OT: Film & TV Adaptations of Comics - B-C

Baby Blues (Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott)
Baby Blues (USA 2000; 8 episode animated tv series)

Bakuretsu Hunter -CHECK IF MANGA
Bakuretsu Hunter (Japan 1996; 26 episode animated tv series)
[USA: The Sorcerer Hunters (1996)]

Bande des Pieds Nickelés
CHECK CRAFTON p.192

Bannou Bunka Neko-Musume - SEE Nuku Nuku

Baô [Baoh] (Hirohiko Araki)
Baô raihôsha (Japan 1989; animated DTV)
[USA: Baoh the Visitor]

Barb Wire (Chris Warner / DARK HORSE)
Barb Wire (USA 1996, David Hogan. Geoff Darrow acted as visual consultant.)

Barbarella (Jean-Claude Forest)
Barbarella (F/I 1967, Roger Vadim)

Barefoot Gen aka Hadashi no Gen (Keiji Nakazawa)
Barefoot Gen (Japan 1983; animated movie)
*Barefoot Gen (Japan 2007; tv movie)

Barnaby (Crockett Johnson)
Barnaby (USA; CBS: ca. 1960; Playhouse 90 tv show starring Bert Lahr as Mr. O'Malley and Ron Howard as Barnaby)
Barnaby (1967; won first prize at Venice Film Festival)

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith (Billy DeBeck) vide Castelli.
Barney Google (USA 1928-1929; 8 or 12 shorts)
Barney Google (USA 1935-1936; 4 animated shorts)
Private Snuffy Smith (USA 1941/2)
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (USA 1942)
Spree for All (USA 1946; animated short by Famous Studios for Noveltoons series)
Snuffy Smith (USA 1962; 4 animated shorts for television)
Snuffy Smith (USA 1962-1963; 50 animated tv shorts in King Features Trilogy Tv aka Beetle and his Friends)

Barry McKenzie (Barry Humphries & Nicholas Garland)
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (Australia/Great Britain 1973)
Barry McKenzie holds his own (Australia/Great Britain 1975)

Batman (Bob Kane / DC)
The Batman (USA 1943) (15 episode film serial)
Batman and Robin (USA 1949, Spencer Gordon Bennett; 15 episode film serial)
Batman (USA 1966-68) (120 episode tv series)
Batman (USA 1966; movie with tv series cast)
[grm: Batman haelt die Welt in Atem]
*Batman Dracula (USA 1964, Andy Warhol; unauthorized art film, apparently lost)
*Batman Fights Dracula (Philippines 1967; unauthorized movie)
The Batman/Superman Hour (USA 1968-1969; animated tv series?)
The Adventures of Batman (USA 1969; animated tv series?)
The New Scooby Doo Movies (USA 1972; Batman & Robin guest-star in two episodes)
The New Adventures of Batman (USA 1977-1978; animated tv series)
continues as The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour (USA 1977-78; animated tv series reruns of New Adventures)
continues as Tarzan & the Super 7 (USA 1978-80; animated tv series reruns of New Adventures)
continues as Batman and the Super 7 (USA 1980-81; animated tv series reruns of New Adventures)
Batman (USA 1989, Tim Burton)
Batmania From Comics To Screen (USA 1989; DTV documentary)
Batman Returns (USA 1992, Tim Burton)
The Bat, The Cat And The Penguin (USA 1992; tv documentary on Batman Returns)
Batman: The Animated Series (USA 1992, Paul Dini; animated tv series)
continues as Batman & Robin Adventures (1993), then concurrently as The New Batman / Superman Adventures (1997-; animated tv series) and as Batman: Gotham Knights (1997-) No new episodes were made after 1998.
The Batman/Superman Movie (USA 1998; compilation of episodes of tv series aired as "World's Finest")
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (USA 1993, Paul Dini; animated)
Batman Forever (USA 1995, Joel Schuhmacher)
Batman and Robin (USA 1997, Joel Schuhmacher)
Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero (USA 1998; direct to video animated movie)
Batman Beyond (USA 1998-, Paul Dini; animated tv series)
Batman Beyond: The Movie (USA 1999; compilation of tv episodes aired as "Rebirth")
Batman Beyond: Disappearing Inque (USA 1999; compilation of tv episodes)
Batman Beyond: School Dayz (USA 1999; compilation of tv episodes)
Batman Beyond: Tech Wars (USA 1999; compilation of tv episodes)
The Zeta Project, (USA 2001-; a spin-off series from Batman Beyond)
[Batman OnStar advertisements; USA 2000; 3 shorts "Batcave," "Minor Setbacks,"]
Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker (USA 2000; direct to video animated movie)
Gotham Girls (USA 2000-; animated internet short at Warner Bros. website, http://www.gothamgirls.com)
The Vault (1st episode)
More Than One Way
Pave Paradise
Back to the Batcave (USA 2003; fictionalized documentary about the 1960s tv show)
A&E Biography: Batman (USA 2003; documentary about tv series)
*Batman: Dark Justice (USA 2003; amateur short)
Batman: Deadend (USA 2003; internet short at http://www.theforce.net/theater/shortfilms/batman_deadend/)
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (USA 2003, direct to video animated movie)
*Superman/Batman (USA 2004; internet short at http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2645491?htv=12)
*Grayson (USA 2004; internet short at http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2645516)
*Batman: New Times (USA 2004; internet cgi-animated LEGO short at http://www.daveschool.com/MoviePages/Batman/Screen_Batman.html)
*Batman Begins (USA 2005)
*The Batman (USA 2004-; animated tv series)
*The Batman Versus Dracula (USA 2005; dtv animated movie)

