- "You wanted answers, She-Hulk? Then observe -- my experiments with mutation and gene coding have been quite successful!"
- ―Doc
| "Designer Genes!" | |
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| The Savage She-Hulk | |
| Title: | "Designer Genes!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 19 |
| Cover price: | .50 |
| Cover date: | August, 1981 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | David Anthony Kraft |
| Pencilers: | Mike Vosburg |
| Inkers: | Frank Springer |
| Cover artists: | Mike Vosburg |
| Cover inker: | Al Milgrom |
| Colorists: | Carl Gafford |
| Letterers: | Pierre Bernard, Jr.; Joe Rosen |
| Editors: | Al Milgrom |
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"Designer Genes!!" is the title to the nineteenth issue of the Savage She-Hulk ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by David Anthony Kraft with artwork by Mike Vosburg and inks by Frank Springer. It was colored by Carl Gafford and lettered by Pierre Bernard, Jr. & Joe Rosen. The story was edited by Al Milgrom. This issue shipped with an August, 1981 cover date and carries a cover price of .50 cents per copy.
"Designer Genes!!"[]
Jennifer Walters awakens to discover that she has transformed into She-Hulk while she slept. She contacts Zapper, seeking to put her concerns behind her. Zapper drives her to UCLA and unwittingly sells her out to "Doc" under the premise of using Jen's DNA to find a cure for various diseases. Doc has his own agenda in mind however.
She-Hulk is gassed and when she comes to, she finds herself bound to various scientific devices. She breaks free, but Doc injects his colleague Ralphie Hutchins with a serum that transforms him into the Brute. She-Hulk tears through the Brute like taffy and escapes.
She returns home and changes back to Jennifer Walters where she meets up with Richard Rory. Jen and Richard's conversation is interrupted when a police officer arrives to deliver an eviction notice courtesy of the house's owner - Jennifer's very own father. Flying into a rage, Jen changes into She-Hulk. Zapper comes over at just the exact wrong time to pay a social call.
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- The character of Jennifer Walters, aka the She-Hulk was created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema. She first appeared in the first issue of her own Savage She-Hulk ongoing series in February, 1980 titled "The She-Hulk Lives". Following a twenty-five issue stint on this series, she later became part of an ensemble cast in books like The Avengers, Volume 1 and Fantastic Four, Volume 1. This led into her second series, The Sensational She-Hulk by writer & artist John Byrne in 1989. A third title, simply called She-Hulk ran for 12 issues from 2004-2005. A fourth series began in December, 2005 and ran for thirty-eight issues. She-Hulk, Volume 3 - her fifth book, ran for twelve issues from 2014-2015. Another She-Hulk book began publication in 2022.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue is UPC barcode number 0714860280008.
- This issue is reprinted in black and white in the Essential Savage She-Hulk, Volume 1 trade paperback collection, released in July, 2006.
- The tagline for this issue is "Double Trouble for the She-Hulk -- Don't Miss: Designer Genes!"
- Mike Vosburg and Al Milgrom are credited as "Voz" and "Milg" on the cover credits.
- Jennifer Walters makes reference to Michael Morbius in this issue. Morbius "cured" Jennifer of instantly transforming into the She-Hulk back in Savage She-Hulk #12.
- Richard Rory reveals to Jennifer Walters that he knows that she is She-Hulk in this issue.
- Jennifer Walters first met Richard Rory in Savage She-Hulk #7. A one-panel flashback to events from that issue is featured in this one.