10 Comic Book Adaptations That Messed Up Iconic Stories

10. The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Despite a far from abysmal return at the box office, the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man's mixed response at best from critics and fans alike led to to Sony scrapping their plans for the franchise and giving Kevin Feige at Marvel Studios a call to make a deal.

Most will agree it was far too soon for a reboot after Toby Maguire's stint as the web slinger when Andrew Garfield stepped into the role, but retreading old ground from Sam Raimi's trilogy so swiftly accentuated that point even more so. While the first Amazing Spider-Man at least attempted to carve out its own identity and differentiate itself from what came before by introducing characters not yet seen in live action, the follow-up couldn't help but reintroduce Harry Osborne - a character who had appeared in every installment of the previous film series.

With this came the death of Gwen Stacey story from the comics, but with Harry acting as the Green Goblin instead of his father Norman. While there's nothing wrong in theory in bringing to life such a well known and pivotal Spider-Man story, it was simply too soon for the Goblin to show up. After all, Jamie Foxx's Electro was the primary villain of the picture, with the Green Goblin/Gwen Stacey altercation simply shoved in at the end of the movie, with no time allowed for it to build organically.

This wasn't the only thing wrong with the movie, but it certainly didn't help.