Why isn't there an iconic Mr. Hyde?

[Chainsawmidget]

Mr. Hyde and his esteemed college Dr, Jekyll are one (two?  is Jekyll and Hyde a plural or a singular?) of the most iconic characters in horror.  While they might not by Dracula, Frankenstein, or the Wolfman levels of famous, they at least factor in with the Phantom of the Opera and Quasimodo as horror iconic. 

Yet stop and picture them.  What do they look like?   
Almost anyone you ask will give you a different answer. 

I'm curious as to the why though.  Why do you think there was never a version that really captured the public's attention and became THE Mr. Hyde?

And while we're on the subject What IS your preferred Mr. Hyde? 

[Svengoolie 3]

Marvel comics had one.
 

[Chainsawmidget]

I'm familiar with Marvel's Mr. Hyde. Sometimes he fought daredevil, sometimes he fought Thor.  He was very inconsistent powerwise. 

[JaseSF]

The Fredic March one...

[Svengoolie 3]

Too bad 'london after midnight' scored this makeup or it would be an iconic hyde.

[Svengoolie 3]

Spencer Tracey's version was the most subtle and understated, and the on most likely to pass for a human being.

[Svengoolie 3]

I'm familiar with Marvel's Mr. Hyde. Sometimes he fought daredevil, sometimes he fought Thor.  He was very inconsistent powerwise. 

All muscle, no skill.

[Chainsawmidget]

Funny that you mention the London after Midnight Vampire, because I have seen a lot of artworks that used his design and called it Mr. Hyde. 

[Ticonderoga 64]

I'll go with this version:

[RCMerchant]

My favorite is the March version as well.
When the Tracy version was made, MGM had bought the rights, and kept the March version from being shown for about 30 years.

[Allhallowsday]

The ICONIC Mr. Hyde is FREDRIC MARCH. 

The SPENCER TRACY Hyde proves that his acting could be QUITE hammy. 

[Svengoolie 3]

The March Hyde stands out in a crowd and would attract immediate hostilty.  The Tracey Hyde looks human enough to pass in a crowd.  Also his Hyde was more of a personality change not a physical transformation.

[Allhallowsday]

The March Hyde stands out in a crowd and would attract immediate hostilty.  The Tracey Hyde looks human enough to pass in a crowd.  Also his Hyde was more of a personality change not a physical transformation.

Yeh, we know.  That version sucks. 

[RCMerchant]

The March Hyde stands out in a crowd and would attract immediate hostilty.  The Tracey Hyde looks human enough to pass in a crowd.  Also his Hyde was more of a personality change not a physical transformation.

Yeh, we know.  That version sucks.  

I can't argue with that. The 31 version was sexier, for one thing. Miriam Hopkins was so much better as the beaten prostitute than Ingrid's distressed dancer. Its like comparing the Chaney Phantom with the Claude Rains Phantom. There's no comparison.
Second is most certainly Barrymore. After those 2- it all became parody.
Though I gotta say- loved Tony Perkins in EDGE OF SANITY (1989)

[Allhallowsday]

The March Hyde stands out in a crowd and would attract immediate hostilty.  The Tracey Hyde looks human enough to pass in a crowd.  Also his Hyde was more of a personality change not a physical transformation.

Yeh, we know.  That version sucks.  

I can't argue with that. The 31 version was sexier, for one thing. Miriam Hopkins was so much better as the beaten prostitute than Ingrid's distressed dancer. Its like comparing the Chaney Phantom with the Claude Rains Phantom. There's no comparison.
Second is most certainly Barrymore. After those 2- it all became parody.
Though I gotta say- loved Tony Perkins in EDGE OF SANITY (1989)

MIRIAM HOPKINS found the only role I know of where I didn't want her to be strangled.   
INGRID BERGMAN is the ONLY reason to even look at the SPENCER TRACY Hyde.  She's a bad girl, and the best thing in the film by far.  The rest is self-conscious soapsuds.