Sensational She-Hulk #45
Sensational She-Hulk #45
Writer: John Byrne
Penciller: John Byrne
Inker: John Byrne
Colors: Glynis Oliver
Editor: Renee Witterstaetter
She-Hulk is shocked to see Rocket Raccoon in the next cell, turned into a stone
statue! She asks Taryn what happened. Taryn explains how she and Buford picked
up a strange subspace signal in the Coal Sack Nebula, and went to investigate.
They followed the signal to Dandesh Four, where they found Rocket Raccoon
fighting against a planetful of D'Bari! Rocket was doing fine until the arrival
of Taryn and Razorback distracted him. Then he got hit by the D'Bari weapon and
was petrified into stone. Razorback and Taryn fought their way through the crowd
to try and rescue Rocket, but then a cage was dropped on them! Then they were
taken to the prison, where they have been left ever since. Razorback starts to
tell She-Hulk that "these guys aren't really...ah-k!"...the D'Bari turn him into
a statue! Taryn goes hysterical, screaming and demanding to know why they did
this to him now, when they could have done it any time! Jen tries to calm her
down. The D'Bari tells her that he doesn't need to explain himself to a member
of the species that destroyed his race. She-Hulk realizes that this D'Bari is
the same one whom the Avengers encountered on Earth years ago.
She-Hulk
says that since the Avengers helped him, he should realize that not all humans
are bad, and he shouldn't blame the entire race for the actions of one "bad
egg". The D'Bari is insulted that Jen would refer to the killer of his race in
such a manner. He is tempted to turn her to stone, but decides to wait until he
learns why she came. He leaves, and tells her that she had better be prepared
to tell him everything when he returns in one quarling. Jen wonders how long a
quarling is, and a voice from the next cell tells her that it is about 15 Earth
minutes. Jen turns and sees that there is an Ovoid in the next cell. She
remembers hearing about the Ovoids from the Fantastic Four. They were a highly
advanced alien race, with the mental ability to transfer their minds into other
bodies. The Ovoid explains that although most species can learn the
mind-transfer technique, most don't know how. He came here on a trading mission
to teach the aliens how to do it. Jen asks how he wound up in prison. He
doesn't know; the D'Bari seemed interested in mind-exchange process, until one
of them wondered if it was similar to telepathy. As soon as they considered the
idea that the Ovoid could read minds, they locked him up.
Taryn is annoyed that Jen is having a conversation while Buford has just been
killed. Jen assures her that Buford isn't dead. If they can get their hands on
the D'Bari weapon, they can reverse his transformation. Taryn wonders how they
are going to get their hands on the weapon, since they are trapped in the cell
with no way to communicate with the outside. Jen has an idea, and asks the Ovoid
what the range for the mind-transfer is. He says it has never been measured,
but that the range should be unlimited. Jen asks him to teach the technique to
her, so she can send her mind to one of the starships up above. The Ovoid points
out the transfer only works with members of the same species. Jen says that
isn't a problem.
Aboard the Skrull ship, Weezi, Archer and Retread are in a holding cell, still
in their underwear. Weezi is worried about She-Hulk, since she went down there
all by herself, but Archer tries to convince her that Jen will be fine. The
Skrull Captain barges in and demands to know why She-Hulk hasn't contacted them
yet. He agreed to delay the destruction of this planet long enough for her to
find her "friends". When the Skrull has trouble remembering the word "friend",
Retread makes fun of him. The Skrull grabs Retread by the throat, lifting him
into the air, and telling him he should remember which one of them is in control
of the situation. Weezi tries to calm the situation, and tells Retread to
apologize. He does, and the Skrull drops him. The Captain asks again why
She-Hulk hasn't contacted them. Weezi starts to respond to the question, but
then gets dizzy. Archer and Retread try to help her to the bench to sit and
rest, but Weezi's body goes through a startling transformation! Moments later,
Weezi body has become as big and powerful as She-Hulk's, and Jen has become
short and plump like Weezi!
Site for Sore Eyes rating: 6 out of 10
This story was good, and would have gotten a higher rating--if Byrne had cluttered up 11 story pages with pointless pin-ups! I don't mind a few pin-ups as a special feature...but 11 of them, thrown onto the same pages as the main story, is just too much.
Review by Dermie
Picture by the Leader