To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Batman: The Movie, which starred Adam West (Family Guy) as the Caped Crusader and was released by 20th Century Fox in July of 1966, the YouTube channel, Moon Film, has put together a super-cut of 100 comic book movies over the past 50 years.
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The list includes: 1966’s Batman: The Movie, 1978’s Superman, 1979’s Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, 1980’s Flash Gordon, 1981’s Superman II, 1982’s Swamp Thing, 1982’s Conan The Barbarian, 1983’s Superman III, 1984’s Sheena, 1984’s Supergirl, 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1989’s Batman and The Punisher, 1990’s Dick Tracy, 1991’s The Rocketeer, 1992’s Batman Returns, 1994’s The Crow, The Shadow, The Mask, and Timecop, 1995’s Tank Girl, Batman Forever, and Judge Dredd, 1996’s Barb Wire and The Phantom, 1997’s Batman and Robin, Men in Black, and Spawn, 1998’s The Mask of Zorro and Blade, 1999’s Mystery Men, 2000’s X-Men, 2001’s Ghost World and From Hell, 2002’s Blade II, Spider-Man, and Road to Perdition, 2003’s Daredevil, X2: X-Men United, Hulk, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and American Splendor, 2004’s Hellboy, The Punisher, Spider-Man 2, and Catwoman, 2005’s Elektra, Constantine, V for Vendetta, Sin City, Batman Begins, Fantastic Four, and A History of Violence, 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand and Superman Returns, 2007’s Ghost Rider, 300, Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and 30 Days of Night, 2008’s Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Wanted, The Dark Knight , and The Spirit, 2009’s Watchmen and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 2010’s Kick-Ass, Iron Man 2, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Red, 2011’s The Green Hornet, Thor, X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Cowboys & Aliens, 2012’s The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, and Dredd, 2013’s Oblivion, Iron Man 3, Man of Steel, The Wolverine, Snowpiercer, 2 Guns, and Thor: The Dark World, 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Guardians of the Galaxy, 2015’s Kingsman: The Secret Service, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, and Fantastic Four, 2016’s Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Captain America: Civil War.
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