HELP: Adapted Comic Book Stories/References in Marvel Based Films

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For example, the live-action X-Men films:
X-Men - no direct adaptations. General adaptation of the X-Men world and its characters, no specific story or events (although Logan's sacrifice to save Rogue is taken directly from a comic)

X2: X-Men United - God Loves, Man Kills, with elements of The Phoenix Saga and Wolverine: Weapon X

X-Men: The Last Stand - Dark Phoenix Saga and Gifted

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Wolverine: Weapon X, Wolverine: Origin, and Team X (unsure of the name of the run)

X-Men: First Class - No specific story adapted, a general adaptation of the history between Xavier and Magneto. Was not based off the comic run of the same name

The Wolverine - Wolverine #'s 1-4 Japan story.

Also, the live-action Batman films:
http://gothamalleys.blogspot.com/2011/08/comic-book-references-in-movi es-part-i.html (BATMAN (1989))

http://gothamalleys.blogspot.com/2011/08/comic-book-references-in-movi es-part-ii.html (BATMAN RETURNS)

http://gothamalleys.blogspot.com/2011/08/comic-book-references-in-movi es-part.html (BATMAN FOREVER)

http://gothamalleys.blogspot.com/2011/08/comic-book-references-in-movi es-part-iv.html (BAMTAN FOREVER)

http://gothamalleys.blogspot.com/2011/08/comic-book-references-in-movi es-part-v.html (BATMAN BEGINS)

http://gothamalleys.blogspot.com/2011/08/comic-book-references-in-movi es-part-vi.html (THE DARK KNIGHT)
 
X-Men - The X-Men fight the brotherhood of evil mutants for the first time in a train station in the Lee/Kirby run, just as in the film, don't know the number of the issue though.

X-Men origins Wolverine - Sabretooth attacking Silverfox and Wolverine going to confront him in a bar afterwards is taken directly from Wolverine's first ongoing solo series, issue 10.

there are quite a few in Daredevil...

DD confronting Kingpin in his office is pretty much done like in Born Again, although the outcome is different. Daredevil no.228

Matt getting a message from his girlfriend on his answering machine, telling him he's dumped, is also from Born Again. Daredevil no.227

Elektra being killed by Bullseye is pretty much a panel by panel lift from the Frank Miller comic, don't know the number.

DD completely clearing out Josie's bar in a bar brawl happens in the first part of 'The Kingpin Must Die', the 1st Miller story where DD meets the Kingpin, can't recall the issue number offhand.

Matt waking up in hospital with the bandages over his eyes, adjusting to the blindness with his dad talking to him, well, they pretty much lifted that straight from the mini-series by Frank Miller and John Romita Jnr.

Also, the image of Matt's mother, the nun, kissing his head while he is asleep in hospital, is also taken from this mini-series.

Same with his dad throwing the fight and being killed by gangsters.

and Matt being beaten up by school bullies is also from this story.

All of these moments take plac in issue 1 of the mini-series.

I don't know if or how they did these aspects in the first issues of DD back in the 60s, but you can tell they adapted from the updated version in this mini-series for the film.

DD thinking a guilty man is telling thr truth in court, because his heart never skipped, but then realising he was lying because he has a pacemaker, was taken from the Frank Miller two part story with the Punisher.

edit: I had a look for my DD comics to give you the issue numbers I did not list, but I can't find them at the moment. I don't own the comic where Elektra is killed, but it shows you the panels on the dvd doc.
 
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FF #1 - Not even &^%$#^ close to anything ever done in the comics

FF #2 - VERY roughly based on FF# 48-50 with some of FF #57, 58 (Doom steals Surfer's power).
 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/board/thread/194689745?d=194693427&p=1#194693427

Raimi's Spider-Man films also borrowed a lot from various Spider-Man storylines.

'Spider-Man', in addition to the origin story, borrowed plot elements from several Spider-Man stories of the 60's and 70's, most notably Amazing Spider-Man # 39-40 (Green Goblin kidnaps Spidey and they discover each others identities) and Amazing Spider-Man # 121-122 (the death of Gwen Stacy and the death of the Green Goblin).

'Spider-Man 2' borrowed a panel from the classic Amazing Spider-Man # 50 ('Spider-Man No More') as well as from the famous "If this be my Destiny" story in which Spider-Man survives impossible odds to rescue someone from Doc Ock's secret base (Aunt May in the comics, MJ in the film).

'Spider-Man 3' loosely adapted the whole 'Alien Costume' saga and Venom's origin (though this rendition was largely based on the 90's cartoon's treatment of these storylines), as well as the 70's stories about Harry Osborn's transformation into the second Green Goblin, and the story which featured Harry's death, published in 1993.

The Iron Man films too are quiet faithful to specific comic stories. 'Iron Man' borrowed the updated origin from the 'Extemis' story arc and the original Iron Monger story from the 80's, while 'Iron Man 2' borrowed a bit from the 'Demon in a Bottle' story.
 
The Punisher (2004) borrows heavily from both Welcome Back, Frank and Year One, and various moments from Marvel Preview Presents: The Punisher #2, Marvel Super Action Featuring: The Punisher #1 (specifically Frank Castle going down to Florida to take out the men responsible for his families death), The Punisher War Zone and The Punisher War Journal.

Punisher: War Zone there are a few kill gags taken from the comic.
 
That Gotham Alleys got something wrong in it's Batman Forever references, in Batman 314, it's not Batman who cause Two-Face's coin to fall from the plane, making him jump to his 'death', it was King Faraday who shot the coin, you see the bullet hit the coin in the panel, but they say it was Batman so that it matches to events in BF.

and they missed the ref to the fact that Two-Face murdered Jason Todd's father, Todd wanted personal revenge, but when the opportunity came, he relented, just like Dick in BF.

also, for spider-man1, you could say that the fight between Pete and Flash was inspired by 'the Living Brain' issue, where they have a boxing match, and Pete accidently knocks Flash flying across the room.
 

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