Mallory Book

The character first appeared in She-Hulk #1 (May 2004) and was created by Dan Slott.

Mallory Book is a lawyer employed by Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway. She has a reputation for not only being beautiful, but also for being a tough defendant in court. She had garnered the nickname "The Face Who's Never Lost a Case", which doesn't intimidate Jennifer Walters. In her first appearance, Mallory clearly shows disdain towards Jennifer having to step out as She-Hulk so she can save the world.She-Hulk #1. Marvel Comics. In her next appearance, she represents a man who Doctor Strange had "wrongfully" captured. When the man is let go, Strange admits that he will be gunned down days later, shocking Mallory.She-Hulk #2. Marvel Comics. Mallory and Jen soon begin working together with the former acting mostly oppressive over the latter. Mallory admits that Jen is "useful" in that she is good with heavy lifting. Even when Jen rescues her from a propeller blade, she fails to show any real gratitude.She-Hulk #3. Marvel Comics.

Mallory further mocks Jen when their boss Holden Holliway implies that she serve as a "baby-sitter" of sorts for his granddaughter Sasha.She-Hulk #7. Marvel Comics.

Jen's actions continued to frustrate Mallory. When Mallory represented Hercules, who had caused considerable physical injury to Constrictor, Jen suggested Hercules settle and pay damages, which he took over Mallory's suggestion of pleading insanity by stating that he was not the son of Zeus.She-Hulk #9. Marvel Comics. While being reprimanded by the law firm's senior partners for losing the case, Mallory was seriously injured when Titania's attacked the firm in an attempt to kill Jen.She-Hulk #11-12. Marvel Comics.

When the firm was rebuilt, Mallory was depicted using a wheelchair for the several months it took her to fully recover,She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #1–14. Marvel Comics. and, during this time, Awesome Andy secretly assisted her with her physical training and developed a crush on her.She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #5–6. Marvel Comics. Mallory started defending villains, repressenting Ox and Boomerang against Young Avengers Stature and Vision, angering Jen who felt that representing villains was ethically wrong.She-Hulk Vol. 2 #1. Marvel Comics.

Mallory started falling for the Two-Gun Kid, but came under the influence of Starfox's powers, forcing her to fall in love with Awesome Andy, instead,She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #6. Marvel Comics. who copied Starfox's powers, thus continuing to influence Mallory into loving him,She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #14. Marvel Comics. and the two then began what appeared to be a mutually consensual relationship.She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #7. Marvel Comics. However, Mallory found out that her feelings were being manipulated, and Andy, growing guilty, turned off his mimicry of Starfox's powers.She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #11. Marvel Comics. Once his powers were shut down, Mallory reverted to normal and became furious with Andy, demanding he stay away from her.She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #11. Marvel Comics.

Mallory took revenge on Jen when defended The Leader, Samuel Sterns, and sub poenaed Jen as witness for the defense. On the stand, Mallory forced Jen to list all her sexual encounters as She-Hulk to build a defense for Sterns that gamma-radiated superhumans have no control over their actions and humiliate Jen at the same timeShe-Hulk (Vol. 2) #19. Marvel Comics.. Mallory's successful defense of Sterns got her made a partner of the firm and she seemed to make peace with JenShe-Hulk (Vol. 2) #21. Marvel Comics..

In Peter David's run, Mallory assigns Jen the defense of Arthur Moore, a supervillain named 'Dark Art' whom Jen subsequently assaults as She-Hulk after Moore shows her false illusions of him mudering children, resulting in Mallory being furious with Jen and accepting her resignation from the firmShe-Hulk (Vol. 2) #29. Marvel Comics.. Mallory is ultimately revealed to be the supervillain chairwoman of Fourth Wall Enterprises, seeking to bring an end to all metafictional beings. Having gained Jen's respect, Mallory elects to temporarily shut down the She-Hulk Project due to the cancellation of the ongoing She-Hulk title, with her board speculating she will resume her plans once a new ongoing She-Hulk series featuring her is commissioned, lest "Book's cancelled" become a reality.She-Hulk Vol. 2 #38. Marvel Comics.

Renée Elise Goldsberry appears as Mallory Book in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Jenna |date=July 26, 2022 |title=New She-Hulk Featurette Confirms Renée Elise Goldsberry's Character |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/new-she-hulk-trailer-renee-elise-goldsberry-character-mallory-book/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727124311/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/new-she-hulk-trailer-renee-elise-goldsberry-character-mallory-book/ |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |access-date=July 26, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}} She is a lawyer who works in the same law office as Walters. In the series, Book is simply stern and shows no malicious intent, even slowly becoming friends with Jen when she declares her as her best friend.

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