I have to say, I’ve been a fan of Peter David for a number of years now. He creates interesting plot lines and his stories are never short on witty repartee.

That’s actually part of the problem though.

You’d be pretty hard pressed to find a Peter David comic book where someone doesn’t make a witty, uber-contemporary remark and another character seems unaware of the joke.

Having seen a couple of Peter David interviews, the man lives up to the hype. He’s quick witted and so up to date on the now that he’s probably talking in the tomorrow. But why does every character have to speak like him. Or at least the lead always does. Don’t believe me, pick up the latest issue of She-Hulk.

The character has always been funny but under David’s pen she’s constantly making witty, uber-contemporary remarks and another character seems unaware of the jokes. By the way you She-Hulk fans who remember the early days of the Savage She-Hulk, both of you, yes she was funny then as Marvel wanted a Hulk-y hottie and so she was never quite either one in the early days.

I’m a little discouraged by the fact that David is issue 3 into his tenure on Shulkie’s comic and why the heroine is no longer a heroine is just starting to come up, but that’s not a major problem.

His storytelling skills are prodigious, I just wish that all his characters weren’t the same two characters.