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Mar 27, 2017 even for the most diehard comic book fans, the history of the legion of superheroes can be headacheinducing. Much as we did with last years top 100 comic book villains, ign has pulled together a comprehensive list of the greatest heroes to ever grace the pages of the funny books. Pull out some money, wave it in his face, then laugh. Comic book movies are all the rage these days, obviously and between the upcoming ant man film, the wonder woman revival, and the plethora of superheroes showing up in. Nuke is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published. Aug 01, 2019 the greatest comic book characters in the canon have been debated and argued over for decades. Feb 07, 2020 interesting characters have a set of wants and needs that drive most of their actions. In 2007, the book was made into an animated film that won the jury prize at the 2007 cannes film festival. With that in mind we have compiled a list of the 10 comic book characters that truly deserve to be brought to life in an rrated silver screen adventure. The original characters didnt really catch on with readers until action comics came along in 1938 and introduced superman a character who had been rejected by virtually every newspaper comics syndicate in america and almost every comic book publisher. Tons of good stuff releasing this week, so without hesitation, lets jump right in. Take this quiz and find out which comic book character you are from the marvel or dc comics universe.
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