
With Comic Con on the horizon and the continuing trend of films based on comics we thought now is a better time than any to look at five great games based on comic books. This isn’t a list of the best of the best but merely a selection of some great games based on great comic characters and worlds. From the comic panel to the games console the path to adaptation isn’t always a success (hello Superman 64) with many titles falling short of a decent standard of quality and other just coming off as rather mediocre thankfully there’s a few games that have proven the exception and here is just a few of them.

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