For superhero movies, 2012 was a year championed by culminations. The release of Marvel’s The Avengers brought Phase 1 of Marvel’s movie plans to a head and in turn created the standout box-office success of the year. The conclusion of Christopher Nolan’s Batman saga, The Dark Knight Rises, similarly brought the better half of a decade of Batman to a close. There was some new stuff in there that sort of got lost in the shuffle – The Amazing Spider-Man did well enough but nowhere near Avengers or Batman money. John Carter disappointed financially. Most depressingly, Dredd tanked miserably.

While 2012 could be considered the pinnacle of the last decade of comic book movies – perhaps both financially and creatively – it’s 2013 that will give way to the next phase of the comic adaptation phenomenon. There are plenty of familiar comic book characters returning to the big screen this summer, but most have a great deal to prove, and I’m beyond excited to see what this year can offer in the way of rebuilding previously powerful franchises to their former glory.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies