She-Hulk is one of the strongest characters in Marvel's line-up.
And beyond that she is funny, entertaining, attractive and brilliant.
Jennifer Walters is not just physically strong but is also a strong character when it comes
to storytelling.
She's someone you want to read about because she is just such a great character.
So what weaknesses could someone so strong possibly have?
Well to be honest, she's usually pretty unstoppable.
Her downfall is mainly other characters who are stronger than her.
But she has a few other weaknesses, some lesser known.
Join me in exploring the weaknesses of She-Hulk inside and out as we count down the top 10
She-Hulk Weaknesses You Never Knew She Had.
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10 Identity Crisis
When She-Hulk was stuck in her hulk form she originally thought it was due to be overexposed
to radiation but later found out that this was not the case and that her issue was more
psychological.
Truly many of She-Hulk's battles have come from within when it comes to her feelings
and overall persona while in her hulk-like form.
For a while she was even forced to view her feelings towards her obsession with being
the She-Hulk as though she was addicted.
And I mean, she kinda was.
She takes a lot of pride from being She-Hulk but it also tends to poison her view of herself
when she is not in this form and is just plain old Jennifer Walters.
While this might not be an obvious weakness in battle, Jennifer's emotions can affect
her transformation and amount of control she has over her hulk form.
9 Writers
She-Hulk has had some of the best writers involved in her comics over the years.
With probably one of the most iconic being John Byrne.
But while readers of the Sensational She-Hulk would praise, Byrne's work, Jennifer Walters
herself would beg to differ with our opinions.
She-Hulk is famous for breaking the fourth wall, making it cool before even Deadpool
after he was introduced in the comics in 1991.
She-Hulk herself made her comic book debut in 1980.
Jennifer would often use this trope to complain to us about all the terrible writing that
was happening within her comics, how she was displeased with the way she was being portrayed
and would often call out tired comic book tropes that were constantly being repeated
within the comic book world of storytelling.
As She-Hulk saw it John Byrne was one of the worst things to happen her.
And him writing this made him one of the best.
Unfortunately She-Hulk never came around, comically going so far as to kill Byrne as
his run in the series came to an end in issue 50.
8 Her Cousin
While Jennifer Walters may love Bruce, it is sometimes her love of Bruce that ends up
being her downfall in a fight.
Jenn is known as one of the few people that can talk Bruce down and while this mostly
works in the comics, sometimes it just results in her being badly beaten.
Of course She-Hulk is strong so she can kind of take a beating.
But also being beaten to near death by the one you love seems like a bad play all around.
In World War Hulk, She-Hulk was expected to be the one who might be able to reach Bruce
while he was threatening the lives of the heroes responsible for sending him away, and
he thought, responsible for killing his beloved Caiera.
However this just resulted in her getting beaten to a pulp as Hulk was too far gone
for her to bring Bruce back.
So while her bond to Bruce can sometimes be a strength, it can also end up leaving She-Hulk
weaker than when she started when it comes to being healthy and battle-ready.
7 Sadness
When Jennifer Walters wakes up after the events of the second Civil War event she discovers
that Bruce is gone, that he was deemed too great of a threat and taken out by one of
Hawkeye's arrows.
She mourns him.
This fresh loss and the stress that comes with it causes her transformations to become
uncontrollable.
They are now tied to her grief and when she gets swept up in thoughts of her cousin, she
transforms.
But she is no longer the green fun-loving She-Hulk we once knew but a less intellectual
gray She-Hulk, a monstrous looking creature.
She is able to use this form to her advantage but changing has become a place of pain for
Jenn, causing her to often avoid superheroics, and only transform to work on beating her
own internal monsters and occasionally to help those close to her or defend herself.
6 Blood Disease
When Jennifer contracted a blood disease, it appeared as if she might die.
She ended up having to turn to the famous Spider-Man villain turned sometimes hero,
Morbius the living vampire to have it cured.
Michael Morbius being a famous hematologist was able to cure Jennifer and save her life.
And in fact it was after being cured that she also gained the ability to control her
transformations.
Later she repaid Morbius' help with this deadly weakness when she represented him in court.
