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==See Also==
==See Also==
[[The Incredible Hulk Returns]]
*[[The Incredible Hulk Returns]]
[[The Trial of the Incredible Hulk]]
*[[The Trial of the Incredible Hulk]]
[[The Death of the Incredible Hulk]]
*[[The Death of the Incredible Hulk]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:43, 1 June 2012

Adaptations of the Hulk in other media
Created byStan Lee
Jack Kirby
Original sourceComics published by Marvel Comics
First appearanceThe Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)
Films and television
Film(s)Hulk (2003)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Television
show(s)		The Incredible Hulk (1977)
The Incredible Hulk (1982)
The Incredible Hulk (1996)

This is a list of media appearances for The Incredible Hulk.

Television

1960s

Hulk as depicted in the 1966 animated television series, The Marvel Super Heroes.
Main article: The Marvel Super Heroes

The Hulk debuted in television as part of the Marvel Super Heroes animated television series in 1966. His 39 seven-minute segments were shown along with those featuring Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the Sub-Mariner episodes based on early stories appearing in the Hulk and Tales to Astonish series.

1970s

Main article: The Incredible Hulk (TV series)

The most famous TV adaptation is the live-action The Incredible Hulk TV series and its spin-off television films, starring Bill Bixby as David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk. The show featured none of the comics villains or supporting characters. Also, the Hulk never spoke, he just growled and roared. The series was also responsible for the creation of Jack McGee, a tabloid reporter bent on proving that the creature exists. He was played by Jack Colvin. The Hulk in this series was scaled down compared to the Hulk from the comics (his skin wasn't bulletproof and he was only shown to apply around 5000lbs of force). This was done to add a certain element of danger for the Hulk since his only adversaries would be regular people. The show ran from 1978 to 1982. The famous end theme (named in Family Guy as the "sad walking away tune from The Incredible Hulk") is called "The Lonely Man Theme" by Joe Harnell. The character's name was changed from Bruce to David for debated reasons.

1980s

  • After the live-action show ended in 1982, the Hulk returned to cartoon format with 13 episodes of The Incredible Hulk, which aired in a combined hour with Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. The series featured more characters from the comics than the live-action series, including Rick Jones, Betty Ross, and General Ross. The show used stock transformation scenes which include Bruce Banner transforming back with his clothing somehow restored intact. The She-Hulk and the Leader made an appearance in the show. This series featured Stan Lee as a narrator. In that show, Bruce Banner was voiced by Michael Bell while Hulk was voiced by Bob Holt.
  • Bruce Banner and the Hulk also appeared in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "Spidey Goes Hollywood", voiced by Peter Cullen. The Spider-Friends encountered Bruce Banner and had Sam Blockbuster give him a job on the Spider-Man movie. When Mysterio unleashes a robot Hulk in one of the scenes, Bruce Banner turns into the Hulk and fights the robot Hulk and destroys it.

1990s

  • The Hulk appeared as a robot in the danger room of the X-Mansion in the X-Men animated series episode "The Juggernaut Returns".
  • In The Avengers: United They Stand episode "Avengers Assemble" Pt. 1, Hulk's portrait can be seen in the conference room. Hulk was confirmed to appear in Season 2, but after the show was cancelled in 2000 due to bankruptcy problems, the Hulk did not appear.

2000s

  • A show entitled Hulk: Gamma Corps was being scripted in 2008. However, Marvel Animation chose to fold that show into The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, due for 2010.[1]
  • Hulk appeared in the Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode "Uncontrollable" with Mark Gibbon reprising his role of Hulk.[citation needed] Controller pursues him and Rick Jones in a plot to control Hulk as part of his revenge against A.I.M. During Hulk's appearance, he does not once regress back to Bruce Banner, but Rick Jones mumbles the name 'Bruce' while he his regaining conscious.
  • Hulk appears in The Super Hero Squad Show voiced by Travis Willingham.[citation needed] This version of Hulk is much more kid friendly, and is a member of the Super Hero Squad. He also seems much more dim-witted and child-like in the show, with "an appetite unto Galactus" as described by the Silver Surfer. In one episode, he reveals an aversion to water due to his size causing him to sink like a rock. In another episode, he becomes a highly intellectual and sophisticated "Gray Hulk" but loses much of his fighting ability. In another, he briefly demonstrates his ability to see astral forms (though the others believe it is just his imagination). Bruce Banner has not been seen except during one of the show's intros, but was mentioned in "This Forest Green!" when Doctor Doom was listing scientists more clever than Egghead.

