There’s been an awful lot mentioned about the idea of “comic book movie fatigue” kicking in and there’s a definite long-term risk of it happening. The genre has been in the ascendancy for years and the bubble has to burst eventually. In fact, there have been signs of that happening already (Spider-Man 3, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Green Lantern etc).

An insane amount of movies are set to be released in the genre and it equates to a heck of a lot of money for the average cinema-goer to be dishing out – and the fact that most of the movies will play out the same comic book movie formula with different characters (yawn!) is definitely not a good thing. Add on the fact that the genre is now taking over television as well (seriously, get out of our brains!!) and you can see why there might be a problem.

That being said, next year’s Suicide Squad will provide some brief and extremely welcome respite from that formula (hallelujah!). For the first time in living memory, a comic book movie will be headlined by a group of villains and the genre as a whole could definitely benefit and learn from that defiance of tradition.

Comic books aren’t always about superheroes and nor do they all follow the same formula, so why should the likes of Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and Iron Man constantly steal the movie limelight and always come out on top? It’s ridiculous! There are countless examples of non-superhero characters and non-traditional stories in perfectly adaptable and brilliant comic books out there right now.

Here, then, are eight awesome potential comic book movies that would totally refresh the genre – when that fatigue finally does kick in – by defying that tried and tested superhero formula.