Smallville. Poster of the 2001 TV series and cover of the 1938 comic book, Superman
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Superman
Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, 1938
TV series vs comic book
Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, 2001-2011

The origins of the world’s greatest hero, Superman. A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.


Payback. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1962 book, The Hunter
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The Hunter
Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake), 1962
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Brian Helgeland, 1999

Face down on the kitchen table of an underground abortionist, barely conscious and with two large bullet wounds in his back, lies career thief and former Marine Porter. The unlicensed doctor uses the whiskey he is drinking as sterilizing agent and digs out the bullets. Porter begins tracking down his estranged wife Lynn and former partner-in-crime Val Resnick.


Scrooged. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1843 book, A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
movie vs book
Richard Donner, 1988

IBC Television president Frank Cross is pushing his company to broadcast an extravagant live production of A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve, making the staff work throughout the holiday. Frank’s boss Preston Rhinelander, seeing the stress Frank is under with the production, brings in Brice Cummings to provide assistance, though Brice secretly wants Frank’s job.


Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
David Bischoff, 1990
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Joe Dante, Chuck Jones, 1990

After the death of his owner Mr. Wing, the mogwai Gizmo becomes the guinea pig of scientists at a lab in the Clamp Center, a state-of-the-art highrise building in Manhattan, owned by eccentric billionaire Daniel Clamp. Gizmo is left in the office, where water spills on his head from a broken drinking fountain and spawns four new mogwai who then lock Gizmo in the vents.


52 Pick-Up. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the 1974 book, 52 Pickup
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52 Pickup
Elmore Leonard, 1974
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John Frankenheimer, 1986

Harry Mitchell is a successful businessman with mechanical aptitude living in the suburbs of Los Angeles whose wife Barbara is running for city council. Harry is confronted by three hooded blackmailers who demand $105,000 per year for a videotape of him and the mistress, Cini, with whom he has been having an affair.


The Incredible Shrinking Woman. Poster of the 1981 movie and cover of the 1956 book, The Shrinking Man
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The Shrinking Man
Richard Matheson, 1956
movie vs book
Joel Schumacher, 1981

Pat Kramer of Tasty Meadows is an ordinary suburban housewife and mother of two children. Her husband Vance is an advertising executive. After exposure to an experimental perfume and other chemicals from her husband’s company, she begins to shrink, gradually at first, then rapidly.


Breaking Point. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the book, Beware of the Dog
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Beware of the Dog
Roald Dahl, 1946
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Peter Markle, 1989

With D-Day less than 72 hours off, top US intelligence officer Jefferson Pike, is captured by the enemy. Pike, one of handful of officers who know where the allies will strike, is a professional who the Nazis know will never succumb to torture. They hatch a diabolical plan to deceive him into thinking that the war is over and he’s recuperating from memory loss in a US hospital in Germany.


Batman & Robin. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Batman & Robin
Michael Jan Friedman, 1997
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Joel Schumacher, 1997

Batman and his new partner, Robin, come into conflict in the form of a new foe, Mr. Freeze, who has left a string of diamond robberies in his wake. After a lab accident, Fries was rendered unable to live at normal temperatures and forced to wear a cryogenic suit powered by diamonds in order to survive.


Batman & Robin. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1940 comic book, Batman
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Batman
Bob Kane, Bill Finger, 1940
movie vs comic book
Joel Schumacher, 1997

Batman and his new partner, Robin, come into conflict in the form of a new foe, Mr. Freeze, who has left a string of diamond robberies in his wake. After a lab accident, Fries was rendered unable to live at normal temperatures and forced to wear a cryogenic suit powered by diamonds in order to survive.