Alias Volume 2: Come Home

This is the bomb. Not literally. It's always understated, but it's also hard-hitting in the feels and the hypocrisy and the major mutant=gay subtext that we've since gotten fourteen thousand earfuls of in UF since 2002.

I don't mind. The whole thing focuses more on story and such wry and nearly silent observations that I now understand perfectly well why this got green-lighted for tv. I wondered. I seriously did. Even after watching the series and loving the freaking hell out of it, I still wondered how it got away with doing all it did. Is it just because we all love the flawed-detective story? Is it because we love an OP character pulling it far, far back and living by her curious and mysterious and fully occulted past?

Am I damn show more curious to see if I'll get to the spoiler that the tv series gives us? Hell yeah. So far, nothing. But on the other hand, Power Man! And a curiously sensitive Ant-Man. Oh? We seeing adventure-time? Nah. Fallout of a one-night stand and a blind date set-up from Carol Danvers, respectively. It's actually rather sweet. :) show less

I loved this story arc. Jessica heads to a small town to investigate a missing girl. A little stereotypical (maybe a lot) regarding small towns (they can't all be anymore full of racists than anywhere else, right?), but I very much liked Jessica's rant in the church and everything Rebecca had to say about her situation. The addition of Rebecca's collage art was great -- really helped give some insight into her character and a great break from the overall artwork.

(What was that Thor break though? A dream? Lovely colors in Jessica's dreams. I like bright & shiny.)

Okay, the second volume! The case of the missing girl who might or might not be a mutant. I loved everything about it. Even the ending. It felt so REAL, even considering the subject is complete fantasy. I really love this comic, I love how it is able to so perfectly meld the realistic and the fantastic. I highly recommend for anyone who thinks they don't like "super-heroes".

Liked it. Not absolutely blown away like I remember being for the first volume (it’s been a while), but the writing’s solid and the art is great and the story held me. The issues it tackles, and the people we run into on the investigation, are as nasty as expected and … yeah, pretty much just enjoying how realistic this series feels compared to some other comics I’ve read.

7/10

This comic opens up with Jones taking a road trip to Lago, New York to find a missing sixteen-year-old girl, Rebecca. Her mother and aunt seem to have never noticed her until now and they believe that her father is behind it. That he is some kind of molester who killed her when she fought back. The dad is actually a sad sack of a guy who is pretty pissed off about the situation with his ex.

The local cop sticks his nose in her business but does offer up a little useful information. Jones picks up some collage books at Rebecca's dad's house that belonged to her and takes them with her to help her get an idea of who she is. When someone is murdered things become complicated and Jomes has to figure things out fast.

Carol Danvers, Ms. Marvel, show more tries to set her up with a superhero of sorts. Jones examines the way she does some things in her life in this comic and I think it's a good thing even if it probably won't last long. The case she's on isn't as interesting as the one in the previous comic, but the personal aspects are far more worth reading. The artwork in this comic is amazing, especially the collage work which is shown at the end of the book. The issue covers are also amazing as usual using pastels and pieces hooked together to form an image. I really love this series and this book really moves it forward nicely. I can't wait to find out what happens in the next volume. show less

Jessica goes to upstate New York to investigate the disappearance of a possibly mutant teenage girl and then gets set up on a blind date with Ant-Man by Carol Danvers. This is a really great series that grounds the superhero universe firmly in the real world. Jessica is a fun character too and her date with Scott Lang is interesting as well as quite hilarious.

A much better volume than the first. Solid storytelling and great character work from one of the great pop writers of our day. I'm not crazy about the art, but that's just personal taste.