Which Heroe Is A Most Obviouse Ripoff Of Another

Captain Marvel was considered enough of a rip-off of Superman back in the day (before he was a DC character) that his publisher had to stop publishing Captain Marvel comics. In response they created Marvel Man, who was a rip-off of Captain Marvel but just far enough away from Supeman to avoid another law suit. This is some rip-off-ception stuff here.

@avenging_x_bolt: superheroes teaming up? thats such an original idea...

@xanni15: Roland Deschain is a million times more interesting though. No offense to Leone.

I think there's a pretty important difference between rip-off, homage, and parody, by the way, but the posts here don't suggest everyone is familiar with the nuance.

im confused. when did i ever it was an original idea?

i said that the Avengers were a rip-off of the Justice League ( companies biggest superheroes, considered the greatest heroes of their universes, World's Greatest Super-Heroes/Earth's Mightiest Heroes so on and so forth)

@akbogert: I don't disagree, I was just trying to play along.

@xanni15: no worries. I just love The Dark Tower so much. The books, though...I haven't bothered with the comics, seems they'd pale in comparison.

@akbogert: They certainly do. It was a nice effort, and I'm glad it's gotten more exposure, but the comics just are not very good. Kinda wish I hadn't read them. :\

She's more like a successor.

Actually Deadpool was meant to be a parody of Deathstroke, not a rip-off.

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Catwoman

Black Cat

Yes, people really should use the dictionary to verify the meanings of words before they use them.

There are many threads on comic vine where people are very confused about what words mean.

I don't know who came first, but aren't Dr. Strange and Dr. Fate like identical?

@roboadmiral said:

Captain Marvel was considered enough of a rip-off of Superman back in the day (before he was a DC character) that his publisher had to stop publishing Captain Marvel comics. In response they created Marvel Man, who was a rip-off of Captain Marvel but just far enough away from Supeman to avoid another law suit. This is some rip-off-ception stuff here.

I've heard Superman ripped off many thing from Captain Marvel.

Btw Big Daddy and Hit Girl seems like a ripoff of Batman and Damian Wayne Robin. Also Kickass is somewhat like Nightwing only less cool.

@reignmaker said:

@jloneblackheart said:

Fighting American

I win

Yeah, I think you win. That was pretty ridiculous.

A shameful display yeh im pretty sure i remember hearing that marvel sued the crap out of this guy

@themanintheshoe: The Squadron Supreme (first released in Marvel comics as the Squadron Sinister) were sort of an homage to the Justice League when they were created. They are analogues to the DC characters. They were created more as a respect to than a rip off. Rip offs are in my mind more about taking an idea without aknowlaging that in which you got your inspiration.

And actually I do believe that Hyperion was the first Superman "clone" Marvel had "created".

As far as rip-offs, the most blatant rip-opp in comics takes place in the same Universe (Marvel) with Wolverine and Owl... I mean come on they are damn near the same person......

Black Cat and Catwoman

Batman and Dardevil

Superman and Sentry

Green Arrow and Hawkeye

those are the first to come to mind but their are many more

@theacidskull: Grundy was made in the 40's. how can he be a rip off if he came 20 years before.

Beta Ray Bill?

@theacidskull: yea but Grundy has not changed since the 40's. plus hulk is nothing like Grundy other than being lumbering.

Gladiator. His name is mixture of Superman's two names.

Hyperion. Practically the same origin as Superman

As I said a year ago, the most blatant and obvious is Hyperion. Sent from a destroyed planet, he has super strength, speed, flight, heat vision and wears a cape.

He's the leader of the "Squadron Supreme" whose members include "Nighthawk" (Batman) Power Princess (Wonder Woman) Whizzer (The Flash) Amphibian (Aquaman) Dr. Spectrum (Green Lantern) and Skrullian Skymaster (Martian Manhunter)

The Flash is a Quicksilver ripoff. Obviously.

Isn't it the other way around? Quicksilver (1964) ripped off the Flash (1956).

I was being facetious

ohhh sorry about that. Didn't notice lol

Zod is a ripoff of Superman.

Sabretooth is a ripoff of Wolverine.

Zoom is a ripoff of Flash.

Beta Ray Bill is a ripoff of Thor.

Black Adam is a ripoff of Captain Marvel.

Originality is dead...