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It was a sad, sad day when Emma abandoned bodybuilding for figure…

You have a strange definition of sadness. 😆

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A Wonder Woman pin-up from May (via Jed’s Deviantart gallery).

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On a side note: This Savage Hulk series should be a full-length (what DC used to call a “Prestige Format” comic) because the first two issues were dull.

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Jed’s second issue of World’s Finest (November): Wonder Woman!
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/worlds-finest-2012/worlds%E2%80%99-finest-28

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Great news, Jed! Class-up the joint! Are the World’s Finests consecutive issues?

Richard Donner’s more likely to appear in a DC Comic these days than a Milestone Media character like “Donner.” I think DC’s pretty much done with ’em all—to the publisher’s shameful discredit, IMO.

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…I’m really glad to see this world given life in the Marvel Universe. It also possibly opens an potential dynamic for the character going forward. Being a Hulk means that Jennifer Walters fears no physical threat, but succeeding at the law requires a completely separate set of skills with no real overlap. I think Soule will have a lot of fun sketching out the dichotomy if given the chance.

Keen observations there, Zimbra.

If the past couple She Hulk series are any indication, Soule will build up some critical respect and get promoted to bigger and better things. His team will get replaced by one promising “superhero action” and “superhero art”, and will succeed at driving away the audience drawn to the quirkier stories. Then the cancellation will hit and few will be left paying any attention.

I hadn’t thought of that. I can understand (as opposed to appreciate) that Soule/Pulido/Wimberly’s execution is not a common She-Hulk’s fan cup of tea, but the key to creative failure is trying to please everybody. That, and repeating what’s come before out of misguided nostalgia—or fear.

It’s a nice art style, dont get me wrong. But it doesn’t really kinda feel or fit the series. Im referencing more so to the style from like the first 4 issues. While the ones for these last few haven’t been too bad…it seems like this current style feels a bit more in line with something you could see like on… Swamp Thing…or a more macabre type story.

Thanks for elaborating, B.K.

I’m fine with her not being portrayed in the manner we view her, cause it’s a rarity, and its a story involving her as the primary character, so we gotta take what we can get. I did love the Doom story though. And I am loving what I am reading.

[spoiler]The Blue File storyline just fizzled out (with Issue #6)! I’m surprised.[/spoiler]

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Does anyone else think the general excellence of womens’ cosplay costumes has lessened the chance that a mainstream film will ever have an accurate female superhero costume?

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Rosamund Pike looked more impressive in Wrath of the Titans.

Aw, man—for reals? :dry: :whistle:

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Thanks for your thoughtful response, Zimbra. I’m not surprised about reaction to She-Hulk. Well, maybe a little—about all the “sucking.” (But I’ve been an Amaz0ns before—I’m a big boy.)

I asked about this comic here because I know it’s pre-loaded with fans of this fictional character and I wanted to talk about the book— not because I’m looking for validation for things I like from anyone (or because I have a commercial stake in it.) Is that the only reason one could want to share a point of view?

I don’t even know that I “like” the book! All I can say is that I have been surprised by the choice in artists. (I’m biased in that I liked and followed both Pulido and Wimberley before She-Hulk, so what they’ve done there has not been shocking.) And that I want to see where the story goes. That’s the impetus for me to keep buying a comic book title. Not some unauthorized quixotic mission to keep a fictional character in the public arena or some materialistic obsession with the product. I’m not a “comics collector.”

I can see where you would feel the first couple of issues had too much of Soule writing what he knows. Like you, I didn’t read anything there that I didn’t understand, but I don’t think any of it was an accidental application. I think that was a very calculated move.

She-Hulk is blatantly ridiculous to the general public (as opposed to superhero comic fans)—green-skinned near-seven-foot tall ballsy fun-lovin’ gal and all. What do you think about She-Hulk’s being a lawyer as a selling point?

I believe this iteration of She-Hulk is thematically oriented towards young (at heart), professional women, right down to the art style. I also think this places the book on a value scale somewhere near hog feces to a certain strata of the “comic book community.”

Now that She-Hulk is out of the courtroom for a moment, doing the leg work of investigating the threat to herself and her friends and co-workers, there may be more action. But there, I don’t want to get the expected.

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She-Hulk looks like a neanderthal…

I agree! :laugh:

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