The Incredible Hulk: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Incredible Hulk Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Metamorphosis
Sep 21, 1979
A rock star who sings for a Kiss-like group becomes suicidal after one of her fans is injured during a concert performance.
Blind Rage
Sep 28, 1979
An accident at a chemical warfare research station causes blindness for both David and a friend.
Brain Child
Oct 5, 1979
A gifted teenager runs away from a scientific institute, and approaches David for help in locating her mother.
The Slam
Oct 19, 1979
David is arrested for vagrancy, and is sent to a prison camp run by a cruel warden. But when the appearance of Jack McGee prevents David from exposing the conditions of the camp to
My Favorite Magician
Oct 26, 1979
David works as the assistant of a magician, only to get mixed up in a situation involving the magician's estranged daughter and an ex-girlfriend with a questionable fiance.
Jake
Nov 2, 1979
As a medic for a rodeo, David discovers that an aging cowboy has a serious health condition that could prove fatal; meanwhile, the cowboy's younger brother is mixed up with a gang
Behind the Wheel
Nov 9, 1979
David becomes a taxi driver for a cab company whose owner is on the verge of losing the business to a greedy loan shark.
Homecoming
Nov 30, 1979
While visiting his sister and father for Thanksgiving, David must help salvage the family farm from a plague and a crooked developer; in addition, he tries to resolve the bitternes
The Snare
Dec 7, 1979
After being invited to a remote island, David becomes the quarry of a psychotic hunter.
Babalao
Dec 14, 1979
In New Orleans, David works for a young physician who tries to convince everyone that a local witch doctor is a con artist.
Captive Night
Dec 21, 1979
While working the night shift at a department store, David and his co-workers end up being held hostage by two brothers who want to rob the place.
Broken Image
Jan 4, 1980
Thanks to look-alike criminal, David becomes a victim of mistaken identity, and is pursued by the police and a vindictive gang. An attempt to leave town is hindered by Jack McGee,
Proof Positive
Jan 11, 1980
A new publisher takes over the National Register, and decides to rid the newspaper of any questionable stories. This new policy affects Jack McGee's search for the Hulk, so McGee i
Sideshow
Jan 25, 1980
David is hired as a stage manager at a carnival, and learns that the sideshow's mind-reader has been blamed for a series of misfortunes.
Long Run Home
Feb 1, 1980
David is befriended by a motorcyclist, who inadvertently gets him mixed up in a gang-related conflict.
Falling Angels
Feb 8, 1980
The orphanage that David is working at has become a crime school, where two orphaned girls are being trained into thievery.
The Lottery
Feb 15, 1980
When David is unable to collect the money he won in a lottery, he sends a friend to collect it for him. But unfortunately, without David's consent, the friend, who is a former con
The Psychic
Feb 22, 1980
A woman with psychic powers identifies David as the Hulk's alter-ego. While the Hulk is a suspect in the slaying of a teenager, the woman predicts that Jack McGee will be murdered
A Rock and a Hard Place
Feb 29, 1980
In Atlantic City, FBI agents catch David with contraband shipments belonging to a gang of thieves, and insist that he be an informant until the gang is apprehended. David has no ch
Deathmask
Mar 14, 1980
A serial killer is stalking the college where David is working; then a misunderstanding leads to David's arrest. And while he figures out the real identity of the killer, the towns
Equinox
Mar 21, 1980
While working at a private island owned by a spoiled heiress, David is asked to join a masquerade party which Jack McGee attends uninvited. Meanwhile, someone is out to kill the he
Nine Hours
Apr 4, 1980
To save the lives of a reformed gangster and a kidnapped boy, David turns to an alcoholic ex-policeman for help.
On the Line
Apr 11, 1980
David becomes an arson suspect, and is drafted to help extinguish a forest fire.