Battle Angel Alita SEE Gunnm

B.C. (Johnny Hart)
B.C.? (USA 196?/7?; 2 animated tv movies)

The Bear (Raymond Briggs)
The Bear (GB 1998; silent animated movie)

Bébé Cyanure [Baby Cyandie] (Jean-Claude Forest as "Jean Valherbe")
Bébé Cyanure (France 197?; tv show)

Bécassine (Maurice Languereau & Jean-Pierre Pinchon, 1905-?)
Bécassine? (France 1939, Pierre Caron)

Beetle Bailey (Mort Walker)
Home Sweet Swampy (USA: Famous Studios 1962; animated short)
Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter (USA 1972; animated tv movie. "Guest-stars" Bringing Up Father, The Katzenjammer Kids, Beetle Bailey, Blondie, The Little King, Steve Canyon, Flash Gordon, Tim Tyler)

Berserk (Kentaro Miura / HAKUSENSHA)
Berserk (Japan 1998; animated rv series)

Berusaiyo no Bara [The Rose of Versailles] (Riyoko Ikeda)
Berusaiyo no Bara (Japan 19??; animated)

Der bewegte Mann (Ralf Koenig)
Der bewegte Mann (GER 1994, Soenke Wortmann)
[USA: Maybe, Maybe Not]
[Most Desired Man]
[The Turbulent Man]

Bibi Fricotin (Forton) CHECK
Bibi Fricotin (France: Ocean Films, 1950)

Big Bang Comics
Knights of Justice (USA 1999; dtv)

Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (Frank Miller & Geoff Darrow / DARK HORSE)
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (USA 1999- ; animated tv series)

Billy Bunter (Frank Richards) CHECK
Billie Turf: het dikste studentje ter wereld (Netherlands 1978)
Billie Turf kontra Kwel (Netherlands 1980)
Billie Turf: haantje de voorste (Netherlands 1982)

Billy Pack (Mitsuhiro Kawashima, 1954-1962)
? [Japan 19??; live action tv series?)

