Mallory Book is a barracuda lawyer with supermodel looks. She's known as "The face that never lost a case."[1]
History
As a young woman, Mallory Book won the "Ms. Utah" competition. She went on to graduate magna cum laude Brigham Young University and served as a senior editor of the BYU Law Review.[2]
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."[6] As part of the GLK&H team, Book tried or settled cases against Doctor Strange[2] and Yellowjacket.[7] Unfortunately, Book's courtroom winning streak ended when she lost a case defending Hercules against Constrictor.[8]
After GLK&H hired Jen Walters, Book and Walters had an on-again-off-again rivalry/friendship.[9][10]
Book was one of the many GLK&H employees injured during Titania's attack on Timely Plaza.[3] Mallory was severely injured during the attack,[11] and took several months to fully recover.[12] During her recovery, Awesome Andy secretly assisted her with her physical training and began to develop a crush on her.[13]
Following the rebuilding of Timely Plaza, GLK&H came under the supervision of Artie Zix and began defending supervillains. Book successfully had her case defending Boomerang and Ox against Young Avengers Stature and Vision.[14]
Although Mallory was starting to develop a crush on the Two-Gun Kid,[4] she came under the influence of Starfox's powers forcing her to fall in love with Awesome Andy, reciprocating his feelings.[15] Embarrassed by her brief tryst with Awesome Andy, Mallory pursued her authentic desires to begin a relationship with the Two-Cun Kid.[16]
With her reputation bruised,[17] Book took on a case defending The Leader. Book successfully freed The Leader under the argument that his villainous actions were all under the influence of Gamma Radiation.[18] This high-profile win brought Book notoriety and a huge influx of win clients to GLK&H.[19] Because of this, Book was offered the partner seat that previously belonged to Holden Holliway.[20]
While working together on a case defending Dark Art, She-Hulk lost control and attacked their client leading to her being disbarred and fired from GLK&B.[21] Three month later, She-Hulk asked Mallory to came Allentown in Pennsylvania to represent her client Larry Ryan.[22] At some point, Mallory became the chairwoman and leader of Fourth Wall Enterprises and started plans to destroy She-Hulk.[5]
Impressed by her work with Freeman Bonding Incorporated, Book reached out to She-Hulk to help her regain her law license and offer her a position at GLK&B.[23] She-Hulk turned down the offer, but because Book was impressed by her actions, she cancelled all of Fourth Wall Enterprises' plans to destroy She-Hulk.[5]
Mallory Book reached out to the Spider-Girls to offer her legal assistance in suing Teri Hillman.[24]
Mallory Book was seen with a disguised Mystique in a bar in the Lowtown neighborhood of Madripoor. However, no other details about this endeavor are known.[25]Attributes
Abilities
See Also
- 43 appearance(s) of Mallory Book (Earth-616)
- 4 mention(s) of Mallory Book (Earth-616)
- 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Mallory Book (Earth-616)
- 22 image(s) of Mallory Book (Earth-616)
- 1 quotation(s) by or about Mallory Book (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 She-Hulk #1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 She-Hulk #2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 She-Hulk #11
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #5
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #38
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 She-Hulk #1–2
- ↑ She-Hulk #6
- ↑ She-Hulk #9–11
- ↑ She-Hulk #3–12
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #1–21
- ↑ She-Hulk #12
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #1–14
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #5–6
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #1
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #6–14
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #14
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #16–18
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #19
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #20
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #21
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #29
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #27
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #37–38
- ↑ Peter Parker #3
- ↑ Death of Wolverine #2
- ↑ She-Hulk (Vol. 2) #19–21