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Now , we all know The Authority likes to generally parody every other comic out their , but within their 'Nativity' arc they had a COLOSSAL amount of blatant Marvel rip off's . Consequently I want to see if we can identify them all.

Digi will bring scans soon . Let the games begin !!!

I need scans.

Originally posted by grey fox
Now , we all know The Authority likes to generally parody every other comic out their , but within their 'Nativity' arc they had a COLOSSAL amount of blatant Marvel rip off's . Consequently I want to see if we can identify them all.

Digi will bring scans soon . Let the games begin !!!



...I said I'd post some, but you didn't have to volunteer me in the opening post.

*takes obscenely long to find scans to spite gf*

DAMMIT GF.....This is taking obscenely long! ....

Don't know about the Authority...but here is..."The Watcher"

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4702/superman60980cw.th.jpg

The Doctor=Doctor Strange
Majestic=Superman
Midnighter=Batman/Slade
The chick with wings=Hawkgirl
etc.

You mean Swift? And yeah, ost of their characters are similar to DC/ Marvel characters but they are still very notably different (and often cooler!)

Originally posted by Avalonofthewind
Don't know about the Authority...but here is..."The Watcher"

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4702/superman60980cw.th.jpg And that was right after Supes smashed a Galactus character too.

Imperiex: Biggest. Marvel rip-off. EVER!

Zorro > Batman.

rich coward playing playboy that walks in the nigth all dressed up in black.

Now where did i saw that one before?

Coward...?

Originally posted by olympian
Zorro > Batman.

rich coward playing playboy that walks in the nigth all dressed up in black.

Now where did i saw that one before? Sorry but not even close.

Batman>BlackPanther
Superman>Gladiator, Sentry, Hyperion etc.
Darkseid>Thanos
Plastic Man>Reed Richards
Dr. Polaris>Magneto
Flash>Quicksilver
Green Lantern>Quasar
Atom>Antman
Soloman Grundy>Hulk
Dr. Fate>Dr. Strange
Guardians>Watchers
Weather Wizard>Storm

Marvel:

Galactus>Imperiex
Iron Man>Steel

Hmm... I agree with MOST of those...

Originally posted by snoopdogg
Sorry but not even close.

Batman>BlackPanther
Superman>Gladiator, Sentry, Hyperion etc.
Darkseid>Thanos
Plastic Man>Reed Richards
Dr. Polaris>Magneto
Flash>Quicksilver
Green Lantern>Quasar
Atom>Antman
Soloman Grundy>Hulk
Dr. Fate>Dr. Strange
Guardians>Watchers
Weather Wizard>Storm

Marvel:

Galactus>Imperiex
Iron Man>Steel
Almost all of these characters are predated by some obscure pulp hero/villian or are concepts that already existed.

Originally posted by Swanky-Tuna
Almost all of these characters are predated by some obscure pulp hero/villian or are concepts that already existed.

Yeah.

And it's also not well known that Plastic Man predates Reed by a long time. He originally debuted in soemthing like the 30's, if memory serves.

Plastic Man debuted almost a year after Thin Man, so Plas himself isn't even the first stretching super hero; plus Plastic Man was a Quality Comics property originally.

Originally posted by snoopdogg
Sorry but not even close.

A guy that during the day plays around the part of a playboy who is often pretending to be careless about everything that surrounds him and that at nigth suddently wears black, its though to be some inhuman spirit who pll are afraid of / or respected and that does wrongs into rigth.

The Golden Age Batman is at his essence a moderm Zorro. Money rich background, the "buttler" as an assistance, moving outside the law, you name it.

Mescled with the Phantom by using the "criminals fear me, because i cant die" superstition.

Originally posted by Swanky-Tuna
Almost all of these characters are predated by some obscure pulp hero/villian or are concepts that already existed. Really? Like who?

Oh I forgot to add Deathstroke>Deadpool.

Originally posted by olympian
A guy that during the day plays around the part of a playboy who is often pretending to be careless about everything that surrounds him and that at nigth suddently wears black, its though to be some inhuman spirit who pll are afraid of / or respected and that does wrongs into rigth.

