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She-Hulk vol. 2, #7, textless variant.
Cover art by Greg Horn |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Savage She-Hulk #1 (Feb. 1980) |
Created by |
Stan Lee (writer) John Buscema (artist) |
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Alter ego | Jennifer Walters |
Species | Human Mutate |
Team affiliations | Ancient Order of the Shield Avengers Defenders Fantastic Force Fantastic Four Fearsome Four Future Foundation Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway Heroes for Hire The Initiative Lady Liberators Mighty Avengers S.H.I.E.L.D. Hulkbusters A-Force |
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Hulk Awesome Andy |
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She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, she first appeared in Savage She-Hulk #1 (cover-dated Feb. 1980). A cousin to Dr. Bruce Banner, Walters once received an emergency blood transfusion from him when she was wounded, which led to her acquiring a milder version of his Hulk condition. As such, Walters becomes a large powerful green-hued version of herself while still largely retaining her personality; in particular she retains her intelligence and emotional control, though like Hulk, she still becomes stronger if enraged. In later issues, her transformation is permanent.
She-Hulk has been a member of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Heroes for Hire, the Defenders, Fantastic Force, and S.H.I.E.L.D. A highly skilled lawyer, she has served as legal counsel to various superheroes on numerous occasions.
She-Hulk was created by Stan Lee, who wrote only the first issue, and was the last character he created for Marvel Comics before his return to comics with Ravage 2099 in 1992. The reason behind the character's creation had to do with the success of The Incredible Hulk (1977–82) and The Bionic Woman TV series. Marvel was afraid that the show's executives might suddenly introduce a female version of the Hulk, as had been done with The Six Million Dollar Man, so Marvel decided to publish their own version of such a character to make sure that if a similar one showed up in the TV series, Marvel would own the rights.