# comic book series you'd like to see get animated **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844 "2005-04-11T19:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/1 "2005-04-11T19:46:04Z")
I have always hoped somebody at Cartoon Network or elsewhere would get the bright idea to adapt “Dr. Strange” as an animated series. The stories and general ‘look’ for the series would be taken from the original, classic Steve Ditko stories. Yeah, I Know, Dr. Strange is not one of Marvel’s more prominent characters, but neither was Aquaman a popular DC character until he got a cartoon of hise own. And just _imagine_ an animated version of Strange’s trip to Dormammu’s realm! IMO, Ditko’s artwork had a particularly fluid style that suggested lots of motion, and the fact that Strange invokes eerie chanting spells (a vocal component that would work better in animated form) makes me think that this would be a natural for cartoon adaptation. There are also a wealth of visually stunning characters that would not fit into a “Spider-Man” or “X-Men” cartoon that would be naturals for a Dr. Strange cartoon - Eternity, the Living Tribunal, Agatha Harkness, Mephisto, etc. Additionally, the series could possibly work in a two- or three-episode story arc per season involving the Defenders – and have the Hulk, Sub-Mariner and Valkyrie guest star. I can’t believe it’s never been done (to my knowledge at any rate.) What other characters or teams do you think’d be fit for animating, but haven’t gotten a shot? ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/2 "2005-04-11T19:53:07Z")
Ambush Bug, dagnabbit! ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/3 "2005-04-11T20:14:01Z")
I’d like to see a Preacher cartoon - though I suspect that Nickelodeon would have some reservations about it. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/4 "2005-04-11T21:22:55Z")
A real _Hellboy_ series done with Mike Mignola’s style would be just the awesomest. I’m excited at the prospect of _Amazing Screw-On Head_, which I’d heard rumored was going to be a series. The J.M. DeMatteis/Shawn McManus version of _Dr. Fate_ would make a cool animated series. It was like a superhero sitcom that wasn’t completely idiotic. And the Andy Helfer/Kyle Baker version of _The Shadow_. Partly because it’d be a neat ongoing adventure series, partly because it’d just be cool to see animation done in Baker’s style. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/5 "2005-04-11T21:24:10Z")
> [@JerH](#): > > I’d like to see a Preacher cartoon - though I suspect that Nickelodeon would have some reservations about it. Hell, SHOWTIME would have some reservations about it. Still, it would be cool. I’d like to see Astro City and Transmetropolitan. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/6 "2005-04-11T21:48:29Z")
FANTASTIC FOUR 1-6. Nuff said! Jeff Smith’s BONE. Frank Miller’s BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS using the SIN CITY movie technique of using all the dialogue and treating the source material artwork as a storyboard. Maybe if they animated LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN we’d wind up with a version I’d actually enjoy. … and while it’d never, ever, ever, ever happen: Alan Moore’s entire MIRACLEMAN run. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/7 "2005-04-11T21:49:55Z")
There’s been no suggestion made so far I wouldn’t watch at least once just to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/8 "2005-04-11T22:26:02Z")
Phil Foglio’s _Girl Genius_ series has Giant Airship Fortresses, Steam-Powered Robot War Machines, Death Rays, et al, all set in a world run by Mad Scientists. And the leading character is babe-a-licious! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/9 "2005-04-11T22:38:22Z")
Mentioned so far that I agree with a lot: Bone Astro City Hellboy A few others I’d like to see: JSA (current series, although the currently in-continuity ‘original’ team would be cool, too). Starman (Based on the Robinson series.) Courtney Crumrin ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/10 "2005-04-11T22:47:52Z")
PLANETARY and especially PLANETARY: NIGHT ON EARTH ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/11 "2005-04-12T02:20:07Z")
_The Ultimates_ might be interesting. Parents groups might not like it, though. (Not that that’s a _bad_ thing…unless you’re trying to sell airtime.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/12 "2005-04-12T02:39:11Z")
The original Lobo mini-series, but not the Lobo seen on the Superman toon from the 90’s. It would definitely have to be on HBO or some such channel. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/13 "2005-04-12T03:53:43Z")
I’d like to see a Legion cartoon, but based more on the Levitz/Giffen eras than the current one. Although with a group that big, they would have to make a kind of core group to have quite a bit and then the others would make occasional appearances (sort of like Justice League Unlimited does). ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/14 "2005-04-12T03:54:51Z")
Elfquest. I’ve been waiting for that one for 20 years now. ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/15 "2005-04-12T04:44:58Z")
while it’d be amazingly complex to do properly, a **Legion of Superheroes** cartoon would be cool, especially if you wrote the thing with enough seasons to eventually segue into the ‘five years later’ period. But the sheer size of the Legion would make it difficult. (it’d be cool if it was set in the same universe as the Batman, Superman and Justice League universe). or… (I’ve said it before) **Alien Legion**. That’d be just so damn cool! With Kevin Conroy (Batman:TAS) doing a nice east-end London accented Jugger Grimrod (Jugger CAN’T have an american accent, please!!!). Isn’t **Hellboy** already in development with a Japanese studio? I thought Studio4°C were working on it (I could have the studio wrong and I don’t have a cite handy). ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/16 "2005-04-12T04:46:59Z")
heh, sorry **Odineye** , I didn’t refresh before posting. Fortunately my LSH post looks like a response to yours. 😃 (I’m such a dork). ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/17 "2005-04-12T05:00:31Z")
Personally, I’d rather see the post-Zero Hour version of the Legion to the pre-ZH. A couple of my favourite characters - XS, Kinetix, Gates - existed only there, and I like the post-ZH versions of Chuck Taine and Tenzil Kem. (Put Emerald Vi in quickly to allow her to have her full range of powers, and possibly using the post-Terrorform version of Sensor (but not Kinetix…poor Kinetix shouldn’t be made into a Terrorform…and she should keep the tail once she gets it!)) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/18 "2005-04-12T05:04:29Z")
Sandman, with Johnny Depp as the inspiration for _Morpheus_. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lodoen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@Jeff\_Lodoen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lodoen)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/19 "2005-04-12T08:00:02Z")
PuzzFundles I’m probably alone in that. Anybody even know what I’m talking about? (I was gonna say Rick Veitch’s “The One”… about as ‘underground’ my comics ever got) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844/20 "2005-04-12T12:09:42Z")
> [@LifeOnWry](#): > > Elfquest. I’ve been waiting for that one for 20 years now. Ever see the horrible designs Nelvanna created for that proposal? :eek: :eek: :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-series-youd-like-to-see-get-animated/298844.md?page=2)