# First Marvel and DC Movies you saw **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228 "2019-04-29T17:35:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/1 "2019-04-29T17:35:04Z")
What is the first movie you ever saw based in the Marvel Universe, and what is the first move you ever saw based in the DC universe? No animation, please. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/2 "2019-04-29T17:40:41Z")
DC: _Superman vs. the Mole Men_ (TV version) For an actual movie in a theater, it’s be _Superman_ Marvel: _Howard the Duck_. Yeah, that surprised me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/3 "2019-04-29T17:42:34Z")
Based on [these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_Marvel_Comics#Live-action_films) [lists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_DC_Comics#Live-action_films), it would be Howard the Duck and Superman, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/4 "2019-04-29T17:44:10Z")
For Marvel, probably the first Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man”. For DC, the 60’s “Batman” movie with Adam West. On preview, I see “Howard the Duck” mentioned. I’ve tried to forget about that one, but yeah I guess that would also be my first one for Marvel. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/5 "2019-04-29T17:44:35Z")
_Howard The Duck_ _Batman_(1966) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/6 "2019-04-29T17:47:35Z")
Superman II The Punisher (1989) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/7 "2019-04-29T17:49:34Z")
I do remember seeing reruns of the old Superman TV show. The first DC movie I saw was the 1966 Adam West Batman movie. I saw it on TV. For Marvel the first TV movie I saw was the Hulk movie. Surprisingly Howard the Duck is the first real Marvel movie and I did see that when it came out. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/8 "2019-04-29T17:49:34Z")
_Howard the Duck_, and _Superman_ (the Christopher Reeve one). In the theater for both. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/9 "2019-04-29T17:51:04Z")
I think I’ll exclude tv movies-most of them were just extended length pilots for series. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/10 "2019-04-29T18:01:09Z")
Superman and probably X-men. Possibly Blade for Marvel though. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/11 "2019-04-29T18:01:17Z")
I saw parts of the _Batman_ movie serials and the _Superman_ serials from the 1940s. They were done on the cheap, and were pretty unimpressive. I avoided the 1960s _Batman_ movie – I HATED the TV Batman with a passion. I saw various TV shows and TV movies in the 1970s (Spiderman, Wonder Woman as a TV movie before the series), but those have been disqualified. so the 1979 Salkind **Superman** movie and the first **X-men** movie from 2000 would probably be the first “real movie” of each brand that I saw. Actually, you might count the 1982 Schwartzenegger movie **Conan the Barbarian** as the first Marvel movie – Conan had been running as a Marvel comic since 1970, and was undoubtedly a factor in the character’s popularity. But, then again, you might not. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/12 "2019-04-29T18:05:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, you might count the 1982 Schwartzenegger movie **Conan the Barbarian** as the first Marvel movie – Conan had been running as a Marvel comic since 1970, and was undoubtedly a factor in the character’s popularity. But, then again, you might not. I don’t think that Conan was ever considered to be a canonical part of the Marvel universe (then again, I may be mistaken), which’d put me in the “you might not” camp. Similarly, Marvel published Star Wars comic books, but the Star Wars characters and movies aren’t considered to be part of the Marvel universe canon, either. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/13 "2019-04-29T18:07:47Z")
Marvel - X-Men DC - Superman II ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/14 "2019-04-29T18:10:09Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, you might count the 1982 Schwartzenegger movie **Conan the Barbarian** as the first Marvel movie – Conan had been running as a Marvel comic since 1970, and was undoubtedly a factor in the character’s popularity. But, then again, you might not. Let’s stick to non-licensed characters. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/15 "2019-04-29T18:24:51Z")
Superman (possibly the 66 Batman, but not 100% sure) and Blade. ---
**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 29, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/16 "2019-04-29T18:33:38Z")
I probably saw the '66 Batman or at least parts of it on TV, but my first clear memory of a superhero movie in theater is Superman, 1978. If we’re only counting films that had a theatrical release, likely X-Men for Marvel. I can’t remember seeing Blade in theater and I’ve never seen Howard the Duck. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/17 "2019-04-29T18:55:04Z")
DC- The 1978 Christopher Reeve **Superman** Marvel - \*\*Men In Black \*\*. If that doesn’t count, then **Iron Man 2** ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/18 "2019-04-29T18:58:05Z")
DC - Batman Returns Marvel - Either Blade or X-Men. I saw X-Men in theaters, but not Blade. So I’m not sure if I rented Blade before X-men came out. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/19 "2019-04-29T19:02:15Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Superman (possibly the 66 Batman, but not 100% sure) and Blade. This is my exact answer as well. I’m almost 100% sure that Superman was the first superhero movie I’ve ever seen but there’s a chance that Batman was first. Hard to imagine today but Blade came out 20 years after Superman and was the first Marvel movie to “make it” after the Punisher, Captain America, and The Fantastic Four’s troubles. For purposes of this statement, I’m ignoring Howard the Duck. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228/20 "2019-04-29T19:06:00Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Based on [these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_Marvel_Comics#Live-action_films) [lists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_DC_Comics#Live-action_films), it would be Howard the Duck and Superman, respectively. Same. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228.md?page=2)