Denver Comic Con 2014 Guest Spotlight: Lou Ferrigno

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Finding a superhero on television when I was growing up was nothing short of a rare treat.  In fact, they rarely had legs when it came to television.  There was a short lived version of The Flash years ago and Superman stories came and went since the Man of Steel that everyone wanted to see was on the big screen when Christopher Reeve donned the cape.  

It was nothing like now, with Arrow, Smallville and in a way, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but there was one show growing up that certainly stood out above the rest of the superhero shows that were coming and going back in the day, there was the always awesome The Incredible Hulk.  

The plot of the show was pretty simple, Doctor Bruce Banner was on the run and in search of a cure for the creature that lurked inside him...a 7 foot green monster known only as The Incredible Hulk.  Truth is, you didn't really watch the show for the stuff about Banner, at least I didn't.  I wanted to see the transformation into the Hulk because well...at the time special effects wise it was amazing.  It was just so well done, to see Bill Bixby become this believable massive creature that I often recall doing more good than harm.  

The Hulk was played by a bodybuilder named Lou Ferrigno who looked the part week in and week out and well, Denver Comic Con has announced that he is coming to DCC 2014.  This is another huge guest announcement for DCC if you ask me. Simply because Lou became an instant pop culture icon for his work on the show and the fact that he left a generation in awe of his performance as the Hulk and holy cow...we all get to meet him!  

I tell you, if there is one thing Denver Comic Con continues to do in the three years of its existence...is that they bring our childhood back to life and this announcement is no different.  In a few short weeks I'll have the chance to stand before Lou and shake his hand and thank him for his contribution to the comic book world.  What an incredible moment that will be.  But don't worry...I'll be sure to do it in the most polite manner possible because I don't want to make him angry.  You wouldn't like him when he's angry...

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