Anyway, She Hulk's secret identity (which is actually not so secret) is Jennifer Walters, who is a lawyer. There's something of a history that says that she and cousin Bruce (Banner, the Hulk) spent a lot of time at the local library as kids. Once they grew up, they didn't see a whole lot of each other until later, when Bruce wanted to talk to Jen about how liable he would be legally for whatever the Hulk did. As comics would have it, Jen was also being stalked by the mob, and a drive-by shooting almost did her in. It took an emergence blood transfusion from Bruce to Jen to save her. And of course, the gamma-radiated blood caused her to become - tada! - the She Hulk.
The She Hulk at first was wild and angry like her cousin, but later she gained more and more control over her emotions to the point that she could for the most part be a regular superhero. However, from time to time, she does have "Hulk-out" moments where she is rampaging much like her cousin, and can be nearly as hard to bring down.
In recent years, the She Hulk has gone back to her legal roots, and has spent more time as Jennifer Walters. One reason for that is because some judges feel that being in court as She Hulk could unfairly sway the jurors (and even some judges) to render decisions her way just because she's a big-time superhero. Lately, however, she has been playing bounty hunter due to some still-unexplained reason that caused her to get disbarred. In the current issue (#28), she's sitting in jail. What happens to her next remains to be seen.
Jen has been going through some difficult times in recent months, including having to take sides during Marvel's Civil War. She also found out that her cousin was shot out into space to parts unknown, and this caused her to switch sides. She still tried to fight against her cousin when reasoning with him didn't work, but of course, it was no contest. Things apparently went downhill for her after that, because before we knew it, she was disbarred. And so it goes.
And now for a little editorial: It's been established in recent issues of She Hulk that her Hulk form is more assertive and uninhibited than her Jen persona. Not only that, she has also been rather promiscuous. Now, it's not so much her promiscuity that I have issue with, it's the fact that nothing ever results from her numerous sexual encounters, nor has it been established that she uses any sort of birth control. Normally, someone that promiscuous and without the usage of birth control suffers from either sexually transmitted diseases or becomes pregnant somewhere down the road.
I suppose it could be said that, since she had an enhanced physiology, then she heals from whatever diseases she may catch from her lovers. However, what about her regular human lovers? For instance, the Hulk's lover, Betty Ross, suffers (if she hasn't actually died already) from poisoning from the gamma radiation that the Hulk emits. For the She Hulk, for her to have sex with regular human males would mean putting them at risk for radiation poisoning as well. Or at least - (ahem) - a certain part of them, if ya get my drift.
So the Hulk can poison his lover just by being around her, but She Hulk does not do the same, even though her contact with her lovers is a lot more intimate? Can someone say "inconsistency"? Granted, Marvel Comics may not want that much detail on the problems that can be caused having sex with the She Hulk. However, if they are going to mention that she is promiscuous, then there should also be some consequences of those actions. Some stories could even be made from those consequences.
For instance, some of her former love interests could come back to her stating that they got radiation poisoning from her. Maybe some of them are on their death bed. Tony Stark as well, could start developing symptoms of radiation poisoning. How would all this affect She Hulk? Would she stop having indiscriminate sex? Would someone develop a condom that blocks radiation? Who could she sleep with? Other gamma-radiated beings? Besides the Hulk, the only others I can think of are Doc Samson, The Leader, and The Abomination.
She Hulk discovering the potential consequences of sex with her could serve as a lesson to the readers as to why indiscriminate, irresponsible sex can cause serious complications - especially as a gamma-radiated female. Either that, or the writers could stop mentioning her promiscuity, but I doubt they'd do that - especially now that I've provided them an "out" as to how they could address the issue. We'll see if they listen to me.
Of course, she could change into Jen to have sex, but one, I bet her lovers want sex with She Hulk, not her much smaller alter ego, and two, Jen still might be radioactive even in her human form. If she - She Hulk - cut back on sex or even cut it out completely, what would that do to her? Would she have a "Hulk-out" moment, but instead of a rampage, she gets VERY flirty? A "horny Hulk" storyline could be one for the ages if the writers can do it right!
Busty Superhero Chick rating (on a scale of 1 to 10 in which 1 is worst and 10 is bust - er, best) : 8.0
The next busty superhero chick coming next - probably Tuesday - will be Starfire.
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