What are all the Superman pastiches you can think of?

RJMooreII · Post by **RJMooreII** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:03 pm

What are all the Superman pastiches/knockoffs/analogues you can list from different comic Universes?
Here are the ones I could think of:
Apollo (Wildstorm)
Count Nefaria (Marvel, Avengers Villain)
Gladiator (Marvel)
Hyperion (Marvel)
Invincible (Image)
Mighty Mouse (cartoon)
Mr. Majestic (Image/Wildstorm)
Samaritan (Astro City)
Sentry (Marvel)
Statesman (City of Heroes)
Supreme (Image/Extreme)
Prime (also a Captain Marvel analogue)
Ultiman (Big Bang Comics)
Union (Wildstorm)
Virtue (Marvel)

Cyberstrike · Post by **Cyberstrike** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:14 pm

Captain Marvel (DC) DC sucessfully sued Fawcett (or however it's spelled) over copyright infingements.

The Plutonian (Boom!)

Optimus Prime (Transformers)

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:19 pm

Miracleman/Marvelman

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:19 pm

Captain Marvel (Fawcett)
Wonder Man (Fox)
Super Goofy (Disney)
Super Duck (Archie)

/Magnus

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:23 pm

Omni-Man (Image)

Homer Simpson

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:14 pm

Mr. Incredible (Pixar/Disney/Dark Horse)

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:20 pm

Metroman (Megamind movie)
Captain Justice (80's TV series "Once A Hero")

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:25 pm

Ultra man (my secret identity tv series)
Greatest american hero (tv series)

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 4:50 pm

greg wrote:Mr. Incredible (Pixar/Disney/Dark Horse)

Really?

He was only super strong. He couldn't fly, he didn't have super speed or ice breath or nuthin!

What are our parameters here? Invulnerable = Supes knock off?

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:05 pm

dave wrote:
greg wrote:Mr. Incredible (Pixar/Disney/Dark Horse)
Really?

He was only super strong. He couldn't fly, he didn't have super speed or ice breath or nuthin!

What are our parameters here? Invulnerable = Supes knock off?

He was the #1 guy in a story where they called special powered people "Supers". The #1 "Super" man.

Original Superman couldn't fly either.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:20 pm

Mon-El

Ultra Boy

KO2003 · Post by **KO2003** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:44 pm

Wundarr.

Sent into space as a child by his parents. Landed on Earth but remained in his ship until he became an adult ( in stature only). Exhibited superhuman strength while battling Swampthing.

Omega man also?

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 5:45 pm

Titan(Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes)

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:00 pm

greg wrote:
dave wrote:
greg wrote:Mr. Incredible (Pixar/Disney/Dark Horse)
Really?

He was only super strong. He couldn't fly, he didn't have super speed or ice breath or nuthin!

What are our parameters here? Invulnerable = Supes knock off?
He was the #1 guy in a story where they called special powered people "Supers". The #1 "Super" man.

Original Superman couldn't fly either.

True.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 6:01 pm

dave wrote:
greg wrote:
dave wrote:
greg wrote:Mr. Incredible (Pixar/Disney/Dark Horse)
Really?

He was only super strong. He couldn't fly, he didn't have super speed or ice breath or nuthin!

What are our parameters here? Invulnerable = Supes knock off?
He was the #1 guy in a story where they called special powered people "Supers". The #1 "Super" man.

Original Superman couldn't fly either.
True.

Yep. As they said "Faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound..."

The Spider · Post by **The Spider** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:10 pm

The High (Wildstorm--he was from the Stormwatch "Change Or Die" story)
Solar Man (Image; from Savage Dragon)

RJMooreII · Post by **RJMooreII** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:04 pm

Thanks for the responses, everyone. I am a huge fan of Superman and all ripping him off, as I think he has the coolest powerset ever. A little auto-bio, although I had seen comic book shows and individual books I really got into comics as a side effect of my interest in pulp fiction and hard science fiction.

Once I stumbled across (here are more slight analogs) Hugo Danner and Doc Savage, I knew that the genre for me was the ones where individual people had the power to change the course of history. Not by a confluence of luck, but by sheer, outright superiority.

I actually don't think DC was right in suing Fawcett for Captain Marvel. I don't like IP to begin with, but even from a literary standpoint Captain Marvel is very distinct from Superman. He doesn't have nearly as many powers. Marvel is basically flying, magical version of the Hulk. How is he like Supes at all, other than that they are both strong and fast? What hero doesn't possess those attributes? If you believe Jimmy Dean, Big John could hold up a collapsed coal mine. Perhaps he's a Superman knockoff?

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:33 pm

Smallville Emo SuperGreg?

RJMooreII · Post by **RJMooreII** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:49 pm

sanman wrote:

Smallville Emo SuperGreg?

I assume you're making a facetious reference to the poster?

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:58 pm

No, he is a genuine superhero—along with arch enemy, Evil Greg. However, not sure if the pair is more analogous to Superman and Lex or Superman and Bizzaro.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:00 pm

sanman wrote:No, he is a genuine superhero—along with arch enemy, Evil Greg. However, not sure if the pair is more analogous to Superman and Lex or Superman and Bizzaro.

Both. It's the multiverse.

RJMooreII · Post by **RJMooreII** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:02 pm

sanman wrote:No, he is a genuine superhero—along with arch enemy, Evil Greg. However, not sure if the pair is more analogous to Superman and Lex or Superman and Bizzaro.

I actually used to work in a shake shop next to a gym where there was a guy named Rocco, who wore a suit and tie (habit from being a Safeway manager). He was young, tall, body-builder but proportioned muscled and good looking so we all called him Clark.

He actually did several supehero things, such as pulling a guy out of a Porsche he was trying to steal with one arm, he averted a bar fight (which he had no role in creating) by physically restraining two people, one with each arm. He was also a very nice guy.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:04 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
sanman wrote:No, he is a genuine superhero—along with arch enemy, Evil Greg. However, not sure if the pair is more analogous to Superman and Lex or Superman and Bizzaro.
Both. It's the multiverse.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:06 pm

And my favorite...

RJMooreII · Post by **RJMooreII** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:10 pm

My inclination is to say that Super Grover and Mighty Mouse could beat the ever loving crap out of Superman.

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