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Bleeding Cool Ranks the Comic Book Movies of 2017
There were a lot of comic book movies in 2017! I decided it was time to wrangle the writers and editors to get their rankings about where each movie falls on the list.
We included 11 movies on the list because despite there being a few smaller indies based on comics (Wilson being an example), we didn't see the point in adding in a movie almost no one would have seen. As it is, only six of the 20 staff members who turned in their rankings have seen all 11 films on this list. If a movie is left off of a staff member's list, then that means the staff member didn't see the movie.
Kaitlyn Booth: head film writer.
- Logan
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Wonder Woman
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Atomic Blonde
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Justice League
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Ghost in the Shell
Bill Watters: film, TV, and special events writer.
- Wonder Woman
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Logan
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Atomic Blonde
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Justice League
- Ghost in the Shell
Jessica Wagar: book reviewer.
- Logan
- Wonder Woman
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Lauren Sisselman: food and culture writer.
- Wonder Woman
- Justice League
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Logan
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Atomic Blonde
- Ghost in the Shell
Jeremy Konrad: toy and collectibles writer.
- Logan
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Wonder Woman
- Justice League
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Atomic Blonde
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Ghost in the Shell
Eliot Cole: comment moderator and sometime reviewer.
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Logan
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Wonder Woman
- Ghost in the Shell
- Atomic Blonde
Josh Davison: comic reviewer.
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Logan
- Wonder Woman
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Atomic Blonde
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- The LEGO Batman Movie
Joe Glass: comic writer and reviewer.
- Logan
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Wonder Woman
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Justice League
- The LEGO Batman Movie
Gavin Sheehan: games writer and reviewer.
- Wonder Woman
- Logan
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Atomic Blonde
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Justice League
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Ghost in the Shell
Madeline Ricchiuto: head games writer.
- Wonder Woman
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Logan
- Atomic Blonde
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Ghost in the Shell
Jude Terror: film, comic, and TV troll writer.
- Logan
- Wonder Woman
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Justice League
Mary Anne Butler: film and TV writer.
- Atomic Blonde
- Wonder Woman
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Valerian and the City of the Thousand Planets
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Logan
- Ghost in the Shell
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Justice League
Haley Rose-Lyon: assistant editor.
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Wonder Woman
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Logan
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Justice League
Dan Wickline: editor-at-large and TV writer.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Wonder Woman
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Logan
- Justice League
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Ray Flook: TV writer.
- Logan
- Wonder Woman
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Justice League
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Atomic Blonde
- The LEGO Batman Movie
Rich Johnson: founder and comic writer.
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Wonder Woman
- Logan
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Atomic Blonde
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Justice League
Mark Seifert: managing editor.
- Logan
- Wonder Woman
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Ghost in the Shell
- Atomic Blonde
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Lacey Jackson: comic book reviewer.
- Wonder Woman
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Atomic Blonde
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Ghost in the Shell
All right, so let's take a look at these numbers. First of all I was surprised to see how many people, six out of the 20, didn't see Justice League, despite it being such a big deal. It's funny to see it go against something like Wonder Woman. It and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 were the only two movies that all 20 people saw. It's interesting how many people saw Wonder Woman but still decided not to see Justice League right away. Spider-Man: Homecoming and Logan only had one person, and not the same person, that didn't see them. Nine people didn't see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and eight people didn't see Kingsman: The Golden Circle and Ghost in the Shell.
The average ranking based on all 20 people is as follows:
- Wonder Woman
- Logan
- Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
- Atomic Blonde
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Justice League
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Ghost In The Shell
Next we have the sorting by variance. The top one is the one we agreed on the most, while the last one is the one we all disagreed on the most.
- Wonder Woman
- Logan
- Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Atomic Blonde
- Ghost In The Shell
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Justice League
- Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
Now we are sorting by average rank, and the N/As people put in when they didn't see the movie. The more N/As pulled the rankings down.
- Wonder Woman
- Logan
- Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnarok
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Atomic Blonde
- Justice League
- Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Ghost In The Shell
All right, so that's where the numbers fall. How would you rank the comic book movies that came out in 2017? Let us know in the comments.
