The Rebirth of the Incredible Hulk was reportedly a planned sequel to The Death of the Incredible Hulk. It was set to feature the Hulk being brought back to life, in which the Hulk would have David's mind. As of July 10, 1990, the script was being written by Robert L. McCullough and Gerald DiPego.
The Rebirth of The Incredible Hulk plot[]
Dr. Ronald Pratt and Amy Pratt would bring David Banner back to their lab to try and revive him. Dr. Pratt would find an active gamma blood cell in David's body which would enable him to bring David back to life. After David is resurrected, he finds out he is no longer able to turn into the Hulk which would put his life in peace. David would go to work for the government to prevent accidents like the one that turned him into the Hulk from every happening again. David is then captured by villainous spies who force him to recreate the Hulk experiment to turn their agents into Hulk-like creatures. David creates the Gamma machine and mutates himself. David then has his mind in the Hulk's body. At the end, Hulk will have to smash his new enemies and stop the Villains plans. At one point, The Hulk was going to be underwater pulling a dock behind him as the villains would shoot machine guns at him.
A sequel to The Rebirth of the Incredible Hulk was planned called The Revenge of the Incredible Hulk in which would have featured Iron Man and Doc Samson in the movie as supporting protagonists.
The Revenge of The Incredible Hulk plot[]
David Banner would go to Stark Memorial Hospital, where he would try to study his new "Smart Hulk" Powers. As Banner studies his powers, he meets Doctor Leonard Samson (specially appointed by Tony Stark) who explains that he can help Banner with his "Smart Hulk" powers, and demonstrates with a show of strength. Somehow, there is some kind of espionage that transforms Leonard into Doc Samson, and some sort of theft that causes Tony Stark a.k.a. Iron Man gets involved. Iron Man was actually a robot controlled by Stark in secret using a special helmet. Someone who Banner falls in love with is kidnapped and taken. David Banner, instead of going in for his final treatment, goes AWOL to find this woman and her kidnapper, leaving behind a note that read, in part, that he doesn't want a cure for the Hulk because he now knows it was a gift and not a curse. The film ends with Banner deciding that must remain as is and live his new life as The Incredible Hulk.
Cast[]
- Bill Bixby as Dr. David Bruce Banner
- Lou Ferrigno as The Incredible Hulk
- Tom Selleck as Tony Stark/Iron Man
- Bjorn Borg as Dr. Leonard Samson/Doc Samson
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Trivia[]
The Hulk with David's mind idea was used in 2019's Avengers: Endgame, with Professor Hulk being portrayed by Mark Ruffalo.