Hulk in other media

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Adaptations of the Hulk in other media
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Created by Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Original sourceComics published by Marvel Comics
First appearance The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)
Print publications
Novel(s) The Incredible Hulk: Stalker From the Stars (1978)
The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast (1979)
Films and television
Film(s) Hulk (2003)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Television
show(s)
The Marvel Super Heroes (1966)
The Incredible Hulk (1978–82)
The Incredible Hulk (1982–83)
The Incredible Hulk (1996–97)
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013–2015)
Games
Video game(s) The Incredible Hulk (1994)
The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga (1996)
The Incredible Hulk (2003)
Hulk (2003)
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (2005)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Since the 1960s, the Marvel Comics superhero the Hulk has appeared in many types of various media other than the comics, such as animated and live-action TV series, films, books, video games, comic strips, and stage shows.

Contents

Television

Animation

1960s

Hulk as depicted in The Marvel Super Heroes. Hulk Marvel Super Heroes.jpg
Hulk as depicted in The Marvel Super Heroes.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Live-action

1970s

Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner in the 1977 pilot for the Incredible Hulk television series. Bill Bixby David Banner.jpg
Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner in the 1977 pilot for the Incredible Hulk television series.
  • Hulk appeared in the 1978–1982 live action television series, The Incredible Hulk , and its subsequent television films. Created by Universal Studios, it starred Bill Bixby as Dr. David Banner and Lou Ferrigno as Hulk. Furthermore, vocal effects for the Hulk are provided by Ted Cassidy, with Charles Napier replacing him after his death. [14] [3] In this series, David Banner becomes Hulk, is assumed dead and goes on the run while being pursued by tabloid investigative reporter Jack McGee (Jack Colvin) who is bent on proving that the creature exists. The two-hour pilot movie, which established the Hulk's origins, aired on November 4, 1977. The series was originally broadcast by CBS from March 10, 1978 to June 2, 1982, [15] with eighty-two episodes in five seasons, and later followed by three television films.

Bill Bixby / Lou Ferrigno TV films (1977–1990)

Theatrical films

Evolution of the Hulk in film. (L to R): Hulk (2003), The Incredible Hulk (2008), The Avengers (2012) Hulk in film.jpg
Evolution of the Hulk in film. (L to R): Hulk (2003), The Incredible Hulk (2008), The Avengers (2012)

Hulk (2003)

Animation

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Comic strips

Fine arts

Starting with the Pop Art period and on a continuing basis since the 1960s, many comic book characters, including Hulk, have been "appropriated" by multiple visual artists and incorporated into contemporary artwork, most notably by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Dulce Pinzon, Jeff Koons, and others. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]

Novels

Pocket Books published two mass market paperback solo novels starring the character, The Incredible Hulk: Stalker From the Stars in 1978 [37] and The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast in 1979. [38] [39] The Hulk has appeared in the following novels:

TitleAuthorPublisherISBNRelease DateNotes
The Incredible Hulk: Stalker From the StarsLen Wein
Marv Wolfman
Joseph Silva
Pocket Books 0671820842 / 9780671820848 October 1978Pocket Books series (1978–1979) #2
The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast Richard S. Meyers Pocket Books 0671820850 / 9780671820855 March 1979Pocket Books series (1978–1979) #3
The Marvel SuperheroesLen Wein
Marv Wolfman
(editors)
Pocket Books 0671820915 / 9780671820916 August 1979Pocket Books series (1978–1979) #9; short story collection; includes stories featuring the Avengers, Daredevil, the X-Men, and the Hulk
The Hulk and Spider-Man: Murdermoon Paul Kupperberg Pocket Books 067182094X / 9780671820947 October 1979Pocket Books series (1978–1979) #11
The Incredible Hulk: What Savage Beast Peter David Putnam/BPMC (hardback)
Berkley Boulevard/BPMC (paperback)
0756759676 / 9780756759674 (hardback)
1572971355 / 9781572971356 (paperback)
July 1995 (hardback)
July 1996 (paperback)
Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk: Doom's Day Book One: Rampage Danny Fingeroth
Eric Fein
Berkley Boulevard/BPMC 1572971649 / 9781572971646 September 1996First in Doom's Day trilogy; is followed by Spider-Man and Iron Man: Doom's Day Book Two: Sabotage
The Incredible Hulk: Abominations Jason Henderson Berkley Boulevard/BPMC 1572972734 / 9781572972735 July 1997
The Ultimate Hulk Stan Lee
Peter David
(editors)
Berkley Boulevard/BPMC 0425165132 / 9780425165133 October 1998Short story collection
HulkPeter David Del Rey Books 0345459679 / 9780345459671 April 2003Novelization of the 2003 Hulk movie
The Incredible HulkPeter DavidDel Rey Books 0345506995 / 978-0345506993 May 2008Novelization of the 2008 The Incredible Hulk movie

Video games

The Incredible Hulk has appeared in video games for many systems.

Podcasts

An Old Man Logan version of Hulk appears in Marvel's Wastelanders , voiced by Blake Morris in the "Star-Lord" segment and by Danny Burstein in the "Doom" segment.

Live performances

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