Rate Comic Book/Strip Adaptations:

By Franchise (when more than one):

X-Men - B
X2 - C+
X3 - A

Blade - B-
Blade 2 - B
Blade: Trinity - B

Men in Black - B
MIB 2 - C-

Spider-Man - B+
Spider-Man 2 - C+

Batman - B+
Batman Returns - B
Batman Forever - B-
Batman and Robin - D+
Catwoman - D
Batman Begins - A

Daredevil - B-
Elektra - C+

Constantine - B

The Punisher - B-

Hulk - C

Fantastic 4 - C

Superman - B
Superman 2 - C+
Superman 3 - C
Superman 4: The Quest for Peace - D

The Shadow (1994) - C

Bulletproof Monk - C+

The Crow - B
Crow: City of Angels - C
Crow: Salvation - D+
Crow: Wicked Prayer - D-

Man-Thing - C+

Howard the Duck - F

Judge Dredd - F

The Phantom - F

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - B
TMNT 2: Secret of the Ooze - B-
TMNT 3 - F

V for Vendetta - B+

LXG - C+

From Hell - B-

The Road to Perdition - B

Spawn - C+

Hellboy - B

The Mask - C

Timecop - C

Mystery Men - C

Virus - C+

Sin City - B

Garfield - C+

Over the Hedge - B-

Dick Tracy - B

Richie Rich - D

The Rocketeer - C+

Dennis the Menace - C+

Josie and the Pussycats - D+

Ghost World - B+
Art School Confidential - B+

Tank Girl - F

Barb Wire - F

Steel - F

American Splendor - B

Casper - B

For anyone needing a list, use this: http://boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/? ... tation.htm

I'll rank them actually, with the grades:

1. X2: X-Men United - A
2. Spider-Man 2 - A/A-
3. Spider-Man - A/A-
4. Batman Forever A-/B+
5. X-Men - A-/B+
6. Batman - A-/B+
7. Sin City - B+
8. Superman II- B+
9. Batman Begins - B+
10. Blade II - B+/B
11. Daredevil - B+/B
12. The Mask - B
13. Mystery Men - B
14. Casper - B
15. LXG - B
16. Tank Girl - B
17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - B-
18. Men In Black 2 - B-
19. Fantastic Four - C+
20. Hulk - C+
21. Catwoman - D+
22. Elektra - D+
23. Hellboy - D+/D
24. Batman and Robin - D

Yep, that's the one I used in order to recall some of the lesser ones (The Shadow, The Phantom, etc.).

Batman A/A+
Batman Returns B
Batman Forever D
Batman Begins A
Barbwire F
Blade A-/B+
Blade 2 A-
Blade 3 C/C+
Catwoman C
Constantine B
Conan B+
Conan The Destroyer B+/B
The Crow B/B+
The Crow 2 C-
Daredevil C
Dick Tracy D-
Elektra D
From Hell B
Fantastic Four D+
Flash Gordon B+
Judge Dredd C-
Hellboy B
The Hulk B+
Howard the Duck D+/C-
LXG C+
The Mask C+
MIB B+
MIB 2 C
Popeye C
The Phantom C
The Punisher B
Red Sonja D
Road to Perdition A-/A
The Rocketeer B/B-
The Shadow C
Spawn C
Spiderman B
Spiderman 2 A
Superman A
Superman 2 A/A+
Superman 3 B-
Superman 4 C+/B-
Sin City B+
Supergirl D
Time Cop B
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles D-
V for Vendetta B+/A-
X-Men B
X-2 B
X-3 B/B+

Batman Begins - A
Road to Perdition - A
X2: X-Men United - A-
Sin City - A-
Superman - B+
Spider-Man 2 - B+
V for Vendetta - B+
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm - B+
Spider-Man - B
Batman - B
Men in Black - B
X-Men - B
Superman II - B
Blade II - B
Blade - B
The Crow - B
Popeye - B
Timecop - B
Howard the Duck - B ( hell yeah )
Ghost World - B
Punisher - B-
Batman Returns - B-
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - B-
Hellboy - B-
The Mask - B-
Dennis the Menace - B-
Batman Forever - C+
Judge Dredd - C+
Hulk - C+
Daredevil - C+
Casper - C+
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - C+
Constantine C+
Spawn - C+
The Rocketeer - C+
Blade: Trinity - C
Men in Black II - C
Fantastic Four Fox - C
Virus - C
Dick Tracy BV - C-
Mystery Men - C-
Barb Wire - C-
Batman and Robin - D-

