who is your favourite superman rip off

You know how to tell if someone is a hater? they use the term "rip off" instead of the term "inspire".

Most of these guys are not rip-offs

Hyperion is the only Superman "rip-off" here, and he's probably my favorite character out of this bunch, so...there's my vote.

Hyperion I guess. I'm a big fan of the Mark Gruenwald Squadron Supreme.

Why did you use the word ripoff?

Captain Marvel.

well, Supes is a rip-off Hercules (from Greek mythology)

Hyperion

..Man, I need to find out who this Hyperion character is!! (I don't read up on Marvel powerhouses outside of Hulk).

Hyperion

Wonder Man shouldn't be on this list

*inspiration*

Gladiator is a pretty obvious Superman stand-in too... almost the exact same power-set.

@experio: im pretty sure Gladiator is a "rip off" because he has pretty much the same powers and his name is Kallark. Kinda funny actually

But good old Kallark gets my vote. Ill read almost anything with him in it

@mogo1: Not denying Gladiator, but the rest apart from Hyperion are not Superman rip offs

Pre-Bendis Sentry is awesome.

Sentry, Wonder Man, and Blue Marvel(esp the first and last) have more in common with Dr. Manhattan than they do with Superman.

That said, of the other two, I far prefer Gladiator, even though the writers tend to completely waste his potential as a character.

they all suck
I can't stand their outfits.

yeah, see? so they're actually Captain Atom ripoffs, not Superman.

:v

Sentry feels a lot more similar.

THOR is really a Wonder Woman Counter part.

blue marvel.

totally Blue Marvel.

unlike all of the others listed, he's got both virtually everything I like about Superman and he's got enough of his own distinct story to transcend the comparison.

Gladiator's only like Superman in that he's an alien with the same powers; he's got none of the charm.

Sentry's only got the powers, and the twist of being insane. He's a great character and good for moving stories, but he's almost more of a parody of Superman than actually comparable to him.

Hyperion's kind of just too much like Superman, without enough of his own unique thing at all. (And Wonder-man's barely like Superman at all, really).

But Blue Marvel, he's got the powers, the attitude, the intellect, even the cool secret fortress, but he's also got a completely unique back-story, a family, and a history all his own. To me, none of the others really come close.

@oldnightcrawler said:

totally Blue Marvel.

unlike all of the others listed, he's got both virtually everything I like about Superman and he's got enough of his own distinct story to transcend the comparison.

Gladiator's only like Superman in that he's an alien with the same powers; he's got none of the charm.

Sentry's only got the powers, and the twist of being insane. He's a great character and good for moving stories, but he's almost more of a parody of Superman than actually comparable to him.

Hyperion's kind of just too much like Superman, without enough of his own unique thing at all. (And Wonder-man's barely like Superman at all, really).

But Blue Marvel, he's got the powers, the attitude, the intellect, even the cool secret fortress, but he's also got a completely unique back-story, a family, and a history all his own. To me, none of the others really come close.

Have to agree with this. The original Blue Marvel mini series was great. It's good to see that Marvel finally remember that he existed.

That series was great, it's a big part of what made me want to read Mighty Avengers. And, honestly, even in the short time he's been in MA, he's only gotten more interesting.

Good to hear. I only read the Infinity arc of Mighty and bailed because there was too much Powerman (god I hate that kid). Blue Marvel didn't do much in that first arc. I might check out the rest if he got a bigger role.

@powerplay: you should, yeah, he becomes way more central as the story continues.

Mighty Avengers has gotten really good, I'd totally recommend that you give it another shot. Plus, this past arc has been really Blue Marvel-centric.

I would only consider Hyperion to be like Superman.