The public fascination with comic book superhero characters
have been exploited by movie production companies for
decades . Hollywood has been generating feature length comic
book movies, movie serials and TV shows to continue to whet
our appitites. But as special effect technology and costume
designs became better and better, Hollywood kicked it up a
notch with feature-length high budget productions.
Superman, the Movie and the 3 sequels started in the 1970s
and the 90s and beyond brought us Batman, The Hulk, the
X-Men and the now infamous Spider-Man, to name a few.

Why all this interest in producing comic book superhero
movies? Big bucks!! The two Spider-Man movies alone have
netted about 800 million dollars apiece in worldwide ticket
sales. Thats not chicken feed. This kind of income could
not be generated without an avid public interest in comic
book movies. So if you feel you are alone in your voracious
passion for your own comic book collection, think again.

And now a new twist has been added. Directors, screenplay
writers, and even actors are writing for, of all things,
comic books now. Big name Hollywood writers are helping to
sell more comics. For example, Joss Whedon, perhaps best
known for building Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has written
stories for Marvel in the series Astonishing X-Men. Back in
the 90s, who would have known that all these fan boys had
been hiding in the Hollywood woodworks standing around for comics
to gain some cultural credibility?

If you havent followed some of the comic news of the last
several decades , Stan "the man" Lee has been fighting his
personal battle with His life long employer, Marvel Comics.
Stan is most likely one of the most well known character
creators in the comic book industry. He has characters like
Batman, Spider-Man and the Hulk credited to his creative
imagination.

Seems Stan had a contractual agreement with Marvel for 10%
of any revenue acquired by Marvel from comic book superhero
movies and TV projects centered on Stan characters. But
apparently the high dollar superstructure of the corporate
mind doesnt want to part with all their income. Now this
is nothing new, but Stan Lee managed to win the first round
for the little guy. The judge presiding over Stans case
agreed that Stan should receive his share of the agreed on
profits.

Now maybe Stan will get his share and maybe he will not .
Sounds like Marvel will be appealing the decision. At any
rate, if there werent big bucks involved in the production
of comic book superhero movies, this case would not have
been such an issue.

I believe the near future is going to bring many more of my
most beloved comic book superheroes to the silver screen. I
have already started my own DVD collection and as more
comic book superheroes get transferred from the screen to
round disc, I will continue to increase the size of my
collection. Do you think a DVD comic book movie collection
will be value as much as a comic book collection in the
future? Probably not, but that wont stop me from building
my collection anyway.

What does the future hold for comic book superhero movies?
It almost seems that we might call the present and near
future the Golden Age of the comic book movie. I spend a
lot of measure researching comic book superheros and creating
new content for my comic book page . Is there a movie in the
planning stages for your favorite comic book superhero? A
frequent visit to my site can inform you as to when you can
expect the next comic book movie. See you there.