"Hulk" (1966) TV series

Creators:

Jack Kirby
Stan Lee

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The adventures of a nuclear scientist cursed with the tendency to turning into a huge green brute under stress.

Plot Keywords:

Superhero | Marvel Comics | Based On Comic | Incredible Hulk | Character Turns Green

Cast

Paul Soles	...	Dr. Bruce Banner / Rick Jones (voice)
Peg Dixon	...	Betty Ross (voice)
Gillie Fenwick	...	The Leader / Khanga Khan (voice)
Paul Kligman	...	General 'Thunderbolt' Ross (voice)
Max Ferguson	...	The Incredible Hulk (voice)
Bernard Cowan	...	Narrator / Additional Voices (voice)
John Vernon	...	Major Glenn Talbot (voice)

Also Known As:

The Incredible Hulk (UK) (video box title) (USA) (promotional title)

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:PG | USA:TV-G

Company:

Famous Studios

Trivia:

The character referred to as the Gorgon in the televised version of the Hulk's origin story is actually the original Gargoyle. For some reason Stan Lee changed the name for this series, perhaps because another Gargoyle had made his debut just before this series had begun filming.

Quotes:

[theme song]
Singers: Doc Bruce Banner, belted by gamma rays, / Turns into the Hulk.
Female Singer: Ain't he unglamo-rays?
Singers: Wreckin' the town with / The power of a bull.
Female Singer: Ain't no monster, clown. / Who is as lovable?
Singers: As ever-lovin' Hulk! / Hulk! Hulk!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Freakazoid!: The Freakazoid (#2.2)" (1996)

Animated Comic Book

This show was basically early 1960's Hulk comics animated the crudest possible way. Early issues of THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE AVENGERS, and TALES TO ASTONISH were used. The original drawings by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko were taken from the comic and moved around with minimal animation, accompanied by narration. I know it was the 60's, but they could have came up with real animation to add some fluidity to the characters, like some of the other cartoons at the time. Unless you're a huge Hulk fan, or you remember watching this as a kid in the late 60's, you'll be extremely bored by it. The only cool things from this show were the voices (which were brilliantly cast, although the HULK himself was probably the poorest of the bunch) an appearance by Iron Man, Thor and the rest of the Avengers in one episode, seeing the legendary Jack Kirby's art, seeing some old school villains like the Toad Men and the Metal Master, and of course one of the coolest opening theme songs of all time. "Wrecking the town with the power of a bull. Ain't no monster crowned who is as lovable" They don't write theme songs like that anymore.