Top 10 Comic Books Soon To Be On TV

IGN’s Entertainment Editor, Chris Tilly, talks about the top 10 comic characters who will soon invade a bigger universe – from comic books to TV screens.

The Defenders (Netflix)

There will be five series of the TV master plan, kick-started by single series from its four superheroes, and highlighted by a team-up series, The Defenders. The initial episodes will revolve around Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Luke Cage. The framework very much follows the footsteps of Marvel’s Phase 1 movies, which eventually culminated in The Avengers.

Constantine (NBC)

Constantine is a supernatural action-suspense series featuring a blond con-man named John Constantine. The series promises horror and electrifying plots, as Constantine battles against evil forces to defend the earth. Back in 1988, DC Comics published Hellblazer, the comic book that created Constantine.

iZombie (The CW)

This DC Comics series was first published in 2010, and is being primed for TV adaptation. It’s about a med student who becomes a zombie. She decides to work for a coroner to serve her interest in the corpses’ brains, which she eats to stay human. However, when she eats the corpses’ brains, she also retains their memories. She helps solve homicide cases this way. While the plot sounds gory, it’s promised to be cool, amusing, and intelligent.

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The Flash (The CW)

More than two decades ago, The Flash engrossed TV watchers with its 22-episode single-season series. While the superhero didn’t return to the small screens in a flash, the 2-decade wait may well be worth it after all. Barry Allen, the ordinary-human character of the “Scarlet Speedster” was reintroduced in two episodes of Arrow to prep the viewers for The Flash.

Powers (PSN)

Powers will be about two cops tasked to investigate the deaths of superheroes. Brian Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s comic concept was a hit in 2000. There had been an earlier attempt to produce it on television, but it never went through. Preparations for shooting season 1 are underway, with Bendis and Oeming as executive producers.

Agent Carter (ABC)

Peggy Carter is not Captain America’s apple of the eye for nothing. Created in 1966, the character was introduced on wide screen via Captain America: The First Avenger, and in another film, The Winter Soldier. Those earlier exploits became the background for Peggy Carter One-Shot and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Altogether, these boosted plans to produce on TV Agent Carter’s own TV series.

Scalped (WGN America)

This 60-issue comic series is set in present-day South Dakota, in the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation. The plot revolves around drugs, prostitution, murder, gambling, and violence, and places undercover FBI agent Dashiell Bad Horse in the middle of the reservation. Plans are in very early stages.

Gotham (Fox)

Getting a lot of attention as “a Batman series without Batman,” Gotham is shown as a pre-Batman story. It focuses not on Bruce Wayne, and the masked superhero, but on Commissioner Gordon while he’s starting out as a rookie investigator faced with the case of Thomas and Martha Wayne’s murder. The first season of the 16-episode series will highlight how Gordon rises from rookie to Commissioner. It’ll also tell the stories of the Catwoman before she became a supervillain, the Riddler, the Penguin, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, and the Joker.

Preacher (AMC)

This 75-issue comic series is about a preacher named Jesse Custer, in Annville, Texas. A supernatural creature, Genesis, possessed the preacher to track down God, who disappeared from heaven. There is currently no word about the details or casting.

Hourman (The CW)

The comic story revolves around the main character, Rick Tyler, a pharmaceutical analyst and a superhero who has a special ability to look at events that will happen one hour into the future. This super-ability helps him win back his family and prevent tragedies.

That’s just a quick sneak into what’s brewing for the smaller screens. Nothing beats being ahead, especially your favourite superheroes!