Comic-book heroes rule this summer's box office | ajc.com

Comic-book heroes rule this summer's box office | ajc.com: "This is arguably the biggest comic-book-movie summer ever. Iron Man and Hulk have already smashed the box office, and Hellboy and Batman are back this month.

Comic artists are finding it easier than ever to turn their dreams into celluloid reality. A select few are being brought into the moviemaking process, while others can only watch from the sidelines, hoping Hollywood doesn't butcher their work.

'Wanted' was tailor-made for a big-budget action movie. Jones and writer Mark Millar created a story that looks like Quentin Tarantino on supersteroids, focusing on a mild-mannered office drone who is ripped out of his mundane life by a group of supervillains and trained as the ultimate assassin. A movie deal came almost immediately after the first issue hit the shelves in 2003."