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Quote1 Mallory Book: the barracuda lawyer with supermodel looks. They call her "The face that never lost a case." Quote2
She-Hulk[src]

History

Early Life[]

As a young woman, Mallory Book won the "Ms. Utah" competition. Later, she went on to graduate magna cum laude from Brigham Young University and served as a senior editor of the BYU Law Review.[5]

Goodman, Liever , Kurtzberg & Holliway[]

Book eventually moved to New York City and was hired by Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, specializing in legal services covering all aspects of superhuman law. While working for GLK&H, Book achieved the record for the longest string of courtroom victories, a fact that won her the title "The face that never lost a case."[9] As part of the GLK&H team, Book tried or settled cases against famous heroes like Doctor Strange[5] and Hank Pym.[10]

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Mallory Book arguing a case against She-Hulk

After GLK&H hired Jen Walters (also the superheroine She-Hulk), Book and Walters began an intense rivalry with one another,[11] and, eventually, Jen caused Book to lose her winning streak with a case defending Hercules against the villain Constrictor.[12][2] Later, again because of Walters, Book was one of the many GLK&H employees injured when Titania barged into the offices looking for She-Hulk.[13] It took several months for Mallory to fully recover,[14] and, during this time, Awesome Andy secretly assisted her with her physical training and began to develop a crush on her.[15]

Two-Gun Kid & Awesome Andy[]

Following the rebuilding of the office building, GLK&H came under the supervision of Artie Zix and began defending supervillains. At this point, Book was more dedicated than ever and successfully had her case defending Boomerang and Ox against Young Avengers Stature and Vision.[16]

Mallory started falling for the Two-Gun Kid,[4] but she came under the influence of Starfox's powers, forcing her to fall in love with Awesome Andy, instead.[17] Unintentionally, Andy copied Starfox's powers, thus continuing to influence Mallory into loving him,[18] and the two then began what appeared to be a mutually consensual relationship.[19] Eventually, however, Mallory found out that her feelings were being manipulated, and Andy, growing guilty over his accidental manipulation, offered to turn off his mimicking of Starfox's powers. Once his powers were shut down, Mallory reverted to normal and became furious that Andy would manipulate her emotions in such a way.[20]

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Mallory Book dealing with the fallout of her "relationship" with Awesome Andy

With her reputation bruised,[21] Book took on a case defending The Leader and successfully freed The Leader with the argument that his villainous actions were all under the influence of Gamma Radiation.[8] This high-profile win brought Book notoriety and a huge influx of win clients to GLK&H.[22] Because of this, Book was offered the partner seat that previously belonged to Holden Holliway.[23]

Destroying She-Hulk[]

At some point, Mallory Book (who had not forgiven Jen for bringing all sorts of chaos into her life) secretly become Chairperson of Fourth Wall Enterprises (FWE),[3] a company that sought to destroy She-Hulk and remake her in their image.[24][25] To that end, Book feigned a desire to settle past differences with Jen[25] and asked her to defend Arthur Moore (the criminal Dark Art). Jen accepted and got him acquitted under some technicalities, but, as his belongings were being returned to him, Moore showed Jen visions of him murdering children, prompting Jen to publicly attack him and tell the reporters what he'd shown her. Since he was still protected by attorney-client privilege, Jen was disbarred, and, to make matters worse, the visions were later revealed to be a ruse.[26]

Once Jen had hit rock-bottom, Mallory Book decided to mess with Jennifer again, trying to get her to betray her skrull partner Jazinda by reinstating her as a lawyer. As Mallory was showing Jennifer around the office, Jazinda contacted her telepathically to tell her she had been caught by the government. She warned her that someone might come to interrogate her and asked that she pretend she didn't know she was a skrull, but Jennifer ignored her warnings and rescued her with the assistance of her all-female team, the Lady Liberators.[27]

Witnessing this, Mallory, understanding the importance of friendship, finally forgave Jen and told her she'd make it so Jennifer wouldn't have to answer before her actions. After bidding farewell, she called an emergency meeting at FWE and canceled all the She-Hulk plans.[3]

After FWE[]

In the years that followed, Mallory Book kept herself occupied, offering her help to the Spider-Girls[28] and getting involved with businesses in Madripoor.[29] Missing Awesome Andy, she also reached out to him to invite him to join her as a partner in her new law firm while they gave their relationship another try.[30]

Jennifer had disappeared from her life as well, but the day came when Jen needed Mallory's assistance in getting her life back together, and she accepted Jen in her law firm.[31]

Attributes

Abilities

  • Mallory Book is an excellent lawyer.[9][32]

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