Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

Marvel is more and more concerned with the trauma of war - or of fighting at the very least.   Their heroes are now scarred mentally - and dealing with  it in a proactive, and positive way.  

When Jennifer Walters is almost killed, and ends up in a coma, she wakes to find that an Avenger, Hawkeye, has killed her cousin, Bruce Banner.   At his request.   In addition, Hakweye is prosecuted by Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil, and yet he still is aquitted.   

Jen is trying to simply be what she was before she was turned into the She-Hulk: a lawyer. It doesn't help that she curls into balls, and still rages, but someone suggested that she watch cooking shows on youtube.   She doesn't cook - but they calm her down. 

She's treading a very fine line, and although her work helping a NuHuman stay in her house, is helping her... 

It may not be enough.   She's energized by her work, and seeing justice done, but her new client may have another sinister benefactor she doesn't know about - and one can be energized and passionate about their work, but still succumb to bouts of terror.   Jen still suffers, and she's trying to balance work with self-care.   It's hard. 

It's also the first time I'm truly in love with this character.   I've said about myself that sometimes the hardest thing isn't doing anything extraordinary, but simply getting through a tremendously shitty day.   And Jen feels stronger for how low she's been brought down.   She's going through the roughest patch in her life - and making it day by day.   And somehow I respect her more for this than her heroics.   It's a bold choice to show her this vulnerable, and I believe it's paid off already.   This is, in my mind, Jennifer Walter's best series: I feel more for her, I feel so much sympathy even in the first two issues that are already out. 

I'll be getting more of this series, although given how much Marvel I buy and that they don't give codes out anymore, I may wait for a Comixology sale before indulging in more of this!