Since the 1960s, the Marvel Comicssuperhero 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.
The Incredible Hulk (1996–1997): Marvel Studios and Saban Entertainment brought Hulk back to animated form, with Neal McDonough voicing Bruce Banner, Lou Ferrigno reprising the role of Hulk 1978-1982 live-action TV series, and Michael Donovan voicing Grey Hulk.[2][3] In 1997, the title changed to The Incredible Hulk and She-Hulk, when She-Hulk was given full-time status; featuring She-Hulk in episodes with Gray Hulk. In the episode "Mind Over Anti-Matter", Bruce turns into a monstrous Dark Hulk when possessed by an evil entity, both voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. The show had all the elements from the comics, from his origin to Bruce's turmoil with being Hulk and his romance with Betty Ross as well as his friendship with Rick Jones (voiced by Luke Perry) who followed Hulk around to help and look out for him while Hulk/Bruce was being hunted by the military led by Betty's father General Thunderbolt Ross, (voiced by John Vernon), with Glenn Talbot helping, but eventually sees the error of his ways and starts to try and do what's right. The series also had Doc Samson in his first animated appearance who helped out Hulk, while at the same time battling him. The series featured Hulk facing off against his archenemy the Leader with his Gamma mutated army including Abomination, Gargoyle, Ogress, and the Gamma Warriors; Hulk also dealt with other villains like Zzzax, Absorbing Man and Doctor Doom.
The Hulk appears in Iron Man: Armored Adventures, again voiced by Mark Gibbon. In the second season episode "Rage of the Hulk", Bruce Banner enlists Iron Man and Howard Stark to help cure his condition, only to be interrupted by the arrival of General Ross, whose modified syphon transforms him into the Grey Hulk. Bruce returns along with several other of Iron Man's allies in the finale "Makulan Invasion" helping Iron Man. Unlike any other incarnation of Hulk, Bruce does not physically transform to become Hulk, instead transforming in a flash of light.
Hulk appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Travis Willingham.[2] This version is portrayed with a much calmer and friendly personality, although his signature rage is still frequently present. In the opening sequence of the first season, Hulk picks up an Infinity Fractal, and is transformed by its power into something different every episode. This feature was later removed for the second season.
2010s
The Hulk appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Fred Tatasciore, while Bruce Banner is again voiced by Gabriel Mann.[4][2] This version is a member of the Avengers whom Bruce willingly allows to have control of their body to battle evil, only relinquishing it once a month.[5]
The Hulk appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, once again voiced by Fred Tatasciore.[2] Additionally, in the episode "Return to the Spider-Verse" Part 3, a Marvel Noir version of Mr. Fixit appears as a rival gang leader to Hammerhead.
The Hulk appears in Avengers Assemble, once again voiced by Fred Tatasciore, while Bruce Banner is voiced by Tatasciore in the first season, Jesse Burch in the third, and Kevin Shinick in the fourth.[2][3]
The Hulk appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., with both him and Bruce Banner voiced by Fred Tatasciore.[2][3] This version is a member of the eponymous team, alongside She-Hulk, Red Hulk, and A-Bomb.
The Hulk appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, once again voiced by Fred Tatasciore, while Bruce Banner is again voiced by Jesse Burch in the second season and Kevin Shinick in the third.[2][3]
The Hulk appears in Marvel Future Avengers, voiced again by Kenichirō Matsuda in Japanese and Fred Tatasciore in English.[2]
The Hulk appears in Spider-Man (2017), again voiced by Fred Tatasciore, while Bruce Banner is again voiced by Kevin Shinick.[10][2][3]
The Hulk appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Climate Conundrum, voiced again by James Blight.[2]
The Hulk appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Loki in Training, voiced again by James Blight.[2]
The Hulk appears in Spidey and His Amazing Friends, voiced primarily by Armen Taylor, while Sami Sharkaway voices him as a child in the episode "Lil Hulk".[11][12] This version possesses a less monstrous appearance and kinder personality.
The Hulk appears in Lego Marvel Avengers: Time Twisted, voiced again by James Blight.[2]
Hulk appeared in the 1978–1982 live actiontelevision 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.[13][2] 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,[14] with eighty-two episodes in five seasons, and later followed by three television films.
The Return of the Incredible Hulk (1977) - Pilot sequel directed by Alan J. Levi (also shown overseas as a feature film); retitled "Death in the Family" as a two-parter in syndication.
