Marvel’s marvellous movies from the past, present and future

Movies based on Marvel Comics technically go all the way back to 1944 and the release of “Captain America”. But there were no further movies based on the comic until Hollywood suddenly woke up to the possibilities again some 42 years later when Universal brought out “Howard the Duck”, a comedy starring Tim Robbins.

Of course – a duck called Howard isn’t exactly what we associate with Marvel’s super-hero series of movies which really began in earnest with the 2000 release of “X Men”, starring Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and Sir Ian McKellen.