Jennifer Walters is one of the best late Bronze Age character additions to the Marvel Universe, popularizing an intelligent, team-friendly Hulk before Peter David and Todd McFarlane made it cool
Below you’ll find a complete guide to She-Hulk comics throughout the years, from her origins to today. I’ve placed the Comic Book Herald logo next to my picks for personal favorites!
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She-Hulk Reading Order
Issues: #1 to #25
She-Hulk debuts!
Avengers: The Trial of Yellowjacket
Collects: Avengers (1963) #212-230
She-Hulk joins the Avengers during a membership drive in Issue #221 and becomes a regular through the end of the collection and beyond!
Avengers: Absolute Vision – Book One
Collects: Avengers (1963) #231-241, Avengers Annual #11-12, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16, Fantastic Four (1961) #256, And Doctor Strange (1974) #60
John Byrne, Bill Mantlo, Ann Nocenti, Roger Stern, Dan Green, Al Milgrom, John Romita Sr
Issues: #1 to #12
John Byrne (and Friends) on She-Hulk Comics
Issues: #265 to #275
She-Hulk joins the Fantastic Four. She remains on the team for longer than these 11 issues, but issue #275 is Shulkie hunting down a sleazy papparazi, so maybe stop while you’re ahead?
Avengers: Absolute Vision – Book Two
Collects: Avengers (1963) #242-254 & Avengers Annual #13
Roger Stern, Ian Akin, Steve Ditko, Brian Garvey, Bob Hall, Carmine Infantino, Al Milgrom
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 5
Collects: Fantastic Four (1961) #268-275 And Annual #18, And Thing (1983) #19
John Byrne, Mark Gruenwald, M.D. Bright, Ron Wilson- 17 May 2018
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 6
Collects: Fantastic Four (1961) #276-284, Thing (1983) #23 And Secret Wars Ii #2
John Byrne, Mike Carlin, Jim Shooter, Al Milgrom, Ron Wilson- 17 May 2018
Issues: OGN
Marvel Graphic Novel #18 – John Byrne’s first take on solo Jen Walters.
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 7
Collects: Fantastic Four (1961) #285-286 And Annual #19, Avengers (1963) #263 And Annual #14 And X-Factor (1986) #1
John Byrne, Bob Layton, Roger Stern, John Buscema, Jackson Guice- 24 May 2018
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 8
Collects: Fantastic Four (1961) #287-295
John Byrne, Roger Stern, Jerry Ordway- 24 May 2018
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Going Gray
Collects: Incredible Hulk (1968) #314-330, Incredible Hulk Annual (1968) #14-15, Material From Marvel Fanfare (1982) #29
She-Hulk appears in a few issues in this epic collection- 2 December 2020
Fantastic Four Epic Collection: All In The Family
Collects: Fantastic Four (1961) #296-307 And Annual #20 And Fantastic Four Vs. The X-Men #1-4
Chris Claremont, Tom DeFalco, Steve Englehart, Stan Lee, Jim Shooter, Roger Stern, Roy Thomas, Jon Bogdanove, John Buscema, Paul Neary, Jerry Ordway
Collects: Avengers #278-285
She hulk leaves the fantastic four when thing re-joins and then she re-joins the avengers.
Collects: Mephisto Vs. The Fantastic Four #1, Mephisto Vs. The X-Factor #2, Mephisto Vs. The X-Men #3 And Mephisto Vs. The Avengers #4
This has been included as she hulk is included in both the avengers and fantastic four issues as a member of both teams.
Collects: X-Men Vs. The Avengers #1-4 And Uncanny X-Men (1963) #9
Stan Lee, Roger Stern, Jack Kirby, Keith Pollard, Marc Silvestri- 31 December 2015
Avengers Epic Collection: Heavy Metal
Collects: Avengers (1963) #286-303, Avengers Annual (1967) #17
Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, Walt Simonson, Roger Stern, M.D. Bright, Rich Buckler, John Buscema, Bob Hall- 11 November 2020
Issues: #1 to #8
Astonishingly ground-breaking solo She-Hulk series from John Byrne (in 1989). This flies under the radar a lot, but Byrne basically set the Deadpool template within the pages of She-Hulk before we’d even hit the 90’s!
Avengers by John Byrne Omnibus
Collects: West Coast Avengers (1985) 42-46; Avengers West Coast 47-62, Annual 4; Avengers (1963) 305-318, Annual 18
John Byrne, Fabian Nicieza, Danny Fingeroth- 19 July 2016
Women of marvel celebrating seven decades
Collects: Night Nurse #1-4; Cat #1-4; Shanna The She-Devil (1972) #1-5; Firestar #1-4; Sensational She-Hulk:Ceremony #1-2
This is the only collection of Sensational She-Hulk in Ceremony by Dwayne McDuffie. Alternatively you can just collect the single issues.
