The last few months havent been easy for Jennifer Walters, the superhero formerly known as She-Hulk.
The events of Civil War II saw the powerful hero suffer near-fatal injuries and fall into a coma.
Shes doing her best to put her best foot forward and go back to the workplace.
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How is Jen dealing with everything thats happened to her post-Civil War II?
MARIKO TAMAKI:Shes not doing so good.
Jen is a very capable person.
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Shes in human form.
On the one hand, shes someone whos very capably going back to work.
Theres some really clever stuff in the opening scene of the first issue.
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What made you decide to take her out of her Hulk form and show her human side?
Especially someone whos been through a traumatic thing.
All these things you take for granted about yourself mentally and physically that are no longer true.
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PANICCIA:The other thing, too, is this is one of the results of Civil War II.
Part of Marvels stories are that world outside your window.
What does Jen consider her relationship with her Hulk side?
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What does turning into the Hulk mean for her now?
TAMAKI:In the past when she is the Hulk, theres no part of her that goes away.
So now, thinking about the things that have happened to her is connected to changing into the Hulk.
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Like Mark said, its a scary, terrible thing, because Hulk is who she is.
In a way, its a metaphor for trying to suppress your feelings.
you might attempt to ignore the feelings that you have, but ultimately, theres no way around it.
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PANICCIA:In many ways, this is a classic Hulk story.
TAMAKI:All stories are woman versus monster.
PANICCIA:We do deal with a lot of the internal, but youre gonna see some smashing.
That was definitely something that I wanted to honor.
A lot of people like the fact that she is this very human person and shes very relatable.
People really love Jennifer Walters for her personality, and thats definitely something I loved too.
I wanted to take time to really embrace that.
Jen was on Patsy Walkers book up until recently.
Will we see her or any other Marvel characters stop by and help her?
TAMAKI:Well, its the Marvel world, so theyre all there.
I really hope that people pay attention and find the things that are there.
Who will she be facing in terms of villains?
TAMAKI:[Theres] a new foe.
And so I spent a lot of time thinking what kind of villain would be associated with that situation.
What is returning to work as a lawyer like for her?
So shes not really doing grand courtroom events.
Its more about helping the people who come to her for help.
This series focuses on a specific case where shes helping somebody with their legal trouble.
Mark mentioned some of the artistic considerations Nico Leon made in terms of Jens current situation.
How has it been collaborating with him and colorist Matt Milla?
Hes incredibly creative when it comes to things like that.
What an apartment would look like for a superhero and how that would look if a person is human.
There are all those details in there, and he has a really great sense of physical comedy.
Its a give and take, and I really appreciate that part of the process.
PANICCIA:Nico really thinks about the script.
He reads through it and looks at all the environments and spends a lot of time building those.
Hes thinking about that on a storytelling level.
Its not just in the figures and the expressions and the body language.
Its about how theyre set up in relationship to the environment that theyre in as well.
It really just makes it cold.
And thats coming from me, in California!
Its an emotional story thats so much about mood and tone.
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