The Adventures of Captain Marvel

Give 'Em Elle: The Original Big Screen Hero
Give 'Em Elle: The Original Big Screen Hero
Give 'Em Elle: The Original Big Screen Hero
Welcome to Give ‘Em Elle, a new weekly column that hopes to bridge the gap between old school comics fandom and the progressive edge of comics culture. This week I’ve been thinking about the comic adaptations of the past, long before the current superhero boom. There have been superheroes on our screens almost as long as there have been superheroes in our comics, and some of them stand head and shoulders above the crowd. But what were the very best superhero adaptations even before the Christopher Reeve Superman movies?