THE INCREDIBLE BULK

THE INCREDIBLE HULK
CBS 1977-1982

THE INCREDIBLE BULK
MAD #204. March 1979
w: Lou Silverstone
a: Angelo Torres

Based on the comic book, the television show uses the “man on the move” concept used by programs such as The Fugitive, Run For Your Life, Branded, Kung Fu, etc. where the person is either presumed dead on on the lam and encounters different people every week. The beginning of the show (see video link above) tells the story at the beginning of David Banner (Bill Bixby), thought to be dead and accused of a murder while under the influence of his alter ego, is on the run and becomes his alter ego, the Hulk (Lou Ferrigno), when he's angry. While on the run, he tries to control his temper.

In the building are Raj and his mother from What's Happening? (though they lived in a house). MAD decided that since the show was based on a comic book, there would be comics characters throughout the article, like on this page that features Batman and Robin, Andy and Pet from Andy Capp, D.J. and Zonker from Doonesbury. and Snoopy.

The joke in the last panel doesn't quite age well.

I thought the last row of panels was really funny as a kid, and I remember other kids talking about it for months, because what kid doesn't think someone sitting on a toilet is funny?

DON MARTIN LOOKS AT THE HULK
MAD #221, April 1981
w & a: Don Martin

Not of the TV show per se, but obviously done because of it.

Not Brand Ecch was Marvel's self-parody title. Here's their take on their own Hulk character.

THE INEDIBLE BULK
Not Brand Ecch #3, October 1967
w: Gary Friedrich
a: Marie Severin

In the window here is Herman Munster.

Betty Ross was the daughter of the general who pursued the Hulk and she was Bruce Banner's girlfriend.

Yubiwaza was a fighting technique Marvel readers would only know about because it was advertised in Marvel Comics. David Janssen was the lead character from The Fugitive.

THE INCREDIBLE HUNK
Cracked #177, May 1981
a: John Severin

This parody doesn't even try to have anyone look like the actors and characters in the series or comic.

IF GARY COLEMAN PLAYED OTHER PARTS
Cracked #161, August 1979
a: R. McGeddon (John Severin)

We've already established that Cracked would do parodies and mash-ups of everything that was popular with the kids over and over and over.

Crazy did two parodies of the show, probably because they were both comics published by Marvel.

AN INCREDIBLE TALK WITH THE INCREDIBLE HULK
Crazy #32, January 1978
w: Paul Laikin
a: Kent Gamble

They liked to use Richard Nixon even after he long went away.

THE INCREDIBLE HUNK
Crazy #50, May 1979
w: Michael Weiss
a: Kent Gamble

I know the writer of this piece. He tells about his experience seeing his first printed work in high school that I featured on my former blog and he provided examples of Drucker swipes side-by-side. In all fairness to Mr. Gamble, from what I've read cartooning was a phase for him and not his day job.

In the splash panel, there seems to also be a caricature of Don Rickles. I don't know if it's swiped from anything.

I showed this same page on my Carnal Knowledge post last year where I noticed the same caricature of Candice Bergen was used four times on this page right down to her clothing.

The Ernest Borgnine portrait comes from MAD's Willard parody, Charles Bronson from their version of Death Wish, and the pigs from MAD's parody of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Their Bill Bixby seems to be Burt Ward at times.

UPDATE:

from Bananas #48, circa 1981