Married (1978) - Two-hour season-two premiere episode directed by Kenneth Johnson (theatrically released outside of the United States as Hulk Returns or The Bride of the Incredible Hulk).[13]
The Hulk appears in a self-titled film (2003), portrayed by director Ang Lee via voice and motion capture,[2] while Bruce Banner is portrayed by Eric Bana. This version initially works at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory before being transformed into the Hulk after saving fellow employee Harper from a malfunctioning gammasphere, which combined with his mutations derived from his father's self-experimentation.
A depiction of the Ultimate Marvel version of Hulk has been featured in Ultimate Avengers: The Movie, an animated direct-to-video adaptation of the Ultimates produced by Marvel Entertainment and Lions Gate Films, with Michael Massee voicing Bruce Banner, and Fred Tatasciore voicing the Hulk.[2][3] Based on the Ultimate Hulk, Bruce Banner is working on recreating the super soldier serum. Banner thinking that the serum could help him control the Hulk, and creates a cure with his own blood. After the fight with the Chitauri, the Hulk becomes out of control and is taken down by the Avengers. In the sequel, Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther, Banner (voiced again by Massee) is in a prison cell due to what occurred in the first film. At the end the Hulk (voiced again by Tatasciore) breaks out of the cell and escapes.
An elderly Hulk appears in the alternate universe Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, with Ken Kramer voicing Bruce Banner and Tatasciore reprises the role of the Hulk.[2][3] He has decided to hide and keep away from other people for their own safety. The Young Avengers come up a plan to lure Ultron there so he can cause the Hulk to appear, destroying the robot. This plan worked as Torunn throws Ultron's body into space to prevent him from repairing himself.
Daredevil (2015): A framed newspaper clipping showing an image of the Edward Norton portrayal of the Hulk from The Incredible Hulk, accompanied by the headline "Hulk emerges victorious in destructive uptown battle" appears in the background of Ben Urich's office throughout several episodes of the series' first season.
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.[30][31][32][33][34][35]
Novels
Pocket Books published two mass market paperback solo novels starring the character, The Incredible Hulk: Stalker From the Stars in 1978[36] and The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast in 1979.[37][38] The Hulk has appeared in the following novels:
In the first game, he first appeared as Bruce Banner (voiced by Robin Atkin Downes in most versions and by Arin Hanson in the Wii version) and later appeared as one of Doctor Doom's victim during a raid on Castle Doom with the other superheroes including the X-Men. In-game data shows that Hulk was originally meant to be a playable character in the roster, but rights issues prevented him from being added to the roster prior to release, such as having a special dialogue with Mandarin (while against Ultimo Mark II), Spider-Woman and Doctor Doom. The Hulk later became available as a downloadable character in the Xbox 360 version voiced by Peter Lurie. His alternate costumes are his original grey-skinned look, Joe Fixit, and Gladiator Hulk.
The Hulk returns as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, voiced by Fred Tatasciore. Red Hulk serves as an alternate appearance for The Hulk.
The Hulk is the main character in The Incredible Hulk video game with Edward Norton voicing Bruce Banner and Fred Tatasciore voicing the Hulk.[2][3] Additionally, the Joe Fixit and Gray Hulk incarnations of the character appear as alternate costumes.
The Hulk is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online. He is seen in his standard torn pants attire, his Planet Hulk gladiator attire, Avengers movie attire, and SHIELD attire.
The Hulk is available as downloadable content for the game LittleBigPlanet, as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 4".[41]
The Hulk appeared in the first five virtual pinball games for Pinball FX 2 released by Zen Studios. The four games were a part of the Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles. The games being World War Hulk,[42]The Avengers,[43]Infinity Gauntlet,[44] and (as Nul, Breaker of Worlds) Fear Itself.[45] As well as Avengers: Age of Ultron.[46]
The Hulk is a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance. His alternate costumes include his Planet Hulk and Avengers costumes.
The Hulk is a playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced again by Fred Tatasciore.[47][2]
The Hulk is playable in every Lego Marvel series:
The Hulk is one of the starting playable characters alongside Iron Man, and later Spider-Man in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, with Hulk and Bruce Banner voiced again by Fred Tatasciore.[48]
The Hulk appears in Lego Marvel's Avengers. His voice was provided by a combination of Mark Ruffalo's archive recordings and new recordings by Fred Tatasciore. In a mission held by A-Bomb, the players had to help him get a selfie with Hulk.
