• Jen Walters has been around since 1979 but this issue holds a first for her.
• The mysterious villains surely don't care and plan on destroying her and Jack Of Hearts.
RATED T+
From the first issue of her first series, She-Hulk has always been kind of a strange and quirky alternative to mainstream Marvel. The best writers and artists to work with Jen over the years have each found something unique and distinctive to link her to...a mood that takes the quirkiness in a different direction. Rowell has found a pleasant indie drama approach to Jens life that finally seems to be establishing a very distinctive and extremely charming personality with the fifth issue. Read Full Review
SHE-HULK #5 is another somewhat lighthearted issue in the way all of them have been. Yes, the situation with Jack is serious and this issue adds to the sense that Rowell could reverse things and deliver a bittersweet ending. But for now, I'm enjoying spending time with the two characters. Read Full Review
The first four issues ofShe-Hulk were a very impressive start, but this entry has me worried that the series is becoming repetitive in its dialogue and plot. I'm ready for the mystery of Jack of Hearts' return to be over. Read Full Review
Focusing almost entirely on an unmotivated brawl that reveals little about the characters involved is too much of an ask for a month of attention and the price tag on the cover, even if the last page leaves me interested in exploring more, once again. Read Full Review
For yet another issue in a row, this issue is just a long conversation about Jack of Hearts that goes nowhere and reveals nothing about the mystery of his return. Read Full Review
She-Hulk #5 must be the comic about nothing because it's doing absolutely nothing. The beginning fight simply stops without resolution, and the rest of the issue follows Jack and Jennifer as they talk about life. There's no urgency, no stakes, no direction, and no destination. Read Full Review
I'd been starting to feel like the pacing of this comic was off, but at long last I get what's going on here: we're doing quiet, low key slice of life stuff with occasional supervillains. Slice of life comics are common in manga, but it's a daring thing to do in a superhero comic, where the default expectation has long been "soap opera with violence". Now that I get what they're doing I'm coming to appreciate this charming little book on its own cozy terms.
The stuff at the beginning and the end weighed this down a little for me, but everything else with Jen and Jack was great, as usual. Their dialogue between one another continues to be very enjoyable, and I found the part where Jack didn't help Jen up after she fell due to his fear of them physically touching to be done well. However, I don't know that much really advanced much here. Nonetheless, this was still a fun read that maintains my interest going into the next issue.
This issue, unfortunately, is where I shift from "haha, yeah, this is slower than normal for modern comics" to "aw dang, this is too slow *for me*". The dialogue remains great, as does the art. I'm still fascinated by the story -- which is why I find it frustrating that it's developing so glacially.
The series is losing its pace.
Slow doesn't mean bad, but the structure of this issue feels like a waste.
The story is getting really slooooow and repetitive repetitive repetitive. Art is passable.
Though the characters are endearing together, there is literally nothing going on. I don't even know what this book is about. They get into fights for no reason, go on a date, and that's about it. Not sure how much Roswell is getting paid to write scripts about nothing, but whatever it is, it's too much.
wtf is this romcom bullshit
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