best known as Barbara Gordon's writer, isn't she? First on Birds of Prey (which means she's also written Huntress and Black Canary), and then the New 52 Batgirl series. But this isn't her first Marvel work. She's had runs on Deadpool and Domino.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Categ..._Simone/Writer

Fun fact, in BOP she created a character called Sin, no surname, who becomes Black Canary's ward. When the character was used in Arrow, her last name was Simone - they'd named her after Gail.

[Ultimate Captain America]

"Crisis"? There is a multiverse problem, and she had to go and call it a "Crisis"?

[Digifiend]

So? DC Comics do exist in Earth-616 (they tend to be fictional, while Marvel's are biographical). So Jessica would know what a Crisis is.

[Frontier]

"Crisis"? There is a multiverse problem, and she had to go and call it a "Crisis"?

"Green Muscle" - Hulk Jess next?

[Digifiend]

No. She-Hulk's showing up. Three pages before this, Jess gets in an Uber, and calls Jennifer, saying "I need some green muscle".

[K7P5V]

But this isn't her first Marvel work. She's had runs on Deadpool and Domino.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Categ..._Simone/Writer

Indeed. But let's not forget that in-between those two series, she also did Agent X
An underrated series that I remember reading & that I found most enjoyable (XD)

[Frontier]

Simone had a nice run on DP and Agent X .

[matt levin]

I enjoyed this first issue of Variants. But I do have a question--
why this, and not a series simply about Jessica Jones (-Cage). This seems like it's going to become complicated unnecessarily, when Jessica herself, simply, is such a teriffic character with a strong background, an established, assembled (sorry) supporting cast of "guest-star" caliber?

I think just the plotline of Jessica's being 'the only one' who really understands what Maria Snyder underwent when Killgrave took over her mind would be deeply sufficient to hold my interest, without all the variants piling in. I'm so-so on Simone, having enjoyed much of her work, but also disliking some of it, as well. So we'll see how I take to this one.

And one more question: right now, this's the first Marvel title I've picked up in several months; did they print the 'DEATH TO THE MUTANTS' ad on the inside front cover of all their this-month's titles? I found it VERY distracting and confusing right at the start, more so than most ads placed there, directly across from the full-page splash opening the story. I'm wondering if it got moved to the ifc to fit in the Neal Adams tribute. Anyone know?

[Ultimate Captain America]

No. She-Hulk's showing up. Three pages before this, Jess gets in an Uber, and calls Jennifer, saying "I need some green muscle".

That's right... but given the topic of this comic, I wouldn't be surprised if someone takes down the wall, Jessica expects it to be She-Hulk, and it turns out to be "Jess-Hulk" instead.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I enjoyed this first issue of Variants. But I do have a question--
why this, and not a series simply about Jessica Jones (-Cage). This seems like it's going to become complicated unnecessarily, when Jessica herself, simply, is such a teriffic character with a strong background, an established, assembled (sorry) supporting cast of "guest-star" caliber?

I think just the plotline of Jessica's being 'the only one' who really understands what Maria Snyder underwent when Killgrave took over her mind would be deeply sufficient to hold my interest, without all the variants piling in. I'm so-so on Simone, having enjoyed much of her work, but also disliking some of it, as well. So we'll see how I take to this one.

And one more question: right now, this's the first Marvel title I've picked up in several months; did they print the 'DEATH TO THE MUTANTS' ad on the inside front cover of all their this-month's titles? I found it VERY distracting and confusing right at the start, more so than most ads placed there, directly across from the full-page splash opening the story. I'm wondering if it got moved to the ifc to fit in the Neal Adams tribute. Anyone know?

To answer the first question, multiverse stories with variants are a current trend that Marvel are using. This would be the 4th miniseries that relies on it.