# Comic Book Adaptations of Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-adaptations-of-movies/784229 "2017-04-11T12:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-adaptations-of-movies/784229/21 "2017-04-11T23:55:21Z")
There’s an interesting flip to this– There was a recent GI JOE vs. Transformers comic series by Tom Scioli that is absolutely insane and full of love. (It’s like a kid playing with all his toys). They recently put out a “movie adaptation” of the series which is supposed to be a comic version of the movie they’d have made based on this comic. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-adaptations-of-movies/784229/22 "2017-04-11T23:55:36Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > I remember seeing The Alien when it first came out and then later getting a comic book version of the movie. I have that comic book (or graphic novel, if you will, as it’s oversized and perfect bound.) It was what convinced me not to see the movie! The recent comic-book treatment of the Doctor Strange movie was very good: faithful to the movie, but not slavishly so: there’s room for some creativity. Jack Kirby’s treatment of 2001: A Space Odyssey is an odd duck (visually.) [Some scenes are almost photographically faithful to scenes in the movie.](http://images.sequart.org/images/2001-adaptation-page-35-660x861.jpg)[But other scenes are wildly extrapolative.](http://images.sequart.org/images/2001-adaptation-pages-24-25.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-adaptations-of-movies/784229/23 "2017-04-12T01:13:06Z")
When Marvel had the comic rights to _Star Trek_, they started their series in 1980 with an adaptation of _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ across the first three issues, starting original stories in #4. They ended their 18-issue run before _Wrath of Khan_ was released. DC picked up the rights and started their series in 1984. While running original stories for 56 issues plus three annuals, they published film adaptations as specials: _The Search For Spock_, 1984 _The Voyage Home_, 1987 _The Final Frontier_, 1989 _The Undiscovered Country_, 1992 _Star Trek: Generations_, 1994 Then Marvel got he rights back, apparently, because their adaptation of _First Contact_ was published in 1996. Then nothing until IDW, as mentioned above, so I gather nobody thought enough of _Insurrection_ and _Nemesis_ to adapt them. You can (or at one time could) get the [_Star Trek: Movie Comic Book Collection_](http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Movie_Comic_Book_Collection), containing all the above Marvel and DC adaptations, plus DC’s version of the _TNG_ finale “All Good Things…” and Marvel’s entire 18-issue run. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-adaptations-of-movies/784229/24 "2017-04-12T05:03:16Z")
Kim Deitch, the underground artist, did an adaptation of [Eating Raoul](https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Raoul-Kim-Deitch/dp/B001O8VTSY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491972958&sr=1-1&keywords=eating+raoul). I seem to remember it coming out long after the film, but both were 1982. Most comics adaptations seem to be superhero-ey stuff (James Bond, Logan’s Run, Sheena Queen of the Jungle, etc.) but this is about as far from that as I can think of. There were also some great adaptations in the 70s: \*2001: A Space Odyssey \*and _MGM’s Marvelous Wizard of Oz_ come to mind. Marvel did an adaptation of _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle. It had no recognizable cartoon characters (other than those created for the movie), which had to cut into its appeal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-adaptations-of-movies/784229.md?page=1)