# Which important "fantastic" movies haven't yet been adapted as comic books/graphic novels? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-important-fantastic-movies-havent-yet-been-adapted-as-comic-books-graphic-novels/697216 "2014-09-02T01:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-important-fantastic-movies-havent-yet-been-adapted-as-comic-books-graphic-novels/697216/1 "2014-09-02T01:13:39Z")
When I was a kid, Dell comics, and later Gold Key, used to crank out comic-book adaptations of films, especially science fiction, fantasy, and “spy” films. I’'ve brought this up on this Board before. A few examples are: **20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Swiss Family Robinson The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad Jack the Giant Killer The Mysterious Island The Animal World The Sword and the Dragon** – Yes! The same one they did on MST3K! Santa Claus Conquers the Martians\*\* – Yes! DC comics actually released an adaptation of **Dr. No** (It was a reprint of a British comic’s adaptation, a rare crossing of the Atlantic in the other direction) Years later, Marvel would start adapting films – they did **Golden Voyage of Sinbad** and some James Bond titles, and did a six-issue adaptation of **Star Wars** (and later the sequels). In the 1960s, comics started a practice of adapting movies released long ago in comic book form. The first example I know of was Gold Key’s adaptation of **King Kong**. Marvel did an adaptation of **2001: A Space Odyssey** (with art by Jack Kirby!) and later spun off a comic book series based on it, which didn’t last long. Ther have been adaptations of **Star TRek** movies. **The Rocketeer** started out as a Graphic novel, of course, but there’s been a graphic novel adaptation of the film itself, too. In recent years, various comics companies have been mining movies past for adaptations, and not only for kids. We’ve seen multi-part adaptations of **Forbidden Planet Rocky Horror Picture Show It! The Terror from Beyond Space** What others have been done, and which ones _haven’t_ been done that surprise you? Or that you’d like to see? (I’m not looking for comics based on a movie or TV series, like the DC **Prisoner** series, or the **Steed and Mrs. Peel** series. Nor am I looking for adaptations of the original stories the movies are based on, like Harry Bates’ **Farewell to the Master** (which became _The Day the Earth Stood Still_ in the early 1970s by Marvel. I might be wrong in some of these, but I haven’t seen \*_Metropolis_ Things to Come The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms The Quatermass series \*\* \*_Superman’s Metropolis_ doesn’t count. Nor does the Japanese anime/manga of the same name. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-important-fantastic-movies-havent-yet-been-adapted-as-comic-books-graphic-novels/697216/2 "2014-09-02T22:24:46Z")
Not something that wasn’t adapted, but it’s interesting that one of the earliest Marvel/DC collaborations was an adaptation of the Wizard of Oz.