Jessica Jones #8

David Mack's haunting watercolor cover for issue #8 sets a quietly intense tone — a profile portrait of a woman rendered in delicate washes of blue and grey, surrounded by a deep crimson field, with the words "The Secrets of Maria Hill" and a S.H.I.E.L.D. eagle medallion woven into the composition. The painterly fragility of the image contrasts beautifully with the weight those words carry, hinting at the kind of morally complex noir territory that Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos have made their own on this series. If you've been following Jessica Jones through its mature, street-level storytelling, this chapter — subtitled "Case 008" — looks like exactly the right moment to pay close attention.