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She Hulk is Back in... Hulk
Looks like She-Hulk is back folks and in a brand new title! Also... something different.
Current form She-Hulk as seen in Civil War 2 GX #4:
Article from A.V. Club:
Jennifer Walters has had a rough summer. She suffered near-fatal injuries and the death of her cousin, Bruce “The Hulk” Banner, in the pages of Marvel’s Civil War II crossover event, and that trauma is the foundation of Walters’ new ongoing series debuting in December from writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Nico Leon. Hulk will explore how Walters’ turbulent emotional state impacts her efforts to resume her life as a lawyer and superhero, and ditching the She-Hulk marks a major shift for the character in the Marvel Universe.
“The title She-Hulk evokes light-hearted stories about a Jennifer Walters who is at peace with herself and in full control of her powers,” says Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso. “This isn’t that book. On the other hand, the title Hulk implies all of the baggage that comes with that comic’s 50+ year history—the ongoing battle with the monster within—and that’s why it’s more appropriate for this series. Jen went through major trauma in Civil War II, and Mariko and Nico’s story will deal with the fallout of that trauma—the anxiety and anger, sometimes self-destructive, that comes along with it. If there is light at the end of the tunnel, Jen is going to have to search hard for it, and she’s going to have to battle with some pretty big monsters—including the one within—to find herself again.”
Mariko Tamaki’s work on books like Skim and the Eisner Award-winning This One Summer makes her an exceptional choice of writer to handle this new phase of the heroine’s life, and she has a talent for telling thoughtful, emotional stories about the human condition. She’s also shown that she can find compelling angles for licensed characters with her TMNT: Casey & April and Tomb Raider comics, and Tamaki makes a big move into superhero comics this December with both Hulk and her Supergirl: Being Super miniseries from DC Comics.
“Jen is absolutely shaped by the trauma she’s experienced,” says Tamaki. “Much of it was inspired by thinking about how different people deal with the hard things that happen in their lives, how memory, trauma, can infuse our whole being, be a physical presence in our lives. I was really into the idea of a Hulk, of the ability to transform into something close to monstrous, that’s still human, and heroic. It was interesting to think about what’s human about Hulk and vice versa.”
I love She-Hulk. She's my favorite superheroine... but I'm not sure about this direction. As someone else put it on another site, will she become this Civil War's Speedball?
Current form She-Hulk as seen in Civil War 2 GX #4:
Article from A.V. Club:
Jennifer Walters has had a rough summer. She suffered near-fatal injuries and the death of her cousin, Bruce “The Hulk” Banner, in the pages of Marvel’s Civil War II crossover event, and that trauma is the foundation of Walters’ new ongoing series debuting in December from writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Nico Leon. Hulk will explore how Walters’ turbulent emotional state impacts her efforts to resume her life as a lawyer and superhero, and ditching the She-Hulk marks a major shift for the character in the Marvel Universe.
“The title She-Hulk evokes light-hearted stories about a Jennifer Walters who is at peace with herself and in full control of her powers,” says Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso. “This isn’t that book. On the other hand, the title Hulk implies all of the baggage that comes with that comic’s 50+ year history—the ongoing battle with the monster within—and that’s why it’s more appropriate for this series. Jen went through major trauma in Civil War II, and Mariko and Nico’s story will deal with the fallout of that trauma—the anxiety and anger, sometimes self-destructive, that comes along with it. If there is light at the end of the tunnel, Jen is going to have to search hard for it, and she’s going to have to battle with some pretty big monsters—including the one within—to find herself again.”
Mariko Tamaki’s work on books like Skim and the Eisner Award-winning This One Summer makes her an exceptional choice of writer to handle this new phase of the heroine’s life, and she has a talent for telling thoughtful, emotional stories about the human condition. She’s also shown that she can find compelling angles for licensed characters with her TMNT: Casey & April and Tomb Raider comics, and Tamaki makes a big move into superhero comics this December with both Hulk and her Supergirl: Being Super miniseries from DC Comics.
“Jen is absolutely shaped by the trauma she’s experienced,” says Tamaki. “Much of it was inspired by thinking about how different people deal with the hard things that happen in their lives, how memory, trauma, can infuse our whole being, be a physical presence in our lives. I was really into the idea of a Hulk, of the ability to transform into something close to monstrous, that’s still human, and heroic. It was interesting to think about what’s human about Hulk and vice versa.”
I love She-Hulk. She's my favorite superheroine... but I'm not sure about this direction. As someone else put it on another site, will she become this Civil War's Speedball?
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