Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.īendis’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.īendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's 'Ultimate' line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. 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.īendis first entered the comic world with the 'Jinx' line of crime comics in 1995.

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. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. Plus: Jessica travels to upstate New York to investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl rumored to be a mutant in a prejudiced small town, goes on a date with the Astonishing Ant-Man, teams up with Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman and confronts the demons of her past.Ĭollects Alias #1-28, What If? Jessica Jones had Joined the Avengers.Ī comic book writer and erstwhile artist. 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? But her wit, charm and intelligence just may help her survive through another day. In her inaugural arc, Jessica's life immediately becomes expendable when she uncovers the potentially explosive secret of one hero's true identity.

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 super-human cases. In a city of Marvels, Jessica Jones never found her niche. Her powers were unremarkable compared to the amazing abilities of the costumed icons that populate the Marvel Universe. Once upon a time, Jessica Jones was a costumed super-hero, just not a very good one.

Alias Omnibus by Brian Michael Bendis