The Hulk was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics in 1962, as scientist Bruce Banner who transforms when enraged. The character reached a wider television audience in The Incredible Hulk series from 1978 to 1982, with Bill Bixby as Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk. Roars and transformation sounds from that era became shorthand online for uncontrolled strength, and short clips still circulate in edits, streams and soundboards whenever anger needs to be instantly understood.