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In this article, someone notes that though many people (say on Family Feud) could name various comic book heroes if asked to do so, how many "have actually read any comics about any of these iconic superheroes? Sure, part of their success is from screen adaptations*, (especially Superman and Batman), but they're still best known as comic book characters through and through, aren't they?"
So someone noted:
Media adaptations of comic book and comic strip heroes often feature animated openings or montage shots of comic books (e.g. the 1980 Flash Gordon film featured shots of the Alex Raymond strips), so that explains this knowledge of the native medium for many of these properties. By contrast, has any Zorro film featured a shot of Zorro's first cover appearance in Argosy All-Story Weekly, a prose magazine?
In this article, someone notes that though many people (say on Family Feud) could name various comic book heroes if asked to do so, how many "have actually read any comics about any of these iconic superheroes? Sure, part of their success is from screen adaptations*, (especially Superman and Batman), but they're still best known as comic book characters through and through, aren't they?"
So someone noted:
So, I tried to think of other examples:
The 1937 Dick Tracy serial featured shots of Chester Gould's artwork
Judge Dredd (1995) featured shots of Judge Dredd comic books
Superman (1978) had shots of Action Comics
Wonder Woman (TV series), at least in its pilot, had an animated opening, with superimposed narration captions
Adam West: cf. Count Karnstein's posts-animated opening, superimposed sound effects, etc.
*Curiously, much merchandise such as greeting cards in convenience stores still depict these properties in their traditional comic book look, instead of designs from recent film adaptations.
