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NEW YORK (AP) - "I want suit approval." Who can blame Vincent Chase, the movie-star character on HBO's "Entourage," for his Aquaman ultimatum? He understands that superhero films teeter on a precarious edge between laughable ("Cat Woman") and arguably brilliant ("Spider-Man").
There's no current plan for a King of the Seven Seas flick, but this year has already seen "Fantastic Four," "Batman Begins," "Sin City," "Constantine" and "Elektra." And waiting in the wings are dozens of superheroes, each poised to either make movie history ("X-Men") or get ridiculed into oblivion ("Daredevil").
On Thursday, tens of thousands of comic enthusiasts began descending on San Diego for the annual Comic-Con convention, where movie adaptations are among the hottest topics. But with so many cartoon superstars like Batman, Superman, the Hulk and the Fantastic Four already gone Hollywood, who's left?
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