• Air date: 21 Sep '79 23 episodes
      The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel Comics character, the Hulk. The series aired on the CBS television network and starred Bill Bixby as David Banner, Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk, and Jack Colvin as Jack McGee. In the TV series, Dr. David Banner, a widowed physician and scientist, who is presumed dead, travels across America under assumed names, and finds himself in positions where he helps others in need despite his terrible secret: in times of extreme anger, he transforms into a huge, incredibly strong green creature, who has been given the name "The Hulk”. In his travels, Banner earns money by working temporary jobs while searching for a way to control his condition. The series was originally broadcast by CBS from 1978 to 1982, with 82 episodes over five seasons. The two-hour pilot movie, which established the Hulk's origins, aired on November 4, 1977. It was developed and produced by Kenneth Johnson, who also wrote or directed some episodes. After the...
  • List of Episodes (23)
    • 1. Metamorphosis

      21 Sep '79
      A rock star who sings for a Kiss-like group becomes suicidal after one of her fans is injured during a concert performance.
    • 2. Blind Rage

      28 Sep '79
      An accident at a chemical warfare research station causes blindness for both David and a friend.
    • 3. Brain Child

      05 Oct '79
      A gifted teenager runs away from a scientific institute, and approaches David for help in locating her mother.
    • 4. The Slam

      19 Oct '79
      David is arrested for vagrancy, and is sent to a prison camp run by a cruel warden. But when the appearance of Jack McGee prevents David from exposing the conditions of the camp to the press, his fellow inmates turn against him.
    • 5. My Favorite Magician

      26 Oct '79
      David works as the assistant of a magician, only to get mixed up in a situation involving the magician's estranged daughter and an ex-girlfriend with a questionable fiance.
    • 6. Jake

      02 Nov '79
      As a medic for a rodeo, David discovers that an aging cowboy has a serious health condition that could prove fatal; meanwhile, the cowboy's younger brother is mixed up with a gang of cattle thieves.
    • 7. Behind the Wheel

      09 Nov '79
      David becomes a taxi driver for a cab company whose owner is on the verge of losing the business to a greedy loan shark.
    • 8. Homecoming

      30 Nov '79
      While visiting his sister and father for Thanksgiving, David must help salvage the family farm from a plague and a crooked developer; in addition, he tries to resolve the bitterness between himself and his father, whom he blamed for his mother's death many years before.
    • 9. The Snare

      07 Dec '79
      After being invited to a remote island, David becomes the quarry of a psychotic hunter.
    • 10. Babalao

      14 Dec '79
      In New Orleans, David works for a young physician who tries to convince everyone that a local witch doctor is a con artist.
    • 11. Captive Night

      21 Dec '79
      While working the night shift at a department store, David and his co-workers end up being held hostage by two brothers who want to rob the place.
    • 12. Broken Image

      04 Jan '80
      Thanks to look-alike criminal, David becomes a victim of mistaken identity, and is pursued by the police and a vindictive gang. An attempt to leave town is hindered by Jack McGee, who is shocked to discover that David Banner might still be alive!
    • 13. Proof Positive

      11 Jan '80
      A new publisher takes over the National Register, and decides to rid the newspaper of any questionable stories. This new policy affects Jack McGee's search for the Hulk, so McGee is put under pressure to prove that the Hulk is real.
    • 14. Sideshow

      25 Jan '80
      David is hired as a stage manager at a carnival, and learns that the sideshow's mind-reader has been blamed for a series of misfortunes.
    • 15. Long Run Home

      01 Feb '80
      David is befriended by a motorcyclist, who inadvertently gets him mixed up in a gang-related conflict.
    • 16. Falling Angels

      08 Feb '80
      The orphanage that David is working at has become a crime school, where two orphaned girls are being trained into thievery.
    • 17. The Lottery

      15 Feb '80
      When David is unable to collect the money he won in a lottery, he sends a friend to collect it for him. But unfortunately, without David's consent, the friend, who is a former con artist, decides to use the money in a scheme to hopefully earn a larger profit.
    • 18. The Psychic

      22 Feb '80
      A woman with psychic powers identifies David as the Hulk's alter-ego. While the Hulk is a suspect in the slaying of a teenager, the woman predicts that Jack McGee will be murdered by the real killer unless our hero intervenes.
    • 19. A Rock and a Hard Place

      29 Feb '80
      In Atlantic City, FBI agents catch David with contraband shipments belonging to a gang of thieves, and insist that he be an informant until the gang is apprehended. David has no choice but to cooperate with both sides since both are aware of who he is; the FBI agents know that he is David Banner, while the elderly woman, who is one of the thieves, is aware that he becomes the Hulk.
    • 20. Deathmask

      14 Mar '80
      A serial killer is stalking the college where David is working; then a misunderstanding leads to David's arrest. And while he figures out the real identity of the killer, the townspeople form a lynch mob.
    • 21. Equinox

      21 Mar '80
      While working at a private island owned by a spoiled heiress, David is asked to join a masquerade party which Jack McGee attends uninvited. Meanwhile, someone is out to kill the heiress.
    • 22. Nine Hours

      04 Apr '80
      To save the lives of a reformed gangster and a kidnapped boy, David turns to an alcoholic ex-policeman for help.
    • 23. On the Line

      11 Apr '80
      David becomes an arson suspect, and is drafted to help extinguish a forest fire.