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November 17, 2004
What If Jessica Jones was Cindy Crawford?
I'm really glad Bendis and Michael Gaydos went to all that trouble to put a believable, realistic female character into the Marvel Universe. Because since Alias ended, it has been enormous fun to see how other creators are unable to draw anything but the same old generic barbie-doll women that they have been practicing since they were 12 years old.
See, for example, the cover to Bendis' upcoming "What If Jessica Jones Had Joined The Avengers?". I suppose this is a slightly younger Jessica Jones than we saw in Alias, so it is perfectly understandable that she has grown about a foot and a half taller, developed long twig-thin limbs, and gotten some sort of radical breast enlargement procedure. Her face, meanwhile, has sprouted high, prominent cheekbones, and the supple, pouty lips of a porn star. At least that poor, lonely Queens fanboy will have a new honey to bring back to his parents' basement.
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at November 17, 2004 11:35 AM
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That cover freaked me out. Almost as much as my first sight of Jessica in PULSE, when it seemed she'd suddenly become 10 years younger, a foot shorter, and had undergone radical reconstructive surgery to make her a visual clone of Mary Jane Watson at 16... or Songbird at whatever age she is now.
Posted by: DavidPW at November 17, 2004 02:07 PM
The Pulse rendition was ridiculous. You're right, it was as though he had mixed up the model sheets and was referring to Ultimate Mary Jane for 5 issues. The new Secret Wars series also does some drastic disservice to Jessica Jones.
I have to give Alex Maleev credit - when JJ appeared in Daredevil she was always instantly recognizable.
Posted by: jdonelson_nyc at November 17, 2004 05:33 PM
I had such high hopes for the Pulse. The same team that made Ultimate Spider-man awesome, giving a reporter's view of superheroes, much like a monthly version of Marvels. Instead, the book has been so-so at best.
I did like the long conversation between Spider-man and Ben Urich, where Ben reveals he knows PP's secret and pushes for details on the Green Goblin. That was top notch.
Posted by: Peat at November 19, 2004 02:01 PM