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Rob Johnson
Mar 10, 2010 12:00 AM

This 2-issue series was published during 1989. I'm not sure whether the events happen chronologically before or during the Sensational She-Hulk series that started that year. The internal references either can't be used to discriminate to that level of accuracy, or are confusing. Jennifer Walters is permanently She-Hulk at this time, since Marvel Graphic Novel #18: Sensational She-Hulk. Both issues say she's a member of the Avengers, which is reasonable in the time leading up to the Acts of Vengeance crossover. Monica Rambeau (Captain Marvel) has had to recover from a debilitating accident in Avengers #293. Johnny Storm (Human Torch) is married to 'Alicia Masters' since Fantastic Four #300, but she has not yet revealed herself to be Lyja the Skrull. The absence of Invisible Woman and Mr Fantastic from the Baxter Building would tie in neatly with them being on leave since Fantastic Four #307. But Thing is shown in his normal form, and he got mutated to a craggier version in Fantastic Four #310. Putting this issue before then would make it a long way before the start of Sensatuonal She-Hulk, and probably before Captain Marvel had her accident. I would plump for post-FF#310 and put Thing's appearance down to an artistic/editorial mistake. I would also personally put this issue before the Sensational She-Hulk series, just to explain why Wyatt Wingfoot isn't mentioned there. (In the much later Sensational She-Hulk #35, Jen makes 4th-wall-breaking comments that she and Wyatt haven't seen each other since before Johnny's wedding, and that this limited series isn't canonical because Wyatt's family doesn't match with any other references.)