Icon did NOT disguise himself as a Black man. His escape pod sampled the DNA of the predominant species that first opened his escape pod. And that was a Black woman. The pod altered Icon's physical form to match hers.
I never heard of Invincible or The Boys until they have they’re own shows on Amazon Prime, when I was little I grew up with both Marvel and DC comics, i didn’t know they were other comic book companies like Dynamite Comics or Image Comics
@@joshuagorski9452 Lord Majestros from the planet Khera, went by the name "Mr. Majestic" on Earth. He was part of the Jim Lee Wildstorm corner of Image comics as well as when DC bought Wildstorm.
Superman is so iconic that many people are using his origin story. Even legendary mangaka Akira Toriyama used it to help create another Icon. Also, Variant Channel you should see the death battle between Goku vs Superman. You won't regret it.
@@truffle6082 Bingo. Before that, Superman mostly jumped around for travel. Which is probably what gave birth to the classic catchphrase "to leap tall buildings in a single bound".
Superman is a rip off of Gladiator (not Marvel's gladiator). So Let's give credit to the character that "inspired" the creation of superman. The character Gladiator by Philip Wylie Came 8 years prior to superman, had all the abilities superman had. Gladiator even came from a small town. "Coincidentally" Jerry and Simon both read Gladiator when they were kids.
Reading through a lot of the space events in Marvel and Gladiator shows up a lot. Nova, Quasar, Gladiator etc are mainly in space. They rarely show up in the comics and events happening on Earth in Marvel.
@@Tribrid-zv3nq Tsk, tsk,,, Hyperion is based off of Superman. The imperial guard is based off the legion of superheroes Superboy not Superman is a part of the Legion of Superheroes.
Captain Marvel is NOT a Superman copy cat. Yes he was created n response to Superman. But everything else about him, his design influences his powers, his supporting cast, and his villains are different. In fact it’s Superman who directly copied many of Captain Marvel’s powers and abilities in order to try and be more poppular. Lex Luthor was created in response to Dr Sivana, Supergirl was created after Mary Marvel, Superboy was created in response to Captain Marvel Jr, Superman started to fly and breath in space, after Captain Marvel. Many Superman writers like Otto Binder went on to writer Superman after Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel also inspired the other characters like Thor, Captain America, Mar-Vell, and even Elvis Presley Superman was trying so hard to be Captain Marvel that they sued him. That’s the truth
Yep. I don’t understand how people miss something this basic. You can’t keep adding features to a character (that others have) and then claim he’s the original.
@@airforcex9412 It’s because of historical revisionism. Geoff Johns did such a good job with the New 52 convincing everyone that Billy was just “magic Superman”. He stripped any nobility that was in the character away, made the costume more generic, made Sivana more like Lex Luthor, and made Billy look up to Superman. And sadly every adaption these days is based on that version. The sad matter is DC invented Superman. Fawcett invented Captain Marvel. But now DC has both, so they Superman will always be the favorite. He will always be painted as the core superhero all others orbit. Fawcett doesn’t exist anymore to put Captain Marvel center stage.
Man, Icon. I love this character so much. Every time I hear someone talk about the black Superman, I think of Icon first. There's a character that doesn't get enough love.
@paorasimon4957 like it was explained you can be inspired by more than one character and he only became popular (dragonball z)when he had the superman backstory coincidence 🤔
@@paorasimon4957😂😂😂😂😂it isn’t cap 🧢 bruh sure db is inspired by journey to the west but Goku is inspired by Superman it’s obvious humanoid alien from planet Vegeta sent to earth real name Kakarot adoptive name Son Goku . Country boi raised by uncle grandpa . Superman raised by Marta and Jonathan. Kakarot finding out his lineage are saiyans ! Superman Kryptonians his planet destroyed within itself or brainiac or etc multiple ways . The list goes on and on wit Goku 😂
The super Broly movie they like retconned the Bardock movie and pretty much as Soulja boy says they stole my flow and had Goku sent to earth then we saw his mom and dad send him off to earth. After Frieza going crazy on the planet
Except, unlike Batman or a Spider-Man, Superman as a character pretty much sucks, because of his lame villains, over the top super-strength and mediocre stories. That's why we keep getting the same Superman motifs comic after comic and movie after movie. The Phantom was the first superhero without super-powers, he would be Batman's archetype, and was created a year and half before Superman. But like Blade restarting the Superhero movies (to which I dread), everyone forgets.
