Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The 5 Greatest Knockoff Characters In Comics - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

Comics Alliance names the 5 best characters who were knockoffs of inspired by other characters. I like the way the article introduced:

One of the most accepted truisms in super-hero comics is that there's not a whole lot of new stuff to be found underneath Earth's yellow sun. With seventy years of heroes, villains, selfless acts and dastardly schemes, plenty of creators have come up with bold new ideas, only to find out that they were done years ago. Probably by Jack Kirby.

But that's not necessarily a bad thing. A lot of the fun of super-hero comics comes from taking those old elements and seeing a new spin on them. Whether they're obvious and intentional stand-ins -- like The Authority's Apollo and Midnighter as Superman-and-Batman -- or creations that try to slip by unnoticed, there are plenty of bootleg versions of super-heroes out there, and some of them actually become great in their own right. And those are the characters we're spotlighting today with a look at The Top Five Greatest Knockoff Characters In Comics!

Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/06/15/knockoff-characters-comics/#ixzz1PPYscBD8

The 5 Greatest Knockoff Characters In Comics - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
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