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Publication History

She-Hulk was obviously not an original creation from Stan Lee. The reason that the She-Hulk was created was actually to gain the rights of a female Hulk. This began when during the 1970s run on the live action "The Incredible Hulk" television series. It had such a success that CBS began thinking of a female Hulk spin-off. If CBS had gone with it, they would have owned the rights to She-Hulk, however, Marvel acted quickly and got Stan Lee to write the first issue and John Buscema to pencil the first issue. Even though John Byrne contributed the most for She-Hulk and Stan Lee only wrote the first issue, Stan Lee is still the official creator of She-Hulk.

Origin

Early Life

Jennifer Walters is the daughter of Sheriff Morris Walters. Jennifer is also Bruce Banner's cousin, A.K.A the Hulk. She was five years younger then Bruce, however, the two developed a close brother and sister relationship while they were growing up together. They eventually went their separate ways as they both pursued different careers. Jennifer began to pursue a career in Law and eventually became a Lawyer. She attended UCLA School of Law where she became one of the top legal scholars and earned her Junior Doctor Degree there. She would eventually earn her Masters degree at Harvard Law School. One day, Bruce decided to visit Jennifer and re-establish their once close relationship. Unfortunately on that very same day, Jennifer was shot and seriously wounded by Nicholas Trask’s men, a crime boss who had once been an enemy of her father and also the enemy of one of Jennifer’s client. To save her life, Bruce had to give her a blood transfusion since there were no other donors of her type available. Bruce's gamma-radiated blood caused Jennifer to transform into the Savage She-Hulk. Jennifer first transformed into the She-Hulk when Trask’s men came to finish off Jennifer by posing as doctors. However, Jennifer quickly recognized them and the anger of them nearly killing her caused her to turn into a female Hulk.

The Start of her Superhero Career

At first, Jennifer was unable to control the She-Hulk similar to her cousin, the Hulk. At one point, Jennifer had a mental block on herself to keep her from changing into the Savage She-Hulk. However, she eventually was able to maintain her intelligence in She-Hulk form. She also began to come to terms with her dual personas as she loved the confidence she had in her She-Hulk form. There was also a point where she loved being the She-Hulk more then her normal form. Jennifer eventually comes to terms with both forms, feeling that she can offer society more with both her forms. After fighting solo for awhile, she joined the Avengers the same time that Hawkeye rejoined the Avengers. She continued to work with the Avengers up to the Secret Wars, where she returned as a temporary member of the Fantastic Four, replacing The Thing until his return. While on a mission with the Fantastic Four, Jennifer was able to prevent a radiation leak on a SHIELD Helicarrier. After a successful attempt of stopping the radiation, it appeared to Jennifer that she could not transform back to her normal body. However, Jennifer happily accepted this as she loved to be in her She-Hulk form more then her normal human body. Eventually, it would be revealed that the reason she could not change back to her normal body was because she was psychologically blocking that ability. Jennifer would eventually be able to transform back into her human body.

Returning to the Avengers

After the Thing returned to the Fantastic Four, Jennifer quit the team and rejoined the Avengers. She also got a new job on District Attorney Blake Tower’s staff. Jennifer would eventually learn that one of the workers there was a former Golden Age super heroine named Blonde Phantom. Blonde Phantom was the reason that Jennifer gained a job on the District Attorney’s staff. When the Scarlet Witch went insane and killed many of the Avengers, She-Hulk was used by the Scarlet Witch when she made She-Hulk go insane. She-Hulk went on a rampage similar to the Hulk and was unstoppable. She even rips Vision in half while she was uncontrollable.

Civil War

Jennifer registered a under the Super-Human Registration Act and is pro-registration. However, Jennifer still gives legal advice for any side that needed it. Jennifer worked as a lawyer for a Superhuman Law firm and married John Jameson, son of Daily Bugle Publisher, J. Jonah Jameson. In order to gain Jonah’s blessing, Jennifer came up with a plan that would help Jonah sue Peter Parker for fraud. However, she reveals that it was going to keep Jonah in a wild goose chase as she had no intentions of suing Spider-Man. Jennifer was also the lawyer for Robbie Baldwin (Speedball), who was the cause of the Superhuman Registration Act going into action. Eventually Jennifer discovers that her feelings toward John had been manipulated by Starfox, the Titan. She is currently separated from John. One of the ramifications of the SHRA is that She-Hulk has now been drafted as a SHIELD agent, and works on a squad dedicated to Hulk-Level threats. However, Iron Man and SHIELD have been sending Jennifer and her team in a wild goose chase, telling them to "go after the Hulk" when they actually aren't. After sleeping with Iron Man, the SHIELD Helicarrier went crazy and all the technology began attacking everyone. She-Hulk had to go up against a bunch of Nick Fury LMDs that went insane. After everything calmed down, Jennifer was holding a severed head of the Fury LMD when it mentioned Bruce Banner. A curious She-Hulk decided to go to her old Superhuman Law Firm to see if anyone could decrypt the message. With Mr. Zix and some unknown outside help, Jennifer was able to discover that Tony Stark and the Illuminati shot her cousin Bruce out into space. An angered She-Hulk returns to the Helicarrier and engages against Iron Man. She-Hulk seemed to have the upper hand until Iron Man used an adamantium needle to inject nanotech, causing her to lose her ability to change into the Hulk.

