None of this stacked creative team is new to weaving superhero yarns, and that’s a good thing, because getting Jessica “right” isn’t something that many creators can pull off well. But who are we kidding? Of course Simone, Noto, and Petit pull this off superbly, crafting a mystery that engages and mystifies without ever becoming convoluted and infuriating. Those are a lot of plates to spin: multiple realities, different-but-similar Jessica Jones, a noir-esque mystery. To further add a wrinkle in this space-time caper, Prime gets a hint that one or all of the Jessicas in her midst might not be worthy of her trust. That’s a good thing, as, in issue #3, not only do the Jessica variants need to figure out why they find themselves converging in the universe of Jessica Prime (“our” Jessica, as she’s called in the miniseries), but they also must contend with the possibility that the villainous Zebediah Killgrave- The Purple Man–might have planted a suggestion in Prime’s brain years ago that will put her and the city at risk. In The Variants, Jessica is planted face-to-face with variations of herself: some close to who she is now, others wildly different, but all with enough of her personality with which Jessica can connect. It’s a question–among many others–with which private investigator and sometimes-superhero Jessica Jones must grapple in The Variants, from the creative team of writer Gail Simone, artist Phil Noto, and letterer Cory Petit.
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