The Golden Age Batman is at his essence a moderm Zorro. Money rich background, the "buttler" as an assistance, moving outside the law, you name it.

Mescled with the Phantom by using the "criminals fear me, because i cant die" superstition.

Actually the Golden Age Batman resembles The Shadow , more then any other character. So much in fact his creators dropped his usage of a firearm in fear of a lawsuit...

Originally posted by snoopdogg
Superman>Gladiator, Sentry, Hyperion etc.


I don't know about the others but Hyperion didn't appear until 1971, so Superman is hardly a rip off seeing how he appeared MUCH earlier.

Originally posted by The Pict
I don't know about the others but Hyperion didn't appear until 1971, so Superman is hardly a rip off seeing how he appeared MUCH earlier.

No , Snoop is stating the others are ripoffs . Mathematical signs ya see....

Originally posted by snoopdogg
Flash>Quicksilver
Dr. Polaris>Magneto
Weather Wizard>Storm

How do you base a rip off though. The only thing people like this have alike is their powers, their completely different otherwise.

Super-speed and weather control are hardly mind-blowing, complicated powers that, if another another character even has something close to it, they'd be considered a rip-off no matter how different they are.

That would make Flash a Mercury rip off even if the only thing they have in common is the speed as main power.

Originally posted by olympian
That would make Flash a Mercury rip off even if the only thing they have in common is the speed as main power.

Interestingly enough... if you mean Max Mercury

Flash January, 1940
Mercury -
- As Quicksilver: National Comics #5, (Nov 1940)
- As Max Mercury: Flash v2 #76 (May 1993)

No. Im talking about the original speedester. Mercury aka Hermes.

Originally posted by olympian
No. Im talking about the original speedester. Mercury aka Hermes.

Well he pre-dates a crap load of things....

Originally posted by snoopdogg
Really? Like who?
You can find all kinds of examples in the legends of yore like olympian said. Magic and demons are nothign new.

Millars evil ironman hates babies

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/7397/theauthority13198fb.th.jpg

plus a wasp counterpart is there as well




Avengers lol

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8378/theauthority13213iw.th.jpg

Giant man
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2894/theauthority13226rx.th.jpg


Aretha black bolt

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/443/authorityv200609rougher2ti.th.jpg

martian manhunter's a rip-off of Golden age Vision.

Originally posted by Skeets
martian manhunter's a rip-off of Golden age Vision.

there was a golden age vision?

yup his name was Aarkus though.

Squid= Doc ock

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/5513/authorityv2111xn.th.jpg

Originally posted by batdude123
The Doctor=Doctor Strange
Majestic=Superman
Midnighter=Batman/Slade
The chick with wings=Hawkgirl
etc.
actually superman was the first superhero ever so yeah he can't be a rip off of anyone

Originally posted by Black Adam
Squid= Doc ock

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/5513/authorityv2111xn.th.jpg



That is absolutely perfect , that is the pinnacle of ownage.

"This world has Superheroes !! Now we can really have some fu--"

*Head caves in*

Bloody awesome

Originally posted by FG725
actually superman was the first superhero ever so yeah he can't be a rip off of anyone

I think batdude123 knows that



He was simply pointing out the rip offs.

Majestic is a ripoff of Superman.

Originally posted by FG725
actually superman was the first superhero ever so yeah he can't be a rip off of anyone Actually, Superman was heavly inspired by the novel Gladiator .

Barely anything is completely original these days.

Originally posted by Lucid Lui
Actually, Superman was heavly inspired by the novel Gladiator .

Barely anything is completely original these days.
These days?...barker

Originally posted by Skeets
These days?...barker Loooong these days. Like last century.

made it seem like Superman was made up recently...

Originally posted by olympian
No. Im talking about the original speedester. Mercury aka Hermes. Oh, THAT Mercury.
http://www.missouri.edu/~sbsnqf/AOM%20project/images/gods/ui%20god%20select%20hermes.jpg

Yeah the first comic Flash was a total rip-off of that guy, stole his costume (what little of it there was) and everything.