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This is a list of films based on comic strips. The practice of creating films based on comic strips dates back decades, although in recent years films based on comic books have been more common.

Feature films based on comic strips

• Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, based on the comic strip created by Billy DeBeck:
  • Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
  • Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (1942)

• Blondie (1938) and 27 sequels from 1939 to 1950, based on the comic strip created by Chic Young
• Brenda Starr (1989), based on the comic strip created by Dale Messick:

• Dennis the Menace (1993), based on the comic strip created by Hank Ketcham

• Dick Tracy, based on the comic strip created by Chester Gould
  • Dick Tracy (1945)
  • Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
  • Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
  • Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
  • Dick Tracy (1990)

• Dondi (1961)

• Ella Cinders

• Flash Gordon, based on the comic strip created by Alex Raymond:
  • Flash Gordon (1936)
  • Flash Gordon (1980)

• Garfield, based on the comic strip created by Jim Davis:
  • Garfield (2004),
  • Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

• G-Men From Hell (2000)

• Li'l Abner:
  • Li'l Abner (1940)
  • Li'l Abner (1959)

• Little Iodine (1946)

• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)

• Little Orphan Annie, based on comic strip created by Harold Gray:
  • Little Orphan Annie (1932)
  • Little Orphan Annie (1938)
  • Annie (1982)

• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989/1992), based on Little Nemo by Winsor McCay.

• Mandrake the Magician:
  • Mandrake Killing'e karsi (1967)
  • Mandrake (1979)

• Modesty Blaise, based on the comic strip by Peter O'Donnell:
  • Modesty Blaise (1966)
  • My Name Is Modesty (2003)

• The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005), based on the comic strip by Eric Orner
• Over the Hedge (2006), based on the comic strip Over the Hedge created by Michael Fry and T Lewis
• Popeye (1980), based on the comic strip Popeye from Thimble Theater, created by E.C. Segar

• Peanuts:
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
  • Snoopy, Come Home (1972)
  • Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
  • Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!!) (1980)

• The Phantom, based on the comic strip created by Lee Falk:
  • The Phantom (TV movie, 1961)
  • The Phantom (1996)
  • The Ghost Who Walks (forthcoming: 2007) ¹

• Popeye

• Prince Valiant, based on the comic strip created by Hal Foster:
  • Prince Valiant (1954)
  • Prince Valiant (1997)

• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997)

• The Spirit, 1987 TV movie
• The Spirit (forthcoming: 2008) ²

Additional

• Desperate Desmond
• Everett True
• Lady Bountiful
• Let George Do It
• Mike and Ike
• Mischievous Willie
• Mr. Jack
• The Newlyweds
• Smitty
• Uncle Mun
• Wille Westinghouse

Movie serials based on comic strips

• Ace Drummond (1936)

• The Adventures of Smilin' Jack:
  • The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)

• Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)

• Brick Bradford (1946)

• Bruce Gentry (1949)

• Buck Rogers (1939)

• The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)

• Dick Tracy:
  • Dick Tracy (1937)
  • Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
  • Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
  • Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc (1939)

• Flash Gordon:
  • Flash Gordon {1936}
  • Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
  • Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

• Mandrake the Magician (1939)

• The Phantom:
  • The Phantom (1943)

• Tailspin Tommy (1932)
• Tailspin Tommy in the Great Airmail Mystery (1934)

• Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)

See also

• Comic strip
• Lists of film source material
• List of films based on comics
• List of films based on radio series
• List of films based on television programs
• List of television series based on comic strips

References

External links

• Comics2Film
• Superheroes Lives