The genetically-enhanced Thundra hailed from an alternate future where women reigned supreme and births took place in a laboratory. Despite being the champion of Earth-712, Thundra knew she wouldn’t be around forever and travelled back in time to take a cell sample from the Hulk in order to spawn a worthy heir.
In another diverging timeline – Earth-8009 – Thundra’s daughter, Lyra, fights alongside the United Sisterhood Republic. Despite her superior power, she’s seen as inferior because she’s the offspring of the Hulk – a male. Despite this, she’s willing to risk her life to save the Sisterhood when she learns the birthing process has become defective and the female species is under threat…
Minor Crossover: The main story is contained in the four-issue ‘All-New Savage She-Hulk’ series, but that does lead directly into her ‘Incredible Hulk’ back-up feature.
Must Reads: Story arcs marked with a ✔are must-read stories from this time period, along with any key related stories and often-forgotten tales that are worth a read.
Anthology Issues: When an issue contains multiple stories, the relevant story is denoted with square brackets. For example, [2/5] refers to the second story of the five stories in that issue, so you don’t need to read the other four.
Want to keep it simple? Here’s the chronological reading order without story descriptions, or spoilers:
- ✔ All-New Savage She-Hulk #1-4
- ✔ Incredible Hulk #600 [3/4]
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | All-New Savage She-Hulk #1 On Earth-8009, Gynosure of the United Sisterhood Republic offers Lyra the chance to save her species, sending her back in time to Earth-616. Her arrival is intercepted by Charles Little Sky of Alternate Reality Monitoring & Operational Response (ARMOR) who can only watch as his forces are taken down with ease, despite his hope that he can deal with the situation before Norman Osborn becomes involved. Lyra takes agent Alex Erde with her as she bounds through Manhattan in her search for the greatest hero of the era, only to be blocked by Jennifer Walters… the She-Hulk. |
| ✔ | All-New Savage She-Hulk #2 Back in her own time, Lyra visited an outlet where consumers used to buy their superpowers. She questioned her mission to steal the tech from the men’s cradle – ending their ability to create young – in favour of using it for the female cradles, only for Nella of the Sisterhood to learn of her ‘treacherous’ thoughts. In the present, when She-Hulk picks up on the similarity between Lyra’s outfit and Thundra‘s look, she loses her temper and retaliates. She’s warned by her AI wrist bracelet advisor Boudicca that getting angry makes her weaker. Their battle tears up Manhattan until the Sentry arrives and throws She-Hulk for miles. Sentry explains that he must be the one Lyra’s searching for. But she reveals Norman Osborn is considered the greatest hero of the era… just as the Dark Avengers arrive! |
| ✔ | All-New Savage She-Hulk #3 [1/2] In the alternate future of Earth-8009, super-human powers became commodities for sale. The superhuman race spread across the galaxy and made the Kree, Badoon, Shi’ar and Skrulls a part of Earth’s intergalactic empire. Eventually, a war broke out between all the powered humans and society broke down. Before her arrival in the present, Lyra killed Nella in self-defence; a fight which also destroyed the chip needed for the cradles. Lyra was ejected the female society. She decided to go back in time and obtain replacement technology. In the present, Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr) takes down Lyra. Back at Avengers Tower, she breaks free of her bonds and makes it clear she’s not here to kill Osborn. She’s here to mate with him. Outside, She-Hulk punches out Sentry… |
| Must Reads | Title, Issue & Synopsis |
| ✔ | All New Savage She-Hulk #4 Earth-8009’s Norman Osborn turned superhuman powers into a commodity. Lyra explains how his actions brought about the fall of society within 100 years, though he still seems keen on cashing in. Horrified by Osborn’s greed, Lyra chooses to escape with unexpected back up from She-Hulk. ARMOR teleports them both out before the Dark Avengers can apprehend them. Boudicca sends the location of the missing chip into the timestream to save the population of Earth-8009, while Lyra decides there’s no reason to return. Charles Little Sky threatens to share the information Boudicca downloaded from Norman Osborn’s files, encouraging Osborn to back off and winning Lyra’s favour. She agrees to work for ARMOR. Weeks later, Lyra – having taken the codename She-Hulk – is sent to confront the Cyber-Sidhe when they arrive on Earth-616… |
| ✔ | Incredible Hulk #600 [3/4] The Cyber-Sidhe are techno-mages hailing from Earth-010001011 where technology evolved ahead of organics. The group use Carhenge in Nebraska as a means to escape their other-dimensional imprisonment, arriving on Earth-616. Lyra/She-Hulk defeats the Cyber-Sidhe and kills their leader Phinn Mac Mram to end their threat. |
See how this story fits into the the wider Marvel Universe with these reading orders:
| Must Reads | Issue & Fallout | Event/Crossover |
| Dark Avengers #6 (2009) Realising his allies are all villains, Noh Varr goes AWOL from the Dark Avengers and ends his tenure on the team. | DARK REIGN | |
| ✔ | Incredible Hulk #600 (2009) She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters) goes missing while investigating the new Gamma Base. | HULK NO MORE! |
| ✔ | Incredible Hulk #601-605 (2009) Lyra becomes frustrated when Jennifer Walters stops showing up to train her as an agent of ARMOR; Alex Erde expresses his love for Lyra before she’s killed by Axon of Gamma Corps Black; Lyra defeats Gamma Corps Black but goes rogue. | |
| Siege #4 (2010) Norman Osborn’s tenure as head of HAMMER and leader of the Avengers ends when his Green Goblin persona returns to the surface. | SIEGE | |
| ✔ | Fall of the Hulks: Savage She-Hulks #1-3 (2010) Lyra locates the missing She-Hulk and clashes with Red She-Hulk; Lyra meets the Earth-712 counterpart of Thundra. | FALL OF THE HULKS |
| ✔ | Incredible Hulks #612 (2010) Lyra is briefly affiliated with the Incredible Hulks. | DARK SON |
| ✔ | She-Hulks #1-4 (2011) Bruce Banner helps Lyra control her defective powers; She-Hulk accompanies Lyra on missions while helping her settle into life on Earth-616. | |
| ✔ | Avengers Academy #20 (2011) Lyra joins the Avengers Academy. | FEAR ITSELF |
| ✔ | Hulk #11 (2015) The ‘Doc Green’ version of the Hulk banishes Lyra to another dimension. | THE OMEGA HULK |
| ✔ | Squadron Supreme #15 (2017) Lyra is reunited with Thundra and they both travels to Weirdworld to live out the life of adventurers. |
| Collected Edition Title | Includes… |
| Fall of the Hulks: Savage She-Hulks | Incredible Hulk #600 [3/4] |
| Incredible Hulks: Fall of the Hulks | Incredible Hulk #600 [3/4] |
| Collected Edition Title | Collects… |
| All-New Savage She-Hulk | All-New Savage She-Hulk #1-4 |
Reading Order ©OmniverseComicsGuide 2023
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