Sensational She-Hulk #29Sensational She-Hulk #29
Title: “The Fourth Wall--And Beyond!”
Writer: Louise Simonson
Penciller:: Tom Morgan
Inker: James Sanders III
Colors: Glynis Oliver
Editor: Renee Witterstaetter
Dr. Sanderson is talking to his students about the 4th Dimension, which he refers to as the 4th Wall. He talks about how people watch them from behind the 4th Wall. As part of their experiment, they are monitoring the She-Hulk.
Jennifer is in court, representing clients who want to prove that aliens exist. Jen feels that someone is watching her; Wheezi suggests that maybe it is the aliens. The courtroom is filled with reporters, who bombard Jen with questions about the case. For the most part, Jen ignores the questions, as her clients Mr. Inocenti, Doctor Osbourne and Ms. Pearlman arrive.
As the Professor and his students monitor the case, they fear that it is becoming too boring, so they decide to liven things up by using the Professor's equipment to transport an alien through time and space.
Suddenly Venom appears in the courtroom and
attacks She-Hulk! He ensnares her in his sticky mass, but
Jen manages to free herself, ripping her clothes apart in the
process. 
The students check the monitors, and observe that the interest of the 4th Dimension has increased considerably. Sanderson wonders whether it is a result of the popular villain, or She-Hulk's sudden lack of clothing?
She-Hulk continues to battle with the symbiote, and Wheezi helps by smacking Venom over the head with a binder.
Sanderson explains to his students that he snatched Venom from the middle of a fight with Spider-Man. Venom is still in a fighting frenzy, and likely doesn't care that his new enemy isn't Spider-Man.
Venom suddenly notices Jennifer's green skin, and is repulsed. She-Hulk takes advantage of this break in the fighting to try and interrogate him, demanding to know who sent him and why?
Sanderson doesn't know if Venom can communicate or not, but decides to send him back before he can tell She-Hulk anything.
Venom vanishes, and the judge assumes this was all some publicity stunt She-Hulk worked up. He angrily dismisses her request for a further hearing.
Sanderson explains to his students that he sent Venom back to when and where he got him from, so he'll remember what happened, but will believe it was nothing but a dream.
Jen is talking with her clients about the failed case. They believe that the attack was staged by the government to prevent the secret of aliens getting out to the public. Jen disagrees.
The students complain that things are getting boring, so this time Sanderson lets them choose an adversary for She-Hulk. One of the boys chooses the green Hulk, but another one disagrees and says they want the grey Hulk.
Moments later,
both Hulks appear on either side of Jen! She ducks, and the
two Hulks begin attacking each other until the sunlight reverts
grey Hulk back into Bruce Banner! She-Hulk snatches Bruce
out of the Hulk's hands before he can be killed. The
students realize they screwed up, and quickly send the two Hulks
back where they came from.
A group of reporters rush up and start questioning She-Hulk about these attacks, but Jen has no information to give them. Then Wanda Mason arrives, flying Jen's car. Jen wonders how she managed it, and Wanda says that if a woman in their profession can't hot wire a car, what good is she? Jen, Wheezi and the clients get into the car, and they fly away. In the car, Jen phones up Columbia University to talk to Brent Wilcox's replacement and consult about these weird occurrences. The new physicist is Professor Sanderson, who says he'll be delighted to help.
The students worry that if She-Hulk is coming, she'll find out what is happening. Sanderson tells them there is no reason to panic, but agrees that they aren't ready for her yet. He goes to change out of his costume and into something more appropriate. He also sends another diversion to slow down Jen... Wolverine!
Wolverine materializes in mid-strike, and slashes the car! He damages the stabilizers, and the car starts flying out of control! She-Hulk grabs Wolverine before he falls off the car. Wanda manages to land the car safely on the roof of the university.
As soon as Jen and Logan start to talk, he disappears.
The clients choose to stay in the car, while Jen, Wheezi and Wanda go inside.
While Jen is talking to Sanderson, Wheezi stares at him, trying to figure out why he looks familiar. Wanda is also staring at him, finding him attractive. Sanderson agrees to try and pinpoint the source of these disturbances. Wanda gives him her number, and tells her that if he discovers anything he can call her, day or night.
The students are monitoring this, and think that Wanda must be nuts since she is hitting on the professor. Another student notices that Wheezi looks suspicious, so they decide to create another distraction.
Spider-Man suddenly appears and webs up Wheezi, Wanda and Sanderson! Spider-Man says "Oops! You're not the Hobgoblin!" and he apologizes for the webbing, and tells them that it will dissolve in about half an hour.
Jen tells Spider-Man what has been happening, and observes that a power surge registers on this equipment when it happens. Spider-Man points out that the surge is still going on, and points her in the direction of the source, before the students send him back.
The students worry that Sanderson is going to kill them for this screw-up. They realize that they need to find a way to distract She-Hulk until the webbing dissolves, so they come up with a big one--they summon Apocalypse's starship! Jen sees it through the window, and races back to her car! As Jen hops into her flying car, the clients decide to come along too, for the chance to encounter real aliens!
Site for Sore Eyes rating: 3 out of 10
This issue just failed to impress me on so many levels. I didn't like the art (which is standard for Morgan/Sanders issues) and I was very disappointed with the story.
The "plot" is basically just an excuse for big-name Marvel characters to make meaningless cameos. No story, just a string of pointless cameo appearances by popular characters.
We also learn that Brent Wilcox is STILL in the demon dimension after he was abducted 4 issues ago. So, either Jen has simply not bothered to rescue him yet (which makes her look cold-hearted) or she has been unable to rescue him (making her look ineffective, and *still* cold-hearted, since she doesn't seem to care). While I like the fact that Simonson bothered to reference past stories, this particular reference only serves to paint She-Hulk in a negative light. The series is obviously just vamping until Byrne returns, but this is just sad. The only mildly bright spot was the return of Wanda Mason (thankfully without her "Phantom Blonde" costume). The court case to prove the existence of aliens was just plain stupid, since aliens have been an established fact for the public of the Marvel Universe for MANY years.
Leader's Lair rating: 6 out of 10
While I agree that trying to prove aliens exist is really futile in the Marvel Universe, I kind of enjoyed the issue. The art wasn't all that bad. The cameos are a little tacked on, but in some ways they're kind of fun... especially in the case of the Hulks visiting She-Hulks books. I've always wanted to see more interaction between the two.
Review by Dermie
Pictures by The Leader