Billy the Fish (Viz Comics)
(UK; tv series)

Bio-Booster Armor Guyver SEE The Guyver

Birds of Prey (DC)
Birds of Prey (USA 2002-2003; live action tv show starring Batgirl/Oracle, Huntress and Black Canary)

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Naoko Takeuchi)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon [Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon] (Japan 1992-1993; animated 46 epsiode tv series)
[Sailor Moon (1995- USA tv showing of all four Japanese series)]
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon R (Japan 1993-1994, epis. 47-89)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S (Japan 1994-1995, epis. 90-131)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SS (Japan 1995-)

Bitchy Bitch (Roberta Gregory)
Bitchy Bits (Canada 2000; 15 animated shorts in tv anthology series X-Chromosome)
becomes Bitchy Bitch (Canada 2001)

Black Jack SEE Burakku jakku

Black Magic M-66 (Masamune Shirow)
Black Magic M-66 (Japan 1987, Masamune Shirow; animated DTV)

Blackhawk
Blackhawk (USA 1952; 15 episode film serial)

Blade, the Vampire Hunter (Marv Wolfman & Gene Colan / MARVEL)
Blade (USA 1998)
Blade 2 (USA 2002)
Blade: Trinity (USA 2004)
*Blade: The Series (USA 2006-

Blake & Mortimer (E.P. Jacobs / DARGAUD)
Blake & Mortimer (France?; animated tv show)

Bleach (Tito Kubo)
Bleach (Japan 2004-; anime tv series)

Blondie (Chic Young)
Blondie (USA 1938)
Blondie Meets the Boss (USA 1939)
Blondie Takes a Vacation (USA 1939)
Blondie Brings up Baby (USA 1939)
Blondie on a Budget (USA 1940)
Blondie has Servant Trouble (USA 1940)
Blondie Plays Cupid (USA 1940)
Blondie Goes Latin (USA 1941)
Blondie in Society (USA 1941)
Blondie Goes to College (USA 1942)
Blondie's Blessed Event (USA 1942)
Blondie for Victory (USA 1942)
It's a Great Life (USA 1943)
Footlight Glamour (USA 1943)
Leave it to Blondie (USA 1945)
Blondie Knows Best (USA 1946)
Life with Blondie (USA 1946)
Blondie's Lucky Day (USA 1946)
Blondie's Big Moment (USA 1947)
Blondie's Holiday (USA 1947)
Blondie in the Dough (USA 1947)
Blondie's Anniversary (USA 1947)
Blondie's Reward (USA 1948)
Blondie's Secret (USA 1949)
Blondie's Big Deal (USA 1949)
Blondie Hits the Jackpot (USA 1949)
Blondie's Hero (USA 1950)
Beware of Blondie (USA 1950)
Blondie (USA 1957; 26 episode tv series)
Blondie (USA 1968-69; 26 episode tv series)
Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter (USA 1972; animated tv movie. "Guest-stars" Bringing Up Father, The Katzenjammer Kids, Beetle Bailey, Blondie, The Little King, Steve Canyon, Flash Gordon, Tim Tyler)

The Bloody Olive (?) (Lewis Trondheim)
The Bloody Olive (BEL 1996, Vincent Bal; short movie)

Bloom County (Berkeley Breathed)
A Wish for Wings That Work (USA 1991; animated tv movie)

*Blueberry (Moebius)
Blueberry (France 2004, Jan Kounen)

Bob Morane (Dino Attanasio) [Like Buck Rogers, the original series of novels was eclipsed by the comic strip]
Bob Morane? (France 1970; tv series)

The Boob Weekly (Rube Goldberg) [based on comic?]
The Book Weekly (USA 1916; animated movie shorts)

Bogie Man (Wagner/Grant)
Bogie Man (UK 1994?; tv movie)

Bonaventura (Sergio "Sto" Tofano, 1917)
Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura [Cinderella and Mr Goodluck] (Italy; Arno Film, 1942)

*Boondocks (Aaron McGruder)
The Boondocks (USA 2005; animated in Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block)

Brenda Starr (Dale Messick)
? (USA: Republic, 1945; serial)
Brenda Starr (USA 1976; tv pilot. Jill St. John as Brenda.)
Brenda Starr, Reporter (USA 1979; tv pilot)
Brenda Starr (USA 1986, Robert Ellis Miller. Brooke Shields as Brenda)

Brick Bradford (William Ritt & Clarence Gray / KING FEATURES SYNDICATE)
Brick Bradford (USA: Columbia, 1947 ; serial)

