The most recent pseudo-pairing for Hank is with Jen Starkey (aka Animalia). I really DISLIKE this pairing. It just seems way too off-kilter for me, so I want to look at Jen Starkey and profile her, while also giving everyone the run-down on these two. Jennifer Starkey first showed up in X-Men #4 (2024) as one of two new people with adult-onset mutation (Ben Liu being the other). The X-Men came to Jen's rescue in Detroit and brought her back to Alaska with them. In issue #6,

Trish Tilby was a long-term girlfriend for Hank. They initially met in X-Factor and had an on-again/off-again relationship that lasted until Hank's third mutation. X-Factor #7 Trish first showed up in X-Factor #7 to report on the "mutant menace" around the X-Factor building. In X-Factor #8, when they watch the tv interview, Hank finds Trish to be a unpleasant for her anti-mutant ways. It should be noted that early X-Factor was set up by Warren Worthington III as a group of