The Hulk returns as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, voiced by Gary Martin.[49] The normal and Thor: Ragnarok versions of both Hulk and Bruce Banner are present alongside a Wild West version of Bruce Banner. When the heroes end up on the Sakarar section of Chronopolis, Red King unleashes the World Breakers which consist of Hulk, Red Hulk, Maestro, and Greenskyn Smashtroll on them. The players worked to free Hulk from the mind-control and he later assists in the fight against Kang the Conqueror.
The Hulk's costume was available in Club Penguin during the Avengers edition of the game.
The Hulk is a playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics.
The Hulk is a playable character in Marvel: Contest of Champions. His Joe Fixit form appears as a separate playable character, as well as his Maestro form being a major unplayable character.
The Hulk has many playable versions in Marvel Puzzle Quest, with the latest, in March 2020, being inspired by the incarnation seen in Immortal Hulk.[52]
The Hulk appears in Marvel Future Revolution, with Fred Tatasciore reprising his voice role from various Marvel media.
The Hulk appears as a playable character and a major antagonist in Marvel's Midnight Suns, voiced again by Fred Tatasciore, while Bruce Banner is voiced by William Salyers.[2][3] Due to the gamma energy of the Midnight Sun's magic, Bruce is left unable to transform, leaving him in a state akin to being pent up. Bruce is enthralled shortly afterwards by Lilith, which is being used to replace Faustus. He later breaks through his Hulk block by jumping into the blast of Stark's gamma gun, turning into Smart Hulk.
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.
season 18, episode 8 sketch called "Superman's Funeral", where the Hulk (portrayed by Chris Farley) is one of the speakers.[59]
season 20, episode 9 sketch called "The Incredible Hulk", where the Hulk (portrayed by George Foreman) gets bored at a needlessly repetitive sketch.[60]
season 40, episode 16 sketch called "The Rock Obama", where the Hulk (portrayed by Dwayne Johnson) is called the Rock Obama.[61]
season 44, episode 15 sketch called "The Impossible Hulk", where Dr. Banner (portrayed by Idris Elba) transforms into a raging white woman (portrayed by Cecily Strong) due to a "failed gamma ray experiment" above a Tory Burch.[62]
1990: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes episode – "Tomato from the Black Lagoon", Chad Finletter sees a man getting angry and impatient while waiting for a plane, then the man starts to turn into a green muscular monster as he gets angry.
1991: Taz-Mania – episode "Dr. Wendal and Mr. Taz", Wendal is irradiated in an "Ultra gamma ray testing booth", mistaking it for a tanning booth, causing him to transform into a giant, violent monster whenever he is made upset.
1996: Adventures of Ricardo short – 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
1996: Dexter's Laboratory – a purple-skinned parody of the Hulk named "The Infraggable Krunk" (voiced by Frank Welker) made a few appearances in season one and shared a segment called "The Justice Friends" with Major Glory (a parody of Captain America voiced by Rob Paulsen) and Valhallen (a parody of Thor voiced by Tom Kenny). Additionally, the episode "Hunger Strikes" has Dexter transform into a Hulk-like monster whenever he does not eat vegetables, complete with a parody of the "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry" line.
season 3, episode 17 skit showed a man (portrayed by Will Sasso) becoming a miniature version of the Hulk (portrayed by Alex Borstein), and a
season 9, episode 19 skit has Bruce Banner (portrayed by Ike Barinholtz) attempt to create a serum that will prevent him from becoming the Hulk. The serum, however, backfires and causes him to turn into a homosexual pink colored version of the Hulk (portrayed by Paul C. Vogt).
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 of the place he is supposed to have Stewie's birthday
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"
episode "Emission Impossible" (2001), Peter asks Lois's sister if he can have her husband's shirts so that he can imitate Hulk ripping his shirt off 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
2001 (Dr. Dre album): On the song "Some L.A. Niggas," rapper King T compares the marijuana he smokes to the Hulk, with the line, "Smoke big green, call it Bruce Banner"
2002: Scrubs – episode "My Student", after the medical student assigned to J.D. made numerous mistakes, J.D. gets angry and transforms into the Hulk
2005–13: The character appears in the Robot Chicken episodes: "The Deep End" (2005), "Badunkadunk" (2005), "Two Weeks Without Food" (2009), "Executed by the State" (2012), "Collateral Damage in Gang Turf War" (2012), "Eaten by Cats" (2013)
2010: Castle – episode "Tick, Tick, Tick...", Martha Rodgers (played by Susan Sullivan) watches a video of the pilot episode of The Incredible Hulk, where she plays Dr. Marks
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