• She-Hulk's new archnemeses have finally shown their face, and in this issue, we pull back the curtain.
• Who are they?
• What do they want with She-Hulk?
• The answers to these questions will chill you to the bone.
RATED T+
All too often, scientists in Marvel and DC are shown as figures with insane motivations and ideals. Rowell shows another side of scientific misadventure: a couple of people with slightly reckless curiosity. Its a fun angle on the traditional. These villains have heart and weight that is not often afforded to those who would choose to tangle with title characters. Read Full Review
She-Hulk #8 paints a compelling portrait of mad scientists with sympathy to spare. Read Full Review
Perhaps the weakest issue in Rainbow Rowell's otherwise stellar run so far,She-Hulk #8 takes a break from the titular hero to focus on the main supervillain(s) of the story. It's great to see the plot moving forward, but I wish the central antagonist felt a bit more original. Read Full Review
For this one I would recommend you go back and at least read the issue before it so you can get a bit more information as to what is going on. Other than that it is a good enough storyline I suppose. Read Full Review
She-Hulk #8 reveals (almost) all the secrets behind Jack of Hearts' disappearance and how it plays into a secret villain She-Hulk didn't know existed until now. You'll enjoy this issue as long as you don't mind reading a She-Hulk comic with no She-Hulk in it. Read Full Review
It takes an entire issue to tell the very bland origin story of our villains, sapping any remaining interest they possessed. Read Full Review
Okay, it's not the most inventive backstory for our baddies -- particularly because, by accident or design, it shares quite a lot with the She-Hulk TV show.
But the creators do a good job of injecting humor and heartbreak into this somewhat predictable story. The author, in particular, stitches little bonus moments of empathy and tragedy around the edges. (Admittedly, a lot of the tragedy comes from not-at-all-accidental allusions to Flowers for Algernon.)
It's not quite great, but it's very good, especially as part of the ongoing story.
(One visual detail I wish was a little less subtle: Mark's wristbands and April's gloves are a control mechanism repurposed from Mark's robotics research.)
Although I understand some of the disappointment here due to this run taking a turn more closely aligned to the TV show, I thought this took the "stealing blood" storyline and improved it by a lot. While the show was an interesting dig at the "She-Hulk haters," this gave the villains more layers that made them far more interesting. Speaking of which, their backstory was a tragic one that was very intriguing to read. In my review of the previous issue, I had said I wasn't too sure about these villains, but it trusted Rowell to make it work. After having read this, I can say that that trust paid off.
Kinda GOOPED that it took this long to get to these connections, while I've been enjoying the series, the planned out arcs have become questionable.
Out of the left field. How does the scientist know that spider man got is power from a bite of a spider escaped from a lab? The art is flat, the plot is dumb.
Why in the world would they do an arc based on the She-Hulk TV show? We just saw this awful plot about the blood in the show, and it sucked then. I'm not looking forward to the rest of the arc. I may quit this until this writer is gone. Apparently, there are just stockpiles of her blood laying around and anyone can use it to mutate. What the hell?
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