Bringing Up Father (George McManus)
Father Gets Into the Movies (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1916; animated short movie)
Just Like a Woman (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1916; animated short movie)
Hot Time In the Gym, A (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1917; animated short movie)
Great Hansom Cab Mystery, The (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1917; animated short)
Music Hath Charms (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1917; animated short movie)
He Tries His Hand at Hypnotism (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1917; animated short)
Second, the Stimulating Mrs. Barton (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1918; animated short)
Second, Father's Close Shave (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1918; animated short movie)
Third, Jiggs and the Social Lion (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst 1918; animated short)
Bringing Up Father (USA: John Colman Terry Studi, 1918-1920; animated shorts series?) vide Castelli.
Jiggs in Society (USA 1921?)
Bringing Up Father (USA: MGM 1928; silent movie)
Bringing Up Father (USA: Mongoram 1946)
Jiggs and Maggie in Society (USA: Mongoram 1947)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court (USA: Mongoram 1948)
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (USA: Mongoram 1949)
Jiggs and Maggie Out West (USA: Mongoram 1950)
Bringing Up Father (USA 1954; animated shorts) vide Castelli.
Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter (USA 1972; animated tv movie. "Guest-stars" Bringing Up Father, The Katzenjammer Kids, Beetle Bailey, Blondie, The Little King, Steve Canyon, Flash Gordon, Tim Tyler)

Broom Hilda vide Castelli.
Archie TV Funnies TV (USA 1971; animated tv series including Moon Mullins, Smokey Stover, Alley Oop, Broom Hilda, Emmy Lou, The Captain and the Kids, and Nancy)
rereleased as The Fabulous Funnies TV (USA 1978)

Buck Rogers [While based on a novel, the comic strip eclipsed the original story.]
Buck Rogers (USA 1939; 12 episode film serial)
Buck Rogers: Destination Saturn (1939) Ford Beebe, Saul Goodkind
(compilation of film serial? episode of serial?)
Buck Rogers (USA 1979-81) (tv series: 36 episodes)
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century (USA 1978, Daniel Haller)

Bucky O'Hare (Michael Golden & Larry Hama / CONTINUITY)
Bucky O'Hare (USA; animated tv series)

Burakku jakku [Black Jack] (Osamu Tezuka)
Burakku jakku (Japan 19??; animated tv series)
Black Jack (1993; DTV animated movie)
[USA: Black Jack: Clinical Chart 1-4 (Japan 19??; DTV animated movies)]
Burakku jakku (Japan 1996; animated DTV?)
Black Jack (Japan 200?; live action tv series)
Black Jack (Japan 2001?; animated internet series)
*Black Jack (Japan 2004-; animated tv series)
*Black Jack: Futari no Kuroi Isha (Japan 2005; animated movie)

Burglar Bill (Frink & Charlew William Kahles) vide Castelli.
Burglar Bill (USA: Vitagraph 1905; lost)

Buster Brown (Richard Felton Outcault) vide Castelli.
Buster Brown (USA: Edison 1902-1904; 7 movie shorts)
Buster Brown and Tige with Their Creator R. F. Outcault (USA 1913)
Buster Brown (USA: R. F. Outcault/Edison 1914; 8 movie shorts)
Buster Brown (USA: Century Comedies 1925-1929; 49 movies)
The Buster Brown TV Show, with Smilin’Ed McConnell and the Buster Brown Gang (USA: NBC 1950-1951; tv series)
continues as Smilin’Ed McConnell and the Buster Brown Gang (USA: CBS 1951-1955)
continues as Smilin’ Ed McConnell and his Gang

Candy Candy (1975-?)
Candy Candy (Japan 1975; animated tv series)

Captain America (Jack Kirby & Joe Simon / MARVEL)
Captain America (USA 1944, John English/Elmer Clifton) (film
serial: 15 episodes, re-released as The Return of Captain America)
Captain America (USA 1979, Rod Holcomb; tv movie)
Captain America 2: Death Too Soon (USA 1979, Ivan Nagy; tv movie)
Captain America (USA 1990, Albert Pyun; DTV)
Heroes (USA 2002; flash animation parody; online at http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/news/july02/heroes.html)

