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Alias, Vol. 2: Come Home by Brian Michael Bendis
4.0

I wonder if Bendis watched Deadwood before writing this and went "Man, I bet I can outmatch their "fuck" output" because holy hell, if one more character says fuck I might lose my mind. I LOVE THE WORD FUCK BUT DAMN!

Example:
Jessica: Fuck fuck fuck how are you?
Scott Lang: I'm doing good, how the fuck you doing?
Luke Cage: Fuck man, don't fucking do that to fucking me...shit.

Like damn.

Okay that's my one negative but it's annoying enough to mention. The rest of this is fantastic and a great read. This volume is basically one big case with a almost too happy ending, but one that Jessica deserved. The case in this one is basically a girl goes missing. By each person Jessica goes to the truth is reveal. Who is who? Where is the girl? We see a lot of backwards thinking, where a pastor actually says mutants are an abomination. I always loved the fact Mutants are just a tag word for gays/other races and makes the speech Jessica gives even more powerful. Especially living here in Florida I deal with it all the time sadly.

Jessica is mature storytelling for sure. Not cause of all the fucks and shits, but mostly because the characters feel like they're talking to adults. Not children. And it keeps me engaged the entire time. I'm even enjoying the art now!

A very very solid 4/5 and hoping this keeps up.