*Marvel: Let’s be honest, on the face of it, the She-Hulk sounded like a really lame idea when we first heard of her — what was to follow? Hulk-Hound, the Hulkmobile, Planet Hulk? But intermittently chartreuse lawyer Jen Walters has gone on to become one of the most enduring and endearing characters in the Marvel Universe, with creators such as John Byrne and Dan Slott providing charm, wit and (mostly) intelligent humour in her own series and during tenures with the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. There wasn’t too much trace of that in Jen’s first series, the Savage She-Hulk, when it saw the light of day back in 1980 and she was as angry as her cousin (though didn’t burst out of quite as much of her clothing, thanks to the exigencies of the Comics Code Authority) but Savage She-Hulk #1 – by the legendary creators Stan Lee and John Buscema – is where Jen’s illustrious career got its start. And very soon, Shulkie will be bursting on to our screens in her own TV series, so a good time to invest in her first appearance. Non-distributed in the UK, so there are no pence copies. This is a high grade copy, vivid colour with gloss, flat with firm tight staples, brilliant white background, lovely white to off-white pages. Just the very slightest bit of corner blunting, a short and almost invisible crease by the number box and what looks like a biro line (0.5 cm) below the ‘M’ in Marvel are the only blemishes on this beautiful copy.
PICTURED: SAVAGE SHE-HULK #1 VF+ £165 SOLD