What Was Your First Comic Book Movie?

[Detective Conan]

What was the first comic book movie you ever saw? Batman 89.


Does It Hold Up for you?: Yep. It’s still one of the best Bat-films.

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Batman '66

Yes. Much as I prefer a more serious take on Batman, I'll always have a soft spot for the Adam West version.

 

[Captain Tired]

Batman '89

Does it hold up for me? Does a bear **** in the woods? It holds a timeless, dark fairytale-like quality that transcends the eighties trappings of Prince's (still highly enjoyable) score. I love it.

 

[3rdstone]

Superman at the cinema 1978.

Does is hold up? Hell yes! It's not totally perfect, but wasn't that the first time either. I do like it as much as I did then. Reeve's charismatic performance is a huge part of why it's timeless even with some flaws, and he was still the good thing in the two last.. erm, inferior sequels.

 

[Fincher]

Superman: The Movie, probably (it was a long time ago, so it could have been Superman II)

Not even remotely. I do still like Superman II, though.

 

[Drizzle]

Technically for me it would be Batman Returns on HBO when I was 5. Aside from me covering my eyes at the part where the Penguin bites the guy's nose, I really enjoyed it. However, the first one I saw in a theater was X-Men in 2000. While it looks a bit primitive compared to a lot of superhero films in the past 20 years and hardly the best in the franchise, it's still an important comic book film that partially laid the groundwork for the genre we have today.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

It was either Batman 89 or Superman the Movie, in both cases they were on tape in the 90s.

Do they hold up well today? Absolutely.

 

[Nardz937]

Batman & Robin is the first movie I remember seeing in a theatre. I loved it then and still don't hate it now.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Batman Forever, saw it in theaters at five years old.

Then subsequently I got a Riddler costume for Halloween that year lol.

ETA: But if we’re talking about first superhero movie ever seen, I think it’s Batman Returns.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Batman 89 for me as well followed by Batman Returns. Just re watched both on tv too and yeah they definitely do hold up, especially Batman 89. I love the dark, gothic, dreamlike qualities of those movies and they just don't make them like that anymore which is sad IMO.

 

[Bayne]

Batman 89 would be mine as well. I haven't watched in about a year or so, but I do think it holds up reasonably well. Maybe not as well as I had once thought, but still pretty good.

 

[CJ]

The first Ninja Turtles film back in the 90's.

 

[Mandon Knight]

What was the first comic book movie you ever saw?
Superman in 1978

Does It Hold Up for you?
It was and shall remain my favourite CBM of all time. To me yes, it still stands up. It is perfect, every time I watch it.

 

[Lantern Venom]

What was the first comic book movie you ever saw? Batman 89.


Does It Hold Up for you?: Yep. It’s still one of the best Bat-films.

I can remember seeing Superman: The Movie in its theatrical run. It's been too long for me to remember exactly how I felt about it then, but I remember rewatching it at some point in the '90s and it was a chore. It's become one of the my least favorite CBMs, and the ending is one of the worst that I've seen in any movie, but I'm glad that it happened. It paved the way for other live-action adaptations, and I have to give it props for that.

 

[STARMAN]

Superman. The movie. First saw it as a kid on home video.

I saw it again several years ago. The first half holds up pretty well. The second half sags. But the overall spirit remains true. I appreciate it, warts and all, and can understand it's appeal.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Superman: The Movie.

Still the best portrayal of the character.

 

[Mjolnir Reborn]

Superman: The Movie

I haven't seen it in a long time so I can't give a true opinion of how it holds up today.

 

[Frodo]

I'm not sure which cbm film I saw first since I was probably about 3 and it was the early 80s.

It was probably Superman 1 and 2, and Popeye.

The first cbm I saw in theaters was Supergirl in 1984. Lol.

But my first epic big screen "This is the new religion" type theater experience, was Batman in 1989.

That film was my gateway drug to Batman, comics in general, and Geek culture all together.

You had to have been there back then to truly get what an event and pop culture phenomenon it was.

Today, fans may criticize its lack of fidelity to the comics ,and it is flaws, but back then, the vast majority of the GA didn't care about that stuff, and were just blown away by it.

 

[Batman jr.]

Batman Forever. I still like it more than Batman Returns,which I've only seen once. Why they didn't include the original opening and the giant bat is beyond me.

I wish I still had my BF Panini sticker album.

 

[Drizzle]

Batman Forever. I still like it more than Batman Returns,which I've only seen once. Why they didn't include the original opening and the giant bat is beyond me.

They wanted to make it more family friendly. I believe they were still included in the comic adaptation, which actually made the film seem a little darker than it actually was (I specifically remember there being blood on the circus floor surrounding Robin's dead parents). I read that when I was 7 before I actually saw the movie on video later that year and I was surprised to see that it wasn't scary at all, unlike the Burton movies. The Joker melting the guy with the hand buzzer, stabbing the guy in the neck with a pen, his girlfriend's acid scarred face, and basically any part with the Penguin and his gang were nightmare fuel for me as a kid...but I kept going back for more.

 

[fan4stic]

I'm told it was Batman 89 and we had a tape that I could pick out as a young child, to watch.

I still enjoy it for entertainment value, and find Keaton to give a strong performance in both characters. But I think the movie as a whole isn't strongly written.

 

[Lantern Venom]

But my first epic big screen "This is the new religion" type theater experience, was Batman in 1989.

That film was my gateway drug to Batman, comics in general, and Geek culture all together.

You had to have been there back then to truly get what an event and pop culture phenomenon it was.

Today, fans may criticize its lack of fidelity to the comics ,and it is flaws, but back then, the vast majority of the GA didn't care about that stuff, and were just blown away by it.

When I think about my "first CBM", I think about Batman '89. I had seen many comic book adaptations on film and on TV, but I didn't have a high opinion of any of them. Batman '89 was a different animal. It felt like the first time that anyone tried to take comic book content seriously, and I was able to immerse myself in it the same way that I did when reading comics. Even with its flaws, I still have a soft spot for it.

 

[Batman jr.]

They wanted to make it more family friendly. I believe they were still included in the comic adaptation, which actually made the film seem a little darker than it actually was (I specifically remember there being blood on the circus floor surrounding Robin's dead parents). I read that when I was 7 before I actually saw the movie on video later that year and I was surprised to see that it wasn't scary at all, unlike the Burton movies. The Joker melting the guy with the hand buzzer, stabbing the guy in the neck with a pen, his girlfriend's acid scarred face, and basically any part with the Penguin and his gang were nightmare fuel for me as a kid...but I kept going back for more.

Batman Returns is too much of a Burton film.

 

[MarvelFan]

My first ever comic book movie is from 1998's anime movie, Touch.
It is based on a manga.. about the high school baseball theme anime movie. I love sport manga back when in middle school and high school with titles like Touch and Slam Dunk. It made big impact that makes me love baseball and especially basketball.

My first ever Western comic book movie is 2002's Spider-Man. I am 14 years old at the time when I first watch it on cinema during the Golden Week 2002 along with my basketball club friends from school.
I remember I am really loving the movie, it is one of my precious memory from my school day, and I still love it today. Though its been long since last I see it, so I am not really sure how to rank it in today's quality but definitely Spider-Man is my most precious movie that makes a pathway of me becoming know and love American superheroes (especially Marvel)

 

[Gothamsknight]

Ever seen? Batman Forever. In the cinema? Spider-Man (2002). I was 9 when Spider-Man released so I'm a bit surprised my parents didn't take me to X-Men. I saw Blade on VHS in the late 90s and immediately went out and got some figures haha.