Sometimes, Marvel cannot even pull off a proper theft rightly. As the most striking similarity, both supervillain groups have worked under the orders of the government. The group has tons of similarities that can be pointed out, notably featuring a primary member expert in bow and arrow as Suicide Squad has Deadshot and Thunderbolts has Bullseye. When DC came up with a supervillain team comprising of secondary characters, Marvel introduced a similar team 38 years later. Meow!įrom individual superheroes to superhero teams, Marvel takes every opportunity to learn from their competition and come up with a similar thing of their own. The comparison does not end there as both have on-and-off relationships with their superhero counterparts – Batman and Superman – and both are seductively beautiful. At times like these, one must wonder whether Marvel even has announced of originality as their villain is a complete rip-off of DC’s Catwoman.ĭebuting in 1940, Selina Kyle aka wears a latex suit resembling a feline, has an obsession with robbing pieces of jewelry and that is exactly the same thing that Marvel’s Felicia Hardy aka Black Cat does. As hard it might be to believe, both teams are led by a wheelchair-bound individual.īatman has a lot of villains that are considered the best at what they do and that catches the attention of the rival company, Marvel. The similarities between the two teams are too visible to ignore as Doom Patrol’s primary villains are a team known as Brotherhood of Evil while X-Men’s is Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. If you think that is the story of X-Men, prepared to be shocked as the concept was introduced four months prior to their debut.ĭC introduced Doom Patrol, a similar group much like X-Men but lesser known due to the latter’s popularity.
Regarded as misfits due to their superpowers, they were hurt to be cast out from society but sought to use their extraordinary abilities to help people.
On an interesting note, even IGN referred to it as a concept of what would happen if Batman suffered from multiple personality disorder.Įven though Marvel was able to give their character a completely new look and even some more superpowers, it could not resist changing the primary weapon of the very character they were intrigued by and hardly made an effort to alter the name.ĭC’s Captain Boomerang debuted in 1960 while Marvel’s Boomerang made his first appearance in 1966 and their similarities are too visible to miss – both use boomerangs as a weapon and both are D-class villains. Both are wealthy and normal humans who rely on gadgets, fear tactics, and detective skills to solve a crime.Ĭharlie Huston, one of the writers of Moon Knight, admitted that the strong comparison between the two superheroes is not baseless but insisted that there are differences, notably Moon Knight having three alter-egos.
Furthermore, both villains feared telepathy.Īpart from the whole bat-like persona, Marvel’s Moon Knight has been accused of being inspired by DC’s Batman ever since his creation. Serving as an enemy of Green Lantern, Doctor Polaris has a lot of superpowers that can be found in Magneto as well such as manipulating metals according to their will and flight through magnetic fields. However, what you may not know is that DC had introduced a much similar super-villain three months before Magneto’s memorable arrival.
There is no doubt that Magneto is one of the most iconic Marvel characters and one of the greatest comic book villains of all time.
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