The Most Expensive Superhero Movies Ever Made (Adjusted For Inflation)

September 22, 2016, 11:11 am

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It’s no secret anymore that comic book movies are big business. Each year, they are some of the most financially successful films released and attract some of the biggest actors. The expectations for stories about superheroes have risen so high that we’re long past the point that this is just entertainment for long time comic fans. Studios have realized how huge these franchises are, and it has become the norm to expect the ticket sales to reach about a billion dollars. And to reach those huge heights, studios are investing equally large budgets into these movies.

Since superhero movies are such big business, we’re going to be looking at the ones that had the most invested ...

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15 Marvel And DC Comics Characters Who Share A Name

August 20, 2016, 7:00 am

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For some comic fans, the battle lines are still firmly drawn between Marvel and DC Comics. While many of us are willing to embrace any comic book character with a striking outfit, an intriguing backstory, and some cool abilities, others still hold strict allegiances to the big names of one company or the other. But while some heroes or villains are synonymous with one of the two big comic companies, there are quite a names that can create confusion due to Marvel and DC both having a character with that alias.

We’re not talking about characters who are blatant parodies of the competition. These are genuine characters who just coincidentally happen to share ...

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Batman’s 20 Best Romances, Ranked

August 24, 2016, 3:06 pm

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In comic book movies, we’ve gotten used to the huge storm of interest surrounding the heroes and the villains who will be in the film. But as recent events surrounding Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming have demonstrated, in superhero movies, it’s not just the people in the masks that fans are passionate about. Balancing a love life is also a part of the story of many heroes, so people have strong feelings about how those romances are portrayed.

We’ve already discussed Batman’s most interesting pairings with his enemies, but his romantic partners seriously make a list long enough to rival his gallery of rogues. If we covered each one in depth, this list would become a novella, so we’re going to mainly ...

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15 DC Comics Characters Who Inherited Their Identities

August 31, 2016, 2:33 pm

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The origin stories of our favorite comic characters are something we tell and retell like a family history. Everyone knows how Spider-Man and Batman and Superman came to be. So much so that many of us have reached the point of fatigue with cinematic reiterations of those origins. When Spider-Man: Homecoming was announced, a lot of people were a bit disappointed that Peter Parker’s successor, Miles Morales, wasn’t getting a crack at wearing the mask. Simply put, we eventually get tired of hearing about the same person and want someone new to take over the mantle of our favorite superheroes. So naturally, comics, especially DC, have delved into that subject quite heavily.

For this topic, we’re only going to look at characters who became ...

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15 Marvel Comics Characters Who Inherited Their Identities

September 3, 2016, 3:06 pm

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Having recently talked about heroes and villains of DC Comics who inherited their super identity from another character, we couldn’t leave Marvel out of the discussion. Passing a mantle to a new character has been a huge part of both companies, but Marvel in particular has been making headlines lately with its slew of iconic names that have been transferred to new characters.

Like with the DC Comics article, we’re going to try to avoid any characters who barely had any time under the new mantle. A major hero or villain getting a replacement can generate a lot of buzz on the internet, but it doesn’t mean much in the long term if it’s quickly ...

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Dragon Ball: 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Krillin

September 7, 2016, 7:14 pm

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As Dragon Ball Super continues onward, the Dragon Ball franchise continues to become more and more focused on the Saiyans. It was a trend that started in Dragon Ball Z when the Saiyan warriors had skyrocketing power levels that left even Earth’s best warriors in the dust. And sure, Goku and Vegeta are two of the best characters in the franchise, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that that makes the humans of the franchise useless.

The humans of the original Dragon Ball series might not have any fancy five minute long transformation sequences, but they still do some incredible things. Goku’s best friend Krillin is a great example ...

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Dragon Ball: 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Trunks

September 13, 2016, 10:37 am

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We’ve already talked about Goku and Vegeta around here, and with good reason. The two are basically the main characters of the Dragon Ball franchise at this point. But of course just because someone is a main character doesn’t mean they are the favorite character of all the fans out there. Even Akira Toriyama, the creator of the franchise, has said it’s actually Piccolo who he likes the best (though you wouldn’t know it from how often he kills the Namekian).

