She-Hulk coming to Disney Plus: what you should know

She-Hulk is the 15th installment of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here’s what you should know before you sit to watch it!

She-Hulk in the comics

If the name She-Hulk sounds familiar to you and you are wondering why then here are the details from the comics.

She-Hulk’s real name is Jennifer Walters who is an Attorney at Law but also the cousin of Bruce Banner, the Hulk. Jennifer Walters was shot by crime boss Nicholas Trask and cousin Bruce just happened to be around on that day. Because there were no blood donors near and Bruce and Jennifer had the same blood type, they decided to do a blood transfusion anyway.

What could possibly go wrong with Bruce’s gamma ray-infected blood? At first sight nothing at all , until she got angry. And trust me, you wouldn’t like it when she gets angry. She turned into a green lean fighting machine named She-Hulk.

Bruce’ infected blood mutated Jennifer’s physiology but whereas the Hulk turned into a big green lump of anger, Jennifer retained much of her intelligence. Which was also the fundamental difference between the two characters in the past. She-Hulk was a lot smarter than Hulk was for a long time.

The character of She-Hulk was created by none other than Stan Lee and John Buscema in 1980 in the series the Savage She-Hulk. It was also worth mentioning that this was the last character that Stan Lee has ever created for Marvel. And talk about big names here: John Buscema, a comicbook pencil legend in the world of comics.

She-Hulk went on to become a popular character having been a member of The Avengers and The Fantastic Four. And had her own series quite a few times. Fans and pundits regard the era of She-Hulk written by John Byrne as one of the best in the character’s history.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

With Marvel’s fourth phase installment, we didn’t just get the movies but also the television series. So far we have had Wandavision, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, Loki and Captain America and the Winter Soldier. All of them tie into the Marvel movies in some capacity but you can also view them as standalone series. She-Hulk will not be any different.

The show has an incredible cast with Tatiana Maslany of Orphan Black fame, taking on the role of Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk as she navigates through life as a 30-something single woman who is also 6 foot 7 inch tall. We will have Mark Ruffalo reprising his role as the Hulk. I am guessing it will be the Hulk from Marvel’s Endgame whose arm may or may not be healed from the injuries sustained while using the infinity gauntlet in the movies.

We will have Jamila Jameel of The Good Place (brilliant show and if you haven’t watched it, then do so now!) who will play Titania. In the comics Titania was evil and associated with Doctor Doom who gave her her powers and married to Absorb Man. Time will tell if these giants will butt heads and have a standoff in the TV show. From what we know is that Titania is a social media influencer on the show.

Tim Roth will reprise his role of Abomination, the same one from the Hulk movie featuring Edward Norton as the Hulk. It is nice that they managed to get this movie into Marvel Cinematic Universe Canon.

It is something that I admire about the aforementioned universe: Everything is connected. Like former Marvel studiohead Jeph Loeb once said. And now many years later, it really is all connected.

Other cast members include Benedict Wong who plays Wong in the MCU, Megan Thee Stallion, Ginger Gonzalez and Josh Segarra of Arrowverse fame.

CGI controversy

While the She-Hulk trailer was praised by many fans, they also noted the weak CGI that was featured. Fans commented that the CGI was rubbery and felt unfinished. Or called it a videogame cutscene placed in a live-action TV show. While some fans also came to the defense of the CGI artists calling it ridiculous nitpicking.

Marvel responded with touch-ups after reading the complaints of the fans by releasing a picture of touched-up CGI. You be the judge on whether it is better than it was before or not.

Before and after