Now, a powerless Jen can only continue her old life as a lawyer. Ben Grimm let her stay at his apartment for the night, and in the morning, Jen is still uncomfortable waking up in her human form. Jen heads to work at the Law Offices of Goodman to discover that Mallory is going to defend the Leader in his upcoming case. Mallory then slaps Jen with a subpoena, forcing her to testify about her radiation experience. On the day of the trial, Mallory calls up Jen to recall her emotions while she was in her She-Hulk form. Embarrassing her about how many men she's slept with, even with Juggernaut. Mallory continues with tough questions, determined to prove that the radiation forces people to do something they usually would not. Jen has begun realizing that she loved being in her She-Hulk form more then her human form. Eventually she would come to terms and be comfortable with her human form again. The next day, John comes back pleading to Jen not to annul their marriage. However, Jen wants to since their marriage meant nothing. Mr. Zix comes in and asks everyone to join him in the office. Zix reveals his true form as a robot and tells them that he only has a couple hours to complete his task. He needed to ask some questions to Jen about what she tried to do by trying to warn Hawkeye about his death. However, Jen finally learns that her plan worked, and Hawkeye is still alive.

Apparently, there was another Earth out there that is similar to real life, where comic characters live as regular everyday citizen and there were no superheroes at all. That Earth called themselves Earth A, (Earth A or Earth-712 was first seen in Fantastic Four #118) and they had discovered a way to interlope to other dimensions. The Jennifer Walters of Earth A decided to go on a vacation to Earth B (Earth-616, the main Marvel Universe), since Earth A decided to allow their civilians to use it as a vacation destination. Jennifer of Earth A gets transported to Earth B and is then able to turn into the She-Hulk. She begins battling and defeats the Rhino, however she eventually gets arrested for interloping dimensions, and is sent to a holding cell with other interlopers. Jen of Earth B (who is still powerless because of Tony Stark injecting nanites in her) comes and reveals that she is going to be her lawyer. Trouble came up right away, and Jen allows She-Hulk of Earth A go fight. Afterwards, Jen decides to use She-Hulk to help gather up other interlopers. When they brought an interloping Doctor Strange, Jen gets into an argument with Mr. Fantastic about the nanites, and how it is permanent and cannot be undone. Afterwards, Jen and She-Hulk of Earth A went out for the night to drink and talk. Eventually Jen of Earth B decides that She-Hulk should stay in Earth B and have Jen go live in Earth A since she no longer has any powers. It is decided and agreed, and even Reed Richards gives Jen his blessings. Jen goes through the transporter to head for Earth A, however, Reed realizes that he could reverse her direction which will cause her atoms to match the one with Jen from Earth A. Jen, now with her recovered powers, decides to stay in her own Earth, and the Jen from Earth A realized that she missed her old home, and decides to return.

World War Hulk

Hulk has returned to Earth and he is very angry. Hulk has already defeated Black Bolt and is demanding Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Mr. Fantastic, and Professor X to come face him. He arrives in Manhattan and battles Iron Man, defeating him easily even when he is wearing his Hulk Buster version armor. The Avengers arrive and prepared to battle, and as Hercules charges at the Hulk, Jen stops him and tells them that she will try to talk to her cousin first. Jen tries to calm down the Hulk, but he stands his ground, forcing them to beat him if they want to stop him. Jen gets a couple of good shots in on the Hulk, but he overpowers her and slams her head first into the ground.

