She-Hulk 1.7 - Issue #7

She-Hulk : Issue #7
Genre : Superhero / Comedy / Legal
Showrunner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Writer : Chad Taylor

Based on the Marvel Comics characters

Cast: Jenny Slate, Kate Walsh, Himesh Patel, Kyle Mooney, Reid Scott and Al Harrington

Plot:Jen (Jenny Slate) is eager to impress her colleagues at GLKH so she stays there all night working on the case. Awesome Andy (Kyle Mooney), who can’t sleep by nature, is there with her, as well is Stu (Himesh Patel). Andy says that the biggest hurdle for people like him is to get others to recognize their newfound rights. Their past existence is such a big hurdle, as everyone views them as that “thing”. Andy then admits a secret that he doesn’t want getting out: he has a crush on Mallory Book. Jen and Stu look at each other, unsure of what to say, not wanting to hurt their friend’s feelings. Stu says that everybody does, so welcome to the club. Jen quickly looks to Stu as if to say “really?”. He says “right, Jen?” and all she can do is agree.

Jen goes to take a restroom break and is surprised to discover that Mallory (Kate Walsh) is also working through the night. She soon discovers that Mallory isn’t as tough as she acts in the courtroom. Mallory is more vulnerable, saying that she always feels like she has to work extra hard (and extra late) to cut her teeth in this career. Jen is surprised to find that she actually she sees eye-to-eye with Mallory on this case. Mallory comments on the oddness of Jen’s case and recommends her to go visit the island to see it firsthand. As Mallory is leaving, Jen looks like she wants to mention something else but she leaves it at that.

Jen loads up on a boat and goes to visit Krakoa, who is temporarily living in the Atlantic. Krakoa is in its island form so Jen pulls her boat up to his shore but is prevented from stepping out by its caretaker Leio (Al Harrington). He tells her that Krakoa is extra cautious against visitors, even a lawyer. Leio, who is also Krakoa’s “translator”, tells her that Krakoa is likely an ancient mutant, who is instantly ostracized by what he is. At least human mutants look like humans!

Krakoa begins to awake and the waters begin to shake, frightening Jen. This turns her into She-Hulk, which makes Krakoa - now standing up in the water, holding Leio like it’s King Kong - becomes agitated and roars at She-Hulk. Leio asks her what is going on and says that she has scared it. It swings at She-Hulk and she tries to fight back but finds fighting on the water near impossible. From the skies, a man comes flying in to save the day and help She-Hulk escape.

When they get to dry land, She-Hulk asks who he is. He introduces himself as Starfox (Reid Scott), a superbeing from the Shi’ar Empire. She is immediately confused but he says not to worry about it. He says that he was scanning Earth and found a superhuman in distress so he figured he would help. She asks if he is from another planet and he confirms. He then offers to take her out for some secluded lunch on an island nearby, to recover from the Krakoa incident.

On the island, they talk a little bit about Starfox’s background and being superbeings. His charm is turned up to 11 and She-Hulk finds that it is working on her. As they are talking, she finds herself transforming back into Jen. She turns away and tells him not to look at her. He laughs at her concerns and says that he is an alien, what does he care about a human’s secret identity? She finds his words reassuring and lets her guard down.

Upon seeing Jen in human form, he comments that now he sees why she couldn’t fight that island. Look at her! She is shocked to hear him say something like that. He says that think about it: the stronger she gets in human form, the green girl will be exponentially stronger. And if she learns how to fight now, the green her will fight so much better. She admits that she has no clue how to fight.

So begins a cheesy training montage with Starfox showing Jen certain fighting techniques and drills to make her more physically fit. She turns into She-Hulk to test out her new powers and finds that they are indeed stronger. She falls to the ground exhausted, even with her high stamina. He picks her up and takes to the shade, where he lays her down on his lap. He says that she really should have joined StarCrossed and he would have found her sooner. She has no clue what that is. He says that it’s a dating app exclusively for superhumans. She is amused to hear this but says she prefers to meet people the old fashioned way. Starfox says he doesn’t think anything they have is old-fashioned and kisses her. She kisses him back and climbs on top of him. She-Hulk looks to the camera:

“Supersex? Check."