15 Doomed Attempts to Make Superheroes Entertaining
Caped crime fighters seem like a foolproof way to create crazy-popular, crowd-pleasing entertainment -- until they aren’t.
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Audiences will devour just about anything related to superheroes -- since Disney purchased Marvel in 2009, those movies alone have earned a mindblowing $18.2 billion at the global box office. Caped crime fighters seem like a foolproof way to create crazy-popular, crowd-pleasing entertainment -- until they aren’t.
Here are a few examples of those dynamic debacles:
![HOLY MUSICAL, AMAN! CRACKED This not officially sanctioned by DC Comics musical featured the show-stopping number Robin Sucks.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/8/2/757982.jpg)
![SUPERHEROS AT SEA WORLD B CRACKEDC CON Who wants to see superheros fly or run at super-speed when they could be dragged around a smelly lake by a spee](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/8/0/757980.jpg)
![MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE CRACKEDCO It's Marvel's most cosmic heroes riding stunt-cycles and showing off their karate skills. And yes, some dude went to th](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/8/757978.jpg)
![SUPERMAN 64 LUT HOR: IE YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR FRIENDS. SOLVE my MAZE! LEXCORP CRACKEDc COM It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a mass of red and blue poly](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/7/757977.jpg)
![DR. STRANGE CRACKED.COM No, that's not Ron Jeremy starring in this 1978 Dr. Strange TV movie. Doc just borrowed his wardrobe and pornstache.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/8/1/757981.jpg)
![THOR AND LOKI IDIN CRACKED COM. The mythical battle between the Norse -brothers was brought to musical life with a recorder duet. Also: Tap-dancing tr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/4/757974.jpg)
![SPIDEY SUPER-STORIES Grab a sack. CRACKEDco Spider-Man helped kids learn to read and write on The Electric Company while teaching Morgan Freeman the f](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/6/757976.jpg)
![LEGENDS OF THE SUPERHEROES CRACKEDCO COM This action 1979 epic featured the Legion of Doom VS. classic DC superheroes such as Hawkman, whose mask was](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/3/757973.jpg)
![CAPTAIN AMERICA ..AND YOU MAYBE STAR CAN HIM! VOTH CRACKED COM This mid-80s Mavel Comics ad asked young girls to sing, dance, and act up a storm to pr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/5/757975.jpg)
![It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's SUPERMAN RAK' CRACKED A 1975 TV adaption of the failed stage musical nixed villainous Chinese acrobats because they we](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/9/757979.jpg)
![SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK CRACKED.COM You'll belive a man can fly if you ignore the bulky harness and massive steel cables. Still the biggest flop](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/2/757972.jpg)
![THE TOXIC AVENGER MUSICAL ToXe THE AVENGER MUSICAL THE CRACKEDGON The show-stopping finale features the deformed mutant crooner vowing to end global w](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/6/9/757969.jpg)
![TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES CRACKEDCO The Coming Out of Their Shells Tour' rocked local civic centers with studded turtle-wear and bitchin' keytar](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/6/8/757968.jpg)
![BATMAN: THE RIDE The Dark Knight is the inspiration for this thrilling inverted roller coaster ride. In other words, Six Flags painted this bad boy bl](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/0/757970.jpg)
![DAREDEVIL AND BLACK WIDOW GRACKEDCO In 1974, Stan Lee gave Jipp Jones (David Bowie's ex) the TV rights for a year. Even Ziggy Stardust thought the fre](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/9/7/1/757971.jpg)