The Coon (Eric Cartman) - In his first appearance he gave inner monologues in the style of numerous dark-toned comic-book movies and often disappeared mid-conversation.

Within a single decade, they proved the viability of a novel sub-genre of action film: the comic-book movie.

But the reason the Hulk appealed to me is that I've never seen the comic-book movie as a movie genre; it's not like film noir or screwball comedy.

I don't watch many comic-book movies.

He praises the performances, direction, and writing, and says the film "redefine[s] the possibilities of the comic-book movie."

The director, Mark Steven Johnson, who adapted the Marvel Comics hero for the big screen, missteps in a way new to comic-book movies.

But if everything looks like a comic book in a comic-book movie, then why bother with live action at all?

At last, a comic-book movie that National Public Radio listeners can be proud to take their kids to see.

Darkman has been billed as Sam Raimi's move toward mainstream Hollywood, though given the current fascination for comic-book movies, he hasn't really had to move that far.