2010s

Film

Live-action

Hulk (2003)

Main article: Hulk (film)

In 2003, Ang Lee directed Hulk, starring Eric Bana as Bruce Banner, and Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross.

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Main article: The Incredible Hulk (film)

A reboot was released on June 13, 2008. Titled The Incredible Hulk, it was directed by Louis Leterrier. Edward Norton stars in the film as Bruce Banner and Liv Tyler plays Betty Ross. The Hulk is voiced by Lou Ferrigno. Seeking a cure to his condition, Banner returns to the states to contact 'Mr. Blue'- Samuel Sterns-, but is captured by General Ross in the process. However, when Emil Blonsky, one of Ross's soldiers, deliberately has himself treated with Banner's blood so that he can become his own Hulk, Ross is forced to release Banner to defeat the Abomination that Blonsky has become.

The Avengers (2012) and potential future films

Main article: The Avengers (2012 film)

In The Incredible Hulk, Samuel Sterns, played by Tim Blake Nelson, was introduced to set him up as a villain in a future film, where he would become the Leader.[4] Director Louis Leterrier said he made that film's final shot of Bruce Banner ambiguous, so that if there is not a sequel, the shot would instead indicate that in the scheduled 2012 feature The Avengers, the Hulk becomes a menace.[5] In addition, Edward Norton has said that the story was meant to be visioned in multiple parts.[6] In July 2010, HitFix reported that Edward Norton would not be returning as Bruce Banner in the film, and the studio would cast an unknown to play Bruce Banner.[7] On July 23, 2010 Marvel announced that actor Mark Ruffalo would replace Norton as Bruce Banner in The Avengers,[8] directed by Joss Whedon. The film is also set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, therefore sharing continuity with The Incredible Hulk. In the film, Bruce Banner has avoided having a Hulk incident for a year, and is selected by Nick Fury to trace the Tesseract which is the possession of the Asgardian god Loki, while his Hulk persona is useful to team-mates Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow and Hawkeye in the final battle sequence. Ruffalo was praised universally for his performance and is set to star in a Hulk sequel for 2015.

Animated

Ultimate Avengers

Main article: Ultimate Avengers

The Hulk appears in the 2006 direct-to-DVD animated feature Ultimate Avengers, based on the comic book The Ultimates. He also appeared in Ultimate Avengers 2. In both films, Bruce Banner was voiced by Michael Massee and the Hulk was voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Next Avengers

Main article: Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

He appears on the movie, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow with Dr. Bruce Banner voiced by Ken Kramer and Hulk voiced by Fred Tatasciore. Hulk is one of the few heroes to survive, others are Thor, Betty Ross and Iron Man. He helps the newly-formed Avengers. He spent years in exile in the desert. He plays a big part in the rebellion and (ironically) he defeated all the enemies.

Hulk Vs.

Main article: Hulk Vs

Fred Tatasciore voices Hulk in Hulk Vs while Bruce Banner is voiced by Bryce Johnson.[9] It will consist of two comic adaptations: Hulk vs. Thor and Hulk vs. Wolverine.[10] In "Hulk Vs. Wolverine", Department H sends Wolverine to fight the Hulk. It later turns out that Weapon X had attacked the Hulk in a plan to turn him into a weapon that they will control. In "Hulk Vs. Thor", Loki teleports Hulk to Asgard and separates Bruce Banner from Hulk in a plan to take over Asgard.

Planet Hulk

Main article: Planet Hulk (film)

Hulk again features a leading role in the animated film Planet Hulk voiced by Rick D. Wasserman. It was released in February 2010.[11]

Syndicated comic strip

The Hulk also appeared in his own syndicated newspaper strip, which debuted on October 30, 1978 and ran until September 5, 1982. Initially credited to Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, this strip modeled its version of the character after the television series airing at the time; with Banner's first name being given as "David", the McGee character, and a "wandering man" format. Although the depiction of the Hulk matched the comic books in terms of visual design, he did not speak dialog which is akin to the television version of the character.[12]

