Editing She-Hulk (section)

==Publication history==
[[File:shehulk1st.jpg|thumb|upright|First appearance of the She-Hulk from the first issue of her title, ''The Savage She-Hulk'' #1 (November 1979). Art by [[John Buscema]].]]

She-Hulk was created by [[Stan Lee]], who wrote only the first issue, and was the last character he created for [[Marvel Comics]],<ref name=toonopedia>[http://www.toonopedia.com/she-hulk.htm She-Hulk] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20120912115202/http://www.toonopedia.com/she-hulk.htm Archived] from the original on March 19, 2019.</ref> until his return to comics with ''[[Ravage 2099]]'' in 1992. The reason behind the character's creation had to do with the success of ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' (1977–1982) and ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'' television series, both from [[Universal Television]]. Marvel was afraid that the show's executives might suddenly introduce a female version of the Hulk, as producer [[Kenneth Johnson (filmmaker)|Kenneth Johnson]] had already done with ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Amaya|first=Erik|date=2020-09-28|title=Everything We Know About Marvel's She-Hulk Disney+ Series|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/everything-we-know-about-marvels-she-hulk-disney-series/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> So Marvel decided to publish their own version of such a character to make sure that if a similar one showed up in the television series, Marvel would own the rights.<ref name="Chipman">{{cite web|last=Chipman |first=Bob "Moviebob" |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/9260-She-Hulk-Shaming |title=She-Hulk Shaming |website=[[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref><ref name="Home Page – The TLS">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/|title=Home Page – The TLS|website=TheTLS}}</ref> Kenneth Johnson later said the plans for season five of ''The Incredible Hulk'' was to have Banner's sister suffering from a disease where only the blood of a sibling could save her life, which would turn her into a "woman Hulk who was crazy and scary and dangerous". But six episodes into the season, a new boss at CBS decided to cancel the show with immediate effect, ending the last season with episode seven.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/culture/the-incredible-hulk-45-year-anniversary|title=45 Years Ago, Marvel's strongest superhero changed the course of TV history|first=Brian|last=VanHooker|website=Inverse|date=November 4, 2022}}</ref>

All but the first issue of ''The Savage She-Hulk'' were written by [[David Anthony Kraft]] and penciled by [[Mike Vosburg]], and most issues were inked by [[Frank Springer]]. Vosburg later remarked, "The oddest thing about that book was that Frank drew really beautiful women, I drew really beautiful women, and yet, the She-Hulk was never overly attractive."<ref>{{cite journal|last= Aushenker|first= Michael|author-link= Michael Aushenker|date= August 2009|title= From Vixens to Villains: Mike Vosburg|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue= #35|pages= 32–38|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]}}</ref> The ''Savage She-Hulk'' series lasted until 1982, where it ended with #25 (March 1982). She-Hulk then made guest appearances in other characters' books. Her earliest guest-starring adventures followed no specific story line, besides her recurring bad luck with automobiles. She-Hulk also appeared in the limited series, ''[[Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions]]'' (June to August 1982), in which numerous superheroes are kidnapped from Earth to fight in [[Outer space|space]].

She-Hulk becomes a member of the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] in ''[[The Avengers (comic book)|Avengers]]'' #221 (July 1982). Her early Avengers appearances continued the [[running gag]] about her car troubles.<ref>''The Avengers'' #221–222</ref> She-Hulk also made occasional guest appearances in ''The Incredible Hulk''. Her appearance in ''The Avengers'' #233 (July 1983) was drawn by [[John Byrne (comics)|John Byrne]], who would later become strongly associated with the character. <!--Perhaps someone could verify whether ''Avengers'' #233 was Byrne's very first She-Hulk art?-->

At the conclusion of the first ''[[Secret Wars]]'' miniseries, She-Hulk joins the Fantastic Four (''Fantastic Four'' #265 (April 1984)). During She-Hulk's tenure with the Fantastic Four, she appeared in ''[[Marvel Graphic Novel]]'' #16: ''The Aladdin Effect'', ''[[Marvel Graphic Novel]]'' No. 17: ''Revenge of the Living Monolith'', and ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #18: ''The Sensational She-Hulk''. All three graphic novels appeared in 1985. The last, #18, appearing in November 1985, was written and illustrated by then-Fantastic Four writer/artist John Byrne.

