 You're practiced one time. Alias. Jessica Jones, Alias. Greetings and welcome to Books for Busy Students. I'm Lauren, a librarian at the Ray Howard Library. Jessica Jones, Alias, is said in the Marvel Comics universe, but the protagonist is not your average superhero. The gritty, somber tones give the feeling of detective noir with references to the famous detective film Chinatown. The illustrations are entirely full color in deep earth tones with hues of dark grays and reds bleeding in. The urban Marvel universe is established when we discover a heroine is a private detective with photos of herself fighting crime alongside other famous superheroes on her office walls. Her cynical attitude and battle with depression hint at her conflicted nature about her powers. Things get more complicated when she takes on a case of a missing sister who turns up murdered and ends up videotaping Captain America's secret identity during her surveillance. Jessica knows she has to sleuth her way out of this mess when she's implicated for the murder and a larger conspiracy is slowly revealed. Thanks for watching.