She-Hulk #1 – Review

By: Charles Soule (story), Javier Pulido (art), Muntsa Vicente (colors)

The Story: There’s only one way to hurt She-Hulk.  A bad performance review.

The Review: In the interest of exposing possible bias, I should tell you that I had a lot of reasons to be excited for this series.  First, it’s one of those rare female-led titles.  Second, the female in question has an actual job.  Third, the job in question is lawyering, which appeals to someone still struggling through law school (i.e., me).  Finally, we’ve got a superb creative team featuring three individuals who have all made it on my Favorite Things lists of the past two years.*

So maybe I’m just geeking out when I say that from the get-go, Soule gets She-Hulk exactly right.  In a single page, he sums up everything marvelous and exciting about She-Hulk as a superhero: her power (ripping apart giant war-vehicles with ease), her boldness (drinking games with fellow booze-bags Thor and Tony Stark), and her sensitivity (crouching down to shake hands with a fan about a tenth her size).  The very next page, we see Jennifer Walters in business wear, reclined in her shared office at Paine & Luckberg, LLP, the firm where she works as one of its brightest associates.  “This is also the She-Hulk,” Soule reminds us.