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• It’s time to put on your tights and jump off the top of the stairs as the Film Review Superpowered Special takes to the skies! With a raft of superheroic and comics-based movies either breaking box office records or zooming towards us at the speed of sound, we take a look at the big screen's superhumans and ask… what’s with the spandex?
 Spider-Man
• Director Sam Raimi and Green Goblin actor Willem Dafoe on making this summer smash, as Raimi reveals how he never thought he’d get the gig and Dafoe tells of his fear of catching fire in costume
 Superhero Smackdown!
• Brought down and dusted off: the most interesting of the genre’s forays onto the silver screen (and comic adaptations). We take a look at 22 different heroes and franchises, from Akira to the X-Men
 Daredevil: preview online
• As the world gets first view of a blind Ben Affleck swathed in red leather, we preview the 2003 release and talk to bad guys Michael Clarke Duncan and Colin Farrell about bringing a classic comics hero to the big screen
 Y-Fronts and Tights
• It’s not all gritty post-modern styling, you know. Sometimes superheroes really are as silly as your elderly relations think. Step up to the podium Orgazmo and The Mystery Men, as they (and others) get an absolute pasting…
Super Previews!
• With the success of X-Men and now Spider-Man, loads of superhero films are entering production to blow us away soon. We look at ten of the most likely contenders, including the eagerly anticipated Hulk and the long-awaited Batman prequel, Year One
Superman
• With only tentative signs of new Super-product making its way towards the multiplexes, we look back at the Superman franchise of the '70s and '80s, from the glorious Superman: the Movie to the execrable Quest for Peace, and ask… Just what on Earth went wrong?
Unspun Spectaculars!
• For every film arriving at your local fleapit, many others fall by the wayside. With some Superhero films, those that failed are more captivating than those that didn’t! Unlock the mysterious secrets behind the planned movies of Watchmen, Superman Lives, The Fantastic Four and, er, Spider-Man: The Movie…
Batman
• With production on Year One proceeding slowly, at best, we look at Batman's big screen incarnations, from Burton’s 1989 masterpiece with Michael Keaton, to George Clooney’s disastrous portrayal. And the man from ER is quite happy to carry the can!
Super Sites
• We take a look at the best websites around for information and opinion about the current trend in adapting comics for the cinema, including comics2film.com and more…
From Strip to Screen
• Sorry, did we miss anything? Then here’s where you’ll find it, as we take in a history of the moving funny pages to date. From the original '30s incarnation of The Shadow to the latest in state-of-the-art Hollywood effects, the highs – and lows! – of the format are revealed!
Superhero DVD Round-Up
• Check out what’s available on the market to you via he shiny, shiny discs of joy that are the superhero DVDs! There are more masks and capes out there than at your average Halloween ball, we’re telling you…
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