Hulk #1

[informationgeek]

Entertainment Weekly: What does Jen consider her relationship with her Hulk side? What does turning into the Hulk mean for her now?

Mariko Tamaki: In the past when she is the Hulk, there’s no part of her that goes away. She’s fully conscious when she’s in her Hulk form, and she’s worked as a lawyer in her Hulk form, and she’s gone about her life. So for now, it’s become this thing that used to make her feel powerful that has now become this more alien thing and become connected to trauma. So now, thinking about the things that have happened to her is connected to changing into the Hulk. Like Mark said, it’s a scary, terrible thing, because Hulk is who she is. In a way, it’s a metaphor for trying to suppress your feelings. You can try to ignore the feelings that you have, but ultimately, there’s no way around it. If you have had a traumatic event, that thing is just going to keep surfacing inside you until you face it. Right now, at the beginning of the story, Jen is in a place where as much as it feels horrible and unnatural, she’s trying to be just in her human form. But it is a part of her, and to ignore all this Hulk stuff is to ignore the past, and you can’t really do that.

Editor Mark Paniccia: In many ways, this is a classic Hulk story. Woman versus monster.

Mariko Tamaki: All stories are woman versus monster.

- From an interview at Entertainment Weekly

Story By: Mariko Tamaki
Art By: Nico Lean








Jennifer arrives at her old law firm... whatever she was at before Civil War II: Catching Fire and meet with her new assistant Bradley, who lets her know she has a new client waiting for her, a Miss Brewn who is an inhuman.








Jen promises to check into this landlord and the meeting goes well. Later that night when she reaches her apartment though...







It feels like I'm dying all over again. Every time I hear his name. Every time I time about - Hawkeye. Thanos...

However, she doesn't She-Hulk out and that's that.


Our issue ends with this moment...

Brewn: I saw a lawyer today. She seems smart. I wish Lawyer Fred was still around. Fred was good when the bad thing was around.



Unknown voice in the shadows who is taller than her: Yes.

Comments

[laceblade]

I'd somehow forgotten that Tamaki was taking on this title. I'd consider picking it up just for her name alone, but this preview is showing a story that really resonates with me. Glad to see it.