@KAW101 Meh. To me, Superman is superhero comics in its purest form. The trope of Superman being boring has been so overblown that the claim itself has become boring. I don't know what you were on about with The Phantom thing though. But as much as I love Batman, we've kind of had the same Batman stories for over thirty years, too. We had the same Daredevil stories for over twenty years. They're all great characters though. If you wanna get technical, every superhero is a variation of Superman.
@@GoHawgs1987 Except, he's not. The Phantom came before Supes and Bats, for he is the archetype. You just don't want to admit that because Bats/Supes are much more popular and successful. The thing with Supes is, he's a one trick pony. You can't get a Dark Knight or Killing Joke or Kraven's Last Hunt or Roulette or Phoenix Saga or The Man Without Fear from Superman. No, every superhero is a variation of The Phantom.
Superman is a rip off of Gladiator (not marvel gladiator) by Philip Wylie. Philip Wylie's Gladiator came 8 years before superman and had all of his powers which superman copied.Also the creators of superman Jerry and Simon used to read Gladiator when they were kids.
@@kto0312WOW!!!!!! that is 100% correct. gladiator was the name and title of the book. Hugo Danner was the hero and Superman is based off of Hugo Danner. I am not kidding, you’re the first person I’ve ever come across that knew that.
I personally wouldn't put Blue Marvel or even Sentry since their power sets are completely different outside of the basic flight, super strength, cape, durability etc. Even though Sentry also has an S.
That was only for a couple of years I believe. I love Captain Marvel, but that's been overblown. By '48 I think Superman was back on top and never looked back til Batman overtook him in the late 80s. And the X-Men, but they aren't a single character.
I mean, Hyperion was meant to BE Superman as the Squadron Supreme was meant to be the Justice League . DC got the last laugh when the sued Shazam/Captain America (well Fawcett Comics) basucally out of existence and then bought them. (A classic olf DC play.)
Superman is so iconic that even my Grandfather knew about him and the funny thing is that we are from South Asia and here internet became a household thing 10 years ago
All big comic book characters get copied and or partially adapted into new characters. It's a staple of fiction going backbto Greek Myth & beyond. Vampires, syper onservant detctives, cops, gods etc. Superman is an amalgamtion of other characters, like John Carter of Mars in the 1st place (even Moses righ?)t. As well as an original creation
a forgotten Superman inspired hero (less of a copycat) was Prime from Malibu Comics back in the 90s. He was one of the most powerful hero of that universe, while being a kid under the appearance of that huge man it was an interesting one
In Brazil we had "Captain 7" too. But from all these you mention the only costume that I don't like is from Icon. The colors of his costume are "too loud" and looks like he got the cape and his symbol from the shower curtain.
Wo Wo Wo..... where is Samaritan from Astro City??? My God!!! Not only is a great riff on Superman... the stories they tell with him are amazing alternate views of Superman himself... The opening story is posing the question "When does Superman (Samaritan) get time to just enjoy his powers?" How much better do you need it to get?
I mean Goku is technically a superhero but a Boyscout no nor did he grow up wanting to be a hero he likes fighting strong Opponents and he's actually kinda selfish when you really think about it
Wasn't it flesha(I butchered that name) studios didn't want to to animate superman jumping so they just made him fly and DC decided to keep it for main supes
Another Superman like character i remember was Silver Sentry from the 2003 TMNT animated series he was also the leader of Justice Force that universe's version of the Justice League
One minor suggestion for Variant when they do videos like these: please put fonts on screen when new characters come up. Some are unknown and the voiceover isn’t always clear. I had to use cc for most of this. Thanks.
@@Tribrid-zv3nq Cockrum who co-created the Shi'ar Imperial Guard with Claremont worked on the Legion of Superheroes beforehand. They were created to face the X-Men during the Dark Phoenix Saga. Gladiator -Superboy, Mentor-Braniac 5, Oracle-Staurn Girl, Fang-Timberwolf, Smasher-Ultraboy, Hobgoblin-Chameleonboy, Magic-Princess Projectra, Titan-Colossalboy, Tempest-Lightning Lad, Quasar-Starboy, and so on.
