Five Comics To Take the Plunge into TV Land

[Joe Washington]

Name five comic book series that you feel would be better suited as TV shows.

 

[Mistral]

Kammandi
Sandman
Preacher
Martha Washington
The Avengers

 

[Hermiod]

Ms. Marvel.

Obvious Hermiod is obvious.

 

[Bad Bishop]

The Green Hornet did not originate as a comic book, but it has been published as one. I think it would be perfectly viable as a TV series, as it was during the 1960's.

 

[Davros]

Larry Gronick's Cartoon History Of The Universe
Alien Legion
Spider Man
Vapirella
Groo The Wanderer

 

[captcalhoun]

Daredevil
Ultimate Spider-Man
Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD

 

[Jetfire]

Only one...

Astro Freakin' City!

Astro City.

 

[ClayinCA]

Fables (it even comes with its own spin-off, Jack of Fables)
Gotham Central (but only if they're allowed to use Batman, which has always been the sticking point)
Starman
Daredevil
Astro City

 

[Tomato]

I want to add Sleeper. The boys, and preacher would be wild but no studio in their right mind would want to tackle that.

I think the key for comics to transition into TV land, is comics which don't require a lot of CGI and spandex.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

Martha Washington

Wow! Great minds think alike! I've been wanting to see a film or TV version of this character for years, so I agree.

 

[Mistral]

Martha Washington

Wow! Great minds think alike! I've been wanting to see a film or TV version of this character for years, so I agree.

Me too.

 

[Deckard]

Hellblazer

Surprised it hasn't happened before. Seems to me like it could be the perfect example of an episodic supernatural TV show. But maybe British channels haven't been looking for a supernatural horror/drama series.

 

[Mysterion]

Brian Vaughn and Tony Harris' excellent series Ex Machina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(comics) ) about a former super-hero who is elected Mayor of New York City. Would probably work best on HBO or Showtime.

 

[Nick Ryder]

She-Hulk. I mean hey you got a hot looking green chick, she's a lawyer, her clothes rip easily and she's got the silliest rogues gallery ever! Not to mention Marvel films has the rights to the Hulk so they could have Brucey or just the Hulk without Puny Banner show up, they could even have RDJr cameo/guest star as Tony Stark or Iron Man's voice/HUD during an episode or something.

I'd adapt the original Byrne series and a little of the more current one.

I'd keep the fourth wall breaks. That's what makes it kinda fun too.

It'd be like WWE meets Ally McBeal meets the Incredibles meets reality TV

 

[darthraidr]

Brian Vaughn and Tony Harris' excellent series Ex Machina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(comics) ) about a former super-hero who is elected Mayor of New York City. Would probably work best on HBO or Showtime.

Y: The Last Man by Vaughn would also make for some good TV.

 

[Roger Wilco]

The Green Hornet did not originate as a comic book, but it has been published as one. I think it would be perfectly viable as a TV series, as it was during the 1960's.

The Green Hornet is getting another movie, fairly high budget even apparently.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Not only is Green Hornet coming out later this year with Seth Rogen but Kevin Smith has a comic coming out that is derived from his abandoned script. Anyways here are my top five:

Ex Machina
Y The Last Man
The Authority (probably would have to be a HBO series)
Ultimate Spider-Man (despite my own personal opinion that this is what Mark Webb and James Vanderbilt are turning into the new trilogy)
Astro City

 

[Shazam!]

Daredevil
The Punisher
Alias

 

[Jetfire]

Ok, I will add another...

Spawn.

I think Spawn needs another round on TV...as live action, not cartoon.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Five for the broadcast networks

Checkmate
Fables
Gotham Central (with Batman an unseen, off-screen force)
Starman
Supergirl

Five for cable

100 Bullets
Hellblazer
Preacher
Sandman Mystery Theatre
Scalped

Five for animated series

Green Lantern (reportedly in the works as a Bruce Timm series)
Kamandi
Metal Men
Shazam!
Tom Strong