Jarella
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Jarella is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. She was one of the Hulk's girlfriends, and was introduced in The Incridible Hulk #140. Though she has only appeared several times throughout the series, she remains popular with as a poignant character.
[edit] Storyline
Jarella was the princess of the sub-atomic world of K'ai. Though outwardly primitive this world had remnants of long-forgotten high technology and sorcery. Its people were green-skinned and for the most part blonde haired, but otherwise human.
Jarella's city is threatened by a number of menaces ranging from attacks by the gigantic wartos (wart hog like beasts larger than elephants to the armies of the Warlord Visus. The Hulk appears in K'ai during an attack of the warthos and drives the huge monsters away. When the people come out to greet him, the Hulk is startled. He notices that they are green-skinned, like him and that they welcome him rather than running away.
The Hulk is especially taken with the lovely and gentle Jarella. She leads him into the city and calls on her sorcerers to help the Hulk learn their language. The spell succeeds and also allows the human personality of Bruce Banner to emerge in the Hulk's body. The Hulk and Jarella fall in love, defeat Visus, and seem destined to live happily ever after. Unfortunately destiny in the form of a supervillain named Psyclop interferes and shnatches the Hulk away from K'ai.
Jarella returns to the series aeveral times later in the series. She is unique in the series in that she accepts the Hulk without qualifications. She came to know Bruce Banner's mind in the Hulk's body but is equally accepting of the Hulk personality, or Banner's body. This idyllic love is always tragically thwarted.
Jarella dies in The Incredible Hulk #205 while trying to save a boy from being crushed under a falling building. The Hulk takes Jarella's body to the Gamma Base, but the doctors are unable to revive her. Eventually the Hulk manages to return her body to K'ai for a proper burial.
[edit] Trivia
- Jarella and her world are typical of the sword and planet sub-genre of science fiction. They are particularly reminescent of the Mars novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Jarella was created by legendary science fiction author Harlan Ellison who was the guest writer for Incredible Hulk #140.
- The title of the issue featuring Jarella's debut was The Brute Who Shouted Love At the Heart of the Atom. This is an homage to Ellison's story The Beast Who Shouted Love at the Heart of the World.
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