Arrow. Poster of the 2012 TV series and cover of the 2007 comic book, Green Arrow: Year One
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Green Arrow: Year One
Andy Diggle, 2007
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Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, 2012-2020

The series follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen, who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on a mysterious island, before returning home to Starling City. By night, he acts as a vigilante, known as “The Hood”, hunting down those listed in his father’s notebook, with assistance from John Diggle and Felicity Smoak.


The Rookie. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 2001 book, The Oldest Rookie
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The Oldest Rookie
Jim Morris, Joel Engel, 2001
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John Lee Hancock, 2002

Jim Morris is the son of a career Navy man, who moves the family from Hollywood, Florida to Big Lake, Texas, in order to maintain job security. Jim is shown to be a very skilled pitcher, though his father disapproves of Jim’s dream of making it to Major League Baseball. It is later mentioned that the town to which Jim’s family moved, Big Lake, has lost its love for baseball, preferring football instead.


The Lost Symbol. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2009 book
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The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, 2009
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Dan Trachtenberg, 2021-

The early adventures of famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, who finds himself pulled into a series of deadly puzzles when his mentor is kidnapped. The CIA forces him onto a task force where he uncovers a chilling conspiracy.


War of the Worlds. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1898 book, The War of the Worlds
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The War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells, 1898
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Steven Spielberg, 2005

The plot begins with an opening narration explaining that Earth was being observed by extraterrestrials with immense intelligence and no compassion. Divorced longshoreman Ray Ferrier works at a dock in Brooklyn, New York, and is estranged from his children: Ray collects his children, steals a van that had just been repaired, and drives to Mary Ann’s empty home in suburban New Jersey to take refuge.