What a letdown. Looking through this book you'll notice that all the films that are mention only go back to Batman and Akira up to all these Marvel licenses being used for the big screen (Makes you wonder the intentions of this book.). The only film made prior to those films mentioned in the book is Superman. The editor of this book must of not been doing enough research because there's a smorgasbord of comic book adaptations missing such as Popeye, Flash Gordon, Blondie, Fritz The Cat, Barbarella (!!!), Footrot Flats... Besides that the essays written for each movie is very detailed and contains a lot of general information concerning the production and critical aspect of each film. But, you never quite feel satisfied over the incompleteness of the list.