Walters, Jennifer

Jennifer "Jen" Walters is a talented lawyer and the cousin of Bruce Banner, the Hulk. After being shot by a mobster and seriously injured, she was saved by a blood transfusion from Bruce, and his gamma-irradiated blood mutated Jennifer into the She-Hulk, kicking off her adventuring career.

Jen wasn't as strong as her cousin, but she maintained her intelligence as She-Hulk, soon learning to control her transformations and even embracing her green form. Throughout the years, Jen fought for justice in court and on the streets, developing great rivalries and friendships, and growing to become a respected leader. She worked for the District Attorney and also fought crime as a member of countless teams, namely the world-famous Avengers and Fantastic Four.

## Jennifer Susan Walters

### Aliases

Jen, Jenny, She-Hulk (code-name), Shulk, Shulkie (affectionate nickname), Freakjob, Gamma Gal, Glamma Gal, Green-Blooded Bimbo, Green Cheeks, Greenie, Green-Haired Hussy, Green Jeans, Hulka, Hulkess, Hulkette, Hulkina, Hulking Harlot, Jade Jezebel, Jenny, Miss Jenny, Jenny-Poo, Lady Hulk, Queen Green, Shulk, Shulkie

### Relatives

Morris Walters (father), Elaine Banner-Walters (mother, dead), Bruce Banner I (maternal grandfather, dead), Susan Banner (maternal aunt), Brian Banner (maternal uncle), Rebecca Banner (maternal aunt by marriage), Cassandra Pike (paternal aunt), Bruce Banner (maternal cousin), David Pike (paternal cousin), Samuel Sterns I (ancestor), Beatrice Banner and child (ancestors)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

### Place of death

Los Angeles, California (shot by agents of Nicholas Trask revived through the Green Door via blood transfusion)

## Physical description

### Species

Homo sapien meta (human gamma-mutate via blood transfusion)

### Height

5′10″ (1.78 m) (Jen Walters),6′7″ (2.01 m) (She-Hulk)

## History

### Early Years

Jennifer Walters was born in Los Angeles, California to Sheriff Morris Walters and Elaine Banner Walters. Also the cousin of Bruce Banner, Jen would spend hours in the public library reading books with him and sometimes even hiding at closing time to spend the night there, in order to help Bruce escape from his father's abuse.

When she was younger, Jen wanted to become a dancer, something which her father didn't approve of. One day, while her mother was driving with some friends to see one of her recitals, she was hit by a car and killed, an event that further distanced Jen from her father. Turning her attention to school, Jen was accepted at Harvard University and also attended UCLA, where she got her law degree *summa com laude*.

### Revival via Blood Transfusion

While working as a lawyer in Los Angeles, Jen was visited by her cousin Bruce, who she hadn't seen in years. He revealed to her that he had become the Hulk, and Jen invited him home so they could talk about it. On the way there, agents of Nicholas Trask, the crime boss who had killed Jen's mother years before, shot and seriously wounded her. She had been defending a gangster who had been double-crossed by Trask, and she had spread the rumor that she had evidence to incriminate Trask, which led to his retaliation. Bruce fended off the attackers and then broke into a doctor's office to treat her. Realizing Jennifer was going to die, Bruce gave her a transfusion of his own blood as there were no other supplies available.

Jen died, but, thanks to the transfusion, she was thrown into the Below-Place, where she was able to enter the metaphysical Green Door and come back to life. After she stabilized, he had her admitted to a local hospital. However, this came to the attention of the police, who considered Bruce a suspect in Jennifer's attack, and Bruce changed into the Hulk to flee. Meanwhile, Trask's thugs attempted a second hit on Jennifer, causing the gamma radiation particles in the transfused blood to activate, turning her skin green and increasing her size to well over six feet. Dubbed "She-Hulk" by one of the goons, Jen trapped them for the police to find. With the emergency over, she reverted to her normal size and strength, successfully keeping her identity secret. From then on, She-Hulk would handle whatever Jennifer Walters could not.

### Savage She-Hulk

Trask tried to kill Jen again, but mistook her for her best friend Jill and ended up killing her instead. To protect Jen, however, the public was led to believe that she had truly died, and She-Hulk was reported as the killer. Enraged, Jen went after Trask in her She-Hulk form, but Trask had kidnapped her father and convinced him to face the monster that had "killed" his daughter using his advanced weaponry. During the fight, however, She-Hulk noticed that the weapon her father was using was rigged to explode to kill them both (all part of Trask's plan), so she threw him aside before it exploded, saving him from certain death.

As Jen's survival was made public, Trask constructed a massive earth-boring device called the "Silver Serpent". He planned to drain Roxxon Oil dry, allowing him to buy out the company. She-Hulk investigated and discovered the machine, but, during the fight, the drill malfunctioned and continued to go deep into the Earth with Trask inside, resulting in his demise.

Even with Trask gone, Jen's life didn't exactly slow down, but she also found some happiness, namely in her relationships with Richard Rory, Zapper, and also with her father, once he learned of her She-Hulk identity.