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A She-Hulk #13 Micro-Review – The Team-Up That Wasn’t There

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She-Hulk 13, cover, May 2023, Jen BartelTITLE: She-Hulk #13
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS: Andres Genolet, Joe Quinones, Dee Cunniffe (Colorist), Bryan Valenza (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Jen Bartel.
RELEASED: May 17, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

It looks like we’ve got a love triangle coming our way in She-Hulk. I ain’t mad at it. At least Rainbow Rowell got me to care about Jack of Hearts, one of the guys, before it started…

Patsy Walker, a.k.a. Hellcat, is indeed in this issue as the cover suggests. But the cover also kind of suggests it’s a team-up, which it isn’t. On the plus side, this is another positively gorgeous Jen Bartel covert.

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A She-Hulk #12 Micro-Review – Superheroine Book Club

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She-Hulk 12, cover, April 2023, Jen BartelTITLE: She-Hulk #12
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS: Andres Genolet, Joe Quinones, Dee Cunniffe (Colorist), Bryan Valenza (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer) Cover by Jen Bartel.
RELEASED: April 19, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

What is it about She-Hulk in high-top shoes? It just works. As does yet another stellar cover by Jen Bartel.

Joe Quinones does a guest-spot in this issue. His work is always great to see, and he’s perfectly suited for a story about She-Hulk hosting a book club with various Marvel heroines. And of course, said story is written by Rainbow Rowell, a prose book author in her own right.

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A She-Hulk #11 Micro-Review – Clobberin’ Club

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She-Hulk 11, cover, March 2023, Jen BartelTITLE: She-Hulk #11
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS:  Andres Genolet, Dee Cunniffe (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Jen Bartel.
RELEASED: March 22, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

We see in this issue that Jen has helped start a fight club which includes Titania, Luke Cage, and the Thing. The latter hilariously suggests they call it “Clobberin’ Club.” That’s kinda brilliant.

Thankfully, Andres Genolet and Dee Cunniffe are very much suited for this brand of super-powered action. And there’s plenty to go around in this issue.

Apparently She-Hulk #12 will be, cumulatively, the character’s 175th issue. At one point do we call Jen Bartel one of the best She-Hulk cover artists there’s ever been? For me, that time is now.

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A She-Hulk #10 Micro-Review – Gilmore Girls-ish

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She-Hulk 10, cover, February 2023, Jen BartelTITLE: She-Hulk #10
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS: Takeshi Miyazawa, Rico Renzi (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Jen Bartel. 
RELEASED: February 22, 2023

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

This one felt a little Gilmore Girls-ish to me. We get Patsy Walker coming over to Jen’s place for a little girl talk after some drama with Jack of Hearts. Gilmore Girls-ish isn’t bad, by the way. It simply is what it is.

Incidentally, it’s taken me many  issues, but I’m gradually starting to care about Jack of Hearts. Slowly but surely…

These Jen Bartel covers seem to get more and more gorgeous as the months go by. I’m loving them.

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A She-Hulk #9 Micro-Review – A Battle With a Big Head

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She-Hulk 9, cover, December 2022, Jen BartelTITLE: She-Hulk #9
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS: Takeshi Miyazawa, Rico Renzi (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Jen Bartel. 
RELEASED: December 28, 2022

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

These Jen Bartel covers are consistently awesome. I always look forward to seeing them.

In this issue She-Hulk fights a short lady with an oversized head who’s dressed a little bit like Cable for some reason. Is she supposed to look like Cable? Probably not. But her look reminds me of Cable.

Those of us who aren’t too into fourth-wall breaking won’t be a fan of this issue, as Jen literally tears apart the page she’s on and talks to her author. I was actually surprised Rainbow Rowell didn’t talk back to her in some way.

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A She-Hulk #7 Micro-Review – The Sexual She-Hulk

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She-Hulk 7, cover, 2022, Jen BartelTITLE: She-Hulk #7
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS: Luca Maresca, Rico Renzi (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Jen Bartel.

RELEASED: November 2, 2022

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

This issue sees Jen represent a supervillain’s cyborg doppleganger who’s being tried for the crimes of the genuine article. Now that‘s the kind of lawyer work I want to see her doing!

Things get a little sexy in the early portion of this issue. I know it’s nothing new to see She-Hulk portrayed in a sexy light. But as a newer She-Hulk reader, it feels a little weird to me. After all, you rarely if ever see her male counterpart used that way, do you?

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A She-Hulk #6 Micro-Review – “Who Cares About Jack of Hearts?”

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She-Hulk 6, cover, 2022, Jen BartelTITLE: She-Hulk #6
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS: Luca Maresca, Rico Renzi (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Jen Bartel.
RELEASED: September 7, 2022

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

Early in this issue, someone asks the question, “Who cares about Jack of Hearts?” Unfortunately, I’m finding the answer is, “Not me.”

The issue isn’t without intrigue, though. As we can see from Nightcrawler being on the cover, Jen is about to take a step into the world of the X-Men. That could be fun.

Maresca also draws a hell of a She-Hulk. So at least Jen looks good through all of this.

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A She-Hulk #2 Micro-Review – The Joy of the Mundane

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She-Hulk #2, cover, 2022, Jen BartelTITLE: She-Hulk #2
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS: Roge Antonio, Rico Renzi (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Jen Bartel.

RELEASED: March 2, 2022

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

We spent most of this issue expositing with Jack of Hearts, a former Avenger and friend of Jennifer Walters who’s suddenly arrived at her new apartment. Not necessarily the way I would have gone about this second issue. But it seems like he’s integral to the story we’re telling here, so I get it.

Maybe it’s because I’m not a regular She-Hulk reader, but I’m more amused by her trying to do mundane, everyday stuff. Taking the subway, navigating through city traffic, getting to the office, etc. We only get that in the last fourth of this issue.

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A She-Hulk #1 Micro-Review – A Mundane Brawl?

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She-Hulk 1, cover, 2022, Jen Bartel, Adam HughesTITLE: She-Hulk #1
AUTHOR: Rainbow Rowell
ARTISTS: Roge Antonio, Rico Renzi (Colorist), Joe Caramagna (Letterer). Cover by Jen Bartel & Adam Hughes.

RELEASED: January 19, 2022

By Rob Siebert
Fanboy Wonder

I’ve never read She-Hulk regularly. But I’m a Rainbow Rowell fan. So I might be sticking around for this one.

The series starts off with a brawl between She-Hulk and Titania that has a nice, almost mundane flavored comedic twist to it. It nicely set what will presumably be the tone for the series.

I got a little lost during the last two pages. But generally this was pretty easy to follow. Rowell writes Jennifer Walters very well as a down on her luck underdog, and Antonio’s art is a lot of fun. Here’s hoping the fun continues!

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