A New Job

Jen, who now has her powers again, but no longer works for The Initiative, has already began her new career. She now works for the Freeman Bonding, Inc, and her job is to capture anyone who skips out on their court date, pretty much a bounty hunter. Jen works with a new partner now. The two of them tracks their target to Minnesota, eventually Jen gets impatient waiting for their target to come out, so Jen alerts her partner that she is going in. The two made a 20 dollar bet that Jen "couldn't do it without turning green." She goes inside and captures their target easily. However, a cat startles her and Absorbing Man (who was their target's cousin) grabbed her neck and snapped it in half. Absorbing Man then headed for the RV that they were traveling in, to encounter She-Hulk jumping out. The two battle each other across town. She-Hulk was then ambushed by a tiny Titania, who was shrunken by Hank Pym's particles. Titania invades She-Hulk's ears and begins causing havoc in there. Meanwhile, the Jen that got her neck snapped gets up while her neck was still out of joint. She captures their target and heads for She-Hulk. Eventually She-Hulk was able to defeat Absorbing Man and complete their mission. Later that night, as "Jen" was driving, She-Hulk comes up to the front to ride with her. It turns out that "Jen" was really a Skrull named Jazinda who was pretending to be Jen.

Powers

In human form, Jennifer Walters is average in physical appearance, strength, and durability for a woman in good shape. She also possesses an above average (but not superhuman) level of intelligence, and is trained in hand-to-hand combat as well possessing some martial arts training. As She-Hulk her powers are a variation of those of her cousin, the Hulk. She has superhuman strength, endurance, and healing abilities. Unlike the Hulk, she usually retains her intelligence and ability to transform between Jennifer Walters and She-Hulk. Rather than being triggered by anger, she can change at will. This ability has been lost at certain points leaving her either only as Jennifer Walters or only as She-Hulk for long periods of time.

When transforming in and out of She-Hulk form Jennifer gains and loses mass in the form of body size as well as additional muscle mass. When changing into She-Hulk her body and hair also take on a more green appearance. Unlike the Hulk, whose strength is directly proportional to his rage, She-Hulk's strength level (as well as the level of her other powers) is directly proportional to, and exponentially greater than her strength level as Jennifer Walters. This means that if she increases her strength level as Jennifer Walters, her strength level as She-Hulk will be vastly greater than it would be otherwise. She has used this to her advantage in the past, using weight training as Jennifer Walters to make her much more powerful than normal as She-Hulk. A side effect of utilizing this facet of her power is that in She-Hulk form her muscle mass increases, making her much larger.

As She-Hulk she is able to easily lift more than 100 tons, is superhumanly durable and possesses a healing factor. She has also gained the ability to perform the Ovoid mind switch, but as a byproduct of being She-Hulk, when she performs it she switches the physical characteristics and powers of the person in question instead of their mind.

Skills

Even with her Hulk powers, Jennifer is very skilled at hand-to-hand combat since she was trained by Captain America. She has displayed skills of martial arts in her human form also. Jennifer would also use her sex appeal to aid her in fights. Jennifer is also a skilled pilot. In addition to her fighting skills and her brute strength, Jennifer is a very intelligent woman. One of the few super heroine to have attained a college bachelor's degree in the Marvel Universe.

Personality

When She-Hulk first appeared in Savage She-Hulk, her personality was different from the current modern version. Back then, she was short-tempered, violent, and demanding. However, her personality eventually changed throughout the years, and she becomes a more kind and sweet person, while retaining confidence in herself. She wouldn't be too angry during fights, She-Hulk actually jokes around more often now. Also, now that Jennifer is comfortable being She-Hulk, she uses the She-Hulk form on a more regular basis.

Characteristics

Human Body

Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 140 lbs.

Eyes: Green

Hair: Brown

She-Hulk Body

Height: 6' 7"

Weight: 650 lbs

Eyes: Green

Hair: Green

The Fourth Wall

She-Hulk has the ability to break the Fourth Wall, which is a barrier between the comic books and the readers. With this ability, it allows her to be aware of the readers and what the writers are doing to her. She-Hulk is also aware that she is a comic book character. Sometimes, She-Hulk would engage in arguments with the writer himself. There was one point where She-Hulk complained to the editor about the writer’s writing. Also, with this ability it allowed She-Hulk to jump through pages in order to get to her destinations faster. For example, in one comic, She-Hulk jumped and ran through advertisements that were in the comic book in order to get to her enemies’ secret hide out faster and easier.

In the second volume of She-Hulk, writers have toned down her ability to break the fourth wall. Meaning she is still very aware of it, but she does not go overboard and get into a heated argument with the writers. For example, in She-Hulk volume 2 issue 3, she was asked if she was able to interact with the readers in which she replied “no” while looking at the direction of the reader. However, they still use her ability to break the fourth wall in the second volume in which she would use old comics of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s run on Fantastic Four and bring up the Comics Code of Authority as evidence in one of her cases.

Alternate Realities

Earth-721
Jennifer Walters from this reality, also known as Earth A, came to Earth-616 as a tourist. In her own reality she had no super-powers, but on Earth-616 she had the same powers as Earth-616 She-Hulk. It was revealed that is was this She-Hulk that slept with Juggernaut, and took Earth-616 She-Hulk's place when she was de-powered. She later went home to Earth-721 again.

