She-Hulk #6 Review

Title:	She-Hulk
Contributors:	Charles Soule Ron Wimberly
Publisher:	Marvel
Issue #:	6
Year:	2005 - 2006
Pages:	32 Pages - 16 pages to ads
Age Rating:	18 (Language, Violence, Gore, Nudity, Sex, Adult Themes)
Story Grade:	F
Art Grade:	F

She-Hulk #6 is a complete let down from start to finish. It is a weak conclusion to what could have been an interesting arc. The writing feels stiff, broken, jerky and contrived. Half of the 32 pages in the book is dedicated to ads, the Blue File case is a non-starter, and the one action sequence in the comic feels like a completely forced and insincere in it's attempt to entertain. If this was my first read of the run, it would have definitely been my last.

How's that for the start of a review? I really have nothing good to say in this review, so I offer links to some of my more positive reviews...
Aquaman
Planet of the Living Dead
After the Fire
Sci-fi Fantasy Illustrated
Death Sentence
Hills Have Eyes
Left 4 Dead
Nail Biter
She-Hulk

Okay... back to the reality of this review...

I really do not like the fact that Soule hasn't found his groove in writing She-Hulk or worse yet, has lost it. The first two or three issues were fantastic on Soule's writing front, but by issue four it began to dwindle, and just two issues later has hit absolutely rock bottom. In the beginning things seems to have a certain theme around them, and it was a fun ride, but in the last two or three issues it feels like Soule is a kid with A.D.D... and that something new and shiny has most of his attention and he is only doing this because mom and dad (Marvel) are making him do it. A "you have to eat the cabbage if you want ice cream" approach. It saddens me that Soule seems to be treating this like series like "cabbage".

The Jennifer Walters character is struggling to find a solid direction under Soule's pen. It's the end of this sixth issue, and we have now started our fourth story arc. I find this to be unfinished, unrefined, unsatisfying and lacking of any respect for the character.

And once again, Wada's awesome cover sets the rest of the art in the book to be welcomed as crap icing on a chocolate cake for the reader.

Question: Why not just hire Wada to draw the entire book?

With Wimberly at the drafting table, the character's hair lengths change from one panel to the next, backgrounds are bland or undecipherable altogether and don't get me started on skin and hair tones. Is Jennifer Walters a Hulk or a chameleon?

One question; has Wimberly ever heard of or even seen a shadow?

FLAT, FLAT, FLAT.

Faces, backgrounds, hair... everywhere you look... even under tables. There are little to no shadows used... ever. How much does Jennifer pay to light every square inch of her office so evenly?

Seriously though... Shadow is where character lies. Shadows is where intrigue dwells. Without shadows you don't know light. Where are the fucking shadows? Where is the intrigue? Where is the character? Where is the life in this art? It all must remain in Wimberly's pen; sadly.

Wimberly's artwork makes me feel bad for being so critical on Pulido for as long as I did as I sorely want Pulido back, and I never thought I would have ever said that.

This book is graded a flat F. The combination of the shorthanded nature of the story, the cheapening of the character and the lack of detail on the otherwise pastel/neon toned, skin tone changing, random-lenghtening-shortening-hair, shadowless art makes this a book I would have rather skipped. And I write that statement as a lover of all things Hulk. Now I have to change my stance to either "former lover of all things Hulk" or "lover of most things Hulk.

Until next time... be careful what you wish for. Pulido wasn't that bad.