Everybody talks about how superheroes have come to dominate movies in recent years. These days, summer is spandex season, and it's only going to get more superpowered in the next few years. But the success of movies like Spider-Man 2, Iron Man and Batman Begins has had a huge effect on comic book publishers as well, making mainstream comics cooler... if not always better. Here's a list of 9 ways the superhero movie boom has changed comics.

9. Decompression.

8. Better, and fewer, costumes.

7. More Hollywood writers.

6. Back to basics.

5. Reconstruction. novel form.

3. (Somewhat) more realistic art.

2. Every time, it's personal. 

1.Villain stew.

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