Steve Does Comics

She-Hulk 's biggest advocate in the 1980s was undoubtedly John Byrne who, halfway through an acclaimed run, decided to replace the Thin g with the She-Hulk on the Fantastic Four . The Thing's dour, orange demeanour was replaced with Jennifer Walters ' upbeat, green genes as the character finally began to find her feet in the Marvel Universe and, despite her impossible strength, become the voice of the average person looking in. Having gained her own following, She-Hulk would return to the Avengers (after two separate clashes with the X-Men ) before the team disbanded due to the machinations of Ravonna Renslayer and the Council of Cross-Time Kangs . While She-Hulk could have faded into obscurity at the close of the decade, next time I'll show you how John Byrne would come to her rescue again and make her sensational!  As always, I'd like to thank the guys over at the Marvel Chronology Project which I've used as a basis and then worked out my own version of th...

There's been a certain amount of uproar in the mainstream media over the recent announcement of a Disney+ series starring She-Hulk , with many claiming that a female Hulk knock-off is being created to appease a "leftist audience". Comics fans will know, of course, that this isn't remotely true. She-Hulk ( Jennifer Walters ) has been around since 1980 and a few further She-Hulks - Lyra and Betty Ross , to name two - have been added to the mythology since.  And she wasn't created for any kind of political correctness. Rather, Marvel wanted to secure the 'female Hulk' copyright before someone else did. When I first saw Jen she was fighting alongside her fellow Avengers in the SECRET WARS and soon became a member of the Fantastic Four . In fact, there was a period of time where I knew the She-Hulk as the fourth member of the FF longer that the Thing ! Despite being Bruce Banner's cousin, she's become very much her own character and has been a membe...