2007-01-09 12:44:02 · 11 answers · asked by veryold33 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
in the comics, his name is robert bruce banner, he goes by bruce...
on the tv series, his name was david bruce banner, he went by david...
the reason has already been cited... "bruce" was thought to be synonymous with homosexuality... but he should have been called robert in the show instead of david...
2007-01-09 15:16:10 · answer #1 · answered by lisa_mynx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert Bruce Banner
2016-10-01 11:22:43 · answer #2 · answered by axelrod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Ok your last questrion first becasue I do know the answer unequivocably to that one. At the time when Bill Bixby was going to play the Dr Banner part, it was decided to change the name to David because "Bruce" was not considered "macho" enough by the TV powers that be, even though an Olympic athlete had just won like 7 Gold medals. The athletes name was Bruce Jenner. The comic series, as far as I can remember never had a David Banner, but I havent read every issue. Bruce's father in the movie is named David, but I cant find any reference to him in the comics. The powers David Banner had in the movie were in the comics tho; a villian named "absorbing man" had them, but he was not Bruce's father.
2016-04-07 03:22:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the comics, he was Robert Bruce Banner (after the Scottish hero Robert the Bruce). But he didn’t use his first name because it was the same as his despised father, who beat him and his mother. (And led, indirectly, to young Bruce’s rage which later manifested in the gamma-powered multiple personality, the Hulk.)
On TV, it was either David Bruce or Robert David. I think that when the comic company and the TV network negotiate for permission to make TV shows out of comics, they license they permission to adapt the character so it is recognizably a different intellectual property, though similar enough so that the fans can see it is based on the same character. You’d have to ask a lawyer why they do that. It has to do with marketing spin off products, like Spider Man costumes and Superman capes.
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2007-01-10 00:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original Hulk's alter ego was Bruce, but they changed it for the TV series to David Banner for some strange reason. So, in the comics, it's Bruce Banner, but for the TV show it was David.
2007-01-09 13:07:44 · answer #5 · answered by stickymongoose 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the tv show with Bill Bixby, was doctor David Bruce Banner. that's the way he was named in the show comic if memor serves was bruce banner (robert bruce banner in some references ). but I prefer David banner my self. there are many davids out there comic world but there are several bruce charicters most notably Bruce Wayne. so david banner just make him stand out alitte more
2016-03-17 23:28:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hulk (Dr. Robert Bruce Banner), sometimes referred to as The Incredible Hulk, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Hulk first appeared in Incredible Hulk # 1 (May 1962). He has since become one of Marvel Comics' most recognized superhero characters.
David Banner is a rapper from mississippi.
2007-01-09 12:54:15 · answer #7 · answered by Keke 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
bruce banner was the hulk's alter ego
2007-01-09 12:50:39 · answer #8 · answered by ada 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
in the comics he is bruce banner, which is the right one. on tv he was david banner. bill bixby sucks.
2007-01-10 12:26:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sounds weird
2016-08-08 23:34:57 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