At first Blue Marvel wore an entire bodysuit, masking his identity. The outcome of each battle was determined by reader ballot, which were distributed in advance to comic book stores.Numerous smaller, story-driven skirmishes occur throughout the series, not counted with the primary duels meant to determine the outcome between the Brothers.There were 11 battles fought between the two universes. If anything, Captain Marvel’s story feels like something of a Superman Elseworlds tale.Out of every Superman rip-off or analogue, the fact that Captain America is in many ways a version of Superman should come as no surprise. With a character as popular as Superman, it’s no surprise he’s inspired plenty of copycats too. Because Captain Marvel is widely known for being something of a Superman analogue, it made sense that the U.K.-created character would be an analogue of an analogue. When Wundarr landed on his new home, he was taken in by Maw and Paw and grew up to possess the same superpowers that Superman started out with during his first appearances in the Golden Age. One is an alien who was raised on Earth, the other wears a giant S.Power-wise? Some characters it’s very easy like Hawkeye and Green Arrow or Namor and Aquaman. Sun God was the leader of the Great Society, which was an unabashed rip-off of DC’s Justice League and allowed Marvel to have its cake and eat it too. Today at CBR we’re looking at 18 Marvel heroes who are Superman rip-offs!When the Marvel Universe was first coming together, the publisher acknowledged they needed a character like Superman to fill the role of protector.
Superman is one of comics' most popular hero, so it's no wonder Marvel would try to create their own versions of him.Superman is not only one of the mightiest superheroes in all of comics, but he’s considered the standard to which all other heroes are held. Marvel Counterpart: Invisible Woman, Vision. Their name is terrifyingly similar, which resulted in DC attempting to sue Marvel way back when for usage of the name. Not only does Nefaria have Superman’s powers, but he came with Wonder Man’s powers, giving him ionic energy, along with the abilities of Power Man, Whirlwind, and the Living Laser.Nefaria’s feats are astounding. Adam Brashear served his country in the military, but then later discovered he had powers. The only real separations are that Superior isn’t quite as powerful as Superman and he also has a lot in common with DC’s Captain Marvel Shazam. Still, another character from DC Comics who Wonder Man shares some similarities with is none other than Wonder Woman. The more you look at Ethan’s story, the more he comes across as a clone of Superman.If you haven’t heard of Sun God, or Zoran, that’s okay, since he’s the least known of all the Marvel Superman analogues. Just like Billy Batson yelling Shazam and transforming, Moran would yell “Kimota.” When he became Marvelman, he acquired a ton of powers, including energy blasts, energy absorption, super strength, force fields, flight, invulnerability, telepathy, etc.Another unique aspect to Marvelman’s history lays in the fact that L. Miller & Son originally published him before eventually getting acquired by Marvel Comics.
Thor was even described by Stan Lee as being Superman, but you know, with a hammer.It’s true, that on the surface the two don’t seem to have many similarities, but their fundamental core speaks otherwise. Taking into account various media, between Ultraman (which name alone refers to several similar characters), Justice Lord Superman, Kal and Kal-El in Smallville, Superboy Prime, mind-controlled Captain Marvel, Cyborg Superman, etc., Superman has more evil counterparts than he knows what to do with. The result of the following six battles were determined by the miniseries' creative team: In essence, Gladiator is as strong as he wills himself to be.