What If Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers?

In this 2005 Marvel one-shot, writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos explore an alternate timeline where Jessica Jones accepts membership in the Avengers, reshaping her life as a private investigator and single mother. The story examines how her gritty, street-level perspective collides with the team's superhero ethos, offering a compact what-if scenario that deepens Bendis and Gaydos's acclaimed run on the character. A single-issue snapshot of a pivotal fork in Jessica's road, it stands as a thoughtful companion piece to the creators' longer work.