Guest appearances by big players in the Marvel universe were a popular wait to boost numbers. Keeping all these character and plot threads working together is very hard but Kraft does a great job pulling it off and making this book seem unlike a collection of disjointed comics and more like a single saga.Īnother thing that's striking about this book is how few guest appearances there are.
It's impressive structure you don't see in most comics. At the same time, there's a very strong plot arc that runs through the last half of the book parallel to her character story with some plots (such as her Dad's scheming girlfriend) playing out over most of the book. tt's a fascinating twenty-four issue character arc. Instead, Jennifer submerges herself in the She-hulk identity. At the beginning of the book, her life is actually pretty good, but then her cousin Bruce Banner gives her a transfusion of his gamma-irradiated blood and her professional and personal life go downhill forcing her to confront issues in her life. David Anthony Kraft took She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters on a journey as a character that was fascinating. For one thing, after Lee and John Bouscema created the original story, She-Hulk had one writer and one penciler for the remainder of the book which is rare. Certainly, there's an element of that, but when I compare this to the Spider-woman book that a couple years before, this stands out as far different.
I'd also disagree that this is typical comic book fare. In addition, during the 1980s, She-Hulk would replace Ben Grimm on the Fantastic Four and then join the Avengers, so her start is important. Issue 1 is written Stan Lee and She-Hulk was the last hero to be created by Stan Lee for Marvel back in 1979. These are not necessary to understanding anything.īut there's also a case to be made on the other side. It's argued that the book is truly not "essential." In one way, there's a good argument to be had because these stories aren't "essential" in the way that early Spider-man, Avengers, or Fantastic Four stories are. This book collects Issues 1-25 of the Savage She-Hulk.
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