Box Office Hits
Spider-Man
Tobey Maguire donned red and blue tights in the 2002 release of the Marvel Comics classic Spider-Man, which webbed record box office numbers.
Spider-Man first appeared in the comic book Amazing Fantasy in 1962. His television debut was 1967.
Superman
Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 1933.
Christopher Reeve came out of the phone booth as the Man of Steel in a movie version of Superman in 1978.
Three sequels followed and rumors has it a fourth is on its way.
Batman
The Batman comic series has generated both TV and big screen adaptations over the course of the past 50 years.
Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney have all played the Caped Crusader.
Batman debuted in "Detective Comics #27" in 1939.
Box Office Flops
The Punisher
Dolph Lundgren, type-casted as the Russian boxer Drago from "Rocky III," took the role of vigilante No. 1 Frank Castle in "The Punisher."
The Punisher first appeared in "Amazing Spider-Man #129" in 1974, but the character would not have his own comic until the mid-'80s.
The Phantom
Created by Lee Falk as a comic strip in 1936, The Phantom hit celluloid in 1996 to little acclaim or notice.
The film starred Billy Zane, Kristie Swanson and the then-unknown Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Critics said Falk, who died in 1999, was not pleased with the film.
Cult Favorites
Conan the Barbarian
Originally a pulp fiction character from the '20s and '30s, Conan debuted as a Marvel comic book hero in 1970. Arnold Schwarzenegger turned both his name and Conan's into cult classics when "Conan the Barbarian" hit the big screen in 1982. "Conan the Destroyer" followed in 1984.
The Crow
In 1989, James 0'Barr created The Crow in a four-issue limited series that quickly gained cult status.
In 1994, the Crow was brought to life by Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee, who died while making the film.
The sequel, "The Crow: City of Angels," secured a cult following with its release in 1996.

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