Jessica Jones #13

David Mack's haunting watercolor cover for this 2017 Marvel Legacy issue says everything you need to know about the stakes: Jessica Jones strides forward with fierce, guarded determination, clutching a young child tightly against her as an ominous wash of purple blooms behind them. That encroaching violet haze gives the arc's title — "Return of the Purple Man Part 1" — an immediate, visceral weight before you've even opened the cover. With Brian Michael Bendis writing alongside artist Michael Gaydos and colorist Matt Hollingsworth, this feels like a chapter of Jessica's story that's been earning its tension for a long time.