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Was the Reeve Superman the first A comic book movie? I can't recall an earlier film that had the kind of budget and star power that Superman had.
Well technically....STAR WARS was, but only because two issues or so of the comic had come out before it opened.

And technically.....BARBARELLA was a comic strip, as far as I know. As was MODESTY BLAISE. And LIL' ABNER.

I suppose you could count BATMAN (1966) as being the groundbreaker, though.