Sarah Oliver - Superheroes v Supervillains A-Z: The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Superheroes and Supervillains of All Time

Doug played the Silver Surfer in the second Fantastic Four movie, but as with the first Hellboy film, his voice wasnt used, just his body.

He talked about how frustrating it was to Devin Faraci from Chud.com. Doug said: Everybody loved the voice that I had affected for the Surfer. In the end, 20th Century Fox is really good at marketing films and part of getting butts in seats are celebrity names. Im not really sure that the 20th Century Fox people understood the ever-powerful geek fan base that follows me. Im not sure that they were aware of that even, but Laurence Fishburne has some geek fan base and some mainstream, and so he pulled it all in and thats fine. I understand that part and whatever business had to take place, but artistically from my standpoint it was disappointing to lose my voice in that way.

Appears in: X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), X-Men: First Class (2011)

Powers: Ability to fly; enhanced senses, endurance, speed and reflexes

First comic-book appearance: September 1963

Warren is the son of a rich industrialist who seeks to develop a cure for mutants. Warren first discovered that he was a mutant when he was a young boy and tried to cut off the stumps that would become his wings. He is a prisoner and he is going to become the first mutant to receive the cure, until he decides that being a mutant might not be that bad after all. He breaks his chains and knocks over those trying to administer the drugs to cure him. He talks to his father before leaping through the window and flying to Xaviers School for the Gifted.

Later, Angel is forced to rescue his father who is thrown from a roof by an enraged Arclight, Quill and Psylocke during the final showdown.

Two actors were chosen to play Angel in X-Men: The Last Stand. Ben Foster played the older Angel and Cayden Boyd played the younger James in the flashback.

Ben was thrilled to be chosen to play Angel and told TheCinemaSource.com what it was like to be on the X-Men set: Coming to work, its like coming to work in an amusement park. We get to get tied to wires and dropped out of things, except they pay you do it. Its a good gig.

He didnt actually get to fly because those parts of the film were computer generated, but for the scenes where he is walking about he had giant wings strapped to his back.

Appears in: X-Men: First Class (2011)

Powers: Ability to fly, can create an ultrasonic sound

First comic-book appearance: 2001

Angel is a mutant who doesnt have an alias. She just uses her real name. Her abilities are similar to those of a housefly: she has wings that she can use to fly and to create an ultrasonic sound that deafens her enemies. She also lays eggs and can produce an acid-like liquid from her mouth which allows her to digest her food.

In the comics, she didnt have a good childhood thanks to her step-father, and left home when she was 14. She lived in the woods and was captured by a group of humans called the U-Men . The U-Men didnt care about mutants and killed them for their mutant parts. They admired Angels wings and wanted them for themselves. Thankfully she was rescued just in time.

The actress chosen to play Angel was Zo Kravitz. We will have to wait and see how Angel is portrayed in X-Men: First Class and whether her backstory is the same as it is in the comics.

Appear in: The Avengers (2012), and various movies as individuals

Powers: Various

First comic-book appearance: September 1963

The Avengers are a team of superheroes who have to work together to defeat their enemies, who are too powerful to be defeated by one superhero working alone. In The Avengers film, the members of the Avengers that will be focused on are: Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Captain America, War Machine and Hulk. In the comics there have been a lot more members over the years. The most important ones have been Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, Hulk, Ant-Man I and II, Wonderman, Captain America, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Quicksilver, Black Widow, Black Panther, Hercules, She-Hulk, Black Knight, Pulsar, Crystal and Quasar.