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Peter David’s She-Hulk and I haven’t really got on up until this point. I was thoroughly hooked on Dan Slott’s take on Jennifer, always keen to pick each issue up and read more on the numerous triangles that he had created between the staff at Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Book.

But Peter’s work… It felt more ‘Hulk’ than She-Hulk.

It was almost as though Peter was missing the inherent femininity within the character he was writing, choosing the focus purely on powerhouse abilities and stripping Jen of her ties to the real world.

Not a creative decision I would have made - but I understood his desire to make something different and unique, which is the main reason I chose to give the book a chance and carry on picking it up for a little while.

***SPOILER ALERT***

The last issue of She-Hulk saw Peter laying an interesting foundation - locking Jen up after she inadvertently broke a restraining order between her and Arthur Moore (also known as ‘Dark Art’) - the man who helped her to become disbarred.

Carrying that story on - Jen stays behind bars, but recounts the story of how Moore entered her life to her cellmate. This, to be honest, is one of those ‘fill in the gaps’ issues, explaining how the characters within Dan’s She-Hulk became those appearing in Peter’s.

In my opinion - the story within this issue is one that has needed to be told for far too long. Although I know that Peter wanted to make his mark as soon as he hit the book, I’m ever so slightly worried that he may have done it at the expense of some long-term readers.

Readers who would have appreciated a book like this, much sooner.

Pete’s Score: 4 out of 5
(a story that has been missing for far too long, now finally told - a good jumping on point to the series, although a question looms over the future of She-Hulk in Peter’s hands)