Ahh, it’s a no-brainer that videogames based on comic book properties have been around since the early Atari days. Recently, though, they’ve had something of a renaissance, particularly over the past decade when it comes to Marvel and DC, with the Batman Arkham series, Marvel’s Spider-Man and the upcoming Avengers game from Square Enix - and rumours of a new Batman game are constantly swirling.
But sometimes it’s best to forgo the obvious. There are many comic book properties which are not Marvel or DC, which have the potential to form the basis for very exciting videogames. It has happened before - take the extremely successful The Walking Dead from Telltale Games, which is based on the popular comic book from Skybound Entertainment. There have also been videogames based on Hellboy, though those were tied into movies rather than directly to the comics, but you get my point. What I’m saying is that there is scope for a lot of exciting gameplay mechanics and unique and compelling stories, not panel-for-shot recreations from the pages of the comics or just simple movie tie-ins.