Films adapted into comic books
Films which were adapted into the comic book medium; this does not include comic books which were adapted into the film medium (obviously), nor comic books which used similar source material (ie, comic book adaptations of Tod Browning & Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula films are included, comic book adaptations of Stoker's Dracula novel are not), nor comic book prequels & sequels.
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- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsFred MacMurrayNancy OlsonKeenan WynnA college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.Adapted by Dell Comics, 1961.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsEd HarrisMary Elizabeth MastrantonioMichael BiehnA civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.Adapted by Dark Horse, 1989.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohn NevilleEric IdleSarah PolleyAn account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.Adapted by Now Comics, 1989.
- DirectorW.D. RichterStarsPeter WellerJohn LithgowEllen BarkinAdventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.Adapted by Marvel Comics, 1983.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsRoddy McDowallSuzanne PleshetteKarl MaldenAdventurous Bostonian Jack Flagg heads west to join the California gold rush with the hopes of restoring his family fortune, but his dedicated butler Bullwhip Griffin sets out to find Flagg and bring him back home.Adapted by Gold Key, 1967.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsTony RandallEddie HodgesArchie MooreMark Twain's 1851 story about two runaway friends, a fostered white boy and an escaped black slave, who sailed on a raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom and adventure.Adapted by Dell Comics, 1960.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsScott WeingerRobin WilliamsLinda LarkinA kind-hearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.Adapted by Disney Comics, 1992.
- DirectorRobert RossenStarsRichard BurtonFredric MarchClaire BloomThe life and military conquests of Alexander III of Macedon (July 20/21, 356 - June 10/11, 323 B.C.), commonly known as Alexander the Great.Adapted by Dell Comics, 1956.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsKathryn BeaumontEd WynnRichard HaydnAlice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.Adapted by Dell Comics, 1950.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMia WasikowskaJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterNineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.Adapted by Boom!, 2010.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtAfter investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.Adapted by Heavy Metal, 1979.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsSigourney WeaverCharles S. DuttonCharles DanceReturning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.Adapted by Dark Horse, 1992.
- DirectorGraham BakerStarsJames CaanMandy PatinkinTerence StampIn 1988, Earth makes the first contact with an alien civilization. In 1991, these aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after three years of quarantine.Adapted by DC Comics, 1988.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsSigourney WeaverWinona RyderDominique PinonTwo centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.Adapted by Dark Horse, 1997.
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsAndrew GarfieldEmma StoneRhys IfansAfter Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.Adapted by Marvel Comics, 2012.
- DirectorPhil NibbelinkSimon WellsStarsJames StewartJohn CleeseAmy IrvingFievel's family decides to move out to the West, unaware that they are falling into a trap perpetrated by a smooth-talking cat.Adapted by Marvel Comics, 1991.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsTheodore von EltzJohn StormA documentary showcasing the world's many different animal species, both past and present.Adapted by Dell Comics, 1956.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsAileen QuinnAlbert FinneyCarol BurnettA spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.Adapted by Marvel Comics, 1982.
- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsJeff DanielsJulian SandsJohn GoodmanA new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify young Dr. Ross Jennings, who is newly arrived in town with his family.Adapted by Disney Comics, 1990.
- DirectorWolfgang ReithermanStarsPhil HarrisEva GaborSterling HollowayWith the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.Adapted by Gold Key, 1971.
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsBuck JonesTim McCoyRaymond HattonThe Rough Riders are called upon to help save a stagecoach line.Adapted by Fawcett, 1942.
- DirectorDavid HowardStarsGeorge O'BrienLaraine DayCarlyle Moore Jr.This region of Arizona is lawless. Even when the criminal are captured, they are acquitted by the jury or the witness takes a sudden illness. Boone is a hard drinking, shoot up the town cowboy who is trying to get in with the Dutton gang. As yet, he is unsuccessful and his actions cause Lettie to break off their engagement. But Boone is undercover. He is the Captain of the Arizona Rangers - 14 men dedicated to the end of the outlaws. While he saves stages and stops bank robberies, he has not yet been found the secret leader of the gang.Adapted by DC Comics, 1939.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus GilbertWhen Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.Adapted by Dark Horse, 1992.
- DirectorMichael AndersonJohn FarrowStarsDavid NivenCantinflasFinlay CurrieA Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.Adapted by Dell Comics, 1957.
- DirectorAndrew MartonStarsLloyd BridgesShirley EatonBrian KellyThe crew of a five-man submarine travels the world oceans, planting sensors on the ocean floor to warn scientists of any impending earthquakes.Adapted by Dell Comics, 1966.