Earth-1029

Jen Walters of this reality is known as The Hulk. However, it is still unknown if she is the only Hulk on this reality or if it is just a code name. She was forced to join the Timebroker's Weapon X team. She was one of the few members of the Weapon X who went home to her own reality alive.

Earth-9997

In the Earth X reality She-Hulk is the Hydra Queen.

Earth-91112

This reality was similar to the 616 counterpart. She-Hulk was a member of the Avengers and up until the Government forced the Avengers to now support Mary Richard's rally, the entire Avengers disassembled.

Earth-57780

Jennifer Walters in this reality was similar to her 616 counterpart. She was a very successful lawyer and also the Sensational She-Hulk. During one trial, she was defending the Rhino, however he tries to escape by running out the front steps of the courthouse. Jennifer transforms into the She-Hulk and tries to convince the Rhino to stop. However, Rhino convinces She-Hulk to fight Spider-Man and he uses that distraction to escape. Spider-Man and She-Hulk eventually realize that what they are doing is wrong. They team up and capture the Rhino. This time Jennifer is the prosecutor against Rhino.

Earth-9939

She-Hulk is a member of the Avengers in this reality. This reality is in a major disaster and the Avengers had to retrieve an item called the Charnel and destroy it. The first group of Avengers was unsuccessful, so the second group which included She-Hulk, was able to steal the Charnel and teleport to Earth-616. Here, the Earth-9939 Scarlet Witch would destroy the Charnel and their entire reality would cease to exist.

Earth-9511

She-Hulk of this reality had a baby girl with Wyatt Wingfoot and named her Jessica. However, after the "Great Cataclysm" She-Hulk mysteriously disappeared and has yet to be found.

Earth-398

In this reality She-Hulk was known as the Jade Giantess and she was a member of the Queen's Guard.

Earth-9811

In this reality, also called Battleworld, She-Hulk and Hawkeye had a son called Mustang.

Earth-2149
She-Hulk is one of the heroes to be infected by the zombie virus, as well as other heroes. She-Hulk ids the one responsible of killing Mr. Fantastic's children, causing Mr. Fantastic to infect himself and become one of them.

Cartoons

The Incredible Hulk (1982)

She-Hulk makes her first animated debut in the 11th episode of the series entitled, ""Enter: She-Hulk." She-Hulk was voiced by Victoria Carroll, in the episode, Jennifer Walters is a criminal lawyer who decided to go investigate Hydra. She is eventually spotted by Hydra soldiers and is forced to change into the She-Hulk to fend them off. Meanwhile, Bruce and Rick are visiting Jennifer in L.A., Bruce then tells Rick about how Jennifer was caught in an explosion and needed Bruce to transfuse his blood for her to live. Thus, causing her to turn into the She-Hulk. Eventually She-Hulk and the Hulk (While Banner had control of the Hulk) would team up to defeat Hydra and save Rick and Betty.

The Incredible Hulk (1996)

She-Hulk makes her second animated appearance in the 1996 Incredible Hulk series. She-Hulk only makes 2 appearances in the first season, but in the second season she basically became a co-star. She-Hulk was voiced by Lisa Zane in the first season and Cree Summer in season two. Jennifer makes her first debut in the series in the season one episode seven entitled "Doom." In this episode, Jennifer is being chased by Dr. Doom, who eventually captures her. Jennifer would then require a blood transfusion that only her cousin can give in order to live. With the blood transfusion successful, she becomes the She-Hulk. She-Hulk makes her last appearance for the season in episode eight entitled "Fantastic Fortitude." In the second season, She-Hulk was made into a regular co-star, and renamed the titled "The Incredible Hulk and She-Hulk.

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006)

She-Hulk makes an appearance in the latest Fantastic Four series, she is voiced by Stephanie Brillon and appears in season one episode eighteen entitled "The Cure." In this episode, Reed was able to cure Ben of his powers, but Ben loses all his memories about the Fantastic Four. When Mole Man attacks the city, the Fantastic Four decide to recruit She-Hulk to fill in Ben's spot for the time being.

Video Game Appearances

- Marvel Super Heroes (1995) / Arcade, Sega Saturn, Playstation: She-Hulk is a non-playable character that appears on one of the levels in the background. She also appears in the ending as the heroes who were set free from Thanos.
- Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (1996) / SNES: She-Hulk appeared as clones and were enemies you fought.
- Fantastic Four (1997) / Playstation: She-Hulk was a playable character in this side-scrolling beat em' up game. - Fantastic Four : Rise Of The Silver Surfer / PS2, Wii, DS, Xbox 360, PS3: She-Hulk appears as a boss strangely enough.

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