Top 10 TIMES DC STOLE FROM MARVEL PART 2
INTRO: Welcome back nerd squad, my name is Roya Destroyaa
and this is Top 10 Nerd.
We are back at it again with the stealing, or as comic books like to call it, paying
tribute, or as I like to call it, drawing a little inspiration from.
It’s not copying, it’s being resourceful.
So let’s take a look at the top 10 TIMES DC STOLE FROM MARVEL PART 2.
In the number 10 spot we have BLACK LIGHTNING AND ELECTRO.
The first of Marvel’s Electro was a spiderman villain and member of the sinister 6 introduced
in 1964.
Now in 1977 DC introduced their own electricity-drawing and inspiration-drawing character, the main
difference being that Black Lightning was a hero, not a villain.
But a weird coincidence is that even though Electro is depicted as being white in the
comics, in the MCU he is portrayed by Jamie Fox, drawing more parallels between our shocking
pair of characters.
Coming in at number 9 is SILVER BANSHEE AND BANSHEE.
Just looking at the two names screams rip off.
Sorry, that joke was literally screaming my name.
please don’t hurt me.
To be fair, calling your screeching superhero Banshee is already ripping off Irish folklore.
But while Marvel’s Banshee came out in 1967 and was a hero, DC’s Silver Banshee appeared
in 1987 and was a villain.
Until she became a hero in Dc Superhero girls of course.
And Banshee started off in a villain team himself, although not of his choosing.
At least DC got the gender right.
Next, at number 8 we got BRONZE TIGER AND BLACK PANTHER.
Next thing we know we will have crimson cheeta and yellow bobcat and pink panther too.
Marvel debuted Black Panther in 1966.
DC debuted Bronze Tiger in comics in 1975.
Yet again, one is a hero, one is a villain.
But for similarities, they are both based abroad, with Panther being an African nation
leader and Tiger traveling to the far east.
They are both highly skilled in hand to hand combat with super durability.
And of course we got the cat suits.
No shortage of those in comic books, though.
In the number 7 spot is MULTIPLEX AND MULTIPLE MAN.
Yes, there are multiple characters based on multiplication.
Marvel’s Multiple Man, that’s super fun to say, was introduced in 1975 as a mutant
with the ability of self-duplication.
Then we have DC’s Mutiplex of 1978, 3 years later with the very same ability but, lo and
behold, a villain instead of a hero.
I’m seeing a bit of a pattern; at least they’re trying.
They also both worked as laboratory assistants, which, by the way, seems like a really bad
thing to be in comic books.
Coming in at number 6 we have DR.
DIEHARD AND MAGNETO.
Dc finally kept their parallels villain to villain here.
We are all familiar with Marvel’s X-Men villain Magneto, who debuted in 1963 and went
on to become one of the greatest comic book villains of all time.
Now because they were such diehard fans of the iconic character, DC created their own
version in 1990, Dr. Diehard.
Who is a member of the extremists, which Magneto undoubtedly is, and also the leader of his
own Zen Men, a nod to the X-Men—so he’s also got some professor X in there too.
Next up, at number 5 is ENCHANTRESS AND ENCHANTRESS.
No, we can’t base this off of the same names.
But we can base it off basically everything else.
DC enchantress first appeared in 1966, and we know her a lot better than Marvel’s,
even though she came first two years earlier in 1964.
Just a comparison of their costumes is enough to show that obvious inspiration was drawn;
couldn’t even change the motif color, but they could change the hair color.
And of course, both characters share a multitude of powers, from manipulation of energy to
healing.
Up next at number 4 we got GORGON AND DOCTOR OCTOPUS.
This is another instance where DC owns up to their copying, as members of the extremists
and Champions of Angor were all based on marvel characters.
They may call them pastiches, but some prefer to call it ripping off.
Like Marvel’s doc ock, who made his debut in 1963, Gorgon, who was introduced in 1990,
is known for his mechanical tentacles.
At least he didn’t steal the bowl cut as well.
In fact, he didn’t steal any cut.
In the number 3 spot, we have MOGO AND EGO.
Maybe you can say that characters with similar powers are just the result of a finite number
of abilities out there, but the concept of a living planet is not particularly common,
nor is the fact that the names are so similar.
Marvel’s Ego, who we’ve become more familiar with in guardians of the Galaxy that was just
out, was introduced in 1966 while Dc’s mogo was introduced in 1985.
They are both refered to as the living planet, although Mogo is a bit more friendly than
Ego, and a bit more emotionally stable.
Coming in at number 2 is BLACK SPIDER AND SPIDERMAN.
Marvel’s Spiderman of 1962 was a raging success and one of the most loved superheroes
to this day.
To celebrate and supposedly parody the popular character, Dc came out with Black Spider in
1976, of coruse switching the hero role to villain and pitting him against Batman.
Both characters have a run-in with their fatherly figures that teach them about responsibility,
both wear a full-face covering costume, but surprisingly Black Spider is missing out on
the spider abilities.
He’s also missing out on the fame.
And finally, in the number 1 spot we have RED HOOD AND WINTER SOLDIER.
At first glance these guys don’t seem to have a lot in common physically.
But this is more of an instance of borrowing story lines than it is of borrowing character
traits.
Both Marvel’s January 2005 Winter soldier and DC’s February 2005 Jason Todd share
aspects of growing alongside their respective hero and learning from them, then being presumed
dead and left.
They then return with a vengeance and have to be reformed back to the good side.
The difference here is that Bucky was brainwashed while Jason was fully aware.
Nontheless, these sidekicks share a lot of similarities, with Marvel edging out for publishing
them first.
So those were the top 10 times DC STOLE FROM MARVEL PART 2.
Let me know in the comment section down below who you think the biggest rip off is.
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