- List of films based on comic strips
This is a list of films based on comic strips. The practice of creating
film s based oncomic strip s dates back decades, although in recent years films based oncomic book s have been more common.Feature films based on comic strips
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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith ", based on the comic strip created byBilly DeBeck :
**"Private Snuffy Smith" (1942)
**"Hillbilly Blitzkrieg" (1942)*"Blondie" (1938) and 27 sequels from 1939 to 1950, based on the comic strip created by
Chic Young
*"Brenda Starr" (1989), based on the comic strip created byDale Messick :*"Dennis the Menace" (1993), based on the comic strip created by
Hank Ketcham *"
Dick Tracy ", based on the comic strip created byChester Gould
**"Dick Tracy" (1945)
**"Dick Tracy vs. Cueball " (1946)
**"Dick Tracy's Dilemma " (1947)
**"Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome " (1947)
**"Dick Tracy" (1990)*"Dondi" (1961)
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Flash Gordon , based on the comic strip created byAlex Raymond :
**"Flash Gordon" (1936)
**"Flash Gordon" (1980)*
Garfield , based on the comic strip created by Jim Davis:
**"Garfield" (2004),
**"" (2006)*"G-Men From Hell" (2000)
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Li'l Abner :
** "Li'l Abner" (1940)
** "Li'l Abner" (1959)* "
Little Iodine " (1946)* "" (1989)
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Little Orphan Annie , based on comic strip created byHarold Gray :
** "Little Orphan Annie" (1932)
** "Little Orphan Annie" (1938)
** "Annie" (1982)* "" (1989/1992), based on
Little Nemo byWinsor McCay .* Mandrake the Magician:
** "Mandrake Killing'e karsi" (1967)
** "Mandrake" (1979)*
Modesty Blaise , based on the comic strip byPeter O'Donnell :
** "Modesty Blaise" (1966)
** "My Name Is Modesty " (2003)* "
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green " (2005), based on the comic strip byEric Orner
* "Over the Hedge" (2006), based on the comic stripOver the Hedge created byMichael Fry and T Lewis
* "Popeye" (1980), based on the comic stripPopeye from Thimble Theater, created byE.C. Segar *
Peanuts :
**"A Boy Named Charlie Brown" (1969)
**"Snoopy, Come Home " (1972)
**"Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown " (1977)
**"Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!) " (1980)*
The Phantom , based on the comic strip created byLee Falk :
** "The Phantom" (TV movie, 1961)
**"The Phantom" (1996)
**"The Ghost Who Walks" (forthcoming: 2007) [imdb title|id=0448115|title=The Ghost Who Walks]*"Popeye"
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Prince Valiant , based on the comic strip created byHal Foster :
**"Prince Valiant" (1954)
**"Prince Valiant" (1997)*"Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (1997)
*"The Spirit", 1987 TV movie
*"The Spirit" (forthcoming: 2008) [imdb title|id=0831887|title=The Spirit]Additional
*Desperate Desmond
*Everett True
*Lady Bountiful
*Let George Do It
*Mike and Ike
*Mischievous Willie
*Mr. Jack
*The Newlyweds
*Smitty
*Uncle Mun
*Wille WestinghouseMovie serials based on comic strips
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Ace Drummond " (1936)*"
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack ":
**"The Adventures of Smilin' Jack" (1943)*"
Brenda Starr, Reporter " (1945)*"
Brick Bradford " (1946)*"
Bruce Gentry " (1949)*"
Buck Rogers " (1939)*"
The Adventures of Captain Africa " (1955)*"
Dick Tracy ":
**"Dick Tracy" (1937)
**"Dick Tracy Returns " (1938)
**"Dick Tracy's G-Men " (1939 )
**"Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc " (1939 )*"
Flash Gordon ":
**"Flash Gordon" {1936}
**"Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars " (1938)
**"Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe " (1940)*"Mandrake the Magician" (1939)
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The Phantom ":
**"The Phantom" (1943)*"
Tailspin Tommy " (1932)
*"Tailspin Tommy in the Great Airmail Mystery" (1934)*"
Tim Tyler's Luck " (1937)ee also
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Comic strip
*Lists of film source material
*List of films based on comics
*List of films based on radio series
*List of films based on television programs
*List of television series based on comic strips References
External links
* [http://www.comics2film.com Comics2Film]
* [http://www.superheroeslives.com Superheroes Lives]
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