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From comic pages to big screen, what makes the cut?

As the movie studios court fans at Comic-Con, here's a look at five comic book franchises they somehow overlooked (and five more they should have).

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5 comics that should (and 5 that shouldn’t) be movies

HALLE BERRY stars as Catwoman in Warner Bros. Pictures' action adventure 'Catwoman.'

Catwoman (2004)

HALLE BERRY stars as Catwoman in Warner Bros. Pictures' action adventure 'Catwoman.'

Doctor Strange

Tom Jane in The Punisher

The Punisher (1989, 2004, 2008)

Tom Jane in The Punisher
The New Teen Titans - The New Teen Titans #1 - Nov. 1980

The New Teen Titans

The New Teen Titans - The New Teen Titans #1 - Nov. 1980
HOWARD THE DUCK, Lea Thompson, Howard The Duck, 1986. ©Universal/courtesy Everett Collection

Howard the Duck (1986)

HOWARD THE DUCK, Lea Thompson, Howard The Duck, 1986. ©Universal/courtesy Everett Collection

The Inhumans

Jonah Hex (2010)

Frank Masi
Fun With Milk & Cheese
By Evan Dorkin

Milk & Cheese

Fun With Milk & Cheese By Evan Dorkin
Adapted from the legendary comic strip, THE SPIRIT is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister FRANK MILLER (creator of 300 and SIN CITY). It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the SPIRIT (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the OCTOPUS (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront ... all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are ELLEN DOLAN (Sarah Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; SILKEN FLOSS (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; PLASTER OF PARIS (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; LORELEI (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and MORGENSTERN (Stana Ka

The Spirit (2008)

Adapted from the legendary comic strip, THE SPIRIT is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister FRANK MILLER (creator of 300 and SIN CITY). It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the SPIRIT (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the OCTOPUS (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront ... all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are ELLEN DOLAN (Sarah Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; SILKEN FLOSS (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; PLASTER OF PARIS (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; LORELEI (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and MORGENSTERN (Stana Ka
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