Sensational She-Hulk #44
Sensational She-Hulk #44
Title: “Cognito”
Writer: John Byrne
Penciller: John Byrne
Inker: John Byrne
Colors: Glynis Oliver
Editor: Renee Witterstatter
While Archer and Retread drive the truck to the Dendesh system to respond to
Taryn's distress call, Weezi asks Jen to explain the situation to her one more
time. She-Hulk explains that the "Asparagus People" is a slang term for the
D'Bari, and alien race that has apparently captured Razorback and Taryn. The
D'Bari were believed to have been wiped out years ago during the Dark Phoenix
incident, when she went on a destructive rampage through the Shi'ar galaxy and
made the D'Bari sun go supernova.
Jen goes on to explain how Earth's first contact with the D'Bari was in the
early days of the Avengers, back when Captain America was first taken out of
suspended animation. A D'Bari had crashed landed on Earth centuries ago, and
became the basis of the legend of the Medusa, using his ray gun that turns
people into stone statues. He used that ray on all the Avengers, except Cap.
Cap convinced him to reverse the effects, and the Avengers helped the D'Bari
free his long-trapped spaceship so he could finally go home. That had been the
last anyone had heard of the D'Bari until the Dark Phoenix destroyed them.
Archer tells them that they are approaching their destination when suddenly he
detects a ship following them, trying to catch them for a speed trap! Archer
engages in evasive maneuvers. Jen wonders if that is a good idea. She points
out that if these guys are the local authorities, they might need their help
later. Archer says he'll take that chance, because he has never been pulled
over in his career, and he doesn't intend to break that record. Archer checks
his rear sensors and cheers that they've left the cop behind, but Jen points out
that there is a reason he gave up the chase...an alien fleet has surrounded the
truck!
Shortly, Jen, Weezi, Archer and Retread have been brought aboard the Skrull
flagship, and strip-searched. They have been brought to the captain in their
underwear. The Skrull Captain is annoyed to find humans this far out in space.
However, he admires She-Hulk. He says that if her chin wasn't so smooth and her
eyes weren't so white, she would make a very attractive Skrull! She-Hulk shoves
the Captain away, "Now there's the kind of compliment that keeps you up at
nights!" She asks the Captain what the Skrulls are doing here. He won't answer,
but wants to know why she is there. She tells him that they are on a rescue
mission to Dandesh. The mention of Dandesh grabs the Captain's attention, and
he decides to accept Jen's story for now. They soon arrive in the Dandesh
system, and find the Big Pig in a captive orbit around Dandesh Four. The Skrull
Captain asks why there would be a human vessel here. She-Hulk explains that
Razorback and Taryn were doing deep space exploration for N.A.S.A, but were
captured by D'Bari survivors. The Captain says that is most unfortunate for her
friends since he is here on a mission to destroy this planet! Jen groans that
the D'Bar just can't catch a break.
Before
they get into a debate over whether She-Hulk will allow the Skrulls to wipe out
a whole planet, she convinces him to let her go down and try to rescue Razorback
and Taryn.
As the Skrulls teleport her down, the Captain asks how she expects to find two
humans among three hundred thousand aliens. Jen says that's simple; she's going
to let the D'Bari capture her too, hoping they'll take her wherever they took
the others.
She-Hulk materializes on the planet, and runs away for a bit, so that the D'Bari
don't think get suspicious, before she lets them capture her. They take her to a
prison, and put her in the same cell with Razorback and Taryn! She asks them if
they're okay, and they say they are, but that Jen shouldn't have come since
there is no escape. She-Hulk isn't ready to give up, and she charges the cell
bars! However, she gets repelled by an energy field protecting the bars. Taryn
tells her there is no way to break out. "It's just a matter of time before we
all end up...like him!!" She-Hulk looks into the next cell and sees Rocket
Raccoon, turned into a stone statue!!
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