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Summary: Small Town Detective Tale
Review: My friend tried to explain to me the tenets of deconstruction. The best I could get my head around it was using the theme of American Beauty, "look deeper". In this story Bendis takes small town America and puts it under the microscope revealing the ugliness inside. This is not a heartwarming story to give to the kids, but it is quite good.Jessica Jones, former super hero turned private detective, is hired to investigate the disappearance of a 16 year old girl. The mother suspects the father harbored impure thoughts and is the culprit. Other suspects include her high school classmates or the always pleasant hate crime. What appears to be an easy case takes a quick turn to the messy by the end. Fans of Bendis' work on Powers will like this story. Also the art features the unique style of main artist Michael Gaydos and contributions by David Mack and Mark Bagley. Alias "Come Home" is a tightly written and well executed detective story told in the back alleys of the Marvel Universe.
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Summary: Small Town Detective Tale
Review: My friend tried to explain to me the tenets of deconstruction. The best I could get my head around it was using the theme of American Beauty, "look deeper". In this story Bendis takes small town America and puts it under the microscope revealing the ugliness inside. This is not a heartwarming story to give to the kids, but it is quite good. Jessica Jones, former super hero turned private detective, is hired to investigate the disappearance of a 16 year old girl. The mother suspects the father harbored impure thoughts and is the culprit. Other suspects include her high school classmates or the always pleasant hate crime. What appears to be an easy case takes a quick turn to the messy by the end. Fans of Bendis' work on Powers will like this story. Also the art features the unique style of main artist Michael Gaydos and contributions by David Mack and Mark Bagley. Alias "Come Home" is a tightly written and well executed detective story told in the back alleys of the Marvel Universe.
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Summary: Not the best of the series, but still great stuff
Review: This volume, containing Alias issues 11-15, takes Jessica out of NYC and to a small town, in search of a runaway who may or may not be a mutant. It isn't about the mystery, though, so much as an opportunity for Bendis to explore Jessica's personality in a new environment. Throughout, we get glimpses of the runaway's journals, which have been lavishly illustrated by David Mack, and development of Jessica's potential boyfriend, Scott Lang (the second Ant-Man).
These aren't the best issues of Alias, or Bendis' best work, but they're still far better than most comics out there.
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