The Captain and the Kids (Rudolph Dirks / PULITZER) v ide Castelli. SEE ALSO The Katzenjammer Kids
Hans and Fritz (USA: Celebrated Film Corporation/Mutt and Jeff, Inc./Bud Fisher 1916; 1 animated short)
Captain and the Kids (USA: Metro Goldwin Mayer / Fred Quimby 1938-1939; 14 animated shorts)
rereleased as MGM Cartoons (1960; tv series))
Archie TV Funnies TV (USA 1971; animated tv series including Moon Mullins, Smokey Stover, Alley Oop, Broom Hilda, Emmy Lou, The Captain and the Kids, and Nancy)
rereleased as The Fabulous Funnies TV (USA 1978)

Captain Marvel (DC)
The Adventures Of Captain Marvel (USA 1944; 15 episode film serial, re-released as The Return of Captain Marvel)
Shazam! (USA 1974-75; tv series)
continues as The Shazam!/Isis Power Hour (USA 1975-77; tv series)
The Kid Super Power Hour With Shazam (USA: NBC 1981-82; animated tv series)

Captain Starr (Steven Appleby)
Captain Starr (UK 199?; animated tv series)

*Cardcaptor Sakura (CLAMP)
Cardcaptor Sakura (Japan 1998-2000; 70-episode animated tv series)
[Cardcaptors (USA / Canada 2000; animated tv series)]
Cardcaptor Sakura:The Sealed Card (Japan 2000; animated movie)

*Cardinal, The (Kurt J. Kolka / Sunday Comics Ministry)
The Cardinal - A Hero With A Heart (USA 2004; dtv movie; available at www.tracts.com/newparablefilms.html)

Cathy (Cathy Guisewite)
Cathy's Valentine (USA 1989; 3rd animated tv special)

Clarence the Cop (C.W. Kahles)
Clarence the Cop (USA 1903)
Clarence the Cop, On the Feed Store Beat (USA 1904)
? (USA 1905; lost?)

Click (Milo Manara) SEE Gioco

Colonel Blimp (David Low)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (UK 1943)

Colonel Heeza Liar (J.R. Bray) [based on his magazine cartoons character] vide Lenburg for title list
Colonel Heeza Liar (USA 1913-17, 1922-24; animated movie shorts)

Comandante Mark (Italy)
Capitan Swing (Turkey 197?, Tunc Basaran)

Combustion (Chris Lanier/FANTAGRAPHICS)
Combustion (USA 1998, Chris Lanier; short animated film. The comic book it is based on was postponed and is rescheduled for 1999)

Come On Steve (Roland Davies)
Come On Steve (UK 1936, Roland Davies; animated short film)

Committed (Michael Fry)
Committed (Canda: Nelvana, 2001-; animated tv series)

Congo Bill (DC)
Congo Bill (USA 1948; 15 episode film serial)

Corrector Yui (Keiko Okamoto and Kia Asamiya)
Corrector Yui (Japan: NHKEP, 1999-2001; 52-episode anime series)

Corto Maltese (Hugo Pratt)
*Corto Maltese, la cour secrète des arcanes (France 2001)

*Cromartie High School, SEE Sakigake, Kuromati Koko

The Crow (James O'Barr)
The Crow (USA 1994, Alex Proyas)
The Crow: City Of Angels (USA 1996, Tim Pope)
[grm: The Crow - Die Rache der Kraehe]
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (USA 1998-; tv series)
The Crow: Salvation (USA 2000)
*The Crow: Wicked Prayer (USA 2005; DTV)

Crying Freeman (Kazuo Koike & Ryoichi Ikegami)
Crying furîman (Japan 1988; animated)
[USA: Crying Freeman vol 1-5 (; DTV)]
Crying Freeman (USA 1996, Christophe Gans)

Cubitus (Luc "Dupa" Dupanloup, 1968-?)
Cubitus? (France 19??; animated tv series or movie?)