Some of my favorite Superman copycats are Hyperion (Earth 13034 version), Gladiator, Blue Marvel, Icon, Omni-Man, Martian Manhunter, Captain Marvel (Billy Batson), and All Might.
superman nowadays feels like a simp for lois lane making his super heroing less impactful. making us think that without lois , superman wouldn't be superman
Cap is actually a pretty blatant copycat himself. Look up The Shield. He's a soldier who takes a serum and it gives him great strength. He wears a star spangled red white and blue costume. The uniform's a little different, but still.
To me, the synopsis that makes Homelander a fascinating take on the Superman archetype isn't the question: "What if Superman was evil?". It's the question: "What if Superman was selfish and incompetent?"
My favorite that only got a brief mention (glad he got at least a shout out) is Marvelman. Much more a deconstruction of "a superhero with enough power could be considered a god" (and seemingly Moore's first exploration of this topic that he'd go on to explore more) and then taken to its logical end. Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman really are firing on all cylinders during their respective runs.
*Meteorman (1993)* played by the Robert Townsend was One of the 1st Black Super heroes on film was a inspirational and Iconic representation of culture and courage. *One of my favorite heroes and movies of All-time*
No it wasn't. Originally, Milestone was an independent company that had a rare distribution deal with DC. In the mid to late 2000s, Milestone completely sold their company to DC
@@solomonallen3524 Milestone didn't get shut down. Like some other comic companies, Milestone suffered from low sales in the late 90s and went bankrupt, which is what caused them to be sold to DC. Then a few years after DC had aquired Milestone, Dwayne McDuffie's widow was in a legal battle with DC for over a decade, which severely limited their output of Milestone content
False goku did not grow up wanting to protect the earth. He lived in a forest with his grandfather who taught him martial arts then when on a long adventure with a girl searching for dragon balls fell in love with fighting and protecting his friends. A quick overview but while Goku protects the earth it was never his main thing, he likes to fight strong opponents
His father also didn't send him to Earth. He was sent there to conquer the planet because he was a low class Saiyan and they're typically sent away to conquer less dangerous worlds.
Someone doesn't know that these "addtion" was not in the original manga and bardock have many origion stories including time traveljust do make my point they were added IN THE ANIME near the stories finaly even then a scientist sending his son away from planet was the origion story of countless fictional character before superman😂 why do you feel the need to frame Superman as this "original" never seen before finctional character he isn't body@@alihamadqabazard2857
The flying squirrel from Happy tree friends, he always tries to help like superman but accidentally kills everyone in the process and doesnt realise it, I think its an interesting spin on the superman persona
I have seen Variant for years but I always get the feeling that he always gets annoyed when other characters are copies/inspired from the DC characters he loves. It seems incorrect to me, specially when you make your own character doing the same.
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Will variant ever do alternate versions of characters again?
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Underdog!! My fav Sup Clone is Gladiator, but I had to mention Underdog.
Superman is a ripoff of Gladiator (novel)
1930 novel by Philip Wylie.
What about Mr Majestic?
Icon did NOT disguise himself as a Black man. His escape pod sampled the DNA of the predominant species that first opened his escape pod. And that was a Black woman. The pod altered Icon's physical form to match hers.
Yea it was more of a Accident
@@hoodiek6802 Yes, if Icon's pod landed in China, he would have been Chinese. If it landed in Mexico then he would have been Mexican.
@@starbrand3726 precisely
Did he grow up picking cotton? Did he make his master rich? Messed up story line
@@incognito8015 Yes, Icon did grow up as a slave with his mother constantly telling him to hide his abilities.
One of the best Superman copycats is SUPREME
I never heard of Invincible or The Boys until they have they’re own shows on Amazon Prime, when I was little I grew up with both Marvel and DC comics, i didn’t know they were other comic book companies like Dynamite Comics or Image Comics
Same
@@darkshadowx803 but I like both Invincible and The Boys, I still like marvel and dc but it wouldn’t hurt to like other superhero universes
@gerardorodriguez7500 I'm a big Invincible fan but even tho I have watched a little bit of the boys I never fully could get into it
@@darkshadowx803I know the Boys series is disturbing but I still watch the series, I heard the comics version are a lot worst
You mean Image Comics.
