Marvel Comics: 50 best Marvel comic books of the 2000s
By Mark Lynch
8. Alias: Jessica Jones
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
There’s never been a woman like Jessica Jones in Marvel Comics and Alias lets readers read about her journey. You get to see what her life before, during, and after getting her powers was like. It wasn’t the typical origin story. It actually seems like the beginning of a supervillain.
The death of her parents and enslavement at the hands of Purple Man leads to depression and alcoholism. As unfortunate as that is, Jessica comes out on top. Watching her continuously fight for herself is inspiring. Especially since she does it while helping people in need. She doesn’t just avoid a life of evil, she eventually becomes an Avenger.
7. House of M
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
House of M is where Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) became the most powerful character in Marvel Comics. Some people can alter things in the area they’re in. Wanda altered the entire reality. No one had ever done anything like that. What Dr. Doom did in Secret Wars was similar, but even he needed help. Wanda did it on her own.
Over a decade later mutants are still affected by what Wanda did. She erased the mutant gene from the world with three words. Some mutants relied on their powers to live. The Resurrection Protocols still have millions of mutants from Genosha to get to. There are probably even more that are dead or haven’t got their powers back. All because Wanda said, “No more mutants.”