Cutey Honey (Go Ngai)
Cutey Honey (Japan 1970s; animated tv show)
Cutey Honey (Japan 1994; DTV)
[Cutey Honey Vol 1-3 ( ; DTV from AD Vision. Adapted from ?)]
*Cutie Honey (Japan 2004)

Cybersix (Carlos Trillo/Carlos Meglia)
Cybersix (ARG 1996; tv series: 8 episodes)

Cyborg 009 (Shotarō Ishimori, 1964-1970)
Cyborg 009? (Japan 19??; animated tv series)
Cyborg 009? (Japan 19??; animated movie)

OT: Film & TV Adaptations of Comics - Intro-A

Along with my Comics Research Bibliography (link on the right side), I've joined a few other groups trying to codify the history of comics over the years; this one was done for the APA-I, a group devoted to indexing comics that's been largely superseded by the Grand Comics Database, but still exists and puts out a quarterly fanzine. There's a new book out - Film and Comic Books (edited by Ian Gordon, Mark Jancovich and Matthew P. McAllister) from the University Press of Mississippi, 2007 - and some discussion of comics adaptations to film that's prompted me to post this checklist. The last version floating around the web is seriously outdated. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with comments

Film & TV Adaptations of Comics
(Comics Stuff #9 DRAFT)
by Michael Rhode & Manfred Vogel


This list and its format originated with Manfred Vogel. After his August 1997 version, he turned it over to Rhode to continue. Shortly after that Manfred died. I would like this list to be a continuing memorial to him.

Manfred's list was live-action only and I decided to add animated versions of print originals. The list includes any type of comic strip, panel or book that originated on paper, but not original animation even if it later resulted in a printed series. The adaption of comics into the movies has been going on since the creation of motion pictures. British comics historian Paul Gravett told me, "The Lumieres' "Watering the Gardener" from 1895 was based on a comic strip. According to Yves Fremion in 'CinemAction Summer 1990 there were so many versions of this slapstick gag strip that it is difficult to confirm the true inventor but the most famous one is by Christophe alias Marie-Louis-Georges Colomb (as in 'Christopher Columbus'), 1856-1945 - they show the last three panels." On the Grand Comics Database internet mailing list (June 11, 1998), Steve Rowe noted that the Happy Hooligan series of 1900 is generally accepted as the first US comic strip adaptation (or at least legally so). In 1946, Paul S. Nathan observed, "[A]t least fourteen movies last year were based on characters out of the "funnies," and it looks as though there are going to be even more in 1947." Some Japanese animation (anime) is listed but the creation process may be confused; still as Ledoux & Ranney note, "In Japan, most anime videos are based on manga..." Information on Filippino films is also needed; John Lent in his 1997 International Comics and Animation Festival (ICAF) presentation said that 50% of the Filipino movies made are based on comics. When possible, titles are under their original language with cross-references added as necessary.

A second section has been started to list movies with comics creators associated with them, but I would recommend also using Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928-1999 as it is more complete for many creators. The third section lists documentaries and promotional pieces and the fourth is a bibliography. Several books on comics and their live-action adaptations to film and television exist and are cited in the bibliography. Wizard magazine also has a regular column on the topic. Large movie series, such as Mutt and Jeff's over 300 animated films, are listed in alphabetical order while less frequent movies or television shows are listed in date order. DTV stands for direct-to-video, a movie without a theatrical or television release; this is the equivalent to anime's original animation video (OAV) and is used instead. I am deeply indebted to Alfredo Castelli for sharing his knowledge of early-twentieth century adaptations. Entries marked vide Castelli are from his book Here we are again, the first 25 years of American Comics. For current information and rumors about movies in production, I recommend Rob Worley's Comics 2 Film webpage. Additions and corrections are very welcome. Comics Stuff is an occasional publication showcasing aspects of comics collecting and indexing beyond the comic book and toy price guides. * marks new additions since the last version was released.