Issues: #9 to #30
Steve Gerber (of Howard the Duck fame) penned issues #9 to #23, with Peter David serving up the assist with issue #12. John Byrne hops back on for issues #31 to #50.
Atlantis Attacks: The Complete Collection: The Original Epic
Collects: New Mutants (1983) 76; Material From Silver Surfer Annual (1988) 2, Iron Man Annual (1970) 10, Avengers West Coast (1989) 56, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 26, Avengers West Coast Annual (1989) 4, X-Men Annual (1970) 13, Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) 23, Punisher Annual (1988) 2, Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) 9, Daredevil Annual (1967) 5, Avengers Annual (1967) 18, New Mutants Annual (1984) 5, X-Factor Annual (1986) 4, Web Of Spider-Man Annual (1985) 5, Thor Annual (1966) 14, Fantastic Four Annual (1963) 22
Terry Austin, Mike Baron, John Byrne, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Michael Higgins, David Michelinie, Peter Sanderson, Louise Simonson, Roy Thomas, Mark Bagley, Rich Buckler, Rob Leifeld, Ron Lim- 29 December 2021
Avengers Epic Collection: The Crossing Line
Collects: Avengers (1963) #319-333, Avengers Annual (1967) #19; Material From Captain America Annual (1971) #9, Iron Man Annual (1970) #11, Thor Annual (1966) #15, Avengers West Coast Annual (1989) #5
Mark Gruenwald, Larry Hama, Fabian Nicieza, Dann Thomas, Roy Thomas, James Fry, Herb Trimpe, Paul Ryan, Jim Valentino, Rik Levins, Tom Morgan- 2 March 2022
Avengers Epic Collection: The Collection Obsession
Collects: Avengers (1963) #334-344, Annual #20; Avengers: Deathtrap – The Vault; Material From Incredible Hulk Annual #17, Namor The Sub-Mariner Annual #1, Iron Man Annual #12, Avengers West Coast Annual #6
Bob Harras, Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, Paul Abrams, Steve Epting, Ron Lim, George Freeman, James Fry, Adam Kubert, Tom Morgan, Ron Wagner, Kevin West- 14 March 2018
Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne: The Return
Collects: Sensational She-Hulk (1989) #31-46, 48-50
Update: John Byrne’s return to the title is finally collected!
She-Hulk’s 90’s Avengers Adventures
She-Hulk joins the fantastic force after John Byrne’s run in issue 12 and is a member until the conclusion of the series. Fantastic Force has not been collected so you would have to hunt down the single issues. The team disbands in fantastic four #416 as the original fantastic four returns. She also plays a supporting role in Doc Samson’s 1996 mini series, which also hasn’t been collected.
Incredible Hulk Epic Collection: Ghosts Of The Future
Collects: Incredible Hulk (1968) #436-448, Savage Hulk (1996) #1, Cutting Edge #1, Cable (1993) #34, Onslaught: Marvel Universe
She-hulk takes centre stage in the few issues that she appears in.
Luke Cage, Iron Fist, & The Heroes For Hire Vol. 1
Collects: Heroes For Hire (1997) #1-9 And Material From Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) #13 And Marvel Fanfare (1996) #6
Jaimie Campos, James Felder, Joshn Ostrander, Joe Bennett, Pasqual Ferry- 30 November 2016
Luke Cage, Iron Fist, & The Heroes For Hire Vol. 2
Collects: Heroes For Hire (1997) #10-19, Quicksilver #11-12, Heroes For Hire/Quicksilver Annual 1998
Joe Edkin, John Ostrander, Scott Kolins, Derec Aucoin, Martin Egeland, Pasqual Ferry, Mary Mitchell
Collects: Avengers (1998) 24-34, Annual 2000, Thunderbolts #42-44
She-hulk re-joins the avengers team in Kurt Buseik’s run on Avengers.
Fantastic Four: Heroes Return – The Complete Collection Vol. 3
Collects: Fantastic Four (1998) #33-45, Fantastic 4Th Voyage Of Sinbad (2001) #1, Inhumans (2000) #1-4
She-hulk breifly joins the johnny storm’s fantastic four to rescue the rest of the fantastic four from the negative zone.
Collects: Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet, Maximum Security #1-3, Avengers (1998) #35-44, Avengers Annual 2001
Kurt Buseik, Alan Davis, Steve Epting, Manuel Garcia, Ivan Reis, Jerry Ordway, John Romita Jr- 23 January 2014
Collects: Avengers: The Ultron Imperative #1, Avengers (1998) #45-56, 1.5
Kurt Buseik, Roger Stern, Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas, Brent Anderson, Kieron Dwyer, Manuel Garcia, Ivan Reis, Rick Remender- 21 August 2014
Avengers: The Complete Collection by Geoff Johns Vol. 1
Collects: Avengers (1998) #57-63, Vision (2002) #1-4, Thor (1998) #58 And Iron Man (1998) #64
Geoff Johns, Alan Davis, Kieron Dwyer, Gary Frank, Ivan Reis- 7 September 2017
She-Hulk McBeal: Enter the 2000’s!
