We're past the halfway point for this year, and if asked to name the pleasantest surprise so far, this miniseries would win pretty easily. Its only advantage looking at it from the outside (and the only reason I bought it) was because of a stellar creative team (well, writer; Fred Van Lente; the artists are very good, but anonymous, and not worth buying something in and of itself, though I've never bought a series just for the art). Stacked against it was what appeared to be a derivative and unnecessary character with no relevance to the wider universe (of course, since this was published, we've learned she'll be sticking around for a while in backups, which seems a good place for her). But it's been a blast; funny and inventive, and it succeeds in investing a lot of character into Lyra. And it does all this while at the same time giving She-Hulk 1.0 her best material in a good long while (since the early Slott run, at least). Jen's got some really hilarious dialogue, and gets some great action. The art is a melange of several different people along the way; one of those, Michael Ryan, will be doing the backups; I'd prefer Peter Vale, but Ryan is good too.