Batman Begins - A+
Road to Perdition - B+
X2: X-Men United - A+
Sin City - A-
Superman - B
Spider-Man 2 - A+
V for Vendetta - A
Spider-Man - A+
Batman - A
Men in Black - A
X-Men - A
Superman II - B-
Blade II - A
Blade - A
The Crow - B-
Popeye - B
Timecop - B
Punisher - B+
Batman Returns - B+
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - B-
Hellboy - C
The Mask - B+
Dennis the Menace - B
Batman Forever - A
Judge Dredd - B
Hulk - B
Daredevil - A-
Casper - B
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - C+
Constantine - A-
Spawn - B-
Blade: Trinity - A-
Men in Black II - B
Fantastic Four - B
Virus - C+
Mystery Men - B-
Batman and Robin - C

They forgot A History of Violence. It is just as much a graphic novel adaptation as is Road to Perdition.

V for Vendetta > Superman II > The Phantom*> X-Men 3 > Daredevil > X-Men I > Fantastic Four > Sin City > Blade I > Hulk > Superman I > Batman I > The Punisher > Dark Man > Batman II > Catwoman > Hellboy > Superman III > X-Men II > Batman III > Constantine > Spider-Man 2 > Blade II > Spider-Man > Batman IV > Superman IV





(*Note: The Phantom is easily the most under-rated comic book movie ever - I still cling to a faint hope that I'll see Billy Zane will don the purple suit once more for The Phantom II...)

Not a big fan.

Hulk A
Batman A

Batman Returns B
Superman II B
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles B
The Crow B
Batman Begins B

Superman C+
Road to Perdition C+
Annie C+
Mystery Men C+

Spider-Man C
Spider-Man 2 C
The Mask C
Blade C
Sin City

Men in Black D+
X2: X-Men United D+
Batman Forever D+
X-Men D+
Fantastic Four D+
Constantine D+

Men in Black II D
Flash Gordon D
The Crow: City of Angels D
Batman and Robin D
Dick Tracy D
Daredevil D
Blade II D
Hellboy D
Spawn D
Richie Rich D
Judge Dredd D
Superman III D

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen F
Blade: Trinity F
Timecop F
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace F
Supergirl F
Josie and the Pussycats F
Virus F
Tank Girl F
Barb Wire F

Spider-Man A-
Spider-Man 2 A+
Batman A
Batman Returns C-
Batman Forever D+
Batman & Robin D-
Batman Begins A+
Men In Black B+
Men In Black II C-
X-Men B-
X-Men 2 B
Fantastic Four D
The Hulk D
The Mask B
Daredevil B-
Daredevil:DC A-
Constantine C-
Sin City A
Josie and the Pussycats C
Steel D
A History of Violence B

A thousand quatloos to for partially recognizing the stench of Spider-Man...

I'll rank them:

1. Spider-Man - A+
2. X2: X-Men United - A+
3. X-Men - A+
4. Spider-Man 2 - A
5. Batman Begins - A
6. Men in Black - A
7. Batman - A
8. Blade II - A
9. The Crow - A
10. A History of Violence - A-
11. Daredevil - A-
12. Batman Forever - A-
13. The Mask - A-
14. Sin City - B+
15. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - B+
16. Road to Perdition - B+
17. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - B+
18. Bulletproof Monk - B+
19. Howard the Duck - B
20. Casper - B
21. X-Men: The Last Stand - B
22. Hellboy - B
23. Constantine - B
24. Blade - B
25. Hulk - B
26. Batman Returns - B
27. From Hell - B
28. V for Vendetta - B
29. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze - B-
30. Spawn - B-
31. Blade: Trinity - B-
32. Elektra - B-
33. Mystery Men - B-
34. Batman & Robin - C
35. Fantastic Four - C
36. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - C-
37. Catwoman - D+
38. Men in Black II - D
39. Barb Wire - F

I think as time goes on, and more SM films come out, my grade for the original will continue to drop. It doesn't hold up well upon repeat viewings, and the second one is just a far better movie with a far better villian. I will always respect it for being the first Spiderman and being a good origin movie, but I see the sequels being much better down the line.

