#jackie mcgee

[soupsandstars]

You should do a lil scotch of Charlene McGowan and Jackie McGee on a coffee date…

[river-champloo05]

jackie is one of my favorite marvel characters of all times.

at first when she said she wanted to be like hulk, i was confused. i thought maybe she wanted feel powerful like hulk so that she can never feel like the powerless child who had her home destroyed by him. and that honestly made me sad since we the readers know for a fact that banner's childhood trauma is something hulk has yet to escape.

but no. jackie's motives are honestly far more interesting than i intially imagined. what jackie longs for is to allowed to not only feel her own anger. but also the freedom express it.

like shown in the pages above, jackie recognizes that despite how destructive hulk anger is/can be, he is still accommodated for it. despite bridges being temporarily burned, he's people's will still try to understand his rage to best of their abilities and meet him where he's at to try to help him. something jackie envy's because that kind of response is something women, ESPECIALLY black women are not afforded.

i resonated with jackie so deeply because a reality where i'm able to freely express my own anger is something i've longed for since i was a little girl. like jackie whenever i showed any hint of anger i was dismissed. as either the angry black black girl or as aggressive.

it was especially disheartening because the men around me where angry, aggressive, and even violent. there were even some like my older even argumentative and belligerent (tho he'd never admit it😅). yet they were met with sm more empathy and understanding than i or any of the other girls around me ever were.

jackie's character means the world to me for being able to explain this struggle that so many black women like myself go thru. but struggle to articulate

[comicpolls]

Favourite Lesser Known Blorbo: Round Four Match Two

Charlene McGowan

Jackie McGee

Voting ended onAug 3, 2025

[hungoverinjonestowm]

every day i thank god that immortal hulk is not a wildly popular fandom. if i had to see a jackie mcgee x bruce banner 250k enemies to lovers slowburn fic on ao3 I would be on the news the next morning

[samasmith23]

My overall thoughts on Immortal Hulk...

About a week ago, I finished marathoning Al Ewing's groundbreaking 50-issue run on Immortal Hulk. Overall, this series was a phenomenal psychological horror and character-defining analysis of Bruce Banner and the core concept of the Hulk!

Immortal Hulk takes place after Marvel's Civil War II crossover event, wherein Bruce Banner was killed by Hawkeye after he personally requested the latter to shoot him with a specialized arrow. However, Bruce is not only mysteriously resurrected but discovers that every time he dies he is revived by his mysterious "Devil Hulk" persona, the most repressed and deadly of all of Bruce's multiple personalities.

I'm still processing my overall thoughts on the run after finishing its gargantuan omnibus collection, but what particularly resonated with me was the comic's thematic exploration about the concept of duality, and how seemingly diametrically opposing forces are, in reality, symbiotic to each other. Essentially, Ewing expands upon previous writers' foundations establishing the Hulk as a product of both the original Gamma Bomb explosion, as well as Bruce's deep-seated childhood trauma derived from his abusive father, Brian Banner. Throughout the series, Ewing draws influence from famed psychologist Carl Jung's theories regarding the "shadow," or the innermost repressed aspects of an individual's identity that are masked beneath the "persona," or how an individual presents themselves to the rest of society. Additionally, Ewing heavily references elements of both Gnostic & Kabbalist mysticism such as the Tree of Life, along with the idea of Hell as not a place but the absence of God, framing the Devil as God’s "shadow," whereas Satan (i.e. God’s fallen Angel of Judgement) is framed as both the "accuser" and the "adversary."

In large measure, Ewing brilliantly interweaves these psychological & mystical concepts into the mythos of the Hulk, recontextualizing the Green Goliath as the “Devil” to Bruce’s creator or “God" (i.e. his abusive father), but that gamma radiation has a mystical third quality to it that allows access to the Jungian shadow world, the opposite end of the Kabbahlist Tree of Life representing God’s crown (i.e. the Hell beneath all other Hells, the realm of "The One Below All"). And that Bruce's "Satan," aka his feared "Devil Hulk" persona, actually has the potential to be a positive force. Through his immortal rage, the Hulk evolves from a mere destructive monster into a revolutionary "accuser" passing judgement upon the Hell that humanity has created on Earth. An "adversary" whose left hand invokes destruction upon societal injustices like capitalism and bigotry, but whose right hand provides mercy to innocent victims like the child that once existed within the Hulk.

As a leftist with a Master's Degree in History of Ideas, I found Immortal Hulk's thematic emphasis on Jungian & Kabbalistic philosophy to be incredibly captivating & thought-provoking (it also greatly appealed to me as a humongous fan of both Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series + movies and the Persona games)! Furthermore, Ewing establishes the series' overtly progressive tone by not only featuring military & corporate figures such as General Fortean & Dario Agger as major secondary antagonists (with the series’ main antagonists being the aforementioned Brian Banner, as well as The Leader), but also through utilizing supporting characters like Jackie McGee & Dr. Charlene McGowan to provide humanizing portrayals of both Black and trans women respectively (while also meaningfully analyzing the forms of systemic issues that both marginalized groups experience).

Honestly, the fact that Ewing wrote such positive racial & queer representation sadly made it even more shocking when the book’s lead illustrator, the now disgraced Joe Bennett, was revealed to be a massively bigoted scumbag in 2021, when fans unearthed an old 2017 FaceBook post of Bennett’s that featured horrifically antisemitic artwork of his. Fortunately, this resulted in Bennett not only being fired by Marvel, but Ewing publicly denouncing him.

Marvel cuts ties with 'Immortal Hulk' artist Joe Bennett over controversial art

Marvel Comics removed Joe Bennett from its upcoming Kang event series after a 2017 drawing the "Immortal Hulk" artist did sparked complaints

So yeah… while the artwork in Immortal Hulk is incredibly solid & effective in regards to the series' emphasis on physical & psychological horror… sincerely, screw Joe Bennett!

Overall though, I immensely enjoyed Immortal Hulk and I can definitely see why this series is heralded as the magnum opus of all Hulk runs!

[vertigoartgore]

Alex Ross's 2018-2021 cover run on the Immortal Hulk series (1/2).

[sufficeth]

with rick entering his clearly-biased-embedded-journalist era, the question on everybody's lips is where the fuck is jackie mcgee!!

[lirhyapetitpain]

"I can see clearly now the rain is gone I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It's gonna be a bright bright Bright bright sunshiny day"

Gamma Tarot XX - JUDGEMENT featuring Jacqueline McGee

I - THE MAGICIAN II - THE HIGH PRIESTESS III - THE EMPRESS IV - THE EMPEROR V - THE HIEROPHANT VI- THE LOVERS VII - THE CHARIOT VIII - JUSTICE IX - THE HERMIT X - WHEEL OF FORTUNE XI - STRENGTH XII - THE HANGED MAN XIII XIV - TEMPERANCE XV - THE DEVIL XVI - THE TOWER XVII - THE STAR XVIII - THE MOON XIX - THE SUN XX - JUDGEMENT XXI - THE WORLD XXII - THE FOOL