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Cyborg AKA Victor Stone is a DC character and a prominent member of the Justice League and Teen Titans. He first appeared in 1980 and was quite obviously copied from a Marvel concept that first hit comic books in 1974. That Marvel concept is Deathlok – the name of several characters who had died and been reanimated using cybernetic technology, which is exactly what happened with Stone. Although the Deathlok title has been bestowed on a number of characters, what they all have in common with Stone is a constant struggle to retain their humanity and a difficulty in coming to terms with being part-machine.

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Both Red Tornado and the Vision are androids. That’s hardly the end of the comparison though. They were both created by villains that were attempting to use them against the Justice League and the Avengers, respectively. Red Tornado turned on his maker, T.O. Morrow, just as the Vision turned on his, Ultron. Both are synthetic creations that long to find their humanity.

Also, both take their names from obscure characters from the Golden Age, although the Vision bears a much stronger resemblance to his namesake. The silver age characters, aka the iterations that we know and love, made their first appearances mere months apart (although a version of RT known as Ulthoon was created in 1960). Aside from all that, they have both fallen for human women. Red Tornado dated Kathleen Sutton and the two adopted a daughter. The Vision married the Scarlet Witch and they had two children (who she essentially willed into existence). It is their power sets that truly differentiate them. Red Tornado can mainly, well, create tornados. The Vision, on the other hand, can do pretty much anything.

There’s just enough different about Zatanna from the Avengers’ teammate Scarlet Witch that it’s almost a stretch to call her a rip-off. They were introduced in the same year, with Wanda Maximoff arriving on scene in March of 1964 in an issue of X-Men, while Zatanna appeared that November in Hawkman #4.

They’re both the de-facto magic controlling members of their respective super-teams, though Wanda’s also got the ability to control probability through hexes thanks to her mutant powers, while Zatanna learned all her skills training under her father Zatara. They’re also both somewhat responsible for massive changes inside their respective universes, with Wanda having nearly wiped out the mutant race after the events of House of M, while Zatanna’s Silver Age mind-wiping shenanigans eventually lead to some of the events of “Identity” and “Infinite Crisis”.

Apparently DC is not smart enough when it comes to stealing characters. Twenty years after the debut of Marvel’s Banshee, DC created another superhero who had sonic abilities.

It is amazing that DC was too lazy to not even change their character’s name from the source of inspiration but shortened it to just Banshee. Oh, and they decided to change the sex too as usual.

MJBOLT:

off subject, but Superman was a knockoff of Philip's pulp novel Gladiator... Hugo Danner, a man whose father invents a secret formula that can create superpowers. Instead of selling it and making millions, he just injects it into his son. Hugo gains super strength, bulletproof skin and the ability to jump over the tallest building in a single bound just how Superman started


You may not know this but in addition to the Gladiator novel, even more elements of Superman were stolen from Doc Savage:
Doc Savage was the 'man of bronze'. Superman was the 'Man of Steel'.
Doc Savage had a blonde girl cousin with the same skin tone as himself that would from time and again go on adventures along with her cousin... just like Kara what often go on adventures with HER cousin Kal-El.
Doc Savage had the original Fortress of Solitude in the Antarctic, and DC spared no expense to rip that off from Doc Savage straight up without even cover it up by giving it a new name or location

Superman may have been copied from some other character but certainly not marvel comics, in fact Marvel copied Superman twice with Sentry and Hyperion

At first glance, Jason Todd and Bucky Barnes do not even look alike nor they have the same powers but their backstories are shockingly same. Both worked side by side with their respective comic book heroes, both apparently died and returned as vigilantes to fight their ally, both eventually became their partners again and succeeded them.

Considering the fact that Jason Todd resurfaced as Red Hood after Bucky Barnes returned as Winter Soldier, DC did not steal from Marvel in terms of imagery and powers but they definitely stole the concept.

Now few people would even know who Iron Man was if it weren’t for Robert Downey Jr.’s amazing portrayal on the big screen. Iron Man, however, has been around since 1963. Born Anthony Edward Stark, Tony was the son of a brilliant inventor named Howard. Tony takes after his father in the intellect department and attends MIT at the age of 15 where he double majors in electrical engineering and physics. He prematurely gains control over his father’s company when both his father and mother are killed in a car crash, but Tony finds himself captured by a terrorist named Wong-Chu. Wong-Chu orders Stark to make weapons for him but instead Tony makes his first Iron Man suit and escapes.

