Comic Book Based Slot Machines
The comic book world seems to have proved very popular with the designers of video slot machines. They are an obvious source of ideas, providing bright, static graphics of the kind you get on a naga game, plus their adventures can easily be the source for inspiring good bonus games.
The many heroes of Marvel Comics have made their way as casino slots, either live or online. The Amazing Spiderman has proved to be a popular slot, and graphically it bears much more resemblance to the comics than any films or TV adaptations, with that air of menace and darkness that surrounded Spiderman compared to the more anodyne way he was portrayed on screen.
The Incredible Hulk slot is also similar. The slot machine games as part of the bonus see the hulk tear away reels very menacingly and the bonus game is good violent fun. The Marvel Comics slots also seem to offer great jackpots, with them often linked together in different progressive jackpot combination to provide monster prizes. The Fantasic Four and Thor, based on the comics, also have slots, with the Human Torch graphics particularly impressive.
Hellboy, the popular Mike Mignola character, has also been transformed into a slot game. This caused a certain amount of surprise among fans of the comics, who thought it was too cultish and obscure to turn into a popular slot. How wrong they were!
DC Comics have also had a couple of their characters adapted to make slots – Batman and the always delicious Wonder Woman. The developers have done an excellent job on the bonus games here, with Wonder Woman vapourizing a whole range of foes.
