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Kenneth Johnson and his writers got the concept of Banner and The Hulk more than some of the comic book writers did.

The series went to great pains in episodes like "The Pilot", "The First Parts 1 and 2" and "Dark Side" to show that while The Hulk was a different personality and set of  memories from Banner, he retained everything that was good and compassionate about Banner. Banner was not a dark person, so The Hulk wasn't either.

Kenneth Johnson and his writers got the concept of Banner and The Hulk more than some of the comic book writers did.

The series went to great pains in episodes like "The Pilot", "The First Parts 1 and 2" and "Dark Side" to show that while The Hulk was a different personality and set of  memories from Banner, he retained everything that was good and compassionate about Banner. Banner was not a dark person, so The Hulk wasn't either.

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Exactly. The Hulk was not a killer because Banner was not a killer, as the pilot took great pains to establish. He was essentially Banner’s primal rage, a creature of pure instinct who was driven to deal with whatever stimuli had angered Banner. But, the childlike, curious, compassionate side of the creature was also seen, from time to time, just as with the comic character.

I think a big part of the Hulk’s appeal, like many of the classic Universal monsters before him, is that he’s a sympathetic monster. Misunderstood, brought into a world he never made, and just wanting to be left alone and find peace. Of course, the irony is that if he does find peace, he reverts back to Banner and ceases to exist.

The Hulk from the TV Show is the first one i met. When i read the comicbook, a Len Wein story, i was surprised by the differences, but still enjoyed it a lot.

As for Peter David's version, i enjoyed it, but it wasn't Hulk to me. More like a green Superman that doesn't fly or a green Doc Savage, with some psychoanalytic explanation or pretext.

And Marie's gift for humor was even more extraordinary. Hers is some of the most creative, antic stuff I've ever seen. So much fun!

As a kid, I wanted Marie's Teen Hulk, Chester Weems, to team up with the teenage Benjy Grimm from "Fred and Barney Meet the Thing."

"Thing Ring, Do Your Thing!" meets "Mean Green!"

Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Jack Kirby were obviously Constructionists--they were building the foundations of Marvel--all the heroes and villains of THE FANTASTIC FOUR, SPIDER-MAN, THOR, etc.  As late as the 80's, Frank Miller was a Constructionist when he gave us Elektra, Stick, and the Hand in DAREDEVIL; Simonson was Constructing over in THOR with Beta Ray Bill, Malekith and the Dark Elves, etc.; and Byrne was a Constructionist in FANTASTIC FOUR, giving us new stories based on the original premise, exploring the Negative Zone, explaining Galactus, etc.  These were great runs, but then something faded and I found myself moving to the Independents, and all of those--ROCKETEER, AMERICAN FLAGG, NEXT MEN, HELLBOY, etc. were all new and fascinating--the creators HAD to Construct from the ground up.

And then there are the Deconstructionists.  At DC, these were a lot of the British writers who didn't even like comics and had to find radical ways to make them "relevent" or weird.  Deconstructionists include the Archaeologists who write 20-part "epics" based on coloring mistakes; Deconstructionists kill beloved characters with plenty of story potential left just to get a sales bump and make a name for themselves; they include the "Everything you know is a lie" writers.  Deconstructionists have to comment on, change, reverse, etc. everything that the Constructionists--the actual Builders of Comics--worked hard to establish.

The Grey Hulk/"Banner was abused" period of THE INCREDIBLE HULK was all Deconstructionist.  Everything you know (about Banner and why the Hulk is angry) is a lie, but the grey color of one issue (which was UNMENTIONED in the text/dialogue) becomes a guiding factor of the series for decades!  When Bruce Jones took over as writer in 2001, it was a return to Construction and it made big, good news.

Since CRISIS at DC and about the same amount of time at Marvel (though perhaps not as pervasive), the Big Two have mostly been Deconstructionist, commenting on/revising/destroying things that took decades of hard work to Construct.  (The Marvel movies have been so popular because they are firmly in the Constructionist phase.  Once they start Deconstructing, you will see them start to fail.)

Did John Buscema ever draw the Hulk on a full comic book issue?

After seeing it on that pin up on a post above I got curious. Not that it should surprise me at all, but his green goliath looks...incredible!