1. The Arachnid Kid
   Iron Man
2. Miracle Man
   Spider-Man

Tom Holland is actually the fourth actor to portray a live-action Spider-Man in American movies and TV. He follows Andrew Garfield (in the 2010s), Tobey Maguire (in the 2000s), and Nicholas Hammond (in the 1970s).

1. Robin Hood
   Azrael
2. Batman & Robin
   Bat-Mite

Ben Affleck is the latest actor to portray a live-action Batman on screen. Previous Batmen include Christian Bale (from 2005-12), George Clooney (1997), Val Kilmer (1995), Michael Keaton (1989-92), Adam West (1966-68, and 1979), Robert Lowery (1949), and Lewis Wilson (1943). (David Mazouz plays Bruce Wayne in the TV series, "Gotham," but, as he has yet to become Batman, he is not included in this list.)

1. Wonder Man
   Superboy
2. Martian Manhunter
   Superman

2006's "Superman Returns" takes place in the Christopher Reeve continuity, established in"Superman" (1978) and followed up in "Superman II" (1980) -- but not the other two films in that series: "Superman III" (1983) and "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" (1987).

1. Cyclops
   Wolverine
2. Colossus
   Nightcrawler

Hugh Jackman was not the first choice to portray Wolverine in 2000's "X-Men"; Dougray Scott was. Unfortunately for him, Scott was called back to the set of "Mission: Impossible II" for pick-up shooting for his villainous role, and couldn't be released to start shooting his mutant role. Jackman has gone on to play Wolverine seven additional times, with an eighth on the way in 2017.

1. Spider-Man
   Iron Man
2. Ant-Man
   Captain America

The movie "Iron Man" (2008) was the film that established the Marvel Cinematic Universe and re-established Robert Downey Jr.'s career.

1. The Abomination
   She-Hulk
2. Mr. Sinister
   The Hulk

In the comics, the Hulk has been gray and green, has turned from Bruce Banner due to sunset and then anger, and has been of low intellect and very eloquent.

1. War Machine
   Luke Cage
2. The Falcon
   Black Panther

The Black Panther first appeared in 1966 in The Fantastic Four.

1. The Flash
   Impulse
2. Kid Flash
   Reverse Flash

"The Flash" moniker was originally held by Jay Garrick during the Golden Age of comics. During the Silver Age, The Flash was revamped and became Barry Allen, who was followed by Wally West and then Bart Allen in the Modern Age. Currently, Barry Allen has resumed the lightning mantle.

1. Deadshot
   Deadpool
2. Deathstroke
   Deadman

The spread of cancer for "Deadpool" was originally halted by an infusion from Wolverine during their Project X days.

1. Odin
   Loki
2. Heimdall
   Thor

Originally, disabled doctor, Donald Blake, found a staff in a Norwegian cave that allowed him to turn into Asgardian Thor. This was retconned later so that Donald Blake was a fake identity that Thor's father, Odin, transformed Thor into to teach him a lesson in humility.

1. Storm
   Phoenix
2. Spider-Gwen
   Rogue

After meeting Wolverine's ninja friend, the care-free Yukio, Storm started wearing leather and sporting a mohawk.

1. Hawkeye
   Bullseye
2. Mephisto
   Daredevil

Season 2 of Marvel's "Daredevil" is based on the antipathy that Daredevil (who beats up the bad guys but doesn't kill them) and the Punisher (who kills the bad guys) feel for each other in the comics.

1. Green Arrow
   Green Lantern
2. Green Beetle
   Parallax

There have been several Earthlings to bear the name Green Lantern, including Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardiner and Kyle Rayner.

1. Cyclops
   Hank McCoy
2. Christopher Pike
   Professor X

Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, has an out-of-wedlock child named David, who has multiple-personality disorder -- not a great thing to have when you're a powerful psionic mutant.

1. Speedy
   Bucky
2. Aqualad
   Robin

The mantle of Robin has been worn by Dick Grayson (who became Nightwing), Jason Todd (who became Red Hood), Tim Drake (who became Red Robin), Stephanie Brown (who became Spoiler), and Damian Wayne (son of the Dark Knight).

1. Splinter
   Raphael
2. Shredder
   The Tortoise

The Nickelodeon version of Raphael is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with two sais and a temper. He has a pet turtle named Spike and is afraid of cockroaches.

1. Black Widow
   Mystique
2. Captain Marvel
   Mockingbird

Avenger Natasha Romanov is not the only person in the Marvel Universe to bear the name Black Widow. Others include Claire Voyant, a World War II hero and spirit medium; Yelena Belova, Romanov's successor; and "Petra," a Belova lookalike who believed herself to be the "real" Black Widow.

