5 comic book movies and TV shows on Hulu that are perfect to watch in the summer

Maybe the trippiest comic book adjacent movie or TV show ever made, the ambitious Legion tells the story of its titular hero turned villain over the course of three mind-bending seasons. The show is really an origin story, but it’s one in which many of the powers are mental, and the main character is not as sympathetic as you might initially find him to be. In a show where nothing is ever as it seems, and the main character is initially unsure whether he actually has superpowers or is just delusional, Legion is definitely high-brow superhero content, but it’s also excellent from start to finish. 

One of the most visually inventive comic book movies ever made, Hulk baffled audiences when it was first released in 2003. The film, which was directed by venerated auteur Ang Lee, put some weighty significance behind the idea of the Hulk as a character. The film follows Bruce Banner as he deals with the trauma of being experimented on as a child, and is forced to deal excise personal demons. There are no world-ending stakes here. Instead, Ang Lee’s Hulk is razor-focused on its central characters, which makes it deeply unusual for a comic book movie in this or any era. 

Fans of documentaries can get their fix with Batman & Bill, which tells the story of Bill Finger, one of the creators of Batman who didn’t receive credit for his creation until after his death. Batman & Bill is the story of the many fans who, after his death, ensured that Finger received the credit he deserved for creating one of the most famous comic book characters of all time. It might not be a superhero story, but Batman & Bill is a tribute to one of the men who made us fall in love with comic books in the first place, and it’s deeply moving for that alone.