Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Luke Skywalker - movies.
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Poll: Live Action Superheroes Who Did Not Originate From Comicbooks
With all the live action comicbook movies being produced lately, it seems a character can only be considered a superhero if they came from a comicbook from one of the big Comicbook companies, or independent companies, or manga. Well, this list serves as a reminder that there are other sources from which a superhero can arise. Like: movies, TV shows, tv cartoon shows not based on comicbook characters, Comicstrips (remember those?), old radio shows, old movie matinee serials, pulp fiction, and novels. Well, which one of these who made it into a live action movie, should be considered a superhero?
To nominate another or to discuss the topic, click here. If you are nominating another, just remember to mention what the original source was. Sorry “Ben 10”, but nobody has done a live action movie of you yet. Live poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/nGf0yz8mtC4/?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk
Make Your Choice
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Lucy Lawless in Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
Xena - Television. -
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Conan the Barbarian - Pulp Fiction magazine stories by Robert E. Howard for Weird Tales magazine. -
Billy Zane and Kristy Swanson in The Phantom (1996)
The Phantom, Kit Walker - a newspaper comic strip, not comicbooks. -
Peter Cullen in Transformers (2007)
Optimus Prime - Transformers was a line of toys with a multi-media franchise marketing package deal in order to sell the toys. -
Victor Jory in The Shadow (1940)
Lamont Cranston, aka 'The Shadow - radio show (Sorry, Alex Baldwin that I didn’t use your picture from your version. I took the cooler picture.) -
"Green Hornet, The" Van Williams 1966 ABC / 20th Century
Britt Reid, The Green Hornet - radio show . -
"Green Hornet, The" Bruce Lee, Van Williams 1966 ABC / 20th Century
Kato - radio show. -
Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger (2013)
The Lone Ranger and his horse Silver - radio show. -
Johnny Depp in The Lone Ranger (2013)
Tonto - radio show. -
Dacre Montgomery in Power Rangers (2017)
Jason (Red Ranger) - tv show. -
Naomi Scott in Power Rangers (2017)
Kimberly (Pink Ranger) - tv show. -
RJ Cyler in Power Rangers (2017)
Billy (Blue Ranger) - tv show -
Ludi Lin in Power Rangers (2017)
Zack (Black Ranger) - tv show. -
Becky G in Power Rangers (2017)
Trini (Yellow Ranger) - tv show. -
Alec Guinness in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi - movies. -
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Hercules - Greek mythology. -
Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Tarzan - a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. -
Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Zorro - the novella “The Curse of Capistrano” by Johnston McCulley. -
Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter - a series of novels by J. K. Rowling. -
Ian McKellen in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Gandalf - a series of novels by J. R. R. Tolkien. -
Peter Cushing in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
Doctor Who - BBC Television show. -
Dolph Lundgren in Masters of the Universe (1987)
He-Man - He-Man and the Masters of the Universe were a line of toys with a multi-media franchise marketing package deal in order to sell the toys. -
Dwayne Johnson in The Scorpion King (2002)
Mathayus Aka The Scorpion King — Egyptian Mythology. -
Brighton Rose Favreau and Neel Sethi in The Jungle Book (2016)
Mowgli — from Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” and “The Second Jungle Book” short story collections. -
Audrey Hepburn in Green Mansions (1959)
Rima, The Jungle Girl — from the novel “Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest” by W. H. Hudson and is based on an actual South American legend of a lost tribe of white people who lived in the mountains. (Sorry, but a similar character, Sheena, came from comicbooks decades after Rima.) -
Marc Singer in The Beastmaster (1982)
Dar, The Beast Master — Character, and ideas (but not the plot) loosely adapted from Andre Norton’s novel “The Beast Master”. -
Liam Neeson in Darkman (1990)
Peyton Westlake, Darkman — movie. -
Peter Weller in RoboCop (1987)
Officer Alex J. Murphy, RoboCop — movie. -
Robert Townsend in The Meteor Man (1993)
Jefferson Reed, Meteor Man — movie. -
Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad (2016)
Harley Quinn — Animated TV show. -
Brigitte Nielsen in Red Sonja (1985)
Red Sonja, also known as Red Sonya of Rogatino — from the short story “The Shadow of the Vulture” by Robert E. Howard -
Bruce Willis in Unbreakable (2000)
David Dunn - added June 6, 2018
