Alias #25

Purple Haze" continues in this second installment of the arc, and David Mack's painted cover sets an unsettling tone — a looming, sketched male face dominates the background while a jointed wooden artist's mannequin, its head replaced by a photo-realistic woman's face, sprawls vulnerably in the foreground against a swirling blue-purple backdrop. The mixed-media imagery — paint, collage, and drawing layered together — captures the psychological tension at the heart of Jessica Jones' world with striking artistry. Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos' mature MAX Comics series remains one of 2003's most distinctive voices in superhero noir.