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Known as the "Scarlet Speedster" or "The Fastest Man Alive", the mantle of The Flash has been donned by five different heroes over the years; Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West, Jesse Chambers and Bart Allen have all served as the Flash.

Did the Idea for Mysterio come from Abra Kadabra?

#1 Edited by Zeeguy91 (901 posts) - 1 year, 1 month ago - Show Bio

Did this:

Come from this?

Linda Park gagged by Kadabra

This is a connection that I just made, and I'm kind of ashamed that I didn't notice it sooner. I just wanna know; did Stan Lee get the original idea for Mysterio (Spider-Man villain) from Flash's villain, Abra Kadabra? I mean, they are pretty similar in that they both debuted as villains who used technology to simulate magic. The only difference between the two I think is that Abra Kadabra gained actual magical powers at some point. Plus, I think Abra used future tech to stage full on attacks on Flash, while Mysterio used misdirection and special effects to trick Spider-Man. So did Abra inspire Mysterio? What do you think?

#2 Posted by Video_Martian (5631 posts) - 11 months, 13 days ago - Show Bio

If anything, Mysterio has more connections/similarities to Mirror Master than to Kadabra...

#3 Posted by Imagine_Man15 (1610 posts) - 11 months, 13 days ago - Show Bio

I think its definitely possible. We can't be certain, but it is possible.

#4 Posted by BiteMe-Fanboy (6524 posts) - 11 months, 13 days ago - Show Bio

What about Alakazam?

#5 Posted by AweSam (3839 posts) - 11 months, 13 days ago - Show Bio

@BiteMe-Fanboy said:

What about Alakazam?

I'm a second late!

#6 Posted by chalkshark (825 posts) - 11 months, 13 days ago - Show Bio

I rather doubt it. In origin and motivation, they're very different characters. To some degree, they are both dark takes on magicians, but while Mysterio is all smoke and mirrors, Abra Kadabra could do pretty much anything he wanted, thanks to his future tech.

#7 Posted by Video_Martian (5631 posts) - 11 months, 12 days ago - Show Bio

This belongs on the Mysterio forum...

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