HalLane wrote:
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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.
Actually, the Star Wars movie novelization arrived in 1976. However, Star Wars would count for many people as stereotypically "comic book-ish".

http://tvtropes.org/pmwik.../Main.VillainProtagonist

"Now simply replace Darth Vader in there with a supervillain of your choice and Luke with a superhero and you have just gotten an accurate description of surprisingly many stories.
  • No need to "replace": Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker count as "super" already since they have telekinesis. Think you can get that by lifting weights, learning Asian martial arts, running laps, doing situps, reading Soldier of Fortune, etc.? Darth Vader already closely resembles Doctor Doom anyway, exclusive of his telekinesis."