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Breaking with the tradition of franchising popular comics by producing their video games, Capcom and D.C. Comics are teaming up to do the reverse.

The titles set to be immortalized in ink and paper are the best selling series': Resident Evil, and Devil May Cry.

We're quite used to seeing comic and graphic novel heroes and protagonists make their way onto our entertainment systems, but it's not so common to see our jumping, dodging, fighting and shooting entertainments break free of the console. Console to film transitions have been made with mixed successes. Some examples are Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Mortal Kombat. Console to legitimate comic? I can't think of any (fan fiction doesn't count here, sorry).

Could this be because the gaming industry is becoming large enough that it's cultural export is finally becoming significant? It (the industry) is already by some accounts bigger than Hollywood. Can it keep up with expectations of continually fresh ideas, engaging and believable characters, entertaining yet enlightening content? I certainly hope so.

More on the D.C. Comics / Capcom annoucement here.

Official Devil May Cry site: here
Official Resident Evil site: here