10 Obscure Comic Book Titles That Deserve To Be Movies

2. Miserable Americans - Evan Derian

Two American heroes, apparently back from the dead, written with such clarity to make them seem real, though as yet, not all the details have been made clear. For those familiar with the dense and brilliant work in Derian's previous Insignificant Gods, in this case a clever and detailed background becomes clear, mixing with characters far less antiheroic and making this the more obvious cinematic candidate of the two. The story starts off with the mystery of their awakening in what seem like contemporary times, and quickly moves into an action-packed chase that keeps the pressure on even as they discover how much technology - and the United States - have changed since each of their presidencies. Atop this, when he writes these two presidents, he seems to practically channel their speech patterns, which proves positively awe-inspiring when it comes to the way he writes Abraham Lincoln. After other recent cinematic offings involving Honest Abe, putting this movie together seems a perfect candidate. Obviously, the biggest challenge here is to get not only lookalikes, but act-alikes for the presidents in question, and the others that appear in this story. Perhaps here in particular, it might be useful to go with professional re-enactors over typical Hollywood talent.