Avante
02-18-2014, 11:00 PM
...Hollywood.
Edgar Rice Burroughs gave the big screen.....Tarzan and John Carter.
Robert E. Howards had his heros....King Kull, Conan and Solomon Kane made into movies.
Tolkiens....Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit
Bram Stoker...Dracula
Mary Shelly...Frankenstein
Johnston McCulley...Zorro
H.G.Wells...War of the Worlds
Jules Verne...20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Sir Arthur Conan Dolye...Sherlock Holmes
Kenneth Robeson...Doc Savage
Sax Rommer...Fu Manchu
The myths...Hercules (numerous titles), Samson & Deliah, David & Goliath, Jason and the Argonauts
Comic books
DC
Superman
Batman
Green Arrow
Marvel
Thor (actually a myth)
Hulk
Captain America
The Avengers
Fantastic Four
Spiderman
I keep waiting for what could be better than all of those, that would be Michael Moorcocks Elric stories. The albino prince with his vampiric runesword Stormbringer. This epic saga on a par with any fantasy ever written. With todays technology, perfect!
Who did I forget?
Edgar Rice Burroughs gave the big screen.....Tarzan and John Carter.
Robert E. Howards had his heros....King Kull, Conan and Solomon Kane made into movies.
Tolkiens....Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit
Bram Stoker...Dracula
Mary Shelly...Frankenstein
Johnston McCulley...Zorro
H.G.Wells...War of the Worlds
Jules Verne...20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Sir Arthur Conan Dolye...Sherlock Holmes
Kenneth Robeson...Doc Savage
Sax Rommer...Fu Manchu
The myths...Hercules (numerous titles), Samson & Deliah, David & Goliath, Jason and the Argonauts
Comic books
DC
Superman
Batman
Green Arrow
Marvel
Thor (actually a myth)
Hulk
Captain America
The Avengers
Fantastic Four
Spiderman
I keep waiting for what could be better than all of those, that would be Michael Moorcocks Elric stories. The albino prince with his vampiric runesword Stormbringer. This epic saga on a par with any fantasy ever written. With todays technology, perfect!
Who did I forget?