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    Wundarr the Aquarian is a powerful pacifist who was attached to Project Pegasus. He is friends with the Thing among others. More recently, he proved to be the only person ever to be bitten by a Marvel-Zombie and live to tell the tale, purging the disease out of his body.

    Is Wundarr a Plagiarism of Superman?

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    #1  Edited By revbucky

    Read Adventures into Fear 17 and tell us what you think of Wundarr's origin. Does this seem like plagiarism to you? How did they get away with such blatant copying?

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    #2  Edited By Supreme Marvel

    Superman is the archtype character. There are so many character like him.

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    #4  Edited By revbucky

    Yes, I understand that characters can be very similar, but the origin of this one is almost identical with Superman.

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    #5  Edited By fodigg

    @revbucky said:

    Yes, I understand that characters can be very similar, but the origin of this one is almost identical with Superman.

    Yes, that's the point of the character. It's homage/ripoff/parody but just different enough that they can't sue. That's the whole point of the character. It is a very common practice.

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    #6  Edited By Supreme Marvel

    Look at Goku.

    • Parents will killed on a planet that was blown up
    • Landed on Earth
    • Raised by an adoptive parent
    • Finds out he's an alien
    • Chooses to defend the planet from evil
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    #7  Edited By joshmightbe

    I actually have a list of characters inspired by (or ripped off) Superman

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    #8  Edited By fodigg

    @joshmightbe said:

    I actually have a list of characters inspired by (or ripped off) Superman

    Link?

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    #9  Edited By joshmightbe

    @fodigg: My stupid laptop won't let me post links but you can get to it from my page on here

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