Superhero movie

**Superhero movies** are movies about superheroes. Superhero movies are generally, only always, based on comic books. There were a lot of superhero movies made during World War II. Sometimes superhero movies aren't really about DC and Marvel superhero characters but are independently produced or based on characters from other comic book companies.

This is a list of greatest superhero movies based on superhero comics are DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.) and Marvel Comics (Spider-Man, Hulk, etc.).

## History

_Adventures of Captain Marvel_ was a 1941 black and white movie based on the superhero Captain Marvel from DC Comics.

In 1943, _Batman_ based on the DC Comics character of Batman.

In 1944, there was a serial called _Captain America_ about a superhero called Captain America from Marvel Comics.

In 1948, there was a movie based on the DC Comics character of Superman.

In 1957, there was a television series called _The Adventures of Superman_ based on DC Comics.

In 1966, CBS aired its television series _Batman_ with Adam West and Burt Ward as Batman and Robin.

Also in 1966, Warner Brothers made a movie based on the Batman series.

In 1975, American Broadcasting Company aired its television series _Wonder Woman_, with Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, the television movie _The New Original Wonder Woman_.

In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of television studios filmed made for television movies about Marvel Comics superheroes including Thor and The Incredible Hulk.

In 1978, Warner Brothers made the movie _Superman_ and over the years filmed several sequels to it.

In 1989, they made the movie _Batman_ starring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne and Jack Nicholson as the Joker. Tim Burton and Joel Shulmacher filmed three sequels to it.

Also in 1989, they made the movie _The Punisher_ based on the Marvel Comics antihero of same name starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle/Punisher.

The 1990s saw the introduction of superhero television shows based on DC Comics including _The Flash_ television series.  The 1990s were also when they started to make movies about Blade, a superhero from Marvel Comics.

In 2000, 20th Century Fox filmed the movie _X-Men_, based on Marvel Comics, and made a series of it.

In 2002, Sony Pictures made the movie _Spider-Man_ based on the character of Peter Parker and starring Tobey Maguire with Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin.

In 2003, Universal Pictures made the movie _Hulk_.

Sony also filmed _Spider-Man 2_ in 2004 and _Spider-Man 3_ in 2007.

Pixar filmed the animated movie _The Incredibles_ in 2004 as a parody of superhero movies.

In 2008, Heath Ledger earned the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor when he played the Joker in the movie _The Dark Knight_. He became the first actor ever to win an Oscar for a superhero movie. More recently, the movie _Black Panther_ was nominated for an Oscar but did not win.

Also in 2008, Columbia Pictures made the movie _Hancock_ starring Will Smith as the titular character, an alcoholic, reckless Los Angeles-based superhero.

In 2012, Marvel Studios superhero movie _The Avengers_.

In 2017, the stars of Gal Gadot, Warner Bros. and DC Comics superhero movie _Wonder Woman_.

In 2024, Marvel Studios superhero movie _Deadpool & Wolverine_.