The relationship of comic books and movies has been beneficial to both for years now. What most people do not realize is this relationship dates back to 1941 with the release of the Adventures of Captain Marvel. This was a production by Republic Pictures with John English and William Witney as the directors.

Since this early time, numerous comic book heroes have made it to the big screen. Other early releases included Batman in 1943, Captain America in 1944 and Congo Bill and Superman 1948. Blackhawk was produced in 1952, but that was it until the 1960’s when this genre started to became popular again.

The biggest explosion of comic book heroes turning to the big screen started in the 1980 and has gained force ever since. In the 1990’s there were three different Batman movies, then incredible Hulk has two , three Teenage Mutant Teenage Turtles but Superman took a break. This was because there was so many starting in 1978, then 1981, 1983, 1987 and then again in 2006.

The amazing Spiderman saw three movies in the 2000’s and Ironman made two. A majority of them became huge blockbusters for their studios and are still being shown regular on cable networks.

There were a few flops, Sheena in 1984 and Josie and the Pussycats in 2001, but that happens. Not every comic book hero is popular enough to spread to the main stream.

The advancements in computer animation that has helped bring to life the incredible Hulk in 2003 then again in 2008 have helped to make the newest films real to life and able to reach the star potential that was only previously possible I the minds of all the comic book lovers over the years.

Because of the latest releases and what is in the planning stages, comic books and movies will have a long life feeding off of each other so the rest of us can be entertained.

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