You have a to-do list the length of the Great Wall — people are phoning and email­ing you with yet more “little favours to ask”. You can’t cope — you need a break. So allow me to help…

The last couple of years have been a tough old time for your com­mon or garden comic film geek. Let’s be hon­est, the pick­ings of decent comic book film adapt­a­tions have been very, very, (oh good God what is X-Men 3 doing?) very slim.