Commander Steel was similar to Captain America, but Steel hit DC Comics in 1993 looking a lot like Iron Man. John Henry Irons was a weapons engineer for a company called AmerTek Industries but turned away when he saw what his weapons were capable of. He decided to fight crime at a lower level creating a metal suit and taking on street thugs. Although Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark effortlessly, the Shaquille O’Neal version of Steel left some things to be desired.

This one is a close call. Man Thing came to the scene in May of 1971 when a young biochemist named Ted Sallis of Nebraska is working in the Everglades trying to recreate the super soldier serum from Captain America. He disobeys orders and brings his girlfriend who betrays him. While on the run he injects himself with a sample of the serum that he has been working on which has a bad reaction with the swamp. This causes him to become Man Thing.

Two months later in July of 1971 scientist Alec Holland was working to create a secret chemical in the marshlands. Holland was killed when a bomb went off in his lab, but a creature made of the vegetation absorbs Alec’s memories and personality. Swamp Thing has the ability to control plants, he has super strength, and can regrow his body. Both Man Thing and Swamp Thing work to protect humanity.

Spiderman fans may know Electro from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as portrayed by Jamie Foxx. Spoiler Alert: The movie isn’t great. But Foxx’s portrayal of Maxwell Dillion is not the reason. The movie did, however, alter the character’s origin story. The original Maxwell did not work at Oscorp but was instead an electrical engineer who was struck by lightning while changing out a powerline which gave him the ability to harness and control electricity. Magneto asked him to be a part of the Brotherhood, which would have set him on a track to fight the X-Men for the rest of his life. He turned Magneto down and robbed J. Jonah Jameson setting himself up to fight Spiderman for the rest of his life. The OG Electro has been around since 1964.

Black lightning has a different backstory in that he was born with his powers. Jefferson Pierce grew up in a troubled neighborhood but a mentor taught him to bottle his powers so that he wouldn’t hurt anyone. He lived life as a normal human and pushed himself to become an Olympic gold medalist. It wasn’t until he returned to his home and saw the death of his father that he decided to use his electric powers for good. Jefferson’s powers are definitely similar to Electro's, but his backstory is more reminiscent of Luke Cage.

Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock is familiar with Captain America. Steve Rogers was a scrawny kid who joined the military and was injected with a super soldier serum in order during World War II in 1941. The Cap has been the goody two shoes of Marvel ever since, most recently going head to head with Ironman in Captain America: Civil War.

Most audiences will probably be less familiar with Commander Steel. Commander Steel, aka Henry Heywood, was a service member in the United States Marine Corps during World War II (sound familiar?). Heywood suffered severe injuries when he was betrayed and had to undergo surgery. The surgery didn’t only fix his injuries though, it gave him super strength and speed along with other superhuman abilities. He donned a suit and mask to fight in the war under an alias of Commander Steel while Henry Heywood is stuck in a desk job. The Commander came onto the scene in 1978. But could Commander Steel take on Robert Downey Jr.?

Ghost Rider was a lesser known Marvel character but was made more famous in recent years when he appeared in his own blockbuster movie and portrayed by cinema’s favorite son Nicolas Cage. The original Ghost Rider was a motorcycle stuntman named Johnny Blaze who signs a contract with the devil (or a demon by the name of Mephisto) to save his father. Blaze then finds that when he is in the presence of evil he turns into the Ghost Rider with a signature flaming skull. The Rider has been an antihero since 1972.

Ghost Rider rides his motorcycle on the line of good and bad. Atomic Skull, on the other hand, is just bad. Albert Michaels was a scientist at a place called S.T.A.R. Labs, you may have heard of it, that suffered from chronic seizures due to a mental disorder. He signed a contract with a group a villains known as SKULL in order to get an implant to stop the seizures but from then on he was forced to do their bidding. His most notable feature is a radiating head. Atomic Skull started pestering Superman in 1976.

