The Incredible Hulk Movie '62 by Dave Goode

Incredible Hulk #1 art by Jack Kirby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like super-heroes as much as any fan-boy.But that doesn't mean I think every comic book flick has to be about men in tights and capes. For instance I think a Challengers of the Unknown movie from the teams purple jumpsuits days would have made a great sci-fi movie. Or a Nick Fury , Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D movie made during the secret agent film cycle of the '60s would have been very cool. And another cool movie made in the 60s would have been an adaptation of The Incredible Hulk No.1 cover dated May 1962.

 

 

 

From the Incredible Hulk #1 Lee & Kirby

 

In the early 60s when Marvel Comics was transitioning from "monster of the month" stories found in titles like Tales to Astonish , Tales of Suspense and Journey to Mystery to super-heroes Stan Lee & Jack Kirby created the Hulk,a Jekyll & Hyde like anti-hero. As the cover blurb for that first issue read " Is he man or monster or is he both?

 

The first story was like so many sci-fi flicks of the period with the monster created by radiation. Think The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) or The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961). And there was the threat of the "Red Menace" that turned up in so many early Marvel comic books.

 

Anthony Perkins

Rereading the story recently I couldn't help but notice that Kirby's pages looked almost like storyboards. This got me to thinking about a Hulk movie made in 1962 starring Anthony Perkins as Bruce Banner , Carolyn Craig as Betty Ross , John Ashley as Rick Jones and Morris Ankrum as General Thunderbolt Ross. As for the Hulk I picture pro wrestling great Richard Afflis a.k.a Dick the Bruiser.

 

Carolyn Craig from House On Haunted Hill

 

Morris Ankrum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dick the Bruiser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Known as the "one-man riot squad " and the " world's most dangerous wrestler " Afflis had been an offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers in the 1950s. It was as a football player that he earned the name the Bruiser. As well as a reputation as being one of the strongest men in the NFL. An avid weightlifting enthusiast since his youth Afflis' steak & potatoes built physique was a perfect match for the early Hulk. He would have been great as a pre-CGI " Gray (soon to be green ) Goliath ".

 

 

Faux movie poster idea by Dave Goode art Vance Capley

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