Top 10 TIMES MARVEL STOLE FROM DC PART 2
Welcome back nerd squad, my name is Roya Destroyaa and this is Top 10 Nerd.
Sometimes coming up with your own ideas is tough.
WeÕve all borrowed a little inspiration here and there for our creative purposes.
Even if itÕs your paid job to do so.
Which is evidently the case in some comic book characters.
So letÕs take a look at the top 10 times marvel stole from Dc and this is part 2.
Please check out part 1 and pretty please check out our DC stealing from Marvel so ya
canÕt yell at me for being biased.
YouÕre still going to anyway.
In the number 10 spot we have GREEN ARROW AND HAWKEYE.
Rocking the bow and arrow long before Katniss made it cool, DCÕs Green Arrow made his debut
way back in 1941.
Then 23 years later in 1964 Marvel puts out Hawkeye, their own superhero archer.
Both of them are orphaned guys who take on the baddest foes with their trusty weapon
of choice.
Not surprising Marvel would want an archer of their own when Green Arrow was a driving
force behind DcÕs survival past the golden age.
But hey, at least one is green and the other is purple.
Coming in at number 9 is GREEN LANTERN CORP AND NOVA CORP. DCÕs green lantern corp was
introduced in 1959 as an intergalactic policing force that protects the galaxy.
MarvelÕs Nova corp was introduced in 1979 as an intergalactic policing force that protects
the galaxy.
While the GL corp hails from Oa and the Nova corp from Xandar, the groups share similarities
in rank and function.
No the idea of space police isnÕt exactly a patent, but then you get green lantern with
his power ring, and quasar with his quantum bands.
Hmmm.
Next, at number 8 we got DARKSEID AND THANOS.
TheyÕre big, theyÕre bad, theyÕre only 3 years apart.
DCÕs Darkseid, one of Superman and the justice leagueÕs biggest villains, appeared in 1970
and MarvelÕs Thanos trailed after in 1973, were he became a central villain to guardians
of the galaxy and avengers.
Jim Starlin actually admitted to his source of inspiration here, stating he wanted to
model Thanos after Metron, but editor Roy Thomas said if he was gonna rip off a new
god, he may as well go big or go home.
In the number 7 spot is DOOM PATROL AND THE X MEN.
A team of gifted young people needing guidance and a team of gifted young people needing
guidance.
The X men of Marvel made their debut in September 1963 as a group of powered mutants under the
tutelage of wheelchair-bound professor X.
But just a few months earlier, in June 1963, the Doom Patrol made their first appearance;
a group of powered youth led by a wheelchair-bound Chief.
So according to creator Arnold Drakethis may have been a blatant case of theft, or it may
just be the result of the closeness of Marvel and DC staff at the time.
Coming in at number 6 we have ATOM AND ANTMAN.
DC debuted The Atom as Ray palmer in 1961.
A few months later in 1962, Marvel debuted Ant-Man, and the similarities of smallness
are huge.
Both heroes can shrink down to tiny tiny sizes, but in order to achieve this they have to
wear special suits most times.
No, the Atom cannot do something as cool as antman communicating with ants, but both heroes
were originally scientists that figured out a way to mess with matter, and that is what
matters.
Next up, at number 5 is RED TORNADO AND VISION.
Now Marvel did have a character named vision in the 40s, but he was unrelated to the vision
that we are familiar with now.
Vision the android, created by the villainous Ultron, debuted in 1968.
But DC already had Red tornado, an android created by the villain T.O.
Morrow in 1960.
Why canÕt these guys do their own dirty work, right?
Now both creations reformed to the good side and both creations are visually similar, and
when put together would make a pretty nice christmas tree.
Up next at number 4 we got DEADSHOT AND BULLSEYE.
I wanted to make a joke about these two, because you guys would never miss it.
Okay IÕm finished here.
DCÕs Deadshot first appeared in 1950 and he was an expert shot who would only miss
if he wanted to.
Marvel put out their very own expert marksman named Bullseye, and he appeared first in 1976.
And they both had to become evil somehow: their troubled childhoods and early psychopathic
tendencies are to blame for that.
In the number 3 spot, we have CLAYFACE AND SANDMAN.
Because you know what would make a terrifying villain?
Something resembling a beach.
Both DCÕs Clayface and MarvelÕs Sandman are villains to main superheores, with the
ability to turn into earthly substances and shift their bodies into different shapes.
Granted, ClayfaceÕs appearance is very different from SandmanÕs.
And he also didnÕt get his shapeshiting abilities until 1961, but that was still before Sandman
was created in 1963.
Coming in at number 2 is TIMBERWOLF AND WOLVERINE.
Not many people know this one because of timber wolfÕs decline in popularity, but before
there was MarvelÕs Wolverine, there was DcÕs Timberwolf.
Timberwolf debuted in 1964 and was a member of the legion of superheroes.
After exposure to a serum he grew werewolf-like abilities, most notably his enhanced strength
and sharp claws.
Wolverine came ten years later in 1974, and was a member of the xmen who was notable for
his enhanced strength and sharp claws.
Plus, both have a healing factor.
At least Wolvie didnÕt copy the claw shooting abilities.
And finally, in the number 1 spot we have JUSTICE LEAGUE AND AVENGERS.
ItÕs farfetched to claim that a big superhero team is a rip off of another big superhero
team.
The teams arenÕt the copycats here; itÕs the idea and how it came to be.
The Justice society debuted in 1940 and then was reformed to the justice league of 1960.
The team was selling comics and Marvel owner martin goodman noticed; so he proposed the
idea of MarvelÕs own superhero team to Stan Lee to create.
Thus, first the fantastic 4 were made and THEN the avengers in 1963, who are now the
most prominent superhero team of Marvel.
So Marvel has some thanking to do.
So those were the top 10 times marvel stole from Dc part 2.
Let me know in the comment section down below who is better DC or marvel.
My name is Roya Destroyaa, thanks for watching, and donÕt forget to subscribe so you never
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