I. ADAPTATIONS:
(Some documentaries have been cited in this section for ease of use)

Format:
Comic book/strip [English title] (Creator/PUBLISHER)
Title/series (Country: studio, date, director; notes)
rereleases under different titles/individual titles in series
[Other translated titles]


2000AD Annual/Future Shock episode "Mark 13" ca. 1981 (Steve MacManus & Kevin O'Neill)
Hardware (UK 1990, R. Stanley)
[grm: M.A.R.K. 13]

3x3 Eyes (Yuzo Takada)
[USA: 3x3 Eyes: Altered State (Japan 1991; animated DTV)]
[USA: 3x3 Eyes: Who Needs Enemies (Japan 1991; animated DTV)]
[USA: 3x3 Eyes: Life and Death (Japan 1992; animated DTV)]
[USA: 3x3 Eyes: Blind Flight (Japan 1992; animated DTV)]
[USA: 3x3 Eyes: Perfect Collection: Special Collector's Edition (video collects all four DTVS)]

*300 (Frank Miller)
300 (USA 2007; Zach Snyder)

8-Man [8th Man] (Kazumasa Hirai & Jiro Kuwata, 1963-1968)
8-Man (Japan 1965-1966; 56 episode animated tv series)
[USA: 8th Man 1965-1966; 52 episodes]
[USA: Greatest Adventures of 8th Man Vol 1-4 (videos with 5 tv episodes on each)]
[8-Man After (Japan 199?; animated tv series)]
[USA: 8-Man After: City in Fear (1993; DTV?)]
[USA: 8-Man After: End Run (1993?; DTV?)]
[USA: 8-Man After: Mr. Hallowe'en (1993?; DTV?)]
[USA: 8-Man After: Sachiko's Decision (1993?; DTV?)]
[USA: 8-Man After Perfect Collection (1993?; collects all 4 DTVs)]

Aa! Megamisama! [Oh My Goddess!] (Kosuke Fujishima)
Aa! Megamisama! (Japan 199?; animated tv series?)
Oh My Goddess: Moonlight and Cherry Blossoms (Japan 1993; animated DTV)
Oh My Goddess: Midsummer's Night Dream (Japan 199?; animated DTV)
Oh My Goddess: Burning Hearts on the Road (Japan 199?; animated DTV)
Oh My Goddess: Evergreen Holy Night (Japan 199?; animated DTV)
Oh My Goddess: For the Love of Goddess (Japan 199?; animated DTV)

Abie the Agent (Harry Hershfield) vide Castelli.
Abie the Agent (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst, 1917; 2 animated shorts)
Iska Worreh
Abie Kabibble Outwitting His Rival

Ace Drummond
Ace Drummond (USA 1936; 13 episode serial; edited into Squadron of Doom for television?)

Action Comics/characters in various episodes (DC)
Congo Bill (USA 1948; 15 episode film serial)
The Human Target (USA 1992; 7 episode tv series)
The Vigilante (USA 1945; film serial)

A.D. Police (Tony Takezaki) (This is a comic book spinoff series from Bubblegum Crisis DTVs. It began as manga and then was adapted into anime.)
The Phantom Woman (Japan 1990; animated DTV)
The Ripper (Japan 199?; animated DTV)
The Man Who Bites His Tongue (Japan 199?; animated DTV)

Ada
Ada Dans La Jungle (France 1988, Gerard Zingg.)

Addams Family (Charles Addams)
The Addams Family (USA 1964-1966; tv series)
The Addams Family (USA 1973-1975; animated tv series)
The Addams Family (USA 1991)
The Addams Family Values (USA 1993)
The New Addams Family (USA/CANADA? 1998- ; tv series)
The Addams Family Reunion (USA 1998; DTVmovie)

Adventure Kid (Toshio Maeda)
[2 animated DTVs; Japan 1993]

Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Akira (Japan 1988; animated movie. Released in USA in 1989.)
Akira Production Report (Japan 1988; DTV documentary)

Ako Si Abraham [I Am Abraham] (Carlo J. Caparas & Danny Bulanadi)
Ako Si Abraham? (Philippines 197?)

