Comments on: 6 Famous Characters You Didn’t Know Were Shameless Rip Offs

By: Frau

Frau — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:22:49 +0000

I kind of thought Captain America was a rip of Gladiator. Well the premise is. A secret formula.

Meh – ideas repeat themselves ever couple of years.

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:12:19 +0000

And now that I’ve actually read the article, how can they compare Green Lantern to the Lensmen?
That’s like pointing out similarities between Dick and Jane and Canterbury Tales!

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:55:42 +0000

@GQ

I love Grant’s run, too, but one issue doesn’t make you gay, in my opinion.

Danny the Street, however, is another story.

By: GQ

GQ — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:46:54 +0000

See here for what I mean:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jz0vR0Ouas4/SC7dM0QZzII/AAAAAAAAAgA/p_hDaXvT ajA/s400/9.jpg

(The brain was implanted into one of Robotman’s bodies. God, I love GRant Morrison… )

By: GQ

GQ — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:44:50 +0000

“that’s a FRENCH gorilla with a machine gun.”

A GAY french Gorilla, no less.

Though since he was love with the brain of a human, would that make him a gay, French, beastialitist?

By: DaveL

DaveL — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:29:57 +0000

Artists, musicians and story tellers all create new works from past ideas. Except for Dane Cook of course.

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:09:18 +0000

I loved the Doom Patrol long before I’d even heard of the X- Men.
Robotman’s wiseass comments, Negative man’s see-through skeleton under those bandages, and the adolescent voyeur waiting to maybe see up Elasti-girl’s skirt when she grew really tall…
And yes, that’s a FRENCH gorilla with a machine gun.

By: Pox

Pox — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:30:26 +0000

Is that gorilla wielding a gun?

By: Mouserz

Mouserz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:35:16 +0000

Well to be fair, when I saw the original Japanese version of the Lion King, my eyes and years bled out.

By: atomicsecrets

atomicsecrets — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:52:02 +0000

I like all the comments about Cracked ripping off Mad. Wonderful.

Also, Superman rips off Doc Savage, too. Savage was the Man of Bronze before the Man of Steel. He also had a Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic.

By: zav

zav — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:13:10 +0000

Jesus has a better PR and Marketing firm. There were at least several virgin births before the J man.

By: Triseult

Triseult — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:22:19 +0000

Little-known superhero fact: Jesus Christ the Savior is a rip-off of the earlier Vedic deity Mithra.

By: ECA

ECA — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:00:46 +0000

Doom patrol lead to a few rip offs, including FF, fantastic 4..