Alias 'Epilogue' - The Pulse

[cyberghostface]

As some of you may know, after Alias ended we got The Pulse. It was an all-ages (well not all-ages but PG-13 at least) book that continued Jessica Jones' story as she worked for an off-shoot of The Daily Bugle called 'The Pulse' with Ben Urich and Kat Farrell. To be blunt, it wasn't as good as Alias. The first two arcs, which I won't be posting, dealt with the arrest of the Green Goblin and the cover up of Nick Fury's 'Secret War'.

The third arc was probably the only time it felt like Alias again, in part due to the return of Michael Gaydos.

#11 has Jessica meeting up with Sue Storm to discuss being a mother.











Luke Cage is considering options for a costume.





As an aside this arc also had a subplot with Ben Urich investigating D-Man who is living in the sewers. It's not at all relevant to Jessica's story hence it's removal but it's worth reading the full thing for.

#12...















#13...













#14...

Jessica doesn't have an answer yet.







The Owl is quickly defeated.













To be honest the annual was a huge disappointment. It was basically an extended fight scene with the evil Black Widow as an 'adaptoid' with the marriage as an afterthought. But here it is.





There's a lot that could be said about Mary-Jane's comment here but I'll let it stand for itself. :/








 

Comments

[lordultimus]

Note to future writers: even as a joke, don't mention the Avengers 200 story. No one wants to remember it.

[crinos]

Seriously.

I am not sure the combination of hard drugs that made that whole plotline even begin to approach looking like a good idea, and quite frankly, I don't WANT to know.

[silverhammerman]

Maybe especially as a joke. I mean, it'd be one thing to bring up Avengers 200 in a legitimate attempt to examine the fucked up gender politics and "correct" an incredibly poorly thought out story, it's another thing entirely to bring it up as a dark but wacky anecdote.

[q99]

Seriously.

I was reading through the post, I got there, then I skipped forward to the comments because bleh, didn't want to continue reading.

[starwolf_oakley]

Avengers 200 should only be mentioned in explaining how Carol,made up with the Avengers. They have never really,explained that, although it happened when Carol was recovering after "Operation: Galactic Storm."

[beyondthefringe]

"You're emitting energies!"
The Marvel Universe: where even in the hospitals, you find civilians who are total dicks.

And Doctor Strange as the only qualified doctor for superhuman births... I guess since Don Blake wasn't around at that point. Heh.

Seriously, I'll bet in Kurt Busiek's Astro City, -he- has someone who's dedicated their doctor career to superhuman family planning...

[freezer]

I'd guess Hank McCoy handles mutant stuff. And really, how many super OB/GYNs would you need? Given Marvel's track record, I'd think the demand would be for super coroners.

[espanolbot]

Earlier in the series a nurse blames the fact that Luke is attacked in a hospital while comatose on him dating a white woman... the nurse in question was African American, but still, medical people seem to suck just as much as the rest of the Marvel Universe it seems.

[freezer]

That last shot is just peak Wolverine Publicity.

[remial]

ok, wait, Luke has unbreakable skin, right? so how did he get his ear pierced?

[cyberghostface]

Clip-on?

[thatnickguy]

It was a sweet Christmas present.

Eh? *nudge, nudge* Ehhhhhh?

[thatnickguy]

With these new Alias collections coming out, I wonder if they'll include this storyarc (and annual). I feel like it'd be the perfect way to end the series, even if it's not part of the same book.

[cyberghostface]

They released an omnibus trade for the series titled 'Jessica Jones: The Pulse' but not the individual trades like they did with Alias.

[cdamascus]

I don't know why, but it really bugged me when artists drew Carol's Ms. Marvel costume as backless. It just looks weird.

[kd_the_movie]

I laughed so hard at Peters quip about the Maximoff twins

[steverodgers5]

I always liked that New Avengers annual. It was certainly nice to see Spiderman being the one on the team that figured out a way to defeat the villain. As it was about time that all the experience of hundreds of adventures in his own titles paid off on the team.

And that last page group shot is really nice..