Holy Multi-Media!

By Andrew Arnold and Ed Gabel

BATMAN

THE BATMAN FIRST APPEARS AS A NIGHTTIME VIGILANTE IN 1939's "DETECTIVE COMICS" No.27

MOVIE SERIALS FEATURES THE CAPED CRUSADER DURING THE 1940s

POW! ADAM WEST PORTRAYS A CAMPY VERSION OF THE MASKED HERO FOR TV's 1966-68 SERIES

FRANK MILLER BRINGS THE EDGE BACK WITH A GRIM "THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS" IN 1986

TIM BURTON'S "BATMAN" STARTS A MOVIE FRANCHISE IN 1989

"BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES" RETURNS HIM TO THE TUBE FROM 1992 TO 1995

"BATMAN: YEAR ONE" IS IN THE WORKS AS THE NEXT MOVIE

SPIDER-MAN

RISKY AND WEIRD, THE FIRST STORY ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE LAST ISSUE OF A CANCELLED SERIES CALLED "AMAZING FANTASY" IN 1962

THE WALL CRAWLER "DOES WHATEVER A SPIDER CAN" IN THE 1967 ANIMATED TV SHOW

A CHEESY 1978 LIVE-ACTION TV SPIDER-MAN WITH NICHOLAS HAMMOND LASTS FOR ONE SEASON

"PUNY" PARKER BREAKS ALL BOX-OFFICE RECORDS! TOBEY MAGUIRE AND SAM RAIMI ARE ONBOARD FOR THE 2004 SEQUEL

THE X-MEN

THE X-MEN, A TEAM MADE UP OF SOCIETY'S SUPER-POWERED OUTCASTS, APPEAR IN 1963

THE UNPOPULAR COMIC IS RE-ENERGIZED IN 1975 WITH THE WILD WOLVERINE

A 1992 ANIMATED TV SERIES BECOMES A HIT FOR FOX

HUGH JACKMAN AND HALLE BERRY APPEAR IN THE 2000 MOVIE BLOCKBUSTER, WITH A SEQUEL SLATED FOR MAY 2003

SUPERMAN

"ACTION COMICS" NO.1, THE FIRST SUPERHERO BOOK EVER, INTRODUCES SUPERMAN IN 1938

FIRST ANIMATED SHORT CREATED IN 1941

THE BIG BLUE BOY SCOUT LEAPS TALL BUILDINGS IN 1940S MOVIE SERIALS

GEORGE REEVES, BOTTOM, DONS THE TIGHTS FOR TV FROM 1951 TO 1957

"SUPERMAN" (1978) STARS CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND RESULTS IN THREE SEQUELS

BACK ON THE SMALL SCREEN, 1993'S "LOIS & CLARK" EXPLORES SUPE'S SOFTER SIDE

"SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES" DEBUTS IN 1996

SUPERMAN'S LATEST INCARNATION MAKE HIM A SEXY, TROUBLED TEEN IN "SMALLVILLE"

THE DIRECTOR OF "CHARLIE'S ANGELS" HAS SIGNED ON FOR THE NEXT SUPERMAN MOVIE

THE HULK

ZAPPED BY ATOMIC RAYS, DR. BRUCE BANNER'S ID GOES WILD AS THE HULK IN 1962

A PUMPED-UP LOU FERRIGNO SPLITS HIS PANTS ON TV IN 1978. ANG LEE WILL DIRECT THE 2003 MOVIE VERSION

WONDER WOMAN

WILLIAM MOULTON MARSTON, A PSYCHOLOGIST CREDITED WITH INVENTING THE POLYGRAPH, CREATES WONDER WOMAN AS A ROLE MODEL IN 1941

LYNDA CARTER, BELOW, BOUNCES INTO THE TV ROLE THAT LASTS FROM 1975 TO 1979. PRODUCERS HAVE TALKED WITH SANDRA BULLOCK ABOUT THE LEAD IN A MOVIE ADAPTION