The Variants

Gail Simone · Phil Noto

Story era 13 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age

Simone and Noto turn Jessica Jones’s encounters with alternate selves toward questions of trauma, family and selfhood.

UnownedReading status not recorded112 pages5 full issues

One-book project: Jessica Jones — The Variants

Setup & reading order

After Alias and Jessica’s later family status quo
Read all five issues as a complete standalone mystery; no multiverse-event sequence is required.

Optional context & path

Useful background and earlier stops: Alias by Bendis & Gaydos.

Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.

About these books · 4 sources

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Marvel — The Variants collection (opens in a new tab)Publisher
Jessica Jones publication history (opens in a new tab)Reference

The books

UnownedThe VariantsGail Simone · Phil Noto112 pp

This book

The Variants

Trade paperback · 112 pages · Unowned

Book 1 of 1 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age

An established, married Jessica Jones confronts alternate versions of herself in a self-contained modern identity mystery.

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Released 14 Mar 2023 · 112 pages · Phil Noto cover9781302947064Planned edition

The Variants (2022)#1–5

Earth-616 PrimaryMultiverse Contained story

Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication · The Variants

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No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.