The She-Hulk has been savage and sensational but she's also one of Marvel's funniest heroes. Here are some ca n't-miss stories for Jen's new fans.

Disney+'s She-Hulk, Attorney At Law is introducing a new audience to Jennifer Walters. She-Hulk is also played for laughs in the new series, even breaking the fourth wall. More recent comics have treated She-Hulk as a more serious hero and newer fans might not be aware of her many forays into comedy.

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Going back to the 1980s, She-Hulk was bringing humor into Marvel Comics. The creator behind her humorous turn was John Byrne. His two runs on Jen's second solo series, Sensational She-Hulk, are definitive. They're also a huge inspiration for the Disney+ series. Another inspiration is Dan Slott's run on She-Hulk. In that series, Slott introduced the law firm of Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, the law firm Jen just joined.

Dan Slott's first issue introduced a She-Hulk who was out of control. Every victory she won necessitated a raging party and random hookups. It culminated in the Avengers evicting She-Hulk from the mansion. That same day, the District Attorney's office fired her. She was rapidly hired by GLK&H but immediately threw up on her new boss.

Slott wasn't as heavy with the humor in later issues, although the series stayed funny. The Superhuman Law division of GLK&H parade of cameos, both clients and staff. The first issue had to get She-Hulk there, and it did so by taking her low in the funniest way possible.

Before her second solo series, She-Hulk got a feature in the Marvel Graphic Novel series. John Byrne wrote and drew the story. It featured She-Hulk targeted by S.H.I.E.L.D, fearing she might duplicate the Hulk's savagery. Little does anyone know the real threat is a colony of irradiated roaches.

RELATED: 10 Must-Read She-Hulk Stories From Marvel Comics To Prepare For The Show Jen holds her own against the sexist agents in charge of the investigation, trading barbs like a pro. She's able to help uncover the roaches' ultimate evil, kicking off the series with a villain ridiculous enough to set the tone for the character's future.

She-Hulk had her first solo story in Fantastic Four #275, where she battled against a sleazy publisher. The story was derived from a Kevin Nowlan pin-up in Marvel Fanfare #18. It kicks off when She-Hulk is sunbathing on top of the Baxter Building and high winds from a paparazzi helicopter expose her. She spends the rest of the issue chasing down the resulting pictures.

She-Hulk resorts to using her secret identity to threaten legal action. Unfortunately, the publisher knew the law and it looked like she wasn't going to top the presses. What saved her dignity in the end was the printer color-correcting the photos. It's a humorous nod to the real reason that the Hulk transitioned from grey to green.

In Sensational She-Hulk #7, Jen's first hilarious visit to deep space featured two D-list heroes, US Archer and Razorback. The threat they faced was a nearly-forgotten alien once called the Hulk, Xemnu the Titan, a monstrous conqueror who resembles a giant cosmic teddy bear.

Xemnu is quite a good match for She-Hulk. He's powerful and has formidable psychic powers. He even has access to technology that makes She-Hulk as fuzzy as he is. In the end, he's given to a simple, massive alien named Big Enilwen who adds him to his collection of plush animals.

In the second issue of Sensational She-Hulk, the comic went meta. This allowed Jen to comment on comics themselves, including tropes and editorial concerns. The notes between John Byrne and the editors poke fun at Marvel tropes. Inker Bob Wiacek even threatens to quit if the editors force Byrne to redraw a page with more starships.

At this point, She-Hulk also begins to take advantage of the fact that she's a self-aware comic character. She complains to her writer about the Toad Men she's currently fighting. Then she and the Toad Men wait for readers to return from a sub-plot before resuming their battle.

Sensational She-Hulk parodied a lot of the tropes associated with new comic series. Spider-Man was her third-issue guest star. The fifth issue featured a villainous doctor. The fourth issue featured the return of a long-lost Golden Age character, the Blonde Phantom.

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When The Living Eraser abducts She-Hulk and her boyfriend Wyatt Wingfoot, it's because the ruler of Dimension Z wants She-Hulk for his bride. Of course, she objects, making short work of the king's guards. The only way home is via the Living Eraser's hand devices.

When she uses them, she erases everything for four pages. In a nod to Daffy Duck, she tears through the pages threatening John Byrne. He returns her and Wyatt Wingfoot to her apartment, in time for a celebratory Valentine's Issue. Unfortunately, this highlights a major problem in Byrne's run on Sensational She-Hulk. He wrote her as tough and self-possessed but he also constantly objectified the character and subjected her to the kind of amorous advances her cousin Bruce has never had to face.

As John Byrne's last issue of Sensational She-Hulk opens, Marvel is looking for a new creative team. According to the story, John Byrne died tripping over a subplot he left lying around so the issue focuses on artist and writer pitches made directly to She-Hulk, leaning into the creators' reputations. Frank Miller's contribution is a code-approved version of Sin City. Walt Simonson transforms Jen into the Goddess of Thunder, while Adam Huges delivers two pages of cheesecake.

She-Hulk discovers John Byrne hiding in a closet after he pitches his own "Li'l She-Hulk" story. Worn out by the parade of insulting versions of herself, Jen tosses Byrne out a window, making room for the new creative team to join the comic.

When She-Hulk reached the fifth issue of her second series, convention called for an evil doctor. Of course, for this series, Doctor Bong showed up. The bad doctor's toddler clones had discovered cartoons. Bong was certain TV would rot their minds so he began altering the shows with his sonic powers to make them more realistic.

Bong trapped She-Hulk and several innocent people in his new shows. While the realistic versions of Mighty Mouse and Yogi Bear were funny, the biggest laughs came when She-Hulk led the others to escape by tearing through a two-page ad for back issues. There were enough jokes in the fake ad that it was worth taking a break and just tracking down the references to the Marvel artists and editors of the day.

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Jerry Stanford is a lifelong fan of comics with a BFA in Sequential Art. He brings a knowledge base of comics history, technique, and aesthetics to his articles. After self-publishing for a time, he started to share his love for comics on the Internet before coming to CBR. He's especially a fan of the Legion of Super-Heroes but admires any quality comic.

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