She-Hulk regained a solo series in 1989, ''The Sensational She-Hulk'' (maintaining the 1985 [[graphic novel]]'s title). ''The Sensational She-Hulk'' ran for 60 issues. Issues #1–8, 31–46, and 48–50 were written and drawn by Byrne. Byrne's She-Hulk stories [[satirized]] comic books and introduced She-Hulk's [[Fourth wall|awareness that she is a comic book character]]. Two issues tested the limits of the [[Comics Code]]: #34 makes reference to the 1991 ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' [[More Demi Moore|cover]] in which actress [[Demi Moore]] appeared nude and pregnant (She-Hulk's version has her holding a green beach ball to imitate Moore's pregnancy). In issue #40, She-Hulk is depicted [[jumping rope]] (apparently) in the [[Nudity|nude]], with her [[breast]]s and [[genital area]] covered by blur lines; the cover of the same issue shows her covering herself with a form sporting the lines "Approved [...] Comics Code". Other writers to contribute to this series include [[Steve Gerber]] (#10, 11 and 13–23), [[Simon Furman]], and [[Peter David]].

During ''The Sensational She-Hulk'', the character continued making numerous guest appearances. In 1990, She-Hulk appeared in the two-issue limited series ''She-Hulk: Ceremony'', adapted from a [[Dwayne McDuffie]] pitch for a cancelled ''She-Hulk'' romantic comedy ongoing series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dwaynemcduffie.com/scripts/|title=DwayneMcDuffie.com – Comic Book Scripts|first=Dwayne|last=McDuffie|website=DwayneMcDuffie.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321120657/http://dwaynemcduffie.com/scripts/ |archive-date=March 21, 2012}}</ref>

''The Sensational She-Hulk'' ran until issue #60 (February 1994), making it the longest-running solo title of any Marvel superheroine up to that point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/she-hulk-attorney-at-law-jen-walters-feminism|title=She-Hulk, Attorney at Law: She's Mean, She's Green, and She Believes in Due Process|website=Bitch Media}}</ref> After the cancellation of She-Hulk's second solo series, she continued making backup, one-shot, and team appearances in ''Fantastic Force'' (starting with issue #13 in November 1995), the 1996 miniseries ''[[Doc Samson]]'' #1–4 (January–April 1996), ''Heroes for Hire'' #8–19 (February 1998 through the series finale in January 1999), and ''The Avengers''. Her next major appearance was in the May 2002 one-shot titled ''Thing and She-Hulk: The Long Night''.

In May 2004, ''She-Hulk'' was given a new title and launched in a wave of six new Marvel books. Despite favorable critical notices, the new series could not escape the low sales numbers that the titles received from their initial cluster-style launch.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} Marvel brought the series to a close with #12 and promised a re-launch of the title (as a "second season") eight months later.<ref>''She-Hulk'' #12</ref> The eight-month gap is alluded to in the body of the story itself.

With the original creative team ([[Dan Slott]] and Juan Bobillo) from the previous series, the book returned eight months later as promised in October 2005. The third issue was billed as the 100th issue of a She-Hulk comic book, and had story art by numerous artists, including Vosburg. There was no new artwork by Buscema or Byrne, who were represented by reprints of ''The Sensational She-Hulk'' #1 and ''The Savage She-Hulk'' #1.

Dan Slott's last issue is #21; with 33 issues, Slott has written the most solo issues of She-Hulk. [[Peter David]] became the new writer with ''She-Hulk'' #22. Marvel Comics announced that ''She-Hulk'' #38 (February 2009) would be the final issue of the series. Peter David commented on his [[blog]] that sales of the book were hurt due to discrepancies between his book and [[Jeph Loeb]]'s ''Hulk'' series, caused by editorial error:

{{blockquote|I didn't even know she WAS going to be in Hulk. Had I known, I probably would have done things differently. As it was, there were thousands of readers who were not saying, "Gee, they're portraying her wrong in "''Hulk''." Instead they were saying, "Why should we care about her hero's journey in her own title when she's obviously gotten over her hostility toward Stark over in ''Hulk''?<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/006583.html |title=Yeah, She-Hulk's cancelled |publisher=Peter David |date=November 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123151344/http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/006583.html |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |access-date=2014-09-04}} Comments thread.</ref>}}

