Pilot Error: The Comic Book TV Shows That Never Happened

Last night, we talked a little about Adrianne Palicki, the star of a failed Wonder Woman pilot episode for NBC that generated a lot of buzz before failing completely to connect with audiences or the network and going no further than the pilot stage.Obviously, we’ve had a few of those lately (Locke & Key, Powers, etc.), and so we thought, “How many of those have there been in comics?” Here’s as complete a list as we’ve been able to put together of pilots that were ACTUALLY FILMED, not just planned, and didn’t make it to series, in ROUGH chronological order.And yes, be warned: Many of these are pretty awful.

The Adventures of Superman The Adventures of Superboy The Adventures of Superman Smallville Wonder Woman: Who’s Afraid of Diana Prince? Wonder Woman (1974) Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again Dr. Strange The Incredible Hulk Dr. Strange Dr. Strange Hulk Captain America Spider-Man The Incredible Hulk Return of The Incredible Hulk Trial of The Incredible Hulk Trial… X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men X-Men X-Men Generation X X-Men S.H.I.E.L.D. available on Amazon Welcome to Eltingville The Amazing Screw-On Head Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Global Frequency Transmetropolitan Global Frequency Plastic Man ComicsAlliance Smallville Wonder Woman (2010) Locke & Key