Superhero film (which debuted in Marvel Comics) and set the stage for further comic book film adaptations. After the comic book boom and the success of several comic book adaptation films (including superhero films) in the 1990s, the first decade of the 21st century brought increased interest in the genre and some of the most profitable superhero franchises, many from Marvel Enterprises. The success of the "X-Men" TV series had made 20th Century Fox license the film rights in 1994. After the success of "Men in Black" in 1997, Columbia Pictures licensed the film rights of "Spider-Man" in 1999. 20th Century Fox's
Tommy Lynn Sells The bludgeoned bodies were found three days later, by which time Sells had left town. Sells is suspected of the following crimes: After watching an episode of "Crime Watch Daily" in November 2015, the daughter of JoAnne Tate contacted authorities stating that she now believed Sells murdered her mother in 1982, recanting her testimony identifying Rodney Lincoln as the killer. On December 31, 1999, in the Guajia Bay subdivision, west of Del Rio, Texas, Sells sexually assaulted, stabbed, and slit the throat of 13-year-old Kaylene "Katy" Harris, and slit the throat of 10-year-old Krystal Surles. Surles survived and received help