The scene in which Umar uses her magic to seduce the Hulk in "Defenders" (Vol 2) #3 (November 2005), only to be dissatisfied with his inability to copulate with her for more six minutes, has been mentioned as among critics as a notable encounter between the two adversaries, with Anthony Avina, citing it for his inclusion of the pair's relationship in CBR.com's 2019 list of the 10 Best Romances Between Heroes And Villains among Marvel characters. Others, however, criticized the scene. In 2013, Rob Bricken of Gizmodo who said that Umar's act was one of rape and ranked it #4 on that website's list of The 9 Least Incredible Adventures the Incredible Hulk Ever Had. In 2016 Screen Rant's Mark Zambrano included it in that website's 2016 list of the 11 Biggest WTF Things The Hulk Has Ever Done. Another Screen Rant contributor, Nicholas Conley, ranked Umar's relationship with Hulk number 13 on that website's August 2017 list of the "15 Superheroes Who Had Supervillain Lovers".