The summer of 2011 has quickly become the “Summer of the Comic Book Movie.” The God of Thunder has already graced the silver screens in Thor and the latest X-flick, X-Men: First Class, is a success (though not as much as earlie...

The X-Men franchise which, with the inclusion of X-Men: First Class, now boasts five films, started off well with Bryan Singer’s series-launching entries X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Then faltered, at least creatively as the box...