Bumblebee (1976) vs. the Wasp (1963)

In 1961, DC Comics published Showcase #34, which featured a hero named
the Atom, a scientist who shrunk down and beat up bad guys with the
power of, uh, smallness. In 1962, Marvel published Tales to Astonish #27,
which told the story of Ant-Man…a scientist who shrunk down and beat up
bad guys with the power of smallness. Plus ants. But then a year later in
1963, Marvel debuted the Wasp, a little lady who helped Ant-Man fight
crime with wings and a power to "sting" criminals. It took DC 13 more years
to make its own version of the Wasp, and it's a pretty blatant copy in most
outward respects. Like the Wasp, Bumblebee is a shrinking lady that stings
villains while flying around. Unlike the Wasp, whose name is all-too-
appropriate for the sake of this comparison, Bumblebee was actually DC's
first female, African-American superhero. Too bad she's never risen above
B-level status, known mainly for being a member of various versions of the
Teen Titans and the Doom Patrol.

There is no shortage of Marvel characters who seem to have been
"inspired" by super-people who first made their debut in the pages of DC
Comics. You can read all about some of the more obvious DC copies that
showed up at Marvel right here . But what about characters and concepts
that went the other way? Here are a few DC Comics heroes and villains that
seem a little familiar…because they were Marvel characters first.

Aquaman (1941) vs. Sub-Mariner (1939)


Back in 1939, the company then-known as Timely Comics published Marvel
Comics #1. The issue featured a sea-dwelling jerkface named Namor, the
Sub-Mariner, who terrorized the surface world because of its inhabitants'
abuse of the oceans. He regularly fought the original Human Torch, but
Namor would soon fight for humanity when he teamed up with the Torch
and Captain America in the fight against the Nazis in World War II. Two
years later, National Comics, which would later become DC, published More
Fun Comics #73, which provided the first appearance of Aquaman…a guy
whose scientist dad gave the ability to breathe underwater and talk to fish.
Many years later, Aquaman would gain a surly disposition towards the
surface world while ruling an Atlantean kingdom…two defining
characteristics that Namor had first.

Marvel and DC Comics have been rivals for decades. Whether it’s comics, film, television or merchandise, these guys have been duking it out for a really long time. Sometimes Marvel comes out on top (MCU) and sometimes DC is the one that gets bragging rights (TV). Either way, there’s an unending debate about which company is better and it pretty much depends on who you ask, because both have rabid fan bases.

Oscar Wilde once said, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” The House of Ideas can run out of inspiration, just as the Distinguished Competitor can lose the plot. Often one isn’t better than the other and let’s face it, without this rivalry, we would’ve most likely missed out on some truly exceptional stories.

Every DC character seems to have a Marvel counterpart, but there are many for whom the similarities run much deeper than a power set. Some of these heroes share a great deal more.

These two comic book giants have been trying to outdo each other, they even went as far stealing /copying characters and ideas.

Let's start with the characters DC stole from Marvel.

MJBOLT:

now say that without crying
please leave our 'boring' thread for us,let us brag,we love it

Why should I cry.
The MCU is your only bragging right, take that away and you got nothing to brag about.
NOTHING.

DC makes you humble in other aspects.
Una still dey learn work.

MJBOLT:

ya moniker says it all - pained DC crybaby :p
Ordinary meme na im make you wan cry

Black Panther - 97% & $1.2billion deal with it


Spider man 2 and big hero 6 have oscars :p .....keep deceiving yourself,the only thing DC crybabies console themselves with is Oscars and nothing else,News Flash: Every movie in the MCU except Incredible Hulk and Thor:TDW have at least one award last time I checked DC had like 4 razzies,marvel have 0 ,go and use your Oscars to revive your dead cinematic universe :p.....what problems did the MCU have in it's early stages,I'll wait at least marvel did not release mega flops like Batpunisher V Synderman:Yawn of Martha or JokeSh!t League in its early stages

Even the deadpool trailer looks better than the DCEU , more memes to make you cry :p

DC is leading Marvel in every aspect except cinematic universe.
Your MCU is your only bragging right, DC leads in every other thing.
That is why every time a Marvel fan wants to troll DC, they attack the cinematic universe...that is the only thing they can troll.

