Do I need to talk about the scene where he invites Jen to dinner with their new in laws and J Jonah Jameson attacks her in a spider suit? Because that was seriously fucked up! There was something so incredibly icky about Jen being afraid to let John see her as She-Hulk. He doesn’t like her when she’s She-Hulk because he’s internalized his father’s views. I don’t care about either of them and this storyline is stupid. Just because John’s a jerk doesn’t mean Jen should end up with Pug.
I understand it was meant to set up the typical asshole boyfriend v “good guy” best friend with Pug and I hate that trope. John Jameson: I hated this guy from the get go.
Later on, Jen questions if she was influenced when she slept with Starfox and Jen punches him and that’s that for a while until Starfox returns and it’s revealed that he didn’t use his powers to make Jen sleep with him. When asked about it, Starfox’s response is "she wanted it". He has powers like Jessica Drew’s where he can influence and make others desire him so right off the bat, this is a sketchy ass case for consent. This is not a character I knew a lot about before picking up this book. Starfox: We begin with a case where Jen is defending Starfox who’s been accused of rape. Jessica Drew’s appear to only work on men. I was slightly fascinated by the fact that Starfox’s powers worked on all genders and not just women. I don’t know who this Jennifer is and I don’t know why these comics exist. It was a complete 180 from the strong, confident female character in the first volume. Whatever 2 jokes I laughed at while reading this (The Mad Thinkers’ robot drinking WD-40 for example) were not worth the terrible, awful, misogynistic and offensive plot lines in this book. Even if it was just one joke that made me chuckle, I give it props for that. Usually, I give at least 2 stars if I found something enjoyable in the book. I can’t think of another series where I gave the first installment 5 stars and the second 1 star but trust me, this rating was earned.
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