The latest chapter of Jessica Jones’s mini-series leans hard into horror: Alias: Red Band #4 arrives in stores Wednesday, June 10, with the private investigator and Typhoid Mary facing grotesque, supernatural threats that turn a longtime Hell’s Kitchen butcher into the center of a violent mystery. The issue’s preview pages suggest a darker turn for the story, one that could reshape the mood of the series and push its characters into new, unsettling territory.
Sam Humphries and artist Geraldo Borges continue the limited run with a plot that traces a gruesome trail to a neighborhood butcher shop established decades ago. Early art released ahead of the issue depicts a creature formed from processed meat, breathing flame and forcing Jessica and Mary to contend with an enemy that is both physical and uncanny.
The creative choice to anchor the episode in a working-class storefront gives the conflict local consequences: this is not a faceless supernatural event but one tied to a community landmark, raising the stakes for residents of Hell’s Kitchen and for the series’ protagonists.
What to know before you read
- Title: Alias: Red Band #4
- Creators: Sam Humphries (writer), Geraldo Borges (artist); cover art by David Mack
- On sale: June 10, 2026
- Format: 32 pages; labeled Explicit Content
- Price: $4.99 (U.S.); variant editions available, including a Kasia Nie polybagged variant
Plot snippets indicate the case the pair are investigating leads to a butcher whose offerings are anything but ordinary. Rather than a straightforward whodunit, the issue blends detective work with body-horror imagery—an approach that pushes Jessica Jones’s noir sensibilities into more visceral, supernatural territory.
Readers should expect artwork that emphasizes mood and menace. The previews highlight dramatic, high-contrast panels and a creature concept built from butchered flesh, signaling that this installment will be one of the series’ most visually striking and thematically dark entries.
How this matters: the series has built its identity on combining grounded, character-driven drama with unexpected genre turns. A horror-inflected chapter like this can deepen character arcs for Jessica Jones and Typhoid Mary, while also drawing in readers who follow Marvel’s more experimental or mature-leaning titles.
Preview pages are available now through distributor previews and retailer listings; the issue will be sold in print and through digital retailers the week of release. Collectors should note the existence of variant covers and polybagged editions, which are being offered alongside the standard release.
Whether you follow the series for its investigative core or its willingness to push supernatural beats into a familiar urban setting, this issue promises a memorable, if unsettling, chapter in the ongoing arc.
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