The second issue of Jessica Jones: The Variants came out yesterday.
The good: Frankly I just love reading a new JJ comic again. Multiverse shenanigans are kinda old-hat in the MCU by now but the mystery here is interesting enough to keep my attention. Jessica-as-Captain-America is a fun idea I wish we knew more about. Oh, and Jessica, as well as Luke and other characters who were on Netflix, all resemble their Netflix counterparts a bit more than previously, Kilgrave in particular looks more David Tennant-y than he has previously in comics. But speaking of...
The iffy: We're once again pulling from the Kilgrave well in a Jessica Jones story. Are these variants even real? Is some of this just in Jessica's head? Is ALL of it? Who knows?! That's the problem with Kilgrave. When he's used in a story when Jessica's the only one immune to his powers (like the Netflix series) then it helps ground the audience perspective at the very least, but when she's as vulnerable as everyone else then literally anything can be faked and we really won't know till the plot's over. That can be interesting, but jury's out on if that will work well here or not.
The good: Frankly I just love reading a new JJ comic again. Multiverse shenanigans are kinda old-hat in the MCU by now but the mystery here is interesting enough to keep my attention. Jessica-as-Captain-America is a fun idea I wish we knew more about. Oh, and Jessica, as well as Luke and other characters who were on Netflix, all resemble their Netflix counterparts a bit more than previously, Kilgrave in particular looks more David Tennant-y than he has previously in comics. But speaking of...
The iffy: We're once again pulling from the Kilgrave well in a Jessica Jones story. Are these variants even real? Is some of this just in Jessica's head? Is ALL of it? Who knows?! That's the problem with Kilgrave. When he's used in a story when Jessica's the only one immune to his powers (like the Netflix series) then it helps ground the audience perspective at the very least, but when she's as vulnerable as everyone else then literally anything can be faked and we really won't know till the plot's over. That can be interesting, but jury's out on if that will work well here or not.