Originally published March 31, 2000, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1376
Again, we’re falling into the realm of short-term memory problems, but it suddenly occurs to me (hopefully accurately) that I never followed up on the open request for favorite episodes of the Hulk that I gave to you, the readers.
If you’ll recall, some time back Columbia House video approached me. The reason: They wanted me to oversee the selection of a “Best of” collection for the old Incredible Hulk TV series. Now I’ve seen a number of “Best of” tapes for other TV series and always thought the same thing you probably did: “Gee, I wish they’d asked me.” So I took the opportunity to do exactly that by offering to hear whatever input you folks wanted to offer. The final list was a combination of some Columbia House mandates (such as the pilot), reader input, plus my own preferences. Since the set provides two episodes to a tape, I tried to provide episodes with some sort of thematic link. For instance, I linked “747” with “My Favorite Magician” on the same tape—even though “Magician” wasn’t a large vote-getter—because both of them featured former co-stars of Bill Bixby (Brandon Cruz of The Courtship of Eddie’s Father and Ray Walston from My Favorite Martian. Not to mention that the title itself was a reference to Bixby’s unfortunately short-lived series, The Magician.)
So for all of you who are interested, herewith a list of the “Best of The Incredible Hulk.” I didn’t incorporate every single preference of any one reader, but there was such a consensus on so many of the episodes that, for the most part, I think I did hit a majority of everyone’s wish list.
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