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Walking Dead aside, one of the reasons that the news that NBC has ordered a TV pilot based on Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’sThe Sixth Gun is so exciting is that it feels at times that it’s only Marvel and DC books that get chances at television, what with Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Arrow, Smallville and Young Justice, to name just a few shows.
That’s not the case, however — there have been many television projects based on comic books that have nothing to do with the Big Two. Sure, you know about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Tales From the Crypt, but here are 10 more examples to prove it.
You could argue that Ben Edlund’s superhero comedy was more successful on television than it was in comics, spawning not one but two shows throughout the years, both animated (from 1994 through 1996) and live-action (2001′s sole season).
The animated incarnation was far more popular than the live-action (Three seasons versus nine episodes), but both introduced audiences to Edlund’s hilariously skewed version of the superhero genre and sent people in search of the original comics.
Yes, Sabrina: That unusual thing, a successful comics-to-television translation that lasted seven years despite a network shift in between (the first four years of the show aired on ABC, the final three on the WB), at one point bringing in 17 million viewers per episode and spawning all manner of merchandise along the way.
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Their mutual attraction is ‘forbidden’. What, are the Superhero Romance Police gonna bust ‘em up? Bizarre love quadrangle complications with Lois Lane and Steve? Who the hell knows?
The idea of pairing Superman and Wonder Woman feels like a somewhat natural one on a basic level: He’s the world’s greatest superhero, she’s the world’s greatest super heroine, so why shouldn’t they be a couple? But, for the most part, it’s an idea that was left untouched for the first few decades of each character’s history, “imaginary stories” aside (The two actually married in a dream sequence that appeared in 1983′s Wonder Woman #300).
Plus, these were comics and characters aimed squarely at a kid demographic, what kid wants to read about romantic mushy stuff? But the issue World’s Finest excuse that the two shouldn’t be together ‘just because’ started to fall by the wayside in more recent years, as audiences became less willing to put up with the status quo and creators more happy to push and pull at accepted ideas in the name of a good story – or, at least, a shocking hook to make you pay attention and pick up the book.
A year after DC demonstrated a willingness – one could even say a desire - to shake up expectations of its most familiar characters with the whole New 52 relaunch, playing matchmaker with these two characters without an immediate reversal or get-out clause is definitely a good way to remind people that this is a DC Universe where anything can happen – even if it’s not something that everyone wants to see.
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