Mallory Book

I enjoyed the analysis at Suspension of Disbelief: A Fact-Check for the Four-Color World concerning She-Hulk #19, "The Trial of The Leader". The writer, Loren, applies a gratifying scrutiny to the proceedings. It's a cynicism that warms the cockles of my shriveled, black heart:

In fact, her two witnesses so far may have hurt her argument. Book wants to argue that the influence of gamma rays are what drove her client to want to kill and conquer. Well, both of Book's witnesses are gamma-irradiated people (which Book specifically drew attention to), and neither of them are murderers or wannabe despots. Neither of them are even so much as antisocial. If she wants to put the blame on the gamma rays, then she needs to do some explaining as to why her client's condition is so different from theirs. Once again, that's going to require some testimony specific to the Leader, and not broader talk of gamma rays.