View Full Version : What comic book movies have made you more interested in the comic books?
The PhantaZm
02-19-2005, 10:09 PM
Out of the ones I wasn't already very familiar with (pretty much all besides X-men, spidey, punisher) I'd say Daredevil and Constantine are the only ones that really peaked my interest beyond the theatre.
I liked hellboy but not enough to dig deeper. Same with the blade movies.
Spawn and hulk actually put me off to the comics.
Silver Sable
02-19-2005, 11:18 PM
I was never a Blade fan but after seeing the 1st 2 films, I'm thinking about reading the comics of him
Chris Wallace
02-19-2005, 11:41 PM
I started reading up on Blade after the first movie came out. I tried to get into Spawn but just wasn't feeling it.
This will make you laugh; "Batman Returns" put me off Batman but "Forever" got me to start reading him again. :batman:
redlion2
02-20-2005, 12:09 AM
The upcoming FF movie has rekindled my interest in reading comics again.
primemover
02-20-2005, 12:36 AM
Constantine coming out made me buy all of the Hellblazer trades.
Jochimus
02-20-2005, 10:04 AM
Well, I always liked most of the guys who I've seen on screen, the classics - Superman, Batman, Spidey - but The Mask is the only movie that made me wanna check out what the comic was like.
Now if only Son Of The Mask could have that same effect on whatever poor unfortunate soul has it inflicted upon them...
The PhantaZm
02-20-2005, 04:49 PM
Are there even any blade comic books being made anymore?
Chris Wallace
02-20-2005, 08:27 PM
Nope. The last was a "Tomb of Dracula" mini-series that ended last month.
WallCrawl
02-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I liked hellboy but not enough to dig deeper.
That's a shame because the comics are amazing.
For me, the Mask. I didn't know it was based on a comic at first, but hearing that the comic was more mature and violent piqued my interest.
LinHao
02-20-2005, 11:40 PM
For some reason, catwoman made me start reading the catwoman comics, i used to hate reading DC, but now i do
KingOfDreams
02-20-2005, 11:43 PM
Hellboy
Tank Girl
Superhobo
02-23-2005, 09:46 PM
The Crow
The Mask
Constantine
Hellboy
Tank Girl
Chris Wallace
05-17-2006, 04:00 PM
V For Vendetta.
y2jversion1
05-17-2006, 04:03 PM
Constantine - ended up buying all of the Hellblazer novels.
Chris Wallace
05-17-2006, 04:10 PM
Did You Also End Up Enjoying Them? Because In The End, That's What's Important.
y2jversion1
05-17-2006, 04:15 PM
Oh hell yea I enjoyed them..I didn't buy them all at once.. probably 4-5 at a time.
Right now I'm reading "Son of Man", after that I have "Rake at the gates of Hell"
The last one I completed was "All his Engines"
LOL it's funny how I now get the urge to use the words "bollocks" and "sod" in my day-to-day vocabulary..
TheFalcon
05-18-2006, 12:08 PM
I hadn't really read any superhero comics (except the Phantom) but before Batman Begins was released I picked up Year One, TLH and Dark Knight Returns. After that I've been hooked and I've picked up a lot of other superherocomics, but not because of the movies.
The Spider-Man and X-Men movies did get me to start buying their respective Ultimate books though and I'm still reading those. I've also tried out the first two Hellboy trades because I really liked that movie, but they didn't appeal to me as much.
Addendum
05-18-2006, 12:51 PM
When the 89 batman movie came out, I bought the tradeback of The Dark Knight Returns, because in this huge movie book I had about the movie it said that was one of Burton's influences.
I was 11 when I first read it. When I finished it, any enjoyment I once had for the 60's Batman show died that day.
Chris Wallace
05-18-2006, 12:56 PM
I honestly didn't care for DKR; I liked the imagery but not the story. Like you, my introduction to the Dark Knight was Michael Keaton. I don't recall when I lost my interest in Adam West, the Anti-Bat.
Kable24
05-18-2006, 01:23 PM
The Crow - After I saw the movie in theaters, I started picking up the comics and TPB's.
Chris Wallace
05-18-2006, 01:36 PM
I also read "The Hard Goodbye", which came w/my Sin City DVD-before the movie I'd never given any thought to reading any of Sin City.
Chris Wallace
05-18-2006, 01:37 PM
Oh, I forgot TMNT.
Pink Ranger
05-18-2006, 01:47 PM
X-Men, definitely. I didn't read the book for almost 15 years because it was so goddang melodramatic, but Bryan Singer and Grant Morrisson turned me back on to the franchise.
Isildurīs Heir
05-28-2006, 01:51 PM
None
Basically because, either i already know the character, or iīll buy it, the moment the movie is announced, to get into the character before the movie cames out.
Thatīs what happend with me and Hellboy
The Chairman
05-28-2006, 02:07 PM
The Batman movies have gotten me interested in the comics, and after seeing Sin City, I'm thinking of getting into the graphic novels.
The FF movie got me back into reading the old FF comics. I picked up the first three Essential FF books, and they are an incredible blast to read.
It really makes you appreciate the movie even more.
The X-Men movies got me into X-Men. Prior to the movies I had only read some old Jim Lee issues. But now I've started picking up Whedon and Cassiday's Astonishing which is great.:up:
Cinemaman
05-31-2006, 01:19 AM
Superman:The Movie was 1st movie, which had made me to know more about Superman's hystory. I started to read comics about him.
My interest wasn't limited, so after Batman'89 and Batman Returns I started to read also comics about him.
Spidey made me to come back for reading comics. But now I dont read comics about him anymore.
I prefer more Supes, Batman and Flash comics. Also I have interest in Watchmen.
darwinwins
06-03-2006, 02:11 AM
Men in Black.
Orko Is King
06-04-2006, 02:00 AM
I usually try to read the source material before the movie comes out. Por ejemplo, I read the first few Sin City trades before seeing the movie.
CConn
06-04-2006, 07:30 AM
Spider-Man to a degree, and definitely Daredevil.
I got into the Fantastic Four right before the movie came out, so that was partially responsible as well.
Chris Wallace
06-07-2006, 02:22 PM
Men in Black.
Me, too-but only briefly.
Then again, they only briefly printed MIB after that.
I SEE SPIDEY
06-19-2006, 03:34 PM
I started reading Ultimate FF after I watched the movie and I finally started reading (ultimate Spider-man) a Spider-Man comicbook a little while ago.
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