Source: comicvine.gamespot.com

8. #14: Meteor!

The Thing: Meteor is a Chinese/American co-production about an asteroid heading straight for Earth during the Cold War, causing international incidents to occur. Sean Connery is in it. And Natalie Wood. This movie is so flipping extra. Like, the asteroid heads for Earth because it’s hit with a comet.

It’s kind of a bonkers movie, as especially evidenced by the fact that it was kind of quietly remade in 1998 as Armageddon and Deep Impact, and then was actually remade in 2009 as a miniseries.

The Comic: Again, nothing special in adaptation. Oh, except for one thing. The cover – and, I believe, some of the interior art – was done by Frank Miller. Yeah, that Frank Miller. Dark Knight Returns, Batman Year One, Sin City Frank Miller.

It’s deeply weird that the part-time penciler of this comic would go on to have a bigger pop cultural impact than the feature film he adapted. Neat!