Episode guide for the syndicated comic strip

Episode Fan Title Start Date End Date
01 To Clone a Hulk 1978-10-30 1978-12-18
02 Rage and Revenge 1978-12-19 1979-02-25
03 The Mechanical Hulk 1979-02-26 1979-05-13
04 Jailbreak! 1979-05-14 1979-06-24
05 The Union Election 1979-06-25 1979-09-30
06 The Secret of the Hulk 1979-10-01 1979-12-09
07 The Big Top 1979-12-10 1980-02-25
08 Blind Compassion 1980-02-26 1980-05-18
09 Murdock Mountain 1980-05-19 1980-08-03
10 The Champ 1980-08-04 1980-11-09
11 Amnesia 1980-11-10 1981-02-15
12 Controlling the Beast 1981-02-16 1981-05-31
13 The Gangsters 1981-06-01 1981-09-14
14 The Alien 1981-09-15 1981-11-30
15 The Werewolf 1981-12-01 1982-02-22
16 Mona, Charity & Liz 1982-02-23 1982-05-16
17 Eric Kane the Conqueror 1982-05-17 1982-08-22
18 Kitty and Pop Huston 1982-08-23 1982-09-05
19 The Human Cobra & Mr. Hyde unpublished unpublished

Novels

Pocket Books published two mass market paperback novels starring the Hulk, in 1978 and 1979.[13] Sulk, a character from one of the Moron Comics series, The Incredible Sulk, is a parody of the Hulk.

Video games

The Incredible Hulk appears in video games for many different systems, including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Sega Genesis, SNES, Sega Master System, Game Gear, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, and personal computer.

  • The Hulk has a cameo in the Fantastic Four video game for the PS and Sega Saturn as a boss.
  • The Hulk is the main character in the Hulk video game with Bruce Banner voiced by Eric Bana and Hulk voiced by Graig Robertson.
  • In the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, Spider-Man makes a reference to the Hulk in his fight with the Green Goblin by saying that Green Goblin is "impressive" but not "Hulk-impressive".
  • The Hulk makes an appearance in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance as Bruce Banner (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes in the Xbox versions, and Arin Hanson in the PS3 and Wii versions). He was seen working on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s gamma bomb project on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Omega Base at the time when the Masters of Evil attack. There is special dialogue between Bruce Banner and Mister Fantastic. Hulk is seen in a cutscene amongst the heroes who were defeated by Doctor Doom. The Hulk later became available as a downloadble character in the Xbox 360 version voiced by Peter Lurie. He has his classic appearance, original appearance, Joe Fixit alter-ego appearance, and his Planet Hulk gladiator armor as the other costumes.
  • Hulk appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 voiced by Fred Tatasciore. He can be unlocked by collecting 5 Gamma Regulators. Red Hulk serves as Hulk's alternative costume. His in-game bio states that Mister Fantastic and Iron Man have recently developed gamma regulators that allow Banner some degree of control over the Hulk at the cost of some of his strength, accounting for his presence in the game and his more vulnerable state.
  • Hulk has a cameo in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, where he appears on one of the billboards in 2099. Also, in the Hobgoblin level before the second gliding sequence, you can hear advertisements for Alchemax. One of them says, "Hulk says buy stuff, or Hulk smash!"[citation needed]

Popular culture references

  • On a Saturday Night Live: a season three sketch has John Belushi playing the Hulk when Superman (Bill Murray) and Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) are married and having a dinner party; a 1992 sketch called "Superman's Funeral", where Hulk (portrayed by Chris Farley) is one of the speakers; and a 1994 sketch called "The Incredible Hulk", where Hulk (portrayed by George Foreman) gets bored at a needlessly repetitive sketch.
  • In the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes episode "Tomato from the Black Lagoon" (1990), Chad Finletter sees a man getting angry and impatient while waiting for a plane. The man starts to turn into a green muscular monster as he gets angry.
  • In Dexter's Laboratory, a character named the Infraggable Krunk (voiced by Frank Welker) made a few appearances in season one and shared a segment called "The Justice Friends" (1996) with Major Glory (a parody of Captain America voiced by Rob Paulsen) and Valhallen (a parody of Thor voiced by Tom Kenny). Krunk never appeared on The Powerpuff Girls but he was mentioned in one episode.
  • In an Adventures of Ricardo short (1996), originally seen on MTV's Cartoon Sushi and available on The Animation Show DVD, the title character professes his love of the character, renamed the "Incwedibul Hunk" here due to Ricardo's speech impediment.
  • On MADtv, a season three skit showed a guy (portrayed by Will Sasso) becoming a miniature version of the Hulk (portrayed by Alex Borstein), and a skit in 2004, Bruce Banner (portrayed by Ike Barinholtz) tries to create a serum that will prevent him from becoming the Hulk, unfortunately the serum causes him to turn into a homosexual Hulk (portrayed by Paul Vogt).
  • On the Family Guy: The season one episode "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" (1999), a part in Peter Griffin's obviously made-up story to Lois Griffin has him turning into the Hulk to attack the devilish manager; The end credits for the episode "Wasted Talent" (2000) are run while Joe Harnell's "The Lonely Man" plays in homage to The Incredible Hulk (TV series). The sequence also shows Stewie hitchhiking along the side of the freeway á la David Banner; In the episode "A Fish out of Water" (2001), Peter buys a fishing boat and gives it the name of "S.S. More Powerful Than. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and The Incredible Hulk put it together"; In the episode "Emission Impossible" (2001), Peter asks his sister if he can have her husband's shirts so that he can imitate Hulk ripping his off shirt throughout; And the 2011 episode, "And I'm Joyce Kinney", replaces the regular Family Guy opening with a spoof of the Hulk TV series opening, placing Stewie as David Banner, Peter as the Hulk and Tom Tucker as Jack McGee.
  • In the Scrubs episode, "My Student" (2002), after the medical student assigned to J.D. made numerous mistakes, J.D. gets angry and transforms into the Hulk.
  • In the Simpsons 2008 episode "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes", a Hulk-parody character, called the "Mulk", is shown fighting another ingenious Marvel parody, "The Thung".Homer turns into the Hulk in I Am Furious (Yellow).

