11 TV Shows You Forgot Were Based on Comic Books (Photos)

The “Dark Matter” TV series came years after the debut of the Dark Horse comic book it’s based on, but creators Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie originally conceived of the series — about six individuals who wake up on a starship together with their memories wiped — as a TV show before it was redeveloped as a comic in 2012.

Syfy has a number of science fiction series based on lesser known comic book titles, including the fan-favorite “Wynonna Earp,” starring Melanie Scrofano as the demon-fighting descendent of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.

After the massive success of AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” creator Robert Kirkman went on to adapt his supernatural horror comic series “Outcast” for television.

Javier Grillo-Marxuach’s Viper Comics series “The Middleman,” about a secret agency that fights evil, was originally intended to be a TV series, but was later developed as a comic.

Following “The X-Files,” Chris Carter adapted the comic book “Harsh Realm” by James D. Hudnall and Andrew Paquette for an extremely short-lived Fox series.

The show, about a group of humans trapped in a virtual reality simulation, ran for just three episodes before it was yanked from the schedule and banished to sister network FX.