Rico Renzi

Jack is attacked on the street by a large stranger named Mark, but Jen hulks out and defends him (physically, not lawyerly). They get dinner at a kind of romantic-y restaurant, though Jack is still wearing Jen’s old clothes. (How many days has it been? Jen has gone to work and come home at least once. You’d think they could get him some clothes that fit him.) Jen breaks a heel and trips and is helped up by an old woman - another reminder that Jack is (or was?) too powerful to even touch another person. Later, Jen goes to the park and spies on Mark and his wife April.

Kind of blah, but nice that the action picked up right from last episode’s cliffhanger. Classic comic book stuff! I think if I had read this as a 5-issue volume 1 I would have ended up just as frustrated as I was with most of the individual issues. Not a lot happened and I, a person with very limited prior knowledge, still don’t know who Jack of Hearts is or what happened to him.… (more)

Jen continues her superhero lady fight club. At work she gets a lot of potential law clients, but they’re all superpowered which is not allowed by her boss. She decides to take them on anyway. Later Jen and Jack walk around the city to try to jog Jack’s memory.

Still not a lot happening, but also not particularly funny like the previous issue was. Lots of discussion of gamma radiation levels that I don’t understand. It does seem like something big is going to happen in the next issue, though.… (more)

Jennifer goes to work but struggles to find clients since her nemesis/boss does not want to take on anyone with powers. Jack speculates about why he might have come back, and why to Jennifer, and then realizes he might need to pee for the first time in his life. Also Jennifer talks to her BFF Patsy Walker on the phone but doesn’t tell her about Jack.

Now we're getting somewhere! The scene at the law office was fun, and the rest moved the plot forward a bit. It’s kind of funny that Jack is like “I don’t know why I came to you, we weren’t that close” when the cover art looks like they’re on a date.… (more)

Jack of Hearts, whom everyone thought was dead, has shown up on Jen’s (well…technically Janet’s) doorstep. He recaps what Jen already knows - he’s full of nuclear power and a danger to everyone around him. He went off into space and everyone, including him, thought he was dead. But now he’s back, and he’s doing weird stuff like drinking water and taking naps.

The “previously” section for this issue says that Jen “decided” to leave the Avengers, “rejoined” a law firm, and “regained access to her former residence” and says “everything was coming up Jen”, which is the opposite of the impression I got from the first issue? Maybe I actually don’t understand what’s going on here. Most of this issue is Jack of Hearts telling Jen things she already knows, for the benefit of the reader, but his change in behavior is very intriguing.… (more)