Why not troll their video games, the comic books, animated series, Oscar wins etc.
You know you can't do that cuz DC is in the lead.

And after looking for something to attack, the cinematic universe is the only thing you found.
SHAME.

Marvel fans make the loudest noise but the truth is bitter.

Guys a group of devoted DC fans created a better cut of justice league.
The gathered those deleted scenes, epic scenes from the trailers that were cut from main film including Hans Zimmer score and put it together.
They call it the ultimate cut and they say it's really good.
The closest thing we have now to Synder original cut.
Has anyone seen it?
Please how do I download it?

Shittaakeem:
Wrong
Spiderman 2 won an Oscar before TDK hit the theatre's
Research before posting

I just did a research
DC actually has 5 Oscars compared to Marvel's 1

And i'm here thinking it's only 1 not knowing that they have 5! And Marvel thinks they've crushed DC .

DC > MARVEL

MJBOLT:
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The first meme is pointless, you guys are quick to forget that DC ruled the superhero genre with superman and batman classics in the 90's and made billions long before marvel came into the game.
Have you forgot TDK trilogy that made billions and became the first and only superhero film to get an Oscar...something that marvel has never achieved.

The DCEU is only 5 movies in compared to MCU 18 movies and u guys are already jubilating like DC is dead

DCEU is still laying foundation, even the MCU had problems at early stages.

DC>MARVEL

Ejypt dey win Portugal

Even when Ronaldo is on the pitch
Salah no fit show small respect to Baba CR7

God punish Salah, my 1 million naira don cut be that.

new2012:
Enjoy your Islamic atheism in peace.


BTW, I saw ur thread on change of religion from Christianity to atheism and it didn't make any sense.. The cause of ur confusion were absolute gibberish." A donkey talking...bla bla bla" you're have achpice to religion so not going to deliberate that with you. Enjoy ur Islamic atheism in peace

Thank you.

new2012:
Dude, you're a Muslim, you most likely converted to atheism from Islam...

Posting topics on a public forum doesn't have anything to do with ur religion..

You're heavily inclined to Islam.

By the way the post wasn't really abt the exam time table but why always threaten with violence at whatever they choose to say, always the threats of violent, disruption of peace, why?

Enjoy your Islamic atheism bro. Goodluck!

Go through my profile.

I'm an atheist and an ex-christian.

I created a thread about my change of faith LAST YEAR.

You deliberately omited that thread, didn't you

I wont argue with you.

Say whatever you want about me.
It wont change the truth.

My profile speaks for me.

This is the thread i created last year, narrating my journey from Christianity to atheism.

If you like keep calling me ex-muslim, it wont change the truth about my life.

https://www.nairaland.com/4238374/atheists-converted-christian-families.....share-expirience

Grayjoy:
I agree it should be respected. But why say christians have a full day to themselves and muslims have few hours? I then tried to tell u it's nt only in Nigeria. We do witness it elsewhere.

I said that only to drive my point home.

You know how Naija christians behave.

Small thing they shout ISLAMISATION.

new2012:
You had to deny your religion to make a point?

Muric has called for Friday as work free day before, so its not new.. Muric is a jobless group who's nlyjob is making vain and violent a inciting statements.

Israel has Sunday as work day, ever found out the origins of those work free days?

WAEC has always written exams at those times Fridays.... Muric just felt they've got a religious president and want to push for their agendas

Nonsense.
So now you are accusing me of being a muslim.

Please open my profile and go through my topics and you'll be shocked at how much of an ATHEIST i am.

I'm an ATHEIST not a MUSLIM.

Go through my profile.

Isreal are JEWS not CHRISTIANS.

What do you expect.

Sabbath day for Jews is on Saturday.

I have studied the origin of work free day is some countries, especially the christian dominated countries.

Emperor Constantine declared Sunday as work free day for christians.

The calender was amended and many christian countries including Britian adopted the calender.

Do your own research.

