'the hulk'

There's a "Hulk" movie coming out next summer.

I liked "The Hulk" TV show at the time, though I'd have to agree it wasn't exactly faithful to the character as created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. There were a number of cosmetic changes -- David instead of Bruce, a research physicist instead of a scientist working on nuclear weaponry for the military -- but the biggest flop has to be making Banner the main character instead of the Hulk. That transformed the story from an adventure story into a late-20th-century morality play on the topic of the week, with a dose of "The Fugitive" thrown in.

Still, the show did affect the comic in at least one way. During Peter David's 11-year stint on the comic, he explained the Hulk's invulnerability. He isn't really invulnerable; it's just that he regenerates his body tissues exceedingly fast, particularly when he's angry -- which of course is why the Hulk also gets stronger the madder he is. That was something David Banner discovered in one of the episodes where he actually married the woman guest star of the week before she died.