The mantle of She-Hulk is challenged by [[She-Hulk (Lyra)|Lyra]], the daughter of Hulk and [[Thundra]], who is the lead character in ''All-New Savage She-Hulk'', a miniseries written by [[Fred Van Lente]].<ref>[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/030917-Savage-She-Hulk.html The New Green: Fred Van Lente on Savage She-Hulk]. [[Newsarama]], March 17, 2009</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Richards|first=Dave|date=2009-03-27|title=War of the Sexes: Van Lente Talks All-New Savage She-Hulk|url=https://www.cbr.com/war-of-the-sexes-van-lente-talks-all-new-savage-she-hulk/|access-date=2021-05-20|website=CBR|language=en-US}}</ref>

She-Hulk appeared in ''[[Future Foundation|FF]]'' by [[Matt Fraction]] and [[Mike Allred]], which debuted in November 2012.<ref name="FantasticFour">{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/story/19200/marvel_now_qa_fantastic_four |title=Marvel NOW! Q&A: Fantastic Four |last=Beard |first=Jim |date=9 August 2012 |publisher=Marvel.com |access-date=9 August 2012}}</ref>

An ongoing ''She-Hulk'' series, written by [[Charles Soule]] and drawn by [[Javier Pulido]], debuted in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarama.com/19035-marvel-announces-new-she-hulk-ongoing-series.html |title=Marvel Announces New SHE-HULK |date=26 September 2013 |publisher=Newsarama.com |access-date=21 June 2014}}</ref> It was revealed in October 2014 that Soule and Pulido's run of ''She-Hulk'', which had the character facing off against [[Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)|Matt Murdock]] in court, would end with issue 12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=56474 |title=She-Hulk Cancelled |work=Comic Book Resources |date=21 October 2014 |publisher=comicbookresources.com |access-date=3 November 2014}}</ref>

Since May 2015, She-Hulk has appeared as one of the main characters in ''[[A-Force]]'', an all-female [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]] spin-off being launched by [[G. Willow Wilson]], Marguerite Bennett, and Jorge Molina during Marvel's ''[[Secret Wars (2015 comic book)|Secret Wars]]'' crossover.<ref name="Mashable">{{cite web |last=Dickey |first=Josh |date=2015-02-06 |title=Marvel assembles first all-female Avengers team, the 'A-Force'|url=http://mashable.com/2015/02/06/marvel-female-avengers-a-force/|publisher=[[Mashable]]|access-date=2015-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/02/06/marvel-comics-a-force-female-avengers/22970157/|title=Female Avengers team comes to the fore with 'A-Force'|website=USA Today}}</ref>

She-Hulk starred in the comic titled ''Hulk'' beginning December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/09/19/marvel-announces-new-she-hulk-comic-for-december-2016|title=Marvel announces new She-Hulk comic for December 2016|website=ign.com| date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref> The series showed how she dealt with the trauma stemming from her cousin's death, and the injuries sustained at the hands of [[Thanos]], as fallout from the ''[[Civil War II]]'' event. She appeared colored grey, similar to Hulk's "Joe Fixit" persona, and there were great differences in tone from her previous lighthearted adventures. The title was cancelled with issue #163 in March 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Melrose |first=Kevni |date=27 December 2017 |title=She-Hulk Joins List of Marvel Comics Cancellations |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-cancels-she-hulk/|publisher=cbr.com|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

In 2022, ''She-Hulk'' returned as an ongoing series by writer [[Rainbow Rowell]] and artist Rogê Antônio. The series returns to the lighthearted tone of the previous comics and focuses on She-Hulk's return to practicing law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=She-Hulk Is Back to Shake Up the Marvel Universe in New Comic Series by Rainbow Rowell and Rogê Antônio |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/new-jennifer-walters-she-hulk-series-rainbow-rowell-roge-antonio-announcement |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Marvel Entertainment |language=en}}</ref> The series ended in 2024 with 25 issues over 2 volumes.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Marvel Cancels Sensational She-Hulk With #10|last=Johnston|first=Rich|date=June 18, 2024|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|access-date=August 28, 2024|publisher=[[Avatar Press]]|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-cancels-sensational-she-hulk-with-10/}}</ref>