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She-Hulk #58
Issue(s): She-Hulk #58
Cover Date: Dec 93
Title: "Shock the Shulkie"
Credits:
Sholly Fisch - Writer
Dennis Jensen - Penciler
Barbara Kaalberg - Inker
Renee Witterstaetter - Editor
Review/plot:
She-Hulk's book limps towards cancellation. After the big hoopla that was made on John Byrne's final issue about the new creative team, everyone from that team is gone at this point. The team here is a one-off, and then there are two more issues with a different team, and then the book gets its merciful death.
This features the return of the Gopher.
It also features a lackluster, unfunny fight with Electro.
Whatever you think of J.M. DeMatteis' work with Electro in Spider-Man #38-40, i think it's kind of a sign of the times that he could be used here in such a generic way after that. There was a time when characters were "reserved" when things were happening with them in other books. Maybe it's just because this is a joke book. But it's still meant to be in continuity. I mean, to be clear, this isn't the main problem with the book. It's just not good / not funny / not interesting. But on top of that just annoying to see Electro deflated and allowing himself to be arrested and then just appearing here with no acknowledgement of that.
Quality Rating: D
Historical Significance Rating: 1
Chronological Placement Considerations: A jokey scene is meant to show an appearance of Moon Knight as cab driver Jake Lockley.
The MCP count it as an actual Moon Knight appearance and push this way back in publication time (before Infintiy Crusade) to account for the fact that Moon Knight should be unavailable after Crusade. But Moon Knight had not been using the Lockley identity throughout the Marc Spector run, so this doesn't really fit even before Crusade. I'm just writing it off as a joke; in-universe we can assume it's just some other cabbie named Lockley.
References:
- Gopher previously appeared in She-Hulk #51.
- The Gopher's "it worked for Bucky" line is a reference to Captain America Comics #1.
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: N/A
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Comments
Ooh ooh, do I get to do it this time?
"Shock the Shulkie" is a reference to Peter Gabriel's 1982 hit, "Shock the Monkey"
