What is Superhero movie?
{{no sources|date=August 2019}} '''Superhero movies''' are [[movies]] about [[superheroes]]. Superhero movies are generally, only always, based on [[comic books]]. There were a lot of superhero movies made during [[World War II]]. Sometimes superhero movies aren't really about DC and Marvel superhero characters but are independently produced or based on characters from other comic book companies. This is a list of [[live-action]] movies based on the characters from [[DC Comics]] ([[Superman]], [[Batman]], [[Wonder Woman]], etc.) and [[Marvel Comics]] ([[Spider-Man]], [[Hulk (Marvel Comics)|Hulk]], etc.). ==History== ''[[Adventures of Captain Marvel]]'' was a 1941 [[black and white movie]] based on the [[superhero]] [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Captain Marvel]] from [[DC Comics]]. In 1943, ''[[Batman (serial)|Batman]]'' based on the [[DC Comics]] character of [[Batman]]. In 1944, there was a serial called ''[[Captain America (serial)|Captain America]]'' about a [[superhero]] called [[Captain America]] from [[Marvel Comics]]. In 1948, there was a movie based on the [[DC Comics]] character of [[Superman]]. In 1957, there was a [[television series]] called ''[[The Adventures of Superman]]'' based on [[DC Comics]]. In 1966, [[CBS]] aired its [[television series]] ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' with [[Adam West]] and [[Burt Ward]] as [[Batman]] and [[Robin (comics)|Robin]]. Also in 1966, [[Warner Brothers]] made a movie based on the Batman series. In 1975, [[American Broadcasting Company]] aired its television series ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'', with [[Lynda Carter]] as [[Wonder Woman]], the television movie ''[[The New Original Wonder Woman]]''. In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of [[television studios]] filmed [[made for television movies]] about [[Marvel Comics]] [[superheroes]] including [[Thor]] and [[The Incredible Hulk]]. The 1990s saw the introduction of [[superhero television shows]] based on [[DC Comics]] including ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]'' television seri