Slott makes Jennifer Walters’ workplace so interesting that it almost overshadows her superhero career, but he’s just as original when it comes to defining that. In this environment Marvel Comics are legally admissible evidence on the basis that they’re officially licensed product relating actual events approved by a federal agency, the Comic Code Authority. Freed from the Thinker’s clutches via lawsuit, he communicates by writing on a chalkboard. The supporting cast are well conceived from uber-bitch Mallory Book, through the shape-changing process server to the bizarre, but eventually charming idea of the Mad Thinker’s giant cube-headed, faceless and speechless android as office gopher. Given that case after procedural case might make for dry reading in a superhero comic, Slott placed Walters in a law firm specialising in superhuman law, a deft touch for stories set on world where superheroes are commonplace. He took a humorous approach, with some scenes laugh out loud funny, and gave equal focus to Jennifer Walters’ pre-She-Hulk career as a studious and effective lawyer. Dan Slott’s reworking of the character was cleverly conceived and bursting with ideas. When the material in this volume was originally published, it had been almost a decade since She-Hulk ‘s previous title, and she’d been relegated to occasional guest star appearances.
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