Issue 53 – She-Hulk

• Intro

  • Shout-out to Pod Sound School for the audit & help and Collateral Gaming for being awesome

• Background (04:44)

  • She-Hulk created by Stan Lee & John Buscema in Savage She-Hulk #1 (February 1980)

  • Created to prevent anyone else from having rights to female version of Hulk

  • Jen Walters, a lawyer and cousin of Bruce Banner, got shot by goons of a crime boss she was making a case against – Bruce, who was visiting her when she was shot, gave her a blood transfusion to save her life – she raged out when the mobsters came to the hospital to finish her off, and became She-Hulk

  • Comes to embrace the She-Hulk form, and prefers the confidence it gives her over her “normal” look, which was much more shy

  • Joined the Fantastic Four to replace the temporarily depowered Thing – during this time, exposure to radiation meant she could never return to her human form

  • Thanks to a hex from the Scarlet Witch, Jen goes mad and ends up destroying an Idaho town in a fight with Bruce, who gets blamed for all the damage

  • Later joins a prestigious law firm, who wants her as Jen Walters – she reluctantly agrees to remain human while working for the firm, and begins dating a coworker, Augustus Pugliese

  • Gets disbarred after a client, who she defended for murder, confessed he was guilty and showed photos, leading her to hulk out and attack him

  • Joins the Future Foundation for a time

• Issues (12:04)

  • Uncomfortable as Jen – much prefers She-Hulk, and considers Jen weak

  • Relationships tend to be short-term – not inherently bad, but it means she avoids stronger connections (20:38)

  • Living in the moment creates problems if she has to plan long-term (30:03)

• Break (38:13)

  • Plugs for Frigay the 13^th and Play Comics

• Treatment (39:50)

  • In-universe

  • Out of universe

• Skit (49:30)

• Ending

References:

• Incredible Hulk episode – Anthony (12:37)
• “It’s Not Easy Being Green” – Anthony (13:06)
• StarFox – Anthony/Doc (22:16)
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell – Doc (33:45)
• Sean Corvelle – Anthony – 35:15
• “Poor Unfortunate Souls” – Anthony (55:39)

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