Over the past decade, comic book characters have leaped to the forefront of our movie going experience. Whether you're a diehard comics fan or simply think that comics are the esoteric hobby of "nerds," you probably know that Bruce Wayne became Batman as a result of his parents being murdered in front of him, Peter Parker became Spider Man after being bitten by a radioactive spider and Wolverine just can't die. Regardless of where your comic allegiances or fanhood lie, comic book heroes are a part of your life. On the iPhone, comic books have begun a similar, although not nearly as resonant, movement. Last year, Marvel took their motion comics to the iPhone. But, this is hardly enough to satisfy the true comic fanatics' need for their daily superhero fix. The world is looking for their favorite heroes to dive headfirst into a few awesome casual games for iPhone. That way wherever you are, your favorite hero can be nothing more than a touch screen away. To get the game developers and comics' publishers started, here is a list of comic heroes that would make a splash on iPhone.

Batman - Detective Comics

Let's be honest, Batman: Arkham Asylum was the best comic games ever made. But, this format would hardly work on the iPhone. What DC Comics could do is create a game that focuses more on the Detective Comics side of Batman. The world is infatuated with CSI type shows and personally I'm hooked on Vertigo Crime novels. The iPhone is exceptionally well suited to be a crime scene investigative device. Gamers can go behind the police tape to zoom in and out of a murder scene and collect evidence. The key here is to create evidence analysis mini games that are engaging, without losing the feel of a criminal investigation. Mini games involving defusing bombs or fixing circuitry, where gamers would trace a path through a maze without triggering a security alert, would work as well. Quick puzzles and intellectual challenges can also be thrown in using characters like the Riddler or Ra's Al Ghul.

Thor - Ragnarök Tower Defense

Any follower of Thor knows that the greatest threat to Asgard is called Ragnarök. In the pages of Thor it always seems that his half-brother, Loki, was the one who would incite Ragnarök, the final battle of the gods that would result in their death. This would be a perfect Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game for any casual gamer. Who wouldn't want to play god for a day and fight off the endless minions of Loki. This RTS would be well suited for additional DLC (downloadable content) as well. Imagine downloading the Dr. Doom or Mephisto update so that you can fight off the genius leader of Latveria or endless demonic hellspawn.

Green Lantern/Superman/Captain America/Spider-Man

Green Lantern, Superman, Captain America, Spider-Man and many more comic book heroes are well suited for side scrolling adventures. Typically, these characters have never faired well on consoles since they suffer from poorly-designed-licensed-property syndrome. However, casual gamers wouldn't be looking for an overload of superpowers or an intricately detailed story. Casual gamers would prefer a quick and fun experience with easy to learn gameplay. These heroes are ideal for Atari 2600 style gameplay, employing only a limited amount of powers for maximum enjoyment. Also, all of these heroes have projectile attacks to keep the gameplay fast paced and fun.

Mr. Terrific - 3rd Smartest Man Challenge

DC Comics has long proclaimed Mr. Terrific to be its universe's 3rd smartest man. Although Batman and Lex Luthor may vie for the crown (Geoff Johns told me that's who he imagined would be 1 or 2 in DC), the world's smartest person could be you. An intellectual quiz game, similar to that of Fullmetal Alchemist, would be excellent for JSA fans. This quiz game would include anything from questions on the DC Universe to scientific facts. It's got to be challenging though; after all, Mr. Terrific is the 3rd smartest man.

Fantastic Four Potpourri or the Reed Richards Puzzle Game

The great thing about the Fantastic Four is that you can do just about anything with this group and still keep the game relatively simple and fun. The game can be a standard action adventure game utilizing each of the characters individual powers or simplified to focus on Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) intelligence. Although we have no idea where Richards stands on the Marvel Universe intellectual scale, Marvel can devise a similar quiz game to the 3rd Smartest Man Challenge. Mr. Terrific just has the cooler distinction.

What Not to Make - Wolverine

Wolverine is the one hero I'd stay away from on iPhone. Gamers just wouldn't be able to feel the full personality and carnage of Wolverine's character. X-Men Origins: Wolverine did the best job of capturing Wolverine berserker attitude and his healing factor. However, this would be too much to try to cram into an iPhone game without losing essence of Wolverine.

What Not to Make - Hulk Smash

Everyone knows how painful it can be to play a Wii game that is overloaded with Wii-waggle movements. Anything related to Hulk would always suffer from endless waggle to represent's Hulk's favorite action: the Hulk Smash. However, if I have to shake my iPhone rapidly to make Hulk Smash, I will personally initiate a nationwide boycott of iPhone. Hulk is such an up-close-and-personal fighter that he manipulating him on iPhone would be a chore.