Alan Ford (Max Bunker and Magnus)
Alan Ford E Il Gruppo T.n.t. Contro Superciuk (Italy 1988, Max Bunker. Animated movie)

*Alien vs. Predator (USA 2004; concept based on Dark Horse Comics series)

All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku - SEE Nuku Nuku

Alley Oop (V.T. Hamlin) CHECK vide Castelli.
Archie TV Funnies TV (USA 1971; animated tv series including Moon Mullins, Smokey Stover, Alley Oop, Broom Hilda, Emmy Lou, The Captain and the Kids, and Nancy)
rereleased as The Fabulous Funnies TV (USA 1978)

Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper (UK 1900)

Alma Grande (Petro Zapiain Jose and Jose Suarez Lozano)
Alma Grande El Yaqui Justiciero (Mexico 1965, Chano Urueta)
Alma Grande En El Desierto (Mexico 1966, A. Gonzales)

Alphonse and Gaston (Federick Burr Opper) vide Castelli.
Alphonse and Gaston (USA: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co., 1902/3)
Helping an Irishman (USA: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co., 1902/3)
Alphonse and Gaston No. 3 (USA: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co., 1902/3)
Alphonse and Gaston: Next (USA: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co., 1902/3)

*Amazing Screw-On Head (Mike Mignola)

The Amazing Screw-On Head (USA: Sci Fi Channel, 2006; animated tv series)

American Splendor (Harvey Pekar)
American Splendor (USA 2003; winner of Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize)

Ami-chan
Ami-chan no hatsukoi (Japan 1995; animated movie)
[Ami-chan's First Love (1995)]

And Her Name Was Maud (Federick Burr Opper) vide Castelli.
Maud the Mule (USA: International Film Service / W. R. Hearst, 1916; 4 animated shorts)

Andy Capp
Andy Capp (UK 1988; tv series)

Animal Crackers (Roger Bollen)
Animal Crackers (USA 1998; animated tv series)

Anita Bomba (Cromwell and Eric Gratien)
(USA/France 2000; animated internet series at http://www.wildbrain.com)

L'annee 01 (?)
L'annee 01 (France 1972, Jacques Doillon)

Aoi haru (Taiyo Matsumoto)
Aoi haru (Japan 2001; live action)
[USA: Blue Spring (2001)]

Appleseed (Masumune Shirow)
Appleseed (Japan 1988; animated DTV. Released in USA in 1988)
*Appleseed (Japan 2004)

Aquaman (DC)
The Superman-Aquaman Hour of Adventure (CBS, 1967-68; animated tv series)

Archie
Archie (USA 1964, Harry Ackerman; un-aired tv series pilot. Available on Video Comics Present: Lost TV Pilots)
The Archie Show (USA 1968; animated tv show; included Sabrina, the teenage witch)
becomes The Archie Comedy Hour (USA 1969; animated tv show)
becomes Archie's Fun House (1970; animated tv show)
becomes Archie's TV Funnies (1971; animated tv show)
The New Archie/Sabrina Hour, (USA 1977; animated tv series)
Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (USA 1990 tv movie)
Return to Riverdale (1995 video title)
Archie's Weird Mysteries (USA1999-; animated tv series)

Arimpara (O V Vijayan)
Arimpara (India 2003, Murali Nair; animated movie)

Asterix (René Goscinny & Uderzo / DARGAUD)
Astérix chez les Brétons (France 1986; animated)
[Asterix in Britain (1986)]
Asterix erobert Amerika (Germany 1994; animated)
[Asterix Conquers America (1994)]
Astérix et Cléopâtre (Belgium/France 1968)
Astérix et la surprise de César (France 1985)
[Asterix Versus Caesar (1985)]
Astérix et le coup du menhir (West Germany/ France 1989)
[Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)]
Astérix et Obélix (West Germany/ France 1998; live action)
[Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1998)]
[Astérix et Obélix versus César (1998)]
Astérix le Gaulois (Belgium/France 1967)
Douze travaux d'Astérix, Les (France 1975)
[Twelve Tasks of Asterix, The (1975)]
Asterix & Obelix VS Caesar (France 1999; live action)
Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (France 2002, Alain Chabat.; live action)
*Asterix and the Vikings (France 2005; animated movie)

Astro Boy - SEE Tetsuwan Atom

Avengers (Stan Lee & Jack Kirby / MARVEL)
Avengers (USA 1999-; 13 episode animated tv series)
*Ultimate Avengers:The Movie (USA 2006; animated DTV)
*Ultimate Avengers 2 (USA 2006; DTV animation)

*Azumi (Yu Koyama)
Azumi (Japan 2003)
Azumi 2: Death or Love (Japan 2005)