For Batman and Robin, there’s The Dark Knight. For 1990’s Captain America, there’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. For Howard The Duck…there’s the best stinger in Marvel cinematic history.
Comic book films have been kicking it around the cinneplex for so long now, most superheroes have had the chance to screw it up, reevaluate, then stage a comeback years later with a film (Punisher: War Zone excluded) that’s light years better. The Hollywood reboot fad isn’t all bad, right? But while most characters have made good with viewers upon their sophomore try, some heroes have sadly never gotten that second shot. With comic book films enjoying their current renaissance of high quality, there hasn’t been a better time for the past’s abominations to stage a comeback. Below, we run through the characters most-worthy of fandom’s reconsideration.
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1) Robin
2) Mr. Freeze
3) Steel
4) Spawn
5) Jonah Hex
