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COMICS







Christopher Reeve stars in Superman (1978).

Today, comic book movies are ubiquitous. But these comic book superheroes might never have made the move from the page to the screen if it weren't for the success of Richard Donner’s 'Superman: The Movie' (1978).

Matthew Jackson




Fox/Warner Bros.

Burt Ward didn't have anything to fear from villains: The show itself did a pretty good job of nearly killing him.

Jake Rossen








Toptenz

Mistakes happen. Sometimes, like in these mixups, those mistakes end up in print with a distribution in the hundreds of thousands.

Rich Barrett






As the trailers for 'Deadpool' and 'X-Men: Apocalypse' wow audiences at Comic-Con, we're looking back at the 15-year-old franchise that proved that superhero movies didn't have to be hokey.

Roger Cormier