She-Hulk has been an Avenger, Defender, Fantastic Four member while balancing her busy law practice…and love life.
Now Jennifer Walters stars in a new book by Charles Soule and Javier Pulido coming out Wednesday.
“She-Hulk has always been a title where weird, cool things can happen,” Soule told USA Today . “She is a strong — very strong — female character, and comics absolutely cannot have too many of those.
“There’s no reason Jennifer Walters can’t be iconic, and we’re going to do what we can to make that happen.”
She-Hulk’s solo series have always broken new ground from John Byrne’s “breaking the fourth wall” to Dan Slott’s comedic take on the Jade Giant.
Soule says he’ll focus on Walters career as a legal eagle. Soule tells Marvel.com he’ll use his own experience as an attorney to write new adventures of Marvel’s super-powered lawyer.
“Write what you know, you know? I’m using cases I’ve worked, or encountered, as a model for some of the situations Jen gets herself into. One interesting thing is that I’ve been hearing from a number of other attorneys who are also comic readers since this was announced. They seem to be happy that a series is going to be featuring one of their own so directly. That just makes me want to up my game a bit—I don’t want angry e-mails from lawyers yelling at me for messing up some point of law in SHE-HULK. Actually, I don’t want angry e-mails from lawyers about anything, now that I think about it.”
Jen’s many roles (Avenger, FF member, lawyer) have meant interaction with characters from every corner of the Marvel Universe. Soule promises to give Jen a great supporting cast.
“I’m looking forward to filling Jen’s world with a bunch of interesting supporting characters old and new. The way the premise plays out gives me a chance to do something I love: delve into odd and forgotten corners of the Marvel Universe and either update a weird, old concept or just talk about it in a new way. She-Hulk’s world will rapidly fill out with a diverse cast; we’ll see two really big additions in the second issue, for instance.”
From her earlier series when Jen broke the fourth wall to her super romances, She-Hulk is nearly always an upbeat character. Soule says to watch for a Jen who enjoys being green.
“Most of the time, yes. I love the idea that She-Hulk likes being She-Hulk. It’s just refreshing. I want to use Jennifer Walters almost as one of her powers; she might change form occasionally because she needs to, but rarely because she wants to.”
For the entire interview here’s the Marvel.com link.
She-Hulk #1 arrives Wednesday.
By Editor