You forgot Mr majestic
Who?
@@joshuagorski9452 Mr majestic wildstorm comics
@@joshuagorski9452 Lord Majestros from the planet Khera, went by the name "Mr. Majestic" on Earth. He was part of the Jim Lee Wildstorm corner of Image comics as well as when DC bought Wildstorm.
Superman is so iconic that many people are using his origin story.
Even legendary mangaka Akira Toriyama used it to help create another Icon.
Also, Variant Channel you should see the death battle between Goku vs Superman. You won't regret it.
They got the winner correct but their research and ending of the fights was terrible
Nah bruh...Sentry and Hyperion are superior.
Superman is based off of Hugo Danner.
Super man's origin was copied from Tarzan.😂
@@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846Superman is based off of Tarzan & Jhon Carter.
If I remember right, Captain Marvel had flight before Superman.
He did and after they gave Superman that ability
@@truffle6082 Bingo. Before that, Superman mostly jumped around for travel. Which is probably what gave birth to the classic catchphrase "to leap tall buildings in a single bound".
I didn’t know this, that’s super interesting 🤔
@@disgruntleddev Thanks, mate. Glad to help,
Correct, Superman first had flight in the Fleischer cartoons and then in the comics, both after Captain Marvel had it first.
Superman is a rip off of Gladiator (not Marvel's gladiator). So Let's give credit to the character that "inspired" the creation of superman. The character Gladiator by Philip Wylie Came 8 years prior to superman, had all the abilities superman had. Gladiator even came from a small town. "Coincidentally" Jerry and Simon both read Gladiator when they were kids.
Yup not many people know this.
@@kcopara1 it's not actually the same character, you do know that right?
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
@@TwippyTwilightsame with most of the charterers in his list they manage to be their own and stand for different things yet he says they’re copycats.
i think Superman was inspired by the Japanese manga character the golden bat
My favorite is Gladiator. Wish marvel did more awesome things with him
gladiator is based off Superboy, as the Sh’iar is based off the legion of superheroes
@@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846 he's based off Superman
Reading through a lot of the space events in Marvel and Gladiator shows up a lot.
Nova, Quasar, Gladiator etc are mainly in space. They rarely show up in the comics and events happening on Earth in Marvel.
@@Tribrid-zv3nq Tsk, tsk,,, Hyperion is based off of Superman. The imperial guard is based off the legion of superheroes Superboy not Superman is a part of the Legion of Superheroes.
@@Tribrid-zv3nqsuperBOY AND the legion of superheroes. Do your research.
Captain Marvel is NOT a Superman copy cat. Yes he was created n response to Superman. But everything else about him, his design influences his powers, his supporting cast, and his villains are different.
In fact it’s Superman who directly copied many of Captain Marvel’s powers and abilities in order to try and be more poppular.
Lex Luthor was created in response to Dr Sivana, Supergirl was created after Mary Marvel, Superboy was created in response to Captain Marvel Jr, Superman started to fly and breath in space, after Captain Marvel.
Many Superman writers like Otto Binder went on to writer Superman after Captain Marvel.
Captain Marvel also inspired the other characters like Thor, Captain America, Mar-Vell, and even Elvis Presley
Superman was trying so hard to be Captain Marvel that they sued him. That’s the truth
Yep. I don’t understand how people miss something this basic. You can’t keep adding features to a character (that others have) and then claim he’s the original.
@@airforcex9412 It’s because of historical revisionism. Geoff Johns did such a good job with the New 52 convincing everyone that Billy was just “magic Superman”. He stripped any nobility that was in the character away, made the costume more generic, made Sivana more like Lex Luthor, and made Billy look up to Superman. And sadly every adaption these days is based on that version.
The sad matter is DC invented Superman. Fawcett invented Captain Marvel. But now DC has both, so they Superman will always be the favorite. He will always be painted as the core superhero all others orbit. Fawcett doesn’t exist anymore to put Captain Marvel center stage.
