TV shows based on comic books
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"Marvel" character Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) returns for the new ABC show "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," to lead a small, highly select group of Agents.
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The CW's "Arrow" is based on characters from DC Comics graphic novels and comic books.
"Batman"
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Adam West starred as "Batman" in the campy TV adaptation of the DC Comics story from 1966 to 1968.
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Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comic book (in black and white, with four heroes improbably named after Italian Renaissance artists) debuted in 1984. It's seen plenty of versions on TV (and in films), including an animated version that started on Nickelodeon in 2012.
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From left, Van Williams starred in the "Green Hornet," with Bruce Lee as his agile cohort, Kato, in the ABC series that ran from 1966 to 1967. The show was based on the character that originated in a 1936 radio program and became a comic book character in 1940.
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Lou Ferrigno played the Hulk in the late '70s, early '80s TV show "The Incredible Hulk," based on the Marvel Comics character.
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Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher starred in the mid-1990s show "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," based on the characters in DC Comics' "Superman" and "Action" comic book series.
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"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," starring Melissa Joan Hart, Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick, aired from 1996 to 2003 and was based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.
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AMC's "The Walking Dead" is based on Image Comics' monthly comic book series about Rick Grimes, a survivor of a zombie apocalypse.
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Lynda Carter starred as "Wonder Woman" on the TV show that aired first on ABC in 1975 before moving to CBS until 1979. The show was based on the DC Comics superheroine.
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