Another big fan favorite of the franchise has become Trunks, the lavender-haired Saiyan son of Vegeta and Bulma. It’s usually Future Trunks that fans are thinking of, but the Trunks of the main timeline ...

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15 Fastest Takedowns In Dragon Ball History

September 15, 2016, 2:02 pm

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So we all know the jokes about how fights in the Dragon Ball franchise drag on forever. Even fans of the franchise can’t help but laugh a bit at how the characters spend several episodes just staring at each other and screaming as they power up. And to an extent, that’s true. Dragon Ball Z in particular was heavily stretched out to avoid running out of material from the manga, so extra content was packed in whenever possible. The worst was definitely in Goku’s fight with Frieza, which is the longest fight in any anime, clocking in at over four hours long.

But despite all those jokes, the franchise does have plenty of fast-paced fights to change things up. We ...

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15 Superheroes That Wonder Woman Has Beaten

September 24, 2016, 6:00 pm

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Superhero fights are typically pretty rare, since heroes are usually too busy dealing with their dozens of antagonists who want to destroy the world to have spare time to fight each other too. But disagreements arise every so often, and fans get to see their favorite heroes go at it to finally prove once and for all who is stronger ( and even though these fights quite often end in a draw). And while someone like Batman having issues with other heroes isn’t too surprising, you wouldn’t think many people would be foolish enough to challenge Wonder Woman.

Considering how powerful Diana is, it’s hard not to consider the vast majority of her opponents to be underdogs. After ...

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20 Best Comic Book Couples Ever

September 27, 2016, 9:23 am

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Much of the focus in comics is on the conflicts between adversaries. People often get as excited about the villains in a story as they do about the heroes. Peace gets boring, and nothing generates interest like a little chaos, so no one would ever want to see a permanent end to adversarial relationships, like the one between Batman and the Joker. At the same time, we get too much conflict can desensitize us, so the hero has to triumph and return to normalcy, at least for a while. And that’s where the drama of romantic relationships often occurs.

There have been many iconic romances over the years, but fewer that fans still enjoy seeing. Some couples are fun to watch chase each other, but once things ...

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15 Times Batman Has Killed People

October 4, 2016, 12:35 pm

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Ask even casual fans to describe Batman and one of his main characteristics that’ll likely be brought up is his dedication to abstaining from killing anyone. It’s a rule that several of the most well-known heroes have implemented, including Superman and Spider-Man. So many situations these characters encounter would be easier if they broke that rule, but as Peter Parker’s motto goes, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Batman might be from a different comic company, but he lives by the same ethos that he should be better than the villains of the world. The only problem is that he’s forgotten that rule a bunch of times.

When a character has as long a history as Batman, it’s only ...

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Dragon Ball: 15 Best Villains Of All Time

October 7, 2016, 7:18 am

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When people talk about Dragon Ball, it’s usually the heroes who get the spotlight. They are the ones saving the world, who we follow for hundreds of episodes, and who get a lot of the cool moments. There is just no way the franchise would be as huge as it has become if you took out the likes of Goku or Vegeta. But at the same time, heroes are a lot less interesting without competition. That’s why every great hero needs a great villain.

Fortunately, the Dragon Ball franchise has had a lot of great villains. For this article we’ll be looking across the original Dragon Ball, DBZ, GT, Super, ...

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Dragon Ball: 15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bulma

October 13, 2016, 9:10 am

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In the world of Dragon Ball, characters don’t get as much attention if they are not fighters. And even then it’s only the super powerful fighters who really get talked about, as demonstrated by the current unimportant status of Yamcha, Tien, and Krillin. But just because a character isn’t a Saiyan breaking out a new transformation each month doesn’t mean they are useless. Sometimes it’s the characters who have never taken part in a battle in their life who accomplish the most important things. That’s certainly true of the franchise’s longest running character
(besides Goku himself), Bulma.

Bulma has played a huge role in the story since her first episode, ...

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15 Times Spider-Man Has Killed People

October 17, 2016, 5:52 pm

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“With great power comes great responsibility.” Spider-Man‘s famous motto explains his need to sacrifice his own desires in order to protect others. But the catalyst for Peter’s iconic line comes from the death of his Uncle Ben, an incident Pete blames himself for after he neglected to stop a criminal when he had the chance. No one else would blame Peter for the tragedy, but he blames himself, and he’s determined to make sure no one else dies because of his choices. The problem is, a lot of people have.

