Greetings ladies and gents!

While I was reading MR. Wolff’s rant about “Smallville” yesterday, I couldn’t help but to think what comic books would make great TV shows. So, as usual, I made a list about it. Now if I had my druthers, every show would be put out by HBO or Showtime, just because they have so much freedom in terms of content and presentation (just look at “Carnivale”),  but I know there are those of you out there that love you some ABC shows, or FX shows (hey, “Sons of Anarchy” is great), there might even be some of you out there that love CW shows (shudder) so feel free to envision the following list on any network you want (but it would be better on HBO).

1) SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE: This book had a great noir feel month after month, focusing on the mystery solving adventures of Wesley Dodds, the original Sandman, and his girlfriend Dian. Take the stories and ambiance from this book, and it would make for must-see TV.

2) NO HONOR: The story of a thief and the Samurai ghost that shares his body. If you were to mix “Kung-Fu” with the odd couple this is what you would get. A new setting every week and a series of wacky adventures (“This ghost is gonna get me killed!”) would make this a hit.

3) 1602: Imagine a John Adams-esque mini-series with all the same great costumes and set pieces of any other historical drama, but then add in super-powers. You could probably even get Neil Gaiman to write the screenplay.

4) CRIMSON: Vampires are hot right now. “True Blood” is great and “New Moon” is coming out soon. If you are going to have a vampire show work though it has to be different that what is out there, and CRIMSON is that. It’s more like a coming of age tale with crazy goth vampires, and buckets off blood.

5) POWERS: This one is a bit of a cheat, as both a POWERS movie and TV show have been announced at some point, but I still think it would make for great TV. Think “NYPD Blue” with capes.

6) HITMAN: This one would have to be on HBO to be done right. HITMAN is about a hard-drinkin’, crude-talkin’ Irish-American assassin who has super powers but usually doesn’t use them. Irreverent, bizarre, and violent as all get out, HITMAN would be a great TV show that would probably offend a lot of people.

7) DANGER GIRL: The whole team-of-spies-on-weekly-missions genre has fallen on hard times. Where once there were shows like “Charlie’s Angels”, “Mission Impossible” and “The A-Team”, now there is nothing but a valley of Blech. DANGER GIRL could be a return to glory for the genre if handled right. Stay away from the corny late night “She-spies” or “V.I.P.” vibe, and put some production value behind the show, and it could go places. Oh, and get attractive women, that never hurts.

100 BULLETS: If you took all the violence that was in “OZ” and a story as dense as “Lost”, you would get 100 BULLETS. YOu could get some mileage out of the series as well, with the book running 100 issues.

9) SCALPED: A story about an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a nasty Native-American crime syndicate. Drugs, sex, lies, and gambling, its like “Las Vegas” but good.

10) THE FRESHMEN: College hi-jinx + new hero hi-jinx+ some french dude who calles himself “squirrel” and collects nuts = greatness.

That’s what I would like to see on TV. What would you like to see?

Thanks for stopping in folks, see you next time!