Best 60s Superhero Movies

The best 60s superhero movies are cult masterpieces that continue to be pertinent in the comic world to this day. Different versions of these stories have been told across various forms of media. However, the big screen is perhaps the most common destination besides the comic books themselves. With such numerous entries, both live action as well as animated, there are more than enough 60s superhero movies to choose from. We've recommended the best of the bunch for your next superhero binge watching session.

In his 1954 book Seduction of the Innocent, Fredric Wertham, a diabolical physician of questionable moral virtue, wrote about the problems of comic books. His study, eventually disproven as manipulative as well as deeply flawed, frightened protective parents and stained the comic book industry for eras to come. The superhero to whom Wertham commits the central section of his diatribe is Batman, as well as Robin, who, the registrar attests, are a gay duo; He cites as proof the detail that they have a butler as well as a liking for flowers.

Still, most of us look back warmly on Batman's unintentionally crazy antics of the early 60s. He was everywhere, whether he was fighting off robots and giant insects or in your neighborhood toy store along with Bat-Girl, Bat-Woman, Bat-Family, Bat-Hound, Bat-Mite, and basically any bat-type gimmick you can think it.

One of the best 60s superhero movies, Barbarella is recognized as not merely one of Jane Fonda’s most unforgettable roles, but the high point of sexy sci-fi. Fonda played the nominal role of Barbarella—an innovative cosmonaut in year 40,000 who is tasked with stopping the sinful Durand Durand. Directed by her partner at the time, Roger Vadim, Fonda can be found in barely-there attire for much of the film. Though it was a failure at the period of its release, Barbarella has since become a cult classic.

Jane Fonda’s clothes for the movie were designed by Jacques Fonterayand fashion designer Paco Rabanne. Motivated by armor combined with 1960s ladies’ liberation movement, it was certainly a unique wardrobe. A green leotard decorated with chain-like plastic fringing is one of the most notable costumes from the movie.

Danger Diabolik is supreme 60s pop art, created by the mythical master of B-movie abuse-as-art, Mario Bava. Imagine a 105-minute version of the old Batman TV series, but the distinct guest villian ends up being the man you root for. John Philip Law Diabolik is the perfect cinematic rogue, a cooler-than-cool illegitimate architect fighting the man by stealing his money from the bank. Diabolik has it all: cash, cars, a swinging’ underground pad, as well as an ultra-sexy partner played by the spectacular Marisa Mell.

You would never know Danger Diabolik was low-budget film, as Bava makes it look like a multi-million dollar classic. He keeps the action moving along warped Italian roads, creating a stunning visual world that seems to jump straight out of the panels of the comic book, heists, gangsters, explosions, and weapons included.

This list wouldn’t be complete without Jerry Warren’s movie The Wild, Wild World of Batwoman. Warren was the stateside provider of Mexican movies in the 50s and 60s, and this one of the best 60s superhero movies is pretty much a Luchadora movie.

It's an odd film. It’s much tauter, and much more enjoyable than the majority of the El Santo films from Mexico. The cherry on top is Batwoman’s costume.

Attack from Space is Jon Vermilyea’s candy-colored nod to the mars attacks trend of the 60s. The aliens of the Emerald Planet, who resembles piles of shoeboxes enclosed in tin foil, are cornered by their enemies, the Sapphireans, attacking Earth. That is correct, Emeralds vs. Sapphires. There are not enough gemstone-based feuds in contemporary sci-fi.

While a group of institute boys watching for a recurring satellite, they stumble upon aliens and are taken hostage by the Neptune Men. It becomes rapidly clear that these attackers from a new world mean to take the Earth as their own. A Space Chief and an assembly of scientists, discover a way to save the world.

I adore Japanese 60s superhero movies. They are excessive. This film's wtf moment comes when we are shown WWII stock film as a shot of the Neptune Men abolishing the city. This scene includes a large image of Hitler on the sidewalk, and it's hard to believe that nobody thought to cut that out. Other than that, the film isn't so bizarre, until you take into account that it was supposed to be a children's movie.

Superargo retired from the wrestling ring to devote himself to refining his crime-fighting skills, teaming up with an Eastern mystic called Kamir. He soon finds a chance to try out his abilities; an eccentric military of "faceless" humanoids. Superargo works to capture a villain by using an arrested man as bait. However, this merely results in his bait getting kidnapped and Superargo receiving lots of bruises. His next effort is more efficient, and Superargo manages to arrest one of the machines.