Avengers: The Complete Collection by Geoff Johns Vol. 2
Collects: Avengers (1998) #64-76
After the a disaster involving the Red Skull, She-Hulk is left a wandering rage monster, laying waste to a small town!
Collects: Avengers (1998) #77-81
Chuck Austen, Sean Chen, Olivier Coipel, David Finch- 6 November 2014
Collects: Avengers (1998) #82-84, New Invaders (2004) #0, Avengers (1963) #71, Invaders Annual (1977) #1
Chuck Austen, Allan Jacobsen, Scott Kollins, C.P. Smith- 13 May 2021
Collects: Avengers (1998) #500-503, Avengers Finale (2004) #1
She-Hulk is once again transformed into a gamma rage monster and literally used as a weapon against the Avengers as Brian Micheal Bendis and company changeth the old order forever!
Issues: #1 to #12
One of my top 100 best Marvel runs in the 2000’s picks.
She-Hulk by Dan Slott (volume 2)
Issues: #1 to #21
Collects: World War Hulk (2007) #1-5
Greg Pak, John Romita Jr, David Finch- 7 May 2008
Collects: Last Defenders #1-6
Joe Casey, Jim Muniz, Steve McNiven- 31 March 2016
Issues: #22 to #38
Issues: #1
The She-Hulk, Lady Liberators, Guardians of the Galaxy team-up you didn’t know you needed.
Issues: #1 to #4
The She Hulks hunt for the intelligentsia. This time period is heavily interwoven with the Greg Pak written run on Hulk, so I would recommend reading it in full.
fearsome four: fearsome itself
Collects: Fear Itself: Deadpool #1-3, Fearsome Four #1-4
Christopher Hastings, Brandon Montclare, Simon Bisley, Ryan Bodenheim, Bong Dazo, Henry Flint, Michael William Kaluta, Ryan Stegman- 19 February 2015
Marvel Now! She-Hulk
Fantastic Four – Volume 1: New Departure, New Arrivals
Collects: Fantastic Four (2012) 1-3, Ff (2012) 1-2, Material From Point One Vol. 2
Matt Fraction, Mike Allred, Mark Bagley- 17 October 2013
Red She-Hulk – Volume 1: Hell Hath No Fury
Collects: Red She-Hulk #58 to #62
Red She-Hulk Volume 2: Route 616
Collects: Red She-Hulk #63 to #67
Collects: Ff #4-8
Matt Fraction, Mike Allred- 31 October 2013
Collects: Ff (2012) #9-16
Matt Fraction, Mike Allred- 1 May 2014
Mighty Avengers Vol. 1: No Single Hero
Collects: Mighty Avengers (2013) #1-3, 4.Inh-5.Inh
Al Ewing, Greg Land- 22 May 2014
Mighty Avengers Vol. 2: Family Bonding
Collects: Mighty Avengers (2013) #6-10
Al Ewing, Greg Land, Valerio Schiti- 30 July 2014
Mighty Avengers Volume 3: Original Sin – Not Your Father’s Avengers
Collects: Mighty Avengers (2013) #11-14
Al Ewing, Greg Land- 10 December 2014
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers Vol. 1: Open For Business
Collects: Captain America & The Mighty Avengers #1-7
Al Ewing, Luke Ross- 17 June 2015
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers Vol. 2: Last Day
Collects: Captain America & The Mighty Avengers #8-9, Captain Britain & The Mighty Defenders #1-2, Avengers Assemble #15Au
Al Ewing, Luke Ross, Alan Davis, Butch Guice- 21 October 2015
Fearless Defenders Volume 1: Doom Maidens
Collects: Fearless Defenders #1 to #6
She-Hulk by Soule & Pulido: The Complete Collection
Collects: She-Hulk #1 to #12, Wolverines #13, Gwenpool Special #1
She-Hulk In Secret Wars: A-Force & Beyond
Collects: A-Force #1 to #5
Secret Wars (2015) tie-in!
The Totally Awesome Hulk Vol. 1: Cho Time
Collects: The Totally Awesome Hulk #1-6 And Material From Planet Hulk (2015) #1
Greg Pak, Frank Cho, Mike Choi, Takeshi Miyazawa- 13 July 2016
A-Force Vol. 1: Hypertime
Team led by She-Hulk
A-Force Vol. 2: Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Collects: A-Force #5 to #10
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! Vol. 1: Hooked On A Feline
Collects: Patsy Walker #1 to #6
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! Vol. 2: Don’t Stop Me-ow
Collects: Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! 7-12
Kate Leth, Brittney Williams- 21 December 2016
The Astonishing Ant-Man Vol. 3: The Trial of Ant-Man
Collects: Astonishing Ant-Man #10-13 & Guardians Team-Up #7
Nick Spencer, Nick Giovannetti, Paul Scheer, Shawn Crystal, Ramon Rosanas, Brent Schoonover- 29 March 2017
She-Hulk Vol. 1: Deconstructed
Collects: Hulk (2016) #1-6
After the events of Civil War II, She-Hulk ‘s grey persona takes over in a whole new way!
