Countdown To Infinity War: 5 Comics We Want To See On Film
- Apr 25, 2018
- 3 min read
Eamon
1. Judge Death Lives
Judge Death, a twisted individual heralding from a universe wherein he and his college have wiped out all life, believing it to be a crime, arrives on Earth. More specifically Megacity One, the stomping grounds of super lawman Judge Dredd. Gaze into the fist of Dredd, and you'll have an interesting time to say the least.
2. Fables
Take the fairy tales of childhood and throw them into a modern day New York with more than a little noir, and you've got Fables. Fantastical creatures and people, everyone from The Big Bad Wolf, now a private investigator, to Cinderella, a femme fatale and secret agent. There's nigh on limitless possibilities in this adult oriented universe of fairy tale creatures.
3. Animosity
Imagine if every animal on the planet suddenly became sentient. Now imagine if every animal on Earth wanted humanity dead. Nightmare scenario. It's Jaws, Grizzly, The Birds and Lake Placid, all rolled into one. Can you say franchise potential anymore?
4. 5 Ronin
Re-imagining some of Marvel's more violent characters, Hulk, Wolverine, Psylocke, Deadpool and The Punisher as masterless samurai in 17th century Japan, 5 Ronin captures both the essence of the characters and the concept of the samurai into something that is at once distinctly, yet also familiar.
5. Daredevil: End Of Days
Daredevil is dead, and Matt Murdock with him. It was public, and it was messy. Now reporter Ben Ulrich seeks the truth, uncovering the past and revealing a possible future as he picks his way through the New York underground, speaking with heroes, villains, and anyone else you can help him find out the meaning behind Murdock's final words.
Chris
1. Civil War
2016's Captain America: Civil War was a film I really enjoyed, but it barely scraped the surface of the depth and complexity of its comic book counterpart. The story arc shaped the entire Marvel Universe, with multiple notable deaths and permanent changes to alliances and rivalries. It also had enormous battles, with dozens of heroes as opposed to the film's (admittedly entertaining) 6-per-side airport fight. To see a superhero civil war film, with potentially hundreds of established super and non-super characters, would be a sight to behold.
2. Superior Spider-Man
In Amazing Spider-Man #700, Doctor Octopus' body died, with Peter Parker's consciousness trapped inside it. But Otto Octavius, in Peter's body, had a realisation about what motivated Spider-Man, and vowed to be a better Spider-Man than Peter ever was - a Superior Spider-Man, even. What followed were some of the biggest changes in all of Spider-Man's story - Spider-Man became more gadget-based and advanced, Peter Parker's love life changed dramatically, and Parker Industries was created. Obviously it's all comic book levels of ridiculous, but Octavius' take on the Spider-Man hero is definitely worthy of a cinematic retelling.
3. Batman: Death Of The Family
Not to be confused with classic story A Death In The Family, about the "death" of Jason Todd at the hands of Joker, this violent story features a Joker who's had his face removed by the Dollmaker, and who's spent a year planning to psychologically scar Batman. I won't go into too much depth, because it's a complex story which is easy to spoil, but this film would definitely warrant an R rated film release.
4. Superman: Red Son
Look, Superman: Red Son isn't the best DC story, or even the best Superman story. This alternate dimension where Superman is an asset of the Soviet Union during the Cold War is... strange. But I have to admit: the cinematic possibilities are endless. Even the genre is flexible! Is it a war movie? A political drama? Or a wacky spoof?
5. Spider-Island / Spider-Verse
The idea behind Spider-Island is simple. ish. Hundreds of New Yorkers begin to develop spider-powers, and the villainous Queen is siphoning power off them as they mutate. I'm sure I've seen something like this in film before. Spider-Verse is also fairly simple, conceptually at least. All across the multiverse, someone is killing Spider-Men and Spider-Women. And Spider-Hams. While a Sony animated movie is coming out later this year based on this, I sincerely doubt that it will maximise the potential this story holds. Either of these stories would make for a great cinematic event.
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