It also appeared in Husbands and Knives on a comic book.

  • The Hulk appears in the Robot Chicken episodes "The Deep End" and "Badunkadunk" (2005) voiced by Seth Green.
  • Lil' Bow Wow has a Hulk themed car in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006).
  • The Hulk appears in the South Park trilogy "Imaginationland" (2007).
  • The Hulk appeared in the 2008 spoof film Disaster Movie player by Roland Kickinger.
  • In Rat-Man episode "The Incredible Rat-Man", a man transforms into a Hulk-like creature with blue skin and eyes. The Hulk Aura was seen there. The transformation was similar to that of David Banner transforming into the Hulk. A general (resembling General Thunderbolt Ross) tries to stop him. Hulk fights off the tanks in a way similar to the 2003 film. After Rat-Man stops him, he was shown arrested in prison with an alien, playing cards. It wins with 5 aces. The man's eyes turns blue in anger. The end credits were shown with the "The Lonely Man" being played in the background.
  • In Iron Man 2 (2010), when Nick Fury debriefs Tony Stark, the screen on the right shows the report of the Hulk's attack on Culver University.
  • In Thor (2011), Dr. Erik Selvig declares he once knew a pioneer in gamma radiation until S.H.I.E.L.D. showed up, and he hadn't been heard from since.

Themed products

Hulk-themed products include action figures, clothes, jewelry, video games, cards, pins, posters, cars, games, lunch boxes, toys, a pinball machine,[16] all types of collectibles and even the Incredible Hulk roller coaster at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. The Hulk is also the first special issue figurine in The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.

See Also

References

  1. ^ James Harvey (2008-10-31). ""Hulk: Gamma Corps" Status Confirmed, Update On "The Avengers: Earth's Greatest Heroes"". Marvel Animation Age. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  2. ^ Jenna Busch (2010-02-08). "AVENGERS Animated Assembling w/ Phil Lamarr". Newsarama. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  3. ^ Craig Byrne (2010-10-15). "Is A New Hulk TV Series On The Way? Plus, Other Marvel TV Developments". Avengersite. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  4. ^ Nick de Semlyen (June 2008). "Fight Club". Empire. pp. 66–72.
  5. ^ Shawn Adler (2008-06-13). "Should Hulk Be The Villain In 'The Avengers'? You Decide, Says Hulk Director". MTV. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  6. ^ "Edward Norton Talks "Incredible Hulk"". Total Film. March 7, 2008.
  7. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Edward Norton is not the Hulk in 'The Avengers'... but he'd like to be". Hit Fix. July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  8. ^ "TOLDJA! Marvel & Ruffalo Reach Hulk Deal". Deadline Hollywood. July 23, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
  9. ^ "Marvel Animation Age". Marvel.toonzone.net. 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  10. ^ Watch the First Hulk vs. Wolverine Trailer!, Marvel.com, July 7, 2008
  11. ^ "Release Dates Confirmed For "Planet Hulk," "Thor: Tales Of Asgard" Animated Features". Marvel.toonzone.net. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  12. ^ I Love Comix: The Incredible Hulk
  13. ^ Lovece, Frank. "Still Going Strong", Newsday, June 8, 2008
  14. ^ Lovece, Frank. "Still Going Strong" Newsday, June 8, 2008]
  15. ^ "Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Teaser - Captivate '10". YouTube. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  16. ^ "The Internet Pinball Database Presents Incredible Hulk". Ipdb.org. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
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