She-Hulk Vol. 2: Let Them Eat Cake
Collects: Hulk (2016) #7-11
Writer Mariko Tamaki continues to explore what this latest Hulk transformation means in life of the usually with-it Jen Walters. Also featuring a guest appearance by Patsy Walker, Hellcat!
She-Hulk Vol. 3: Jen Walters Must Die
Collects: She-Hulk (2017) #159-163
Jen Walters returns to her old familiar title and Legacy numbering! The gamma-brained Leader also returns with a scheme of his own!
She-Hulk Returns To the Avengers
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 1: The Final Host
Collects: Avengers (2018) #1-6, Material from Free Comic Book Day 2018 (Avengers/ Captain America)
Writer Jason Aaron brings Jen on at the formation of this Avengers team with a return to the classic green but with a mysteriously dumbed-down, physically huge and literally explosive Hulk persona!
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 2: World Tour
Collects: Avengers (2018) #7-12
Featuring Thor Odinson taking Jen-Hulk on a date… in the Savage Land!
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 3: War Of The Vampires
Collects: Avengers (2018) #13-17
Jason Aaron, David Marquez, Andrea Sorrentino- 5 June 2019
Captain Marvel Vol. 1: Re-Entry
Collects: Captain Marvel (2019) #1-5
Kelly Thompson, Carmen Carnero, Annapaola Martello, Amanda Connor- 28 August 2019
Collects: War of the Realms (2019) #1-6
Both Jen-Hulk and Amadeus (as his new identity, Brawn) feature in this event as Malekith’s forces invade across Midgard!
Find the full event guide with Comic Book Herald’s War of the Realms reading order.
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 4: War Of The Realms
Collects: Avengers (2018) #18-21, Free Comic Book Day 2019 Avengers/Savage Avengers #1
Jason Aaron, Stefano Cascelli, Jason Masters, Ed McGuiness- 27 November 2019
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 5: Challenge Of The Ghost Riders
Collects: Avengers (2018) #22-25, All-New Ghost Rider (2014) #1
Jason Aaron, Stefano Cascelli, Dale Keown- 29 January 2020
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 6: Star Brand Reborn
Collects: Avengers (2018) #26-30
Jason Aaron, Ed McGuiness, Andrea Sorrentino, Dale Keown- 22 July 2020
Captain Marvel Vol.3: The Last Avenger
Collects: Captain Marvel (2019) #12-17
Kelly Thompson, Lee Garbett, Francesco Manna- 5 August 2020
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 7: The Age Of Khonshu
Collects: Avengers (2018) #31-38
Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, Francesco Manna, Ed McGuiness, Matteo Scalera- 6 January 2021
The Immortal Hulk Omnibus Volume 3
Collects: Immortal Hulk #31-40, Immortal Hulk #0, Immortal She-Hulk #1
This is the only collection that contains immortal she hulk, however immortal hulk is good enough that I would recommend the whole run.
Avengers By Jason Aaron Vol. 8: Enter The Phoenix
Collects: Avengers (2018) #39-45
Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, Dale Keown, Luca Maresca, Lenil Francis Yu- 30 June 2021
The Immortal Hulk Omnibus Volume 4
Collects: Immortal Hulk (2018) 41-50
Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, Butch Guice, Mike Hawthorne, Nick Pitarra, Javier Rodriguez, Alex Ross- 17 November
Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 9: World War She-Hulk
Collects: Avengers (2018) #46-50
She-Hulk leaves the team in this volume
Latest Additions:
She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell Vol. 1: Jen, Again
Collects: She-Hulk (2022) #1 to #5
She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell Vol. 2: Jen of Hearts
Collects: She-Hulk (2022) #6 to #10
She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell Vol. 3: Girl Can’t Help It
Collects: She-Hulk (2022) #11 to #15
Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha
Check out CBH’s full Reckoning War Reading Order!
Collects: The Variants (2022) #1 to #5
Sensational She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell
Collects: Sensational She-Hulk (2023) #1 to #5
No collected volume yet as of 11.30.23
Dave, been using and enjoying your guides for a couple of years now. Just want to let you know that currently there are 32 issues of Sensational She-Hulk available on Marvel Umlimeted including the first 8 issues by John Byrne. I’m about to add them to my reading list after seeing your comments on them. Thanks