Life's Like Comic Book Movies

Comic book movies seem set to explode this summer - from Thor, to the Green Lantern to the Green Hornett to X-Men First Class.

I'll admit it, I'm not an avid comic reader...but I love the movies! They're fun, with great characters, fantastic villans, and all in all great adventures. And, then there are also the ones I forget about - that are really dark or about regular people - but those are great too!!!! Comics rock!

So, in honor of comic book movie summer (can't wait for Green Lantern and X-Men!), here are my top five favorite comic book movies:

X-Men. the original from 2000. Watch the trailer below. FYI - The comic X-Men first appeared in 1963 and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. 






The Dark Knight. Watch the trailer below. Although, I do admit to enjoying some of the earlier Batman movies...just not Batman and Robin, which I consider one of the worst movies EVER. FYI - The comic Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.





The Crow. Watch the trailer below. FYI - The comic was first published in 1989 and was created by James O'Barr, who wrote it as a way to deal with the death of his girlfriend.




Ghost World. Watch the trailer below. FYI - The comic was written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes and first published in book form in 1997.




Superman (1978 version). Watch the trailer below. And, I've also liked the TV versions from Lois and Clark to Smallville. FYI - Comic Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1932 and sold to Detective Comics Inc in 1938.



P.S. I've also enjoyed The Iron Man movies, The Hulk, Hellboy, Sin City...see, I can go on and on and on about comic book movies!

For more - check out wikipedia's list of comic book movies!