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Skyfall was released in October 2012 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Bond franchise, but which 007 outing was released for its 40th anniversary in 2002?

Skyfall's the limit as James Bond becomes biggest earner in UK cinema history

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<p><strong>Batman</strong></p>
<p>Batman was first created by DC Comics in 1939 before being made into a 15-part film series in 1943. A film franchise based on the popular superhero began in 1989 with Tim Burton directing the first two titles <em>Batman</em> and <em>Batman Returns</em>. Christopher Nolan took over directing The Dark Knight series in 2005.</p>
<p>The latest Batman instalment, <em>The Dark Knight Rises</em>, took $1.1 billion in international box office sales. </p>

Christian Bale says his Batman days are over

Dark Knight star Christian Bale is planning to hand over his Batman cape and says he won’t appear in the upcoming DC superhero film Justice League.

Superman and his “family” from a 1962 annual

Review: The Silver Age of DC Comics, By Paul Levitz

With superheroes nearly extinct at the start of the 1950s, DC Comics made them central to modern popular culture once more by infusing them with science fiction elements and including ever-more fantastic tales. The results delivered the first-ever “reboot” of Golden Age greats with the Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkman as well as the hit television show Batman. The Silver Age of DC Comics chronicles it all, right down to the wacky shenanigans of the small-screen Batman, which made him the embodiment of the camp sensibility of the Sixties.

The Clark knight: Henry Cavill stars as Superman in Zack Snyder’s superhero adventure ‘Man of Steel’

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But the new Superman is still trailing behind fellow box office superhero Iron Man 3 which holds the record for the biggest-opening this year

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A Superman movie can be a touching drama of alienation, or an action epic. But it can't be both

Australia captain Michael Clarke is yet to feature in this year's Champions Trophy

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The footballer who could fly was Wyn Davies &#8211; the Newcastle United centre forward of the 1960s whose leaping powers bordered on levitation.

The Clark knight: Henry Cavill stars as Superman in Zack Snyder’s superhero adventure ‘Man of Steel’

Laurence Phelan reviews Man of Steel (12A)

Dir. Zack Snyder, Starring Henry Cavill, Kevin Costner, 143mins

'S' is actually the Krypton symbol of hope - it doesn't stand for Superman after all

Man of Steel review: Henry Cavill plays Superman with a square-jawed introspection

Like Christopher Reeve before him, Cavill is set to be the poster boy for a whole new generation of superhero fans

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