15 Facts About Comic Book Movies (That Don't Have Superheroes in Them)
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Comic book movies are some of the most popular and profitable movies of all time, but not all comic book movies involve tights and fights. Comics aren't all just kapow-bang-kabloom -- and they aren't all dark deconstructions of it, or dour horror stories. There are a lot of comics about a lot of weird things, and about half of them get adapted into movies because what are you going to do, write an original story? No, thank you. There are so many comics out there, we’ll adapt them all first.
Comics are a weird playground for freaks, and some of that material ends up being excellent movie fodder -- like, "What if you were super depressed and a girl, or, "What if you were old, and had a gun?" These are the types of stories you can only tell in comics.
So here are some facts about some of the most interesting comic book movies that aren't interested in tights, fights, or magic stones. Honorable mention goes to Trese, Happy!, and all of those AMC shows, despite the fact that they're all basically superhero shows anyway.
Sin City
![comic Book Movies sin city There's no screenwriter. Director Robert Rodriguez didn't want to change anything, so the comic is all there is. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/4/836274.jpg)
Source: The Cultured Nerd
Snowpiercer
![comic Book Movies snowpiercer It's not an adaptation of the comic, just set in the same world. On a different train. The main characters even make an appearance in the third volume of the comic. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/8/836268.jpg)
Source: Goodreads
Oldboy
![comic Book Movies oldboy The movie might be most famous for its shock twist ending, but there's a lot of cool bits in-between the horror - including a one- shot fight scene, which was filmed in 17 takes over the course of 3 days. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/8/836278.jpg)
Source: Koreanscreen.com
A History of Violence
![comic Book Movies A History of violence William Hurt was nominated for an Oscar with less than ten minutes of screen time. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/6/836276.jpg)
Source: /Film
300
![comic Book Movies 300 Gerard Butler had multiple on-set injuries (including a hernia) while filming this testosterone-drenched, vaguely racist movie. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/3/836273.jpg)
Source: Celebretainment.com
Men in Black
![comic Book Movies Men in Black We have no news about Men in Black's future... save the 21 Jump Street crossover, which almost everyone still wants to do. Can't be weirder than No Way Home. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/6/836266.jpg)
Source: The Wall Street Journal
From Hell
![comic Book Movies From Hell The sets accurately recreate the real Ripper cases and locations (minus the bodies). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/1/836271.jpg)
Source: Casebook: Jack the Ripper
The Addams Family
![comic Book Movies The Addams Family Snap, snap. That's not an Addams Family reference, that's just a slow clap for the fashion of the film. One big change? Fester's original makeup was wildly different. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/4/836264.jpg)
Source: YouTube
Red
![comic Book Movies Red The main character Frank, played by Bruce Willis, has the same birthday as the star. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/9/836269.jpg)
Source: Britannica
Popeye
![comic Book Movies Popeye This was Robin Williams' first film role after getting a boost in popularity from Mork and Mindy. Не would later go on to despise the film-which hey, fair. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/5/836265.jpg)
Source: IMDb
Timecop
![comic Book Movies Timecop The movie had a short-lived (seven episodes!) television series. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/0/836270.jpg)
Source: IMDb
Ghost World
![comic Book Movies APTOR Ghost world Christina Ricci was meant to play Enid, who later went on to be played by Thora Birch. The financing fell through, and Enid had to be recast. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/2/836272.jpg)
Source: Los Angeles Times
Road to Perdition
![comic Book Movies Road to Perdition Jude Law's character Maguire is based on Arthur Fellig, a real crime scene photographer. The photos in Maguire's apartment are real photos taken by Fellig. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/7/836277.jpg)
Source: Counter-Currents
Marry Me
![comic Book Movies Marry Me Based on a webcomic, this movie sees Jennifer Lopez getting (unsurprisingly) married. And her wedding dress weighed 95 pounds. She needed five people to help get in. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/6/7/836267.jpg)
Source: Variety
30 Days of Night
![comic Book Movies 30 Days of Night The Vampiric language was made up by a Senior Tutor in Applied Language Studies and Linguistics. She even uses the language in her classes. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/2/7/5/836275.jpg)