 The idea of having Nick Noltes character named "David Banner" and  Eric Banas character named "Bruce Banner" comes from some name  confusion due to the television series starring Bill Bixby and Lou  Ferigno. In the comic books, the character is named Bruce Banner.  However, when the comics were adapted into a television series,  director and developer Kenneth Johnson (as he states in his pilot  episode DVD Commentary released separately from the series DVDs), he  didnt like the name Bruce, so he changed it into David. Marvel  Comics adapted this into their series by releasing the Hulks  profile with his full name as David Bruce Banner (or Bruce David  Banner...it seems to vary over the years).