Bill Bixby was the heart of the show. While the comic book character was often portrayed as a nerdy scientist, Bixby’s Banner was a rugged, compassionate, and intelligent drifter—very much in the mold of the "Wandering Hero" trope found in Westerns like The Fugitive or Kung Fu . Bixby refused to wear the thick "nerd glasses" initially proposed by the makeup department, grounding the character in a more realistic, handsome leading man aesthetic. His performance captured the tragedy of a man cursed with a monster inside him.
The series was an anthology of sorts, with Banner encountering different social issues in every town. the incredible hulk -1978 tv series-
David’s shirt rips. Flesh turns jade. Muscles swell. The erupts—seven feet of raw, grieving fury. But this Hulk is not mindless. He is wronged . He tears the log roller apart like paper. He lifts Emmett gently (carefully, impossibly) and sets him aside. Then he turns to Victor Hale. Bill Bixby was the heart of the show
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