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With the success of the X-Men and Spider-Man franchises, it seems that each second Marvel Comics superhero has a film in planning stages. However, Marvel’s other superhero teams have a slight hurdle: they percentage their names with another popular Hollywood subject: fondly-remembered TV shows. Let’s tell them apart…
THE AVENGERS
On television: Quirky series from the sixties, in which the terribly British John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and respective offsiders, including Cathy Gale (Honore Blackman) and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg), battled respective sci-fi goofballs. Best villains: the Cybernauts, a bunch of homicidal robots.
In the comics: Superhero group, published since the sixties, most often led by the proudly American Captain America. Every Marvel superhero save the X-Men seems to have been an Avenger at a good deal of time. Best villain: Ultron, a homicidal robot.
Prospects: The comic book was spun off into a standard animated TV series, but since the amazing 1998 movie (based on the TV show), the name “Avengers” is in all probability box-office poison.
THE DEFENDERS
On television: Riveting 1960s courtroom drama, featuring a father-son defence team.
In the comics: Riveting 1970s and 1980s superhero comic, featuring a bunch of guys who would hang out together, fighting mainly supernatural bad guys.
Prospects: Some of the comic-book Defenders (including the Hulk and, coming soon, the Sub-Mariner and the Silver Surfer) are already movie heroes. If they are successful, a team-up is the logical next step.
THE INVADERS
On television: Maximum paranoia, ’60s style. David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) had to run away from aliens who wanted to take over the world, dissembled as humans, while attempting to warn a disbelieving Earth population.
In the comics: Marvel’s greatest heroes of World War II – namely Captain America, the Sub-Mariner and the primary Human Torch. While they were all general back in the 1940s, they only worked together in a nostalgic series, introductory published in the seventies.
Prospects: How with regards to a crossover? Aliens invade Earth and battle superheroes for the duration of World War II? Hey, it could work!
THE CHAMPIONS
On television: Silly (but fun) British superhero series of the sixties.
In the comics: Los Angeles-based superhero series of the seventies. One of the original teams to be led by a woman (the Black Widow, a defected Russian spy), along with Ghost Rider, Iceman and others.
Prospects: Neither of them lasted long. If a successful TV series (like The Avengers) or comic book (like Captain America) may bomb at the movies, who’d want to film one of these also-rans?
ALIAS
On television: The adventures of Sydney Bristow, high-school student cum superspy. First shown in 2001; cancelled 2006.
In the comics: The adventures of Jessica Jones, superhero cum detective. First published in 2000; she retired in 2005.
Prospects: Either would make a good starring role for Jennifer Garner. Time to get started!
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By Heather
This is the best toy we’ve bought for our son. It’s been used SO much. Quality is great and my son loves playing with this. Much nicer than any other cape I’ve seen and totally worth the money.
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I bought this as a gift for my 3 year old nephew for Christmas. When we set up a video chat with his family, he was “flying” back and forth in the background while his sister called him “Superman Boy” and “Batman Boy”. She also was wearing it at one point, assuming a good super hero stance. It looks like it will be a lot of fun now that they’re getting snowed in.
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