Being M.I.A. Can't Keep SHE-HULK Down on Her 30th BIRTHDAY
Jennifer Walters, the fun-loving super-powered lawyer known as She-Hulk, is missing in action right now, left for dead as the Fall of the Hulks storyline follows a couple "savage" replacements.
But next month, Jen is celebrating her 30th anniversary, so Marvel fans are getting a few special She-Hulk stories in the one-shot She-Hulk: Sensational #1 – and the man who created the character makes one of his legendary cameos.
Jen was created by Stan Lee, making her first appearance in 1980 in Savage She-Hulk #1 by Lee and artist John Buscema. Now, as she turns 30 years old, the character gets two new, full-size stories in the oversized She-Hulk: Sensational – one by writer Brian Reed and the other by Peter David. The issue also includes a reprint of a John Byrne story.
Since Jen is M.I.A. on her birthday, the new stories exist in what David described as their "own little continuity bubble."
"She's been in a curious situation because her entire position, her status in the Marvel Universe, is being undermined. She was always the biggest, strongest WOUC (Woman of Unusual Color) around, and suddenly there are not just one, but two characters horning in on her territory," David said. "She is, to put it mildly, defensive."
While regular continuity has been dealing with the Red and Savage versions of the green lady, Reed and David decided to celebrate her anniversary by showing the fun side of the character.
