For nearly 15 years, the name Samuel L. Jackson has been held synonymously with the Curiosity Cinematic Universe. Considering his character'south role in assembling The Avengers and the importance of Jackson appearing in the first-ever MCU mail-credit cutscene, a potent argument tin can be fabricated for Helm Nick Fury potentially being the nearly important graphic symbol in the MCU.

Of course, with an interim career that spans fifty years (every bit of adjacent year) that includes an Oscar nomination, and equally he'south the highest-grossing histrion of all-fourth dimension between the United States and Canada, Jackson is associated with far more than but Curiosity movies. However, it's hard not to watch this actor in the biggest comic book movie franchise of all time and not associate him with comic volume movies. Jackson has a history with acting in movies based on comic books, manga, and graphic novels long earlier he e'er stepped foot on MCU soil.

6 The Spirit - That Other 2008 Superhero Movie Everyone Forgets Nearly

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2008 was the twelvemonth that Samuel 50. Jackson debuted on big screens as Nick Fury in the postal service-credits scene of Atomic number 26 Man, the first MCU movie. But this was not the only superhero movie that Jackson participated in that year. Alas, audiences forget that Jackson had a much bigger and much different role as role of the cast for Frank Miller's The Spirit, released on Christmas Day.

Marking his directorial debut behind the camera, Frank Miller adapted Will Eisner'south 1940s era newspaper comics clippings. Following the same general story of the comics, the movie adaptation focuses on a detective turned superhero vigilante who fights crime with the blessing of Central Urban center'due south police. He'southward Batman minus the brooding. Samuel L. Jackson plays the movie's main antagonist, The Octopus, The Spirit's curvation nemesis in the comics. Interestingly enough, in those same comics, The Octopus never showed his face, whereas Jackson'due south is on full display for the entirety of the movie.

This was simply 1 nitpick that long-fourth dimension fans of the comics had about the movie, but it was plenty to add to the burn down of bad reviews shared between critics and audiences that amounted to The Spirit beingness both a box role and critical failure. No wonder no 1 remembers The Spirit, or at least don't like talking about it.

5 Astro Boy - Another Day, Another Forgotten Flop

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Although Samuel L. Jackson would not reprise the part of Nick Fury again for another 2 years in time for Fe Man 2, he kept himself busy by participating in the 2009 adaptation of Astro Male child,based on Osamu Tezuka'south manga of the same name. Jackson joined a star-studded Hollywood bandage to offering his voice to play Zog, a 100-year old robot brought back to life courtesy of the championship character's cadre free energy.

This was yet another bomb for Jackson, just this was a flop with fifty-fifty more catastrophic repercussions. This served equally the final movie produced by Imagi Animation Studios because the movie did and then poorly at the box role that the studio could not sustain itself to keep its doors open for much longer. It subsequently shut down after Astro Boy's release.

iv Afro Samurai: Resurrection - Standing Jackson's Beginning Foray Into Comic Book Adaptations

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Although Iron Man can technically be cited as Samuel L. Jackson's first comic book motion picture, it was not the first fourth dimension that he partook in a comic book adaptation. The first was in 2007 when Jackson starred as the championship character of an anime television series, Afro Samurai, that aired on Spike Idiot box (at present The Paramount Network) for a brief, merely memorable five-episode run. The story is based on a Japanese manga of the same proper noun that was written and drawn by Takashi Okazaki between 1998 and 2002, based on his love for American pop culture and hip hop in item.

The anime and manga follow Afro, who watched his father get murdered by a gunslinger named Justice when he was young. At present a skilled adult samurai, Afro sets out on a journey for bloodthirsty vengeance. In just five episodes, Afro Samurai earned praise from all sectors of its cult following, plenty to spawn a television motion-picture show sequel released 2 years afterward the serial wrapped upwards.

The motion picture follows Afro Samurai, this time struggling to discover purpose in life later enacting revenge and not picking up his sword in the years since. That all changes when Jinno (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, who voiced the title character of Marvel'southward Spider-Human video game) and Lady Sio (voiced by Lucy Liu) resurface, attack him, and steal his sacred headband, forth with his father'due south mandible with the intention of resurrecting him for revenge.

Afro Samurai: Resurrection was praised just as heavily equally the anime series, if not more, going on to receive two Primetime Emmy nominations.

3 Oldboy - The Remake Anybody Forgets Is Merely An Adaptation

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Mass panic and complaints raged across the cyberspace when news broke that Hollywood was ready to remake Park Chan-Wook's instant archetype 2003 movie, Oldboy, just few realize that Oldboy is less of a remake and more than of an accommodation. Originally, Oldboy was conceived and published asŌrudo Bōi, or Sometime Boy, a manga written by Garon Tsuchiya with artwork by Nobuaki Minegishi. 79 chapters were published between 1996 and 1998 in Weekly Manga Action before information technology was inevitably brought to the large screen.

2013 saw the motion picture re-adapted, this time with Fasten Lee every bit director and with Samuel 50. Jackson bringing his own colorful flair and way to the function of Chaney (previously Park Cheol-woong, played by Oh Dal-su in 2003).

2 Robocop - A Sort Of Comic Book Adaptation

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While RoboCop is indeed a remake of a 1987 original story that was non based on any previously written or drawn cloth, the remake had necktie-in comic books released before the remake came out in 2014. Since those stories are catechism and bounce off of the movie'southward story, the moving picture is technically based on a comic volume.

These tie-in comic books were released in December 2013 on behalf of BOOM Studios, 2 months earlier the movie officially released in theaters featuring Samuel Fifty. Jackson in an antagonistic role. What makes these tie-in comics peculiarly interesting is how the panels often take a special, nigh psychedelic look into the mind of its championship character.

1 Kingsman: The Secret Service - Another Theatrical Win From Marker Millar

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It frequently goes overlooked how the Kingsman movie trilogy is based on a serial of comic books created by Marker Millar and Dave Gibbons. The commencement story in the graphic novel series, The Undercover Service, served every bit the main source inspiration for the first movie adaptation of the ensuing franchise.

Dissimilar most of the movies on this list that Samuel L. Jackson participated in, this movie was far from a flop, as it generated positive reviews and earned over $400 million off of an $81 million budget. This justified the theatrical release of a sequel,The Golden Circle, and an upcoming prequel, The King's Human.

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