Brian Michael Bendis's Alias is a critically acclaimed series, and I entirely understand why that is. I just don't particularly care for it. I've read about half of it. It's very well written. And the idea of exploring a superhero's life post superheroing is an interesting one. Jessica Jones's was a piss poor superhero and now she's trying to make it in New York as private investigator. Unfortunately her cases just aren't that interesting. Bendis isn't a mystery writer. Jessica's struggles to leave her past behind is interesting, just not enough to hold my interest.
Of course Jessica Jones will be one of four characters to get a Netflix series. I'm not sure how she got in on that, having read this much of Alias. I'm sure the Netflix series will be inspired by Alias as Jessica has no other significant stories to her name. If they went with more interesting cases, the Netflix series could be quite an interesting mystery show. A straight adaptation would bore me to tears.
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