The british calender that Nigeria is using as pertaining work free days was clearly influenced by christianity which was a dominant religion in Europe during the time of Constantine.


http://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sunday-day-of-week&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiotKHM9PjZAhVE1hQKHcKLD7QQFgghMAY&usg=AOvVaw2_RmfjikveIS1gX3UAbf_J

Grayjoy:
Still Friday can't be a free day to please certain people. D calender we use puts most official activities mon to fri and nt otherwise. Sat and Sun is termed weekend. And dat is what our govt has adapted.

Read all my previous post.

I NEVER said that Friday should be work free day.

I'm only saying that the few hours of Jummat should be respected.

Grayjoy:
Sunday is for everyone. No school, no work etc. And it's worldwide nt in Nigeria only so it's nt a christian thing. Dat u guys plotted ur worship day to Friday shouldn't be a cross for us all to bear.

Do your research well.

Google is your friend.

Sunday as work free day is NOT worldwide.

They are countries that go to work on Sunday.

Culture and religion affect the week schedule of a nation.

Same way there are muslim countries that go to work on sunday...that is how there are christian dominated countries that dont go to work on sunday.

And for a christian dominated country to colonise us and we adopt their way of life.

Think about it...this is no debate.

P.S.. I'm not a muslim.

Grayjoy:
Sunday is for everyone. No school, no work etc. And it's worldwide nt in Nigeria only so it's nt a christian thing. Dat u guys plotted ur worship day to Friday shouldn't be a cross for us all to bear.

Do your research well.

Google is your friend.

Sunday as work free day is NOT worldwide.

They are countries that go to work on Sunday.

Culture and religion affect the week schedule of a nation.

Same way there are muslim countries that go to work on sunday...that is how there are christian dominated countries that dont go to work on sunday.

And for a christian dominated country to colonise us and we adopt their way of life.

Think about it...this is no debate.

AZeD1:
Nobody has said Muslims shouldn't enjoy their 2 hours of jumat. What I'm saying is don't use your religion to affect others.

Religion is a private affair and should not come into play in national discussions.

Muslims have the right to attend jumat on Friday, but they don't have the right to stop others from doing exams when they want to.

The exam is clashing.

The most rational thing to do is change the time table.

Muslims are not saying that christians should not take exam...NO.

Dont misinterpret the message.

They are only saying that the time for exam clashes with their Jummat prayer, therefore it should be changed....SIMPLE.

There is no way exam time will be different in North and South.
To avoid malpractice, exam should be taken at the same time nationwide.

The exam time is affecting muslims and rational conclusion is to change the time.

Both christians and Muslims take their exam and muslims dont miss their Jummat.

It's a win win situation.

Everybody goes home happy.

SIMPLE.

I dont see how changing exam time to accomodate muslims will affect christians.

They just need to change the time.

At the end of the day.

Everybody will still take the exam.

Problem sloved.

WIN WIN

I dont know why people are arguing over this.

asuustrike2009:
But Saturday and Sunday is work free in many countries why?. Let us be realistic for once, why should these days be work free whereas Muslims rarely get Friday as holiday.

Please help me tell them.

Muslim go to work on friday and they are not even agitating for a work free Friday.

They are only asking for free 2-3 hours on friday.

Just 2-3 hours and christians who enjoy a whole work free Sunday are bashing them.

They have a WHOLE DAY all to themselves but they dont want another religion to enjoy a FEW HOURS

What kind of fuckery is that ?

AZeD1:
It's doesn't matter if I say WAEC should fix Saturday mornings for exams or not, the question you should ask is if WAEC (staff) work on Sunday or not.

We cannot put religion ahead of National issues.

The reason why Sunday is a work free day is because Nigeria was colonized by Britian who were mostly christians.
We adopted many things from them including their work free day.

There are core muslim countries that use friday as work-free day.

If a core-muslim country had colonised Nigeria, friday would have been our work-free day.

But we were colonised by the christian british and we adopted their way of life.

Dont let that get into your head.

Muslims are not asking for a work-free Friday, they are only asking for 2-3 hours to respect their religious belief.

Your christians enjoy the privilege of a work-free Sunday but you dont want Muslims to respect their 2-3 hours of Jummat.

Think about it...

I'm not a muslim.
I'm a rational atheist who thinks peaceful co-existence should be promoted in the society.

Muslims should be allowed to enjoy their 2-3 hours of Jummat.