# Anyone seen the Hulk cartoons from 1966? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015 "2018-01-20T03:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/21 "2018-01-21T14:58:20Z")
> [@Arkcon](#): > > I couldn’t miss them as a kid. As soon as my sister’s all important soap on ABC – General Hospital – with Luke and Laura and the Ice Princess storyline was done, I had to change to watch these cartoons. I distinctly remember Tony, reclining, recharging his chest armor from an external power pack, because he needed to – his powered armor also supported his weakened heart. > > I was sucked into all these storylines. Also that cheazy Spider Man cartoon – with the reused animation, he always changed into the Spiderman outfit with his lips moving, even if there was no audio. > > Fun Fact: in the first Iron Man movie with Robert Downy Jr., Rhodes’ ringtone for Tony Stark is the music from this Iron Man cartoon. Or so they tell me, I don’t remember the Iron Man cartoon theme music. “Tony Stark makes you feel He’s a cool exec with a heart of steel…” ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/22 "2018-01-21T15:35:07Z")
I liked these when I was a kid. I think it was Channel 11 from New York (which we got in South Jersey once we got cable) that ran them. I was too young to understand that these were just the old comics with only minimal animation, but I did love those theme songs. (They stuck in my head so much that I recognized the in-joke in the Iron Man movie!) And yes, it is neat to see the old-style artwork from the masters–though when I watched a couple again as an adult, it cracked me up no end to see they’d helpfully put a sign on an old building reading, “OLD BUILDING.” It was around this time that old-school (and I mean OLD-school) Nickelodeon was running a show called Video Comics–just the camera moving from panel to panel while actors read the dialogue. They focused on DC comics, with two editions–one for kiddie comics like Sugar and Spike, and one that focused on superheroes–no Supes, Bats, or Wonder Woman, but plenty of Green Lantern, the Flash, and Adam Strange, a little Swamp Thing, along with lesser-known ones like The Atom or Space Ranger, and some neat one-shot stories. So between the two, I got quite a background in classic comic books at the age of nine or so. Seems the only difference between the two was that Video Comics didn’t even PRETEND to be animated! I remember a couple of cartoons about Captain America’s lost love from the war–they hadn’t even named her as Peggy or Agent 13 as Sharon by that point in the comics, and someone didn’t get the memo that Peggy was American, so for some reason the voice actress gave her a French accent. But as a girly-girl romantic, even at the age of eight or nine, I was captivated by the story and Cap’s longing for the girl in his past. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/23 "2018-01-21T17:38:39Z")
Fun fact: both Iron Man and the Sub-Mariner were voiced by the same guy, Canadian actor John Vernon (who played the Dean in _Animal House_ and the Mayor in _Dirty Harry_. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/24 "2018-01-21T19:13:14Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Used be in syndicated reruns when I was a kid. So confusing when there was an Iron Man story when he was in the 2nd suit (the big all yellow one) instead of the sleek classic red and yellow, brother. The big yellow suit was the original one for about 10 stories in the books. I can’t remember episodes though. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/25 "2018-01-21T20:01:17Z")
I keep checking back, but no one’s found a link… sigh. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/26 "2018-01-21T21:33:02Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > The big yellow suit was the original one for about 10 stories in the books. I can’t remember episodes though. Nope. His original armor was a plain grey color. His second costume was the golden one. > **[Iron Man's armor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man%27s_armor#Armors_of_the_1960s)** > > Iron Man's armor is a fictional powered exoskeleton appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is built and worn by billionaire Tony Stark when he assumes the identity of the superhero Iron Man. The first armor was created in-story by Stark and Ho Yinsen, and was designed by artist Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense No. 39 (March 1963). > In the fictional multiverse, the appearance of Stark's armor has changed over the years. Stark has modified or optimized th... ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/27 "2018-01-21T23:30:48Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Nope. His original armor was a plain grey color. His second costume was the golden one. > > [Iron Man's armor - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man%27s_armor#Armors_of_the_1960s) Wasn’t it just the first story? I never read the strip but it never registered on me that the origin story had a different suit. I never thought the colors on the covers were supposed to be very accurate anyway, there’s always lots of lighting and shadows. I love that the ulitimate 60s design was by steve ditko. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/28 "2018-01-22T02:27:37Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I haven’t seen these in a long time. However, I do remember with the Hulk they altered the premise by having Banner zap himself with a gamma ray gun to turn himself into the Hulk whenever the situation needed somebody with more muscle and then the Hulk would use the ray gun to turn himself back into Banner when the matter was resolved. In the one I saw he only turned into the Hulk at night. He could take care of the Toad Men until the sun went down. If this came straight from a comic it was far inferior to Ol’ Greenskins’ encounter with the Toad Men from the seventies ( “Tell other Ugly-men to leave Hulk and Hulk’s friends alone…or Hulk will crush you like a bug!” ). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/29 "2018-01-22T05:37:07Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Wasn’t it just the first story? I never read the strip but it never registered on me that the origin story had a different suit. I never thought the colors on the covers were supposed to be very accurate anyway, there’s always lots of lighting and shadows. > > I love that the ulitimate 60s design was by steve ditko. Apparently so. The grey suit was in the debut issue, March 1963. He wore the gold suit in the very next issue, April 1963. Tony Stark wanted to look less menacing to the public. I wonder if it was because of the same issue that plagued the Hulk. He was originally grey, but the printer couldn’t deliver a consistent shade of grey, so he turned green. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/30 "2018-01-22T13:00:10Z")
I saw the 1960s Hulk cartoon (along with the Thor and Namor versions). It was extremely limited animation, made on a tight budget. The marching at the end was a reference to the Merry Marvel Marching Society (Issues of Marvel comics sometimes had a little sign hidden on the cover “The MMS wants You!”) [![](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070508151103/marveldatabase/images/b/bb/MMMS-Thing.JPG) ](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070508151103/marveldatabase/images/b/bb/MMMS-Thing.JPG) [http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/593/mmms-badge.jpg](http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/593/mmms-badge.jpg) [![](https://keithroysdon.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mmms-house-ad.jpg) ](https://keithroysdon.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mmms-house-ad.jpg) > **[Merry Marvel Marching Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Marvel_Marching_Society)** > > Merry Marvel Marching Society (often referred to by the abbreviation "M.M.M.S.") was a fan club for Marvel Comics started by Marvel editor Stan Lee and/or Marvel publisher Martin Goodman in 1964. > Following teaser promotion in Marvel comic books cover-dated November 1964, Marvel Comics introduced the company's in-house fan club, the Merry Marvel Marching Society, in its comics cover-dated February 1965, released in the fall 1964. Generally abbreviated as the "M.M.M.S", the club offered readers a... ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/31 "2018-01-22T13:45:58Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I haven’t seen these in a long time. However, I do remember with the Hulk they altered the premise by having Banner zap himself with a gamma ray gun to turn himself into the Hulk whenever the situation needed somebody with more muscle and then the Hulk would use the ray gun to turn himself back into Banner when the matter was resolved. Well, the cartoons didn’t alter the premise, so much as Stan Lee altered the premise. As mentioned, all of the “animation” for those series was taken directly from actual comic book panels. So if you saw it on the screen, it appeared in a comic book at some point. It actually took a surprisingly long time for the comic to settle on the “Banner turns into the Hulk when he gets angry” paradigm. In the first couple of issues, the transformation was triggered by nightfall. Then he was shot into space, where he was hit with radiation from the Van Allen radiation belts, which changed him so that he was the Hulk permanently. But he had to obey any command given to him by Rick Jones (and could even receive those commands telepathically). That lasted maybe a single issue. Then they came up with the gamma gun, so that he could change back and forth whenever he wanted to. Then for awhile, he seemed to transform at random. Finally they settled on the anger thing. It’s kind of funny, because you can see Stan trying all sorts of different approaches, struggling to see what worked best, until he finally settled on the anger thing. I remember those cartoons very well. They were actually my first exposure to most of the Marvel characters. I saw the cartoons long before I ever started buying comic books. To a kid at that time (at least, to _this_ kid), the limited animation wasn’t really all that annoying. I just enjoyed experiencing the stories. If you really want to see these things, there are a ton of them on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/32 "2018-01-22T18:21:30Z")
