Product Details

• Actors: Paul Soles, Peg Dixon, Gillie Fenwick, Paul Kligman, Max Ferguson
• Directors: Ralph Bakshi, Chuck Harriton
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: January 29, 2002
• Run Time: 44 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005Y77W
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,026 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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There was some amazing, classic animation done for superhero cartoons done as far back as Max & Dave Fleisher's Superman series of the early 1940s (echoes of which can be found in Batman: The Animated Series). Those were done for the big screen; by the mid-1960s, superhero cartoons were being brought to television, and some of Marvel Comics' biggest heroes--Captain America, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Incredible Hulk--were the stars. Unfortunately, television didn't have much in terms of cachet--or production values--at the time, and all four heroes suffer for it.

The Hulk gets short shrift here; the interesting thing about the character has always been twofold: the misunderstood misfit trying to make a quiet life for himself, and the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde duality of the Hulk and his alter ego, Dr. Bruce Banner. On the two episodes here--"The Power of Dr. Banner" and "The Origin of the Hulk"--the animation is minimal and barely serves to capture a single facet of either character's personality. It looks as if only a couple dozen pictures of the main characters were drawn; for the most part, this is a series of stationary illustrations with voiceovers and plenty of narration. --Randy Silver

Product Description
Discover the origin of the Incredible Hulk(TM) in this high-impact animated adventure. In a desperate race against time, Hulk's alter-ego, Bruce Banner, is trying to reverse his curse and return back to his normal self, but his arch-enemies have him on the run. Witness the fantastic transformation of the most powerful being that ever existed as the Incredible Hulk(TM) wages an all-out battle against his attackers and smashes his way to fight another day.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ever-lovin Hulk Is Back!, January 24, 2000

By	Paul Rockingham III (New York ,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Incredible Hulk - Origin of the Hulk / The Power of Doctor Banner [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Shoddy production values notwithstanding, It was a blast seeing these shows for the first time in many years. I too remember well all the Marvel characters that made up The Merry- Marching Marvel Society ( " march along, march along"). I recommend any baby boomer and fan of 60's pop culture to get this and the other videos in this collection. Now if only Fox would create a proper boxed set for these and more videos.. One 90's advantage here : Closed Captioning! I could never fully decipher all the theme song words...however is it not BELTED by gamma rays instead of melted? Enjoy, True Believers!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars hulk ballet: it's not pretty, March 31, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Incredible Hulk - Origin of the Hulk / The Power of Doctor Banner [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The previous reviewer is right. This video is made up of images lifted right out of the comics (Hulk #1 and Tales to Astonish #66)--they literally float across the screen. Hulk's not very graceful, but you can see him here cut an even line. This is proto-animation and not very good. Why get it? You get to see Kirby and Ditko art on tv. Not only that--if you're a Hulk fan you've got to hear to this awesome theme song (UPN's Hulk song "Hulk! Hulk! Hulk! Hulk!" is put to shame.)

Only recommended for die-hard Hulk fans (or Kirby fans).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FOND MEMORIES, March 1, 2006

By	Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

In the mid-1960's, Marvel put most of it's top heroes into limited animation series that used to run...at least what I recall, was every afternoon. Each day a different character was featured: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, and the Submariner. The "animation" used actual panels from the comic art and gave them very limited movement...perhaps and arm swinging or lips moving, etc...While primitive, it gave fans their Marvel heroes with stories from the actual comic books with art by people like Jack Kirby and others. One of the true cheesy loves of these cartoons were the infections theme songs..."Doc Bruce Banner, belted by gamma rays, turn into the Hulk...."Even over 30 years later I still know the words to each of their theme songs. It was great stuff. The ½ hour shows were broken up into 3 six minute segments. Throughout these limited shorts we see the origin of the Hulk and the cast of characters including Betty Ross, Major Talbot, and Gen. Thunderbolt Ross. While the Hulk battled villains such as The Leader and the Abomination, it was Ross and the military who were his main foe in these early cartoons as Ross constantly hunted the Hulk down. The voice acting was always fun, too. It was overly dramatic but that really worked with everything else. These really were like animated comic books. Great fun!