Like Batman and Superman, Spider-Man has a policy against killing. But heroes always have trouble sticking to that rule. Right now, comic fans are wondering if Miles Morales ...

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15 Superheroes Spider-Man Has Beaten

October 22, 2016, 6:26 pm

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Any fan of superheroes knows that they all inevitably wind up fighting each other eventually. It’s gotten to the point that some fans look forward to another iconic clash between two good guys more than their usual rosters of villains. Sure, in the world of comics any character can beat another depending on who’s writing them, and there’s rarely a definitive answer to the fight. But it doesn’t take away from the endless debates about which hero would triumph over another.

Though he might not jump out as one of the strongest heroes in comics, Spider-Man is one character who has a pretty impressive list of victories to his name. By the standards of other heroes, he’s far from the most powerful guy ...

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Dragon Ball: 15 Lamest Fights Of The Franchise

October 23, 2016, 4:54 pm

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We all know that the main reason to watch any of the shows in the Dragon Ball franchise is for the fights. There have literally been hundreds of fights throughout the shows, and some are great reminders of exactly why the anime has been so popular. But with that many fights, there have also inevitably been some duds along the way.

Sometimes the characters involved just aren’t interesting. Other times, the fight relies on some gimmick that wears out its welcome before the fight even finishes. Or maybe it’s as simple as the fans just not having any reason to care about who wins because the stakes for the brawl are so low. Whatever the problem is, there are ...

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Mortal Kombat: 16 Lamest Characters In The Series

October 26, 2016, 1:22 pm

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Mortal Kombat has given the world of gaming some truly iconic characters. Even if you’ve never played one of the games, there’s no way you don’t know who Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Johnny Cage are. But obviously not every character can be a huge hit or the most powerful. We’re not expecting a new mascot every game or anything, but there have definitely been cases over the years that have left us wondering if the team behind the games was even trying with some of the characters.

When we think of Mortal Kombat characters we want badass warriors, brutal monsters, or cool costumes that every kid in the neighborhood wants to wear on Halloween. Suffice it to say, no ...

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Dragon Ball: The 15 Best Transformations Ever

October 28, 2016, 5:17 pm

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Even though Dragon Ball wasn’t always about huge upgrades in power levels, as the franchise has gone on over the years, new transformations have become some of the most prominent moments to look forward to. Whether it’s the villain finally unveiling their full power, or the hero finally putting in the hard work to rise to new and greater heights, character transformations are always a moment to behold.

There have been so many new forms throughout Dragon Ball’s history, with more still occurring seemingly every week thanks to new episodes of Dragon Ball Super. Obviously, not each one is going to be great though, so we want to weed out the forgettable moments to focus on the really incredible changes ...

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15 Times The Walking Dead Made You Feel Bad For Laughing

November 5, 2016, 9:17 am

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After the brutality Negan recently unleashed on The Walking Dead, it’s safe to say that if you’re a fan of the TV series, you enjoy dark and tragic stories. The show looks incredibly unlikely to ever have a happy ending, and it appears it’ll just be a continuous journey to see how bleak the world can become for this group of survivors. But even with suffering waiting around every corner, the show can still make people laugh.

Humor can be derived from almost any subject, even in a world as grim as in The Walking Dead. Maybe you’ve become so desensitized to characters dying that, ...

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15 Times Batman Needed Rescuing

November 10, 2016, 11:41 am

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Batman has built a reputation as a hero who is something of a loner. He sticks to the shadows, he shuts himself off from many of his personal relationships, and he’s so distrustful of other people that he creates contingency plans for how to debilitate even his closest allies. And yet even with the aura of solitude that surrounds Batman, he’s very reliant on other people to keep him alive.

Alfred Pennyworth is one of Bruce’s most enduring supporters, and few heroes are as well-known for keeping on sidekicks as Batman. And those are good things, because Batman is also just an ordinary human without any of the superpowered advantages many of his peers possess. That means Batman gets into trouble ...

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