1. Batgirl
   Wonder Woman
2. Superwoman
   Supergirl

Supergirl has been portrayed on-screen by Helen Slater (who played Clark Kent's biological mother on TV's "Smallville" and plays Kara's adopted mother on TV's "Supergirl") in the narrative feature film "Supergirl," Laura Vandervoort (who played Indigo on TV's "Supergirl") in TV's "Smallville," and Melissa Benoist in TV's "Supergirl."

1. Doctor Strange
   Zatara
2. Doctor Doom
   Black Bolt

In the Marvel Studios feature film, "Doctor Strange," Rachel McAdams plays Dr. Steven Strange's love interest, Christine Palmer. Dr. Strange himself is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, star of the British TV series, "Sherlock," in which Cumberbatch plays the title role. In the two Sherlock Holmes feature films by British director, Guy Ritchie, McAdams plays Sherlock Holmes' love interest. (In those films, Holmes is played by Robert Downey Jr., who plays Iron Man in the MCU.)

1. Silver Surfer
   Galactus
2. Waverider
   Colossus

Doug Jones played a motion capture Silver Surfer in 20th Century Fox's first "Fantastic Four" feature film series. He has also played motion capture characters such as Abe Sapien in Guillermo del Toro's feature film, "Hellboy," and Cochise in TNT's TV series, "Falling Skies."

1. Danny Rand
   James "Rhodey" Rhodes
2. Sam Wilson
   Luke Cage

Before Luke Cage was an Avenger, he was a "Hero for Hire" -- if you could raise the retainer, you could rent your own superhero.

1. Aquaman
   Aqualad
2. Sub-Mariner
   Cyborg

Playing Aquaman gave fictional character Vincent Chase the money to make his passion project movie about Pablo Escobar in HBO's TV series, "Entourage."

1. The Hulk
   Red Devil
2. Abe Sapien
   Hellboy

"Hellboy" creator Mike Mignola co-wrote "Seeds of Destruction" -- Hellboy's debut story arc -- with comics legend, John Byrne.

1. Mr. Fantastic
   Human Torch
2. Firestar
   The Vision

After being transformed by the cosmic radiation into someone who could become a being of fire, Johnny Storm took on the name Human Torch, in tribute to the World War II superhero of the same name. (The original Human Torch was actually not human at all, but a robot.)

1. Rogue
   Storm
2. Phoenix
   Jubilee

In the "X-Men" movies, Rogue is originally portrayed as a teenager who seems to have a sibling-ish relationship with Wolverine and dates Iceman. In the comics, Rogue is an adult who dates Gambit, and Jubilee is the teen with the sibling-ish relationship with Wolverine.

1. Captain America
   War Machine
2. Falcon
   Black Panther

Starting in 2016, Sam Wilson, aka Falcon, is one of the Captain Americas of the new Marvel NOW! comics.

1. Blue Devil
   Nightcrawler
2. Colossus
   Mystique

A deleted scene from the narrative feature film, "X-Men: Apocalypse," features Nightcrawler breakdancing in a mall. We don't know whether he did his own dancing or had a stunt dancer, but Kodi Smit-McPhee played this role.

1. Ant-Man
   The Wasp
2. The Atom
   Yellowjacket

Ant-Man is the mantle worn at various times by Hank Pym, Scott Lang and Eric O'Grady. The first two made the jump to the big screen in Marvel's "Ant-Man" (2015).

1. Vision
   Jarvis
2. Wonder Man
   The Human Torch

In comics lore, Vision was created from the remains of the original Human Torch android from the 1940s by Avengers adversary, Ultron.

1. Jean Grey
   Bobbi Morse
2. Karen Page
   Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones had a crush on her fellow Midtown High School student, Peter Parker (aka the Spectacular Spider-Man). After a car accident, Jones became a superhero in her own right -- Jewel.

1. Supergirl
   Jubilee
2. Rogue
   Kitty Pryde

With some psychic prodding from Phoenix, Kitty Pryde's parents chose Xavier's school over Emma Frost and the Hellfire Club's academy after Kitty helped the X-Men defeat the Hellfire Club.

1. Mr. Fantastic
   Plastic Man
2. The Elongated Man
   The Thing

Mr. Fantastic's skin can reshape his body at will. As a matter of fact, nothing can penetrate his skin -- unless he decides to allow it.

