She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Start date: August 18, 2022
What it’s about: Bruce Banner’s cousin Jen becomes a Hulk and must balance her new powers with her day job as a lawyer.
Major new characters introduced (but not killed): She-Hulk, Nikki, Pug, Mallory Book, Skaar.
Major new concepts introduced: The existence of a second Hulk, the original Hulk going into space and coming back with a son (?!?), that the MCU is just a construct and Disney+ and Kevin Feige himself exists in the MCU, Matt Murdock becomes Daredevil.
Analysis: The whole “family of Hulk” thing seems like the biggest possible takeaway here in terms of large-scale MCU stuff, but She-Hulk also firmly establishes that in addition to the Avengers there are lots and lots of lesser heroes walking around the MCU, all of whom are ripe for storytelling. And that fourth-wall stuff, while fun, will probably just stick to specific characters like She-Hulk and Deadpool. Or, at least we think. It’s still way too early to see where She-Hulk and her friends will pop up next.
Running Total: Five big ones so now we’re up to 64.