I saw them. The intro actually angered me a bit because, for some reason, it shows some tanks shooting and the Hulk’s fist crushes them… or rather some kind of cloth on which they apparently were displayed. WTF? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b9u7GjNkp5Y/hqdefault.jpg "The Incredble Hulk Intro (1966)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9u7GjNkp5Y) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/33 "2018-01-22T18:28:03Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XufA8qBDGrM) I think this clip will have all of the themes in it. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/34 "2018-01-22T18:31:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I saw the 1960s Hulk cartoon (along with the Thor and Namor versions). It was extremely limited animation, made on a tight budget. > > The marching at the end was a reference to the Merry Marvel Marching Society (Issues of Marvel comics sometimes had a little sign hidden on the cover “The MMS wants You!”) > > [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/\_\_cb20070508151103/marveldatabase/images/b/bb/MMMS-Thing.JPG](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070508151103/marveldatabase/images/b/bb/MMMS-Thing.JPG) > > [http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/593/mmms-badge.jpg](http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/593/mmms-badge.jpg) > > [keithroysdon: Image](https://keithroysdon.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mmms-house-ad.jpg) > > [Merry Marvel Marching Society - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Marvel_Marching_Society) I joined, and got the record etc. And I still look for my name in the books under new members listed. I must have already seen all the lists by now though. I still have the scratch pad with 10 leaves left or so. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/35 "2018-01-22T23:36:59Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I think this clip will have all of the themes in it. It’s missing the Sub-Mariner, I think. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/36 "2018-01-25T22:40:20Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > The big yellow suit was the original one for about 10 stories in the books. I can’t remember episodes though. It was also the suit he wore when the Avengers first formed. ---
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For a while when I was a kid the five Marvel shows were on after school. One hero per day. I tended to go out of my way for Thor and Iron Man. Everything else was fine if something better wasn’t happening. I am not going to ruin the generally fond memories but looking at them again. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/38 "2018-01-26T00:32:54Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I think this clip will have all of the themes in it. Never heard the Hulk theme or saw the Hulk. They just never ever played them where I lived. We got some Sub-mariner, some Captain America, and a whole lot of Thor. Spider-Man had his own standalone show. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/39 "2018-01-26T02:03:30Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Never heard the Hulk theme or saw the Hulk. They just never ever played them where I lived. We got some Sub-mariner, some Captain America, and a whole lot of Thor. > > Spider-Man had his own standalone show. You have a better memory than me. The Hulk and Cap were the themes I think are the best. Is that just me? Or were those just the ones I saw most? I don’t know. Spider man and FF came on the next September, 1967. Spidey was monumental for me. That and Magical Mystery tour, and learning how to play cards, and Marvelous Land of Oz, the second book in the franchise, (with the boy named tip), were the big things that season. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015/40 "2018-01-26T02:07:37Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > You have a better memory than me. The Hulk and Cap were the themes I think are the best. Is that just me? Or were those just the ones I saw most? I don’t know. > > Spider man and FF came on the next September, 1967. Spidey was monumental for me. That and Magical Mystery tour, and learning how to play cards, and Marvelous Land of Oz, the second book in the franchise, (with the boy named tip), were the big things that season. Yeah, I forgot about the Fantastic Four – I saw those pretty often too. I think they may have had their own separate show, like Spider-Man, either that or they were co-featured with something else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-hulk-cartoons-from-1966/807015.md?page=3)