1. Buffy
   Blade
2. Dracula
   Nightcrawler

At one point, Blade used a page from the "Darkhold" (featured in season 4 of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") to help him eliminate all supernatural beings.

1. The Thing
   The Hulk
2. Nightcrawler
   Beast

In addition to being a master of the biological sciences, Beast can play a mean keyboard.

1. Punisher
   Deathstroke
2. Deadpool
   Cable

The Punisher has been portrayed on the live-action screen by the likes of Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane, Ray Stevenson and Jon Bernthal.

1. One-Eyed Jack
   Goldballs
2. Magneto
   Cyclops

Cyclops' concussive eye-beams are fueled by the ambient energy around him (like sunlight). Due to a head injury, he can't turn off the beams, so he uses his ruby-quartz eyepieces to control them.

1. Nick Fury
   Deathstroke
2. Elvin Rage
   Sam Wilson

Marvel's Ultimate Universe version of Nick Fury changed him from a full-head-of-haired, one-eyed white man to a bald, one-eyed black man, whose appearance was modeled on Samuel L. Jackson. Samuel L. Jackson then played Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This led to the white Nick Fury in the mainstream Marvel Comics Universe having a black son, whose appearance was modeled after Samuel L. Jackson, named Nick Fury, Jr.

1. Invisible Woman
   Wonder Woman
2. The Spectre
   Banshee

It's been said that Invisible Woman Sue Richards changes hairstyles as often as Wasp Janet Van Dyne changes costumes.

1. Shazam
   Black Adam
2. Superman
   Starman

Shazam is actually an acronym. It stands for: S - the wisdom of Solomon, H - the strength of Hercules, A - the stamina of Atlas, Z - the power of Zeus, A - the courage of Achilles, and M - the speed of Mercury.

1. John Constantine
   Starman
2. Morpheus
   Death

From October 2013, through September 2015, Morpheus -- and creator Neil Gaiman -- returned to the comic book world with a prequel to the award-winning 1990s comic series, "The Sandman," a six-issue comic series called "The Sandman: Overture." It starts with the birth of the galaxy and ends with Morpheus' capture.

1. Batwoman
   The Question
2. Batgirl
   Oracle

The "Batgirl" name has been used by Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown. As of 2017, Barbara Gordon has resumed the mantle, while Cassandra Cain is Orphan and Stephanie Brown is Spoiler.

1. Hawkeye
   Green Arrow
2. The Spider
   Daredevil

There are two Marvel Comics characters with the superhero name, Hawkeye. One is Clint Barton, who made the jump to the big screen in the first "Thor" movie. The second is Kate Bishop, who started out as a member of the "Young Avengers."

1. Silver Surfer
   Superman
2. The Blue Meanie
   Dr. Manhattan

In DC's "Rebirth" line of comics, readers discover that the Watchmen's Dr. Manhattan has something to do with the universe reboots of the prior years.

1. Dyna Girl
   Ninja Woman
2. Elektra
   Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner's turn as Elektra in 2003's "Daredevil" feature film led to a 2005 eponymous movie. Elektra is played by Elodie Yung in season 2 of Marvel's "Daredevil" TV series

1. The Hulk
   The Thing
2. Rockbiter
   Human Torch

The Thing and Jarvis, of the Avengers headquarters, organize poker games attended by other superheroes.

1. Bucky
   The Winter Soldier
2. Iron Man
   Captain America

Although Captain America was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, a newer feature film version of the character takes a lot of its influence from Ed Brubaker's writing on the series from 2004-12

1. Ms. Marvel
   Captain America
2. Captain Caveman
   Captain Marvel

Captain Marvel is not only the name of Carol Danvers' superhero alter ego, but it was the name of her predecessor, a Kree who died of cancer, and the former name of the DC superhero, Shazam.

1. Jean Grey
   Gwen Stacy
2. Ororo Munroe
   Rogue

Jean Grey is one of the few characters in Marvel comics to die and stay dead -- at least until Beast traveled back in time and brought the original X-Men to the present in all their youthfulness.

1. Wonder Woman
   Supergirl
2. Superwoman
   Zatanna

Gal Gadot is the first actress to portray Wonder Woman in a live-action feature film, but there have been three other actresses to play her on television. Probably best known is Lynda Carter, star of the 1975-79 TV series. Cathy Lee Crosby played her in a 1974 TV movie, and Adrienne Palicki played her in a 2011 TV pilot.

1. Willow
   Faith
2. Buffy
   Selene

Current comic book star Buffy (Summers), the Vampire Slayer first appeared in the 1992 feature film, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," before moving to TV in 1997, where she stayed until the middle of 2003.