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Dictionary: a·li·as   (ā'lē-əs, āl'yəs) pronunciation
n.
  1. An assumed name: The swindler worked under various aliases.
  2. Electronics. A false signal in telecommunication links from beats between signal frequency and sampling frequency.
adv.
Also known as; otherwise: Johnson, alias Johns.

[Latin aliās, otherwise, at another time, from feminine accusative pl. of alius, other.]


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Otherwise; an indication that a person is known by more than one name. Aka and a/k/a mean ‘also known as' and are used to introduce the listing of an alias.

Antonyms: alias
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n

Definition: false name
Antonyms: name


Law Encyclopedia: Alias
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

[Latin, Otherwise called.] A term used to indicate that a person is known by more than one name.

Alias is a short and more popular phrase for alias dictus. The abbreviation a.k.a., also known as, is frequently used in connection with the description of a person sought by law enforcement officers to disclose the names that the person has been known to use. A fictitious name assumed by a person is popularly termed an alias.

Wikipedia: Alias (comics)
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Alias
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Promotional art for cover of Alias #28
Art by David Mack and Mark Bagley
Publication information
Publisher MAX
Schedule monthly
Format Ongoing series
Publication date November 2001 – January 2004
Main character(s) Jessica Jones
Creative team
Creator(s) Brian Michael Bendis
Michael Gaydos

Alias is a comic book series created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos. It was published by Marvel Comics under Marvel's MAX imprint for a total of 28 issues from 2001 to 2004.

Contents

Overview

Alias was written by Bendis and illustrated for most of its run by Michael Gaydos, with covers by David Mack. Characters from the series moved to Brian Michael Bendis' subsequent series The Pulse.

The protagonist of Alias is Jessica Jones, a former costumed superhero named Jewel who left that avocation to become a private investigator. The running thread is Jessica's character development, as the layers of her past and personality are revealed to the reader while, simultaneously, she tries to come to terms with them herself.

Alias was one of the titles that launched Marvel's "R-Rated" MAX imprint, and was reported[1] to have been one of the reasons the imprint was created. Marvel Publishing President Bill Jemas read a draft of the script for the first issue of Alias (which, characteristically, starts with the word "fuck") and exclaimed "Why couldn't we publish this?"[1]

Being under the MAX imprint imposed certain other limitations on what the creators could do in the series. They were not allowed, for example, to use many of Marvel's most famous characters, such as Spider-Man (with the exception of one cameo). Bendis gave this as one reason in afterword to Alias #28 for ending the series and moving the characters to The Pulse.

The series won the Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Comic Series in 2003, and the Harvey Award for Best New Series in 2002.

Story arcs

Alias (#1-9)

Asked to look for a missing woman, Jessica finds herself caught in a conspiracy involving Captain America and the president of the United States. Later, her friend Carol Danvers hooks her up with Scott Lang, a.k.a. Ant-Man. Subsequently she is hired to find the recently missing Rick Jones.

Other characters appearing in the arc include Daredevil (as Jessica's attorney Matt Murdock), Captain America, and second-tier villain Man Mountain Marko.

Come Home (#11-15)

Jessica Jones is assigned to look for a missing girl rumoured to be a mutant in a small, prejudiced town.

The Underneath (#10, 16-21)

J. Jonah Jameson asks Jessica to uncover Spider-Man's identity. Later, Mattie Franklin, the latest Spider-Woman, goes missing and Jessica is asked to find her. When she does, she discovers a criminal underworld that sells the drug known as the Mutant Growth Hormone. Along the way, Jones meets an unexpected ally in Jessica Drew, the original Spider-Woman, who is also investigating Franklin's disappearance.

The Secret Origins of Jessica Jones (#22-23)

Jessica's origins, including her source of powers, how she became a superhero, and why she quit are revealed.

Purple (#24-28)

Her past with the Purple Man is revealed, and she must confront him when he escapes from prison.

Collections

The series was collected into a number of trade paperbacks:

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Alias #28, letter page

Translations: Alias
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - alias, også kaldet
n. - alias, dæknavn
v. tr. - eller, også kaldet

Nederlands (Dutch)
bijnaam, bijgenaamd

Français (French)
adv. - alias
n. - pseudonyme, faux nom, nom d'emprunt
v. tr. - (Phys, Télécom) mal identifier un signal de fréquence, introduire une distorsion ou une erreur

Deutsch (German)
adv. - alias
n. - Deckname
v. - (Phys.) Frequenz falsch identifizieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψευδώνυμο, πλαστό όνομα
adv. - αλλιώς, γνωστός ως

Italiano (Italian)
pseudonimo, alias

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nome (m) suposto, pseudônimo (m), apelido (m)
adv. - aliás

Русский (Russian)
вымышленное имя, иначе называемый

Español (Spanish)
adv. - seudónimo, alias, apodo
n. - seudónimo, alias, apodo
v. tr. - apodar, poner apodos o seudónimo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - antaget namn
adv. - alias

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
别名, 化名, 清除假信号

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 別名, 化名
n. - 別名, 化名
v. tr. - 清除假信號

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 일명~
n. - 별명, 변장
v. tr. - 별명으로 통하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 別名
adv. - 別名は

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إسم مستعار (ظرف) ألمعروف بكذا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮ידוע גם בשם‬
n. - ‮כינוי, שם נוסף‬
v. tr. - ‮שגה בזיהוי אות או תדירות (פיסיקה, תקשורת-רחק), שיבש, הטעה‬


 
 
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