With the announcement in August of 2019 of the “She-Hulk” Disney+ series, I decided to pick up some of her books, and I’m honestly glad I did.

Before this month, I didn’t really know anything about She-Hulk. As I picked up more of her stories, specifically the new Rainbow Rowell run and the Mariko Tamaki run, I fell in love with the character and world surrounding Jennifer Walters and her mean green counterpart. Peter David accentuated this with his run on the character as it felt like something I hadn’t seen before.

Peter David’s run on “She-Hulk” gives us a fresh take on the character, taking Jen away from the courtroom defending and prosecuting her superpowered peers, and sending her on the open road as a bounty hunter, along with her Skrull best friend, Jazinda. The run details Jens’ issues with trust as it comes after the Civil War comic event, in which heroes turn on each other and Hulk is sent into space since the other heroes see him as a threat. Her trust does get tested by Jazinda at times, as She-Hulk ponders how Jazinda is able to survive so many fatal encounters.

Jazinda is pretty well utilized as the run also coincides with Secret Invasion, another comic event where Skrulls invade earth and take the places of many fan-favorite heroes. The event gives us a look into Jazinda’s past as well as how she can come back from the dead so many times. Her father, the Super Skrull Kl’rt believes her to have betrayed the Skrull race in a mission which saw her get her immortality. Kl’rt comes to retrieve the gem of immortality that Jazinda has, and after She-Hulk uses her oratorical skills, he leaves Jazinda without his objective completed, along with a little more compassion for his daughter. 

The art is very detailed and gives a classic mid 2000s vibe to the whole run. The art used for the Lady Liberators storyline as well as She-Hulk’s Secret Invasion tie-in is very vibrant and cartoon-y, I love the simplicity of it as it gives it that layer of fun that “She-Hulk” comics are known for. 

She-Hulk’s X-Factor tie-in is also pretty good as it is a lead up to Secret Invasion. The tie-in finds She-Hulk and Jazinda going away from their normal bounty hunting, as Jazinda feels the presence of Nogor, The Talisman, which means a Skrull invasion is afoot. The pair end up getting tangled up with X-Factor as Nogor is pretending to be a mutant trying to persuade Darwin, the mutant that X-Factor is looking for, to join the Skrulls. The X-Factor art is not very good; it feels messy and ugly. Fortunately, the art is the only downside of the story

She-Hulk quickly became one of my favorite superheroes through these stories. I can’t wait to read more and watch the show. If you’re looking for a smaller aspect of the Marvel universe which is more fun and lighthearted, She-Hulk is the character for you.