Best to Worst

1. Superman: The Movie - A+
2. Spider-Man II - A+
3. Batman Begins - A+
4. A History of Violence - A+
5. Sin City - A+
6. Road to Perdition - A+

7. Superman II - A
8. Men In Black - A
9. Blade II - A
10. Hulk - A
11. V for Vendetta - A
12. Dick Tracy - A

13. X2: X-Men United - A-
14. Batman Forever - A-
15. The Mask - A-
16. Daredevil - A- (DC: B-)
17. Hellboy - A-

18. Batman - B+
19. From Hell - B+
20. Mystery Men - B+
21. The Rocketeer - B+

22. X-Men - B
23. X-Men: The Last Stand - B
24. Blade - B
25. Batman Returns - B
26. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - B
27. Casper - B

28. Spider-Man - B-
29. Superman III - B-
30. Bulletproof Monk - B-
31. Blade: Trinity - B-

32. Fantastic Four - C+
33. Men in Black 2 - C+
34. The Punisher - C+
35. Elektra - C+
36. Garfield - C+

37. Batman and Robin - C
38. Judge Dredd - C
39. The Phantom - C

40. Richie Rich - C-

41. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace - D+

42. Barb Wire - D-

43. Catwoman - F
44. Steel - F

X-Men - B+
X2 - A
X3 - B

Blade - A
Blade 2 - B
Blade: Trinity - C-

Men in Black - A
MIB 2 - C+

Spider-Man - B
Spider-Man 2 - A

Batman - A
Batman Returns - B+
Batman Forever - C-
Batman and Robin - F
Catwoman - D
Batman Begins - B+

Daredevil - B
Elektra - D

Constantine - A

The Punisher - C-

Hulk - C

Fantastic 4 - B-

Superman - A
Superman 2 - A-
Superman 3 - C-
Superman 4: The Quest for Peace - D

The Shadow (1994) - C

Bulletproof Monk - C

The Crow - A+

Judge Dredd - C

The Phantom - C

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - A
TMNT 2: Secret of the Ooze - C
TMNT 3 - D

V for Vendetta - A

LXG - B-

The Road to Perdition - A

Spawn - B

Hellboy - B+

The Mask - A

Timecop - B

Mystery Men - B+

Sin City - A

Garfield - F

Over the Hedge - B

Dick Tracy - A

Richie Rich - C

The Rocketeer - B

Dennis the Menace - D

Josie and the Pussycats - C

Barb Wire - C

Steel - D

Casper - A

Ranked:

1. X2 - A+
2. Batman Begins - A+
3. X-Men - A+
4. Superman - A
5. Men in Black - A
6. Sin City - A
7. Constantine - A-
8. Batman Forever - A-
9. Spider-Man - A-
10. X3 - B+
11. Batman Returns - B+
12. A History of Violence - B+
13. Batman - B+
14. From Hell - B-
15. Hellboy - B-
16. The Punisher - B-
17. Casper - B-
18. The Mask - B-
19. Spider-Man 2 - C+
20. Daredevil - C
21. Fantastic Four - C-
22. Richie Rich - C-
23. Men in Black II - C-
24. The League of Extraordinary Gentleman - D
25. Road to Perdition - D
26. Batman & Robin - D
27. The Hulk - D-
28. Dennis the Menace - D-
29. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace - F

Batman: A-
Batman Returns:A
Batman Forever:D
B&R: F
Batman Begins: C
Batman: Mask of the phantasm: A
Batman: Zubzero: B
Batman Beyond:Return of the joker: A-
The Batman Vs Dracula: F

Superman:A+
Superman 2:A+
Superman 3: D
Superman 4:C-

X-men: B+
X2:A
x3:C

Spiderman: B
Spiderman 2: A

Blade:B
Blade 2: A-
Blade Trinity: D

Men In Black: A-
MIB 2: D

Teenage mutant ninja turtles: A-
TMNT 2: C
TMNT3: B

Darkman: B

The crow: A-
The crow 2: D

Supergirl: D-

Hulk: C

Dick Tracy: B

Constatine: D

Casper: B+

Daredevil: B
Elektra: D-

Hellboy: B

Spawn: D

The Shadow: B