She-Hulk is actually known for being otherwise immune to contacting most types of diseases
or ailments but her blood seems to be a weak spot for her.
Perhaps because it is the source of her power.
5 Rage
For most Hulk's rage is a key ingredient.
As Bruce Banner has famously warned us before when he says, "you wouldn't like me when I'm
angry."
For She-Hulk this famously tends to not be an issue.
Except for when it is.
Whenever She-Hulk's radiation levels are askew, it creates an imbalance which can result in
her going into a rage as a result of her transformation.
Rage is a dangerous emotion for Jennifer because it puts blinders on her and often makes her
unaware of her actions.
She has ripped Vision in half, attacked her teammates and destroyed an entire town as
a result of being forced to give into her rage.
4 Red Hulks
While She-Hulk may be strong, the best way to take her down in a fight is by being stronger.
And both Red Hulk and Red She-Hulk have proven that they are capable of just that.
Red Hulks seem to tap into that lack of control and wild abandon of rage more freely than
their green counterparts.
At one point Betty Ross' Red She-Hulk, who was in full rage mode, even ended up killing
She-Hulk.
At least we thought she did.
She choked her and left her for dead.
At least that's what we thought.
Turned out She-Hulk was actually in stasis and so she never really died.
It just looked like she had.
Comic Book trickery!
She-Hulk also would later kick Red She-Hulk's butt so fortunately Red She-Hulk would not
remain a weakness for Jenn forever.
Though the Red Hulks have given She-Hulk a fairly hard time before.
How do you beat a hulk?
Usually with another hulk.
Or maybe a Hulkbuster.
3 Nanites
For awhile in the comics, Jennifer Walters was depowered as a result of being injected
with SPIN Tech.
Tony Stark had her depowered fearing that she would try to interfere after discovering
the plot behind her cousin's disappearance.
Stuck in her human form, Jennifer Walters was reduced to the strength of an average
human, well an average human who lifts presumably--as She-Hulk becomes stronger from training meaning
Jennifer, herself, is quite a gym enthusiast--and no longer having access to her powers she
did the only thing she could think of, took legal action against Stark.
In the end her powers were returned to her after running into an alternate version of
herself whose earth didn't have superpowers but who gained powers after being transported
to earth 616.
Moving through the same transporter device granted She-Hulk her powers again, resetting
her, and curing her of the unwanted SPIN tech.
2 Fear
For awhile fear becomes She-Hulk's trigger, meaning that whenever she gets afraid it causes
her to change.
This has been a recurring issue for Jen and a weakness in terms of her actually being
able to keep control over herself and not lash out at her teammates.
After Scarlet Witch's influence caused her to rage and caused her to almost kill Captain
America and tear Vision in half.
Not truly the real vision but She-Hulk of course didn't know that at the time.
Afraid of what she was capable of, She-Hulk went into hiding.
But during the Search for She-Hulk storyline her greatest fears become reality as we her
lose control yet again and destroy the entire town of Bone, Idaho.
1 Radiation
Wait.
Doesn't radiation give her strength?
It does.
But that doesn't mean that it can't mess her up.
Her increased exposure to radiation in a SHIELD Helicarrier was thought to be the cause of
her being able to shift back into her human form.
It was later revealed that this wasn't really the case.
But then later on after being exposed to the radioactive Jack of Hearts, she began to lose
control of her cool.
She became more like her cousin, rage-fuelled and uncontrollable.
One of the best things about She-Hulk normally, that makes her so powerful, is her ability
to remain level-headed while Hulked out and losing this ability turned her into a less
useful and more dangerous loose cannon.
So basically radiation can power her up but too much can turn her berserk.
Thanks so much for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you enjoyed this list.
Truly it seems like emotions are often She-Hulk's greatest weakness which is interesting because
for her cousin, Bruce I would argue they are sometimes his greatest strength.
But I mean other than internal weaknesses, She-Hulk is pretty invincible.
Are there any lesser known weaknesses that you feel like we missed?
Do you feel like emotions in the comic book world are often presented as a strength or
weakness?
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