I liked the Bixby/Ferrigno series, but I wouldn't have minded seeing a few more elements from the comics added. For instance, in "Prometheus" it might've been nice if a General Thaddeus Ross had been in charge of the compound. And I would've liked to see at least one episode where David's attempts at a cure allowed him to retain partial intelligence as the Hulk so that Ferrigno could've spoken (although maybe something more articulate than "Hulk smash puny humans").
Conversely, I wish there were a Jack McGee in the comics. I'm surprised they didn't add such a character to the comics while the show was on. Comics generally adjust themselves to be closer to a popular TV or film adaptation while it's around (and sometimes the additions are permanent, like the Daily Planet, Perry, Jimmy, and kryptonite from the radio series, or the Barbara Gordon Batgirl).
Although I guess the problem is redundancy. If you have a general with the whole weight of the US military behind him as the Hulk's relentless pursuer, then a tabloid-journalist Javert seems kind of penny-ante. He'd probably be shut out by military intelligence at every step anyway. Also, isn't the Banner-Hulk connection pretty widely known in the comics, so that there's no real motivation for a series-type pursuit by a reporter? But maybe a comics McGee could've been focused on exposing military excesses in pursuit of the Hulk.