Monday, October 13, 2008

She-Hulk 32-33

Story- Shulkie and Jazinda are now in possession of the Talisman, the Skrull high priest they believe may be the one thing that may cause the Skrull's to abandon their assault on the Earth. Shulkie and Jazinda decide to send a cloaked broadcast to the Skrull's showing them they possess their great Talisman, thus shaking the Skrull's and turning the tide of the invasion.
Unfortunately, the Super Skrull arrives to fulfil his oath from earlier She-Hulk comics, which is to kill his daughter, Jazinda. Shulkie takes on Super Skrull, but during the damage from their battle, the Talisman get free of his restraints and attacks Jazinda.
Super Skrull gains the upper hand on Shulkie, by blinding her and makes his way to Jazinda, to fulfill his vow. Shulkie, still blind, pleads for the life of her friend, but Super Skrull is unmoved(or so it seems) and blasts Jazinda, which allows the Talisman the opportunity to forcefully extract a gem Jazinda had ingested that was of great value to the Skrull's. Super Skrull, remembering happier times such as raising his little girl, prevents Talisman from carrying out this deadly act by tossing him far, far away. He then leaves Shulkie and his daughter, telling Shulkie to tell Jazinda when she regains conscious that it was the Talisman who spared her life and that he never wanted to see either of them again.

Overall- I was kind of looking forward to this comic and was a little let down... As an avid reader of the Annihilation comics and Nova, I had gained a bit of respect for the Super Skrull, due to the depth added to his character over the course of those other books. However, during these She-Hulk comics, he seemed to revert back to the basic villain he had been for the majority of his appearances. He seemed only interested in the death of his daughter and seemed to have embraced his Skrull heritage again, which as recently as the most recent Nova comic, he seemed not to care much about. Anyway, I was glad to see the more complex Super Skrull reappear at the end of these issues by refusing to blindly obey the Talisman and sparing Jazinda's life. Hopefully, now this will be the end of the Secret Invasion portion of She-Hulk. I understand why Marvel does it, they hope people will buy this comic based only on the fact that the "Secret Invasion" banner appears on it, but for the most part, these crossover stories are rarely satisfying, because they take the title character out of whatever they were doing and thrusts them into the larger overall crossover story, which hurts the story the comic book was previously exploring (if that makes any sense at all).

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