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Slott’s She-Hulk run–with a writing assist from Templeton–ends with a disinterested grunt… better than a whimper, better than a moan… but….

I mean, it’s really nice to have some of the loose ends tied up, although there are constant reminders of the stuff Slott never got around to doing, and he and Templeton find a nice way to end the series with some kind of closure for long-time readers. And Burchett’s art’s nice.

But the pacing is off, issue to issue, and it’s real hard to do three issues with a Jen who can’t become She-Hulk because they’re introducing the situation and trying to deal with it all at the same time. It’s also all very confusing–particularly the last issue–and the endless exposition just made my eyes glaze over.

I thought, after the first issue, Slott was going to be able to give his run a nice close, but somewhere during the second, it became clear he was not. He tries and delivers an affecting moment, but a combination of the mumbo jumbo and the shaky return to form for the book (from all the crossovers), make it all rather awkward.

It doesn’t cut it, judging against previous She-Hulk issues, and it doesn’t even approximate cutting it. Instead, Slott and Templeton fill in all the guest appearances and plot contrivances they need to get it done. Luckily for the reader, Slott made very few false steps until the crossover issues, so even filled in, She-Hulk works pretty well.

C+

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