CULT HERO OF THE MONTH
OWN-BRAND SUPERHERO movies have always trickled out between the big-ticket Marvel/ DC capes — remember Condorman? The Meteor Man? Hancock? — and now have their own niche in the sub-theatrical film environment. Starting from scratch without decades of comics to pillage usually means filing the serial numbers off action-figure characters, but also allows for twists you couldn’t do with a long-established franchise.