Peter David has had a few issues with She-Hulk now, so how is he measuring up to Dan Slott's run?
Well, Dan definitely favoured long story-arcs and subtly weaving plot devices into his books. Throughout his run on She-Hulk we would see small interesting nuggets, such as Andy's hidden crush, a shapeshifter hidden in plain sight, and many others - most of which seemed to be going somewhere pretty clear.
Peter's run however... Let's just say that there isn't anything wrong with it - but there doesn't seem to be much right with it either. I'm certainly not getting the same feeling of 'direction' from Pete that Dan would give to his readers, and am left feeling as though I'm almost reading a different character altogether.
Now - some might say it's a bit harsh to compare these two writers, as they both have very different styles. Peter's style has always seemed to be more action orientated than Dan's, but Dan's style was sometimes so dense with plot it would make the series harder for new readers to get into (you really got the most out of his writing only if the book was on your pull list each month).
But what of issue 28?
***SPOILER ALERT***
This issue finds She-Hulk in prison (again), with more questions asked about the seemingly immortal Jazinda, who 'dies' (again) in this issue chasing down Bran Murphy, the man responsible for the series' previous bomb attack.
Sound a little familiar?
It should do - this issue could have easily be a carbon copy of the one right before it, containing much of the same set pieces and questions.
I hate to say it - but I did get the impression that Peter kind of... 'Phoned this one in'...
Pete's Score: 3 out of 5
(doesn't really feel like it's going anywhere - but interesting to see a Skrull out in the open...)
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