She-Hulk Recommendations

[Mr. Earl Brooks]

I was considering picking up this title now that Peter David has been on it.

Do you recommend this title? Is it necessary to read Dan Slott's work before reading PAD's?

I was considering starting on his work, but honestly I'm not really crazy about the art. If you recommend the story though, I might give it a shot.

Thanks guys.

[Dermie]

No, its not necessary to read Dan's run first--PAD has taken the book in a new direction, and has introduced a bunch of new supporting characters. Some of the supporting cast from Dan's run will still appear, but you should be able to pick up on who these people are, and what the relevant relationships are, without having read all the backstory.

That said, I would definately recommend Dan's run, because it was a lot of fun and a great read...but it isn't required reading if you want to start reading PAD's run.

[Mark_S]

There was a Thing/She-Hulk one shot a few years ago that was really good. Double sized, but I can't remember when exactly. They were fighting subway creatures.

Mark_S

[XPac]

I was considering picking up this title now that Peter David has been on it.

Do you recommend this title? Is it necessary to read Dan Slott's work before reading PAD's?

I was considering starting on his work, but honestly I'm not really crazy about the art. If you recommend the story though, I might give it a shot.

Thanks guys.

I almost think you'd like Peter David's She-Hulk less if you familiarize yourself with Slott's run. A lot of people that ended up falling in love with Slotts take of the character found the shift to be quite jarring.

That said, I don't think you really need to read Slotts' run. It'll give you a better understanding of why she's in her present status quo... but the fact that it is a completely new status quo makes it very easy to just jump in.

I'm not sure I could recommend the book because it's not wowing me... though that may simply be because I'm still (unfairly perhaps) comparing it to Slotts version of the character and they really are two very different books. But if you're a fan of Peter David, it's certainly worth a look.

[Bulky Brent]

Slott run on the book was great it had a lot of humor and quirkiness highly recommended but writing style is entirely different so it's not really essential in order to follow PAD work. to follow PAD's work you just need to read from issue #22 where it introduces the new status quo for She-Hulk.

[Nyssane]

I started off with PAD's She-Hulk without reading Slott's, and I love it, so yeah you could easily start reading it without having to go back and find Slott's run. Though I am also backtracking for Slott's She-Hulk which is also hilarious. Really, whoever writes it, it's still She-Hulk.

[Netley]

VERY different writing styles between the two of them, but both good in their own right.

As pretty much everyone here has said, Slott's run (two runs, really) is not necessary for understanding what's going on now, but it is a great run nonetheless! Slott really has a wicked sense of humor, a sharp understanding of almost everything in the MU, and a very interesting way of establishing comics "precedence" through the Comics Code (seriously, it's a really cool idea!). On top of that, he broke the fourth wall quite often (which I love, and has been She-Hulk thing since Byrne's run in the 80s).

Also, Bobillo's art is one-of-a-kind, cartoony-but-not-unrealistic, and absolutely perfect for the character during Slott's run/interpretation!

PAD's one of my favorite writers, but his issues of Shulkie haven't really grabbed me grabbed me yet, but I have the utmost faith in his abilities. I think once he fleshes out the characters some more we'll get some really good stories from him!

[Billy Parker]

She-Hulk freakin' rules right now! It's the most fun comic I read along with Man-Thing! After the Avengers and Spider-Man stuff, my favorite comic right now is She-Hulk.

I started reading PAD's She-Hulk without Dan Slott's and I would say don't go back. You don't need to. It's very easy comic to understand and just jump right in on PAD's first issue.

Get issue #22 and on and you'll be great! Every issue is funny and action-PACKED! And great stories of what heroism really is. The art is fantastic!

[Mr. Earl Brooks]

I just got finished with Dan Slott's Vol. 1.

I was pretty cool. My favorite parts were definitely Awesome Andy.

I don't want any spoilers if he dies or anything, but I can't wait to see PAD get his hands on that goof and his chalk board.

[Netley]

I just got finished with Dan Slott's Vol. 1.

I was pretty cool. My favorite parts were definitely Awesome Andy.

I don't want any spoilers if he dies or anything, but I can't wait to see PAD get his hands on that goof and his chalk board.

PAD pretty much uses his own cast entirely, with any appearances by Slott's cast so just kind of a one-time thing, seemingly.

Awesome Andy is one of the funniest characters ever created for comics.

He's really kind of postmodern if you think of it. To the reader (us) his inability to talk is entirely irrelevant, since we read his chalkboard just as we read the word balloons of other characters who can talk.

And the fact that he is just so funny. Great Slott character (in fact, "awesome," haha), and he would be perfect in my mind to be PAD'ed for sure!