Case in point: they're both bald, super-powered androids with bright red skin and ridiculously high collars who were created by villains (T.O. Similarities between Marvel's Vision and DC's Red Tornado are not difficult to find, given that they're basically the same character. However, Aquaman has had the last laugh, having been brought to life in the DCU (if only for a few seconds thus far) by everyone's favourite Khal, Jason Momoa. In summary, their mermaid-princess mothers got a bit too friendly with a human and ended up giving birth to a muscle-bound underwater Adonis.Īlthough both can be considered amongst the oldest of their franchise's characters, Namor predates Aquaman by a couple of years, with Namor first appearing in “Motion Picture Funnies Weekly” in April 1939 and Aquaman not showing up until 1941. Not only are they both half-human, half-Atlantean mutant Sea Kings with the same basic range of abilities (superhuman strength, stamina and speed, great reflexes and the ability to communicate using telepathy) and the same weakness (a reduction in powers when out of the water for too long), but their origin stories are almost identical. It's hard to find two characters more alike than DC's Aquaman and Marvel's Namor the Submariner. He may have started out as a poor copy, but now he's one of a kind. However, in the years since this blatant forgery, Marvel redeemed themselves by reimagining Deadpool as everyone's favourite smart-mouthed, crotch-punching, chimichanga-loving fourth wall obliterator. Deadpool and Deathstroke both started out as villains, with Deathstroke agreeing to kill the Teen Titans in his 1980 debut in “The New Teen Titans” #2, and Deadpool first appearing in “New Mutants” #98 in 1991 as an assassin hired to take out X-Men's Cable. Not only that, but they both end up working alongside the very teams they once tried to take down. Oh, and their names (Slade/Wade Wilson) are practically identical! They're both mercenary assassins who wield firearms and blades, have accelerated healing abilities and wear head-to-toe suits with similar colour schemes (red/black versus black/orange). ![]() That's why CBR is calling out 20 of the most blatant copycats in order to set the record straight once and for all.Īlthough artist Rob Liefeld argues that Deadpool and Deathstroke are nothing alike, anyone with a shrewd eye can see the similarities. We know that in a sea of imitators, it can be hard to identify the original now more than ever, what with all of the many franchises, characters and concepts roaming around the increasingly wider world of comics. ![]() That's not to say one is better than the other, of course - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all - just that one came first. Super-speed, healing powers, flight, elasticity, mind control it seems that someone's always done it first… and usually in a fetching but rather impractical outfit. People often say that there's nothing new under the sun, and it's pretty hard to argue otherwise, especially in the world of comics.
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