So what's so bad about she-hulk?

[krossbow]

Hey, curious. I was watching old strongbad e-mails, and Strongbad makes a remark about a comic book alternate reality in which he says "who's writing this crap, teh genius's behind she-hulk?"
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail150.html


Curious because i have absolutely no clue about that series; what things is that joke referencing?

[Tirian]

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Matt and Mike were evidently just pulling a B-list comic name out of their hat, and by the kookiest chance they just happened to pick a John Byrne-inspired cult favorite whose still-semi-unretconned superpowers include fourth-wall breaking in exactly the sort of way that Strong Bad is doing in the comic.

[Gundato]

Not really the answer you wanted, but She-Hulk really annoys me:

The main problem with her is that she tries too hard. When Deadpool breaks the fourth wall or does something zany, you laugh (or cringe), but it still feels natural.

With She-Hulk, it feels like she goes from each spectrum WAY too often.

"Oh no, my boyfriend has become a werewolf again and is on the other side of the SHRA. Of course, we all forgot which side I was on, but you get the picture. Oh woe is me. Here, I'll put on this hat. See, it is funny because I have a zany hat!"

[Dode]

The name says it all...

She-Hulk

[North]

Umm She-Hulk rocks.

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[Tengu]

People don't like She-Hulk for the same reason they don't like Squirrel Girl - because they want their comic books to be dark and edgy and can't bear to see light-hearted stories in the same universe as their beloved Wolverine Insert Anti-Hero Name Here.

[Khanderas]

This thread makes me want to read more she-hulk.
Granted the name IS stoopid, but hey, so is He-man's name.

[Xuincherguixe]

People don't like She-Hulk for the same reason they don't like Squirrel Girl - because they want their comic books to be dark and edgy and can't bear to see light-hearted stories in the same universe as their beloved Wolverine Insert Anti-Hero Name Here.

I thought everyone hated angst these days. (Not that it stops them from buying anyways)

[kpenguin]

I thought everyone hated angst these days. (Not that it stops them from buying anyways)

That was what I thought too.

I also thought everyone loved funny heroes like Squirrel Girl or Deadpool.

[Xuincherguixe]

That was what I thought too.

I also thought everyone loved funny heroes like Squirrel Girl or Deadpool.

I don't even read comics and I like Squirrel Girl.

[Lord Galen]

That was what I thought too.

I also thought everyone loved funny heroes like Squirrel Girl or Deadpool.

I thought everyone liked what everyone else liked and thats how the Big Two decided what was flavour of the day to reinvent their heroes as.
Saves on actual creative thinking.

[mentatzarkon]

Personally, the light-hearted characters are my favorites. I recently read the new Howard the Duck series, where he's defended by She-Hulk (she's a lawyer!) and found it to be immensly enjoyable. It lambasted everything from the media to Bush Jr!

[Lord Galen]

Personally, the light-hearted characters are my favorites. I recently read the new Howard the Duck series, where he's defended by She-Hulk (she's a lawyer!) and found it to be immensly enjoyable. It lambasted everything from the media to Bush Jr!

Oh, definitely. When done right, funny in the funny books is great... I was just feeling grumpy... no coffee.
And not to threadjack, but the original Howard series; by far one of the most original and bizarre books ever put out by the majors. I think Steve Gerber may have had some damning photos of someone high up at Marvel, cause he was given an unheard of amount of creative license.
one of the villains was that crazy lady on the bus. You know the one.

[UglyPanda]

She-Hulk isn't a bad character, it's simply that there wasn't much thought put into her creation and that's why strong bad mentioned her. She was only created for legal reasons when the producers of the Hulk TV series were considering introducing a female version of the hulk. Marvel naturally had to create their own version before the TV series revealed theirs.