Man, Icon. I love this character so much. Every time I hear someone talk about the black Superman, I think of Icon first. There's a character that doesn't get enough love.
Blue marvel
Akira Toriyama was SO inspired by Superman that he retconned Goku's backstory. 😂
Stop the cap. It's well known fact that Goku is inspired by Son Wukong. It just happened that the story was very similar
@paorasimon4957 like it was explained you can be inspired by more than one character and he only became popular (dragonball z)when he had the superman backstory coincidence 🤔
@@paorasimon4957😂😂😂😂😂it isn’t cap 🧢 bruh sure db is inspired by journey to the west but Goku is inspired by Superman it’s obvious humanoid alien from planet Vegeta sent to earth real name Kakarot adoptive name Son Goku . Country boi raised by uncle grandpa . Superman raised by Marta and Jonathan. Kakarot finding out his lineage are saiyans ! Superman Kryptonians his planet destroyed within itself or brainiac or etc multiple ways . The list goes on and on wit Goku 😂
The super Broly movie they like retconned the Bardock movie and pretty much as Soulja boy says they stole my flow and had Goku sent to earth then we saw his mom and dad send him off to earth. After Frieza going crazy on the planet
Goku definitely has Superman origin story.
You forgot to mention Underdog as well. He too has similarities to Superman and Shazam
I should have read your comment first, cause I just said the same thing 🤣
Superman, like Batman, is an archetype for superheroes so a ton of characters start as that only to come into their own character
Except, unlike Batman or a Spider-Man, Superman as a character pretty much sucks, because of his lame villains, over the top super-strength and mediocre stories. That's why we keep getting the same Superman motifs comic after comic and movie after movie. The Phantom was the first superhero without super-powers, he would be Batman's archetype, and was created a year and half before Superman. But like Blade restarting the Superhero movies (to which I dread), everyone forgets.
Grow up, dude, maybe get a girlfriend or something. idk@KAW101
Well, at least you didn't deny what I said.
@KAW101 Meh. To me, Superman is superhero comics in its purest form. The trope of Superman being boring has been so overblown that the claim itself has become boring. I don't know what you were on about with The Phantom thing though. But as much as I love Batman, we've kind of had the same Batman stories for over thirty years, too. We had the same Daredevil stories for over twenty years. They're all great characters though. If you wanna get technical, every superhero is a variation of Superman.
@@GoHawgs1987 Except, he's not. The Phantom came before Supes and Bats, for he is the archetype. You just don't want to admit that because Bats/Supes are much more popular and successful. The thing with Supes is, he's a one trick pony. You can't get a Dark Knight or Killing Joke or Kraven's Last Hunt or Roulette or Phoenix Saga or The Man Without Fear from Superman. No, every superhero is a variation of The Phantom.
I believe Superman is not just a character anymore, he's become a archetype ...thats explains all that powerful powers all inspired by him
Blue Marvel, Sentry, Omni-Man Hyperion, Homelander; this list could go to Krypton and back 😅
Very true! To this day, if he flies, has super-strength and a cape, it's impossible to escape the comparison!
Superman is a rip off of Gladiator (not marvel gladiator) by Philip Wylie. Philip Wylie's Gladiator came 8 years before superman and had all of his powers which superman copied.Also the creators of superman Jerry and Simon used to read Gladiator when they were kids.
@@kto0312yup
@@kto0312WOW!!!!!! that is 100% correct. gladiator was the name and title of the book. Hugo Danner was the hero and Superman is based off of Hugo Danner. I am not kidding, you’re the first person I’ve ever come across that knew that.
I personally wouldn't put Blue Marvel or even Sentry since their power sets are completely different outside of the basic flight, super strength, cape, durability etc. Even though Sentry also has an S.
The biggest Superman copy is Supreme from Image Comics followed by Mr. Majestic of Wild Storm Comicss
Captain Marvel/Shazam OUTSOLD Superman in the Golden Age and was only defeated by DC killing Fawcett with court costs.
So what Superman was still the superior character
That was only for a couple of years I believe. I love Captain Marvel, but that's been overblown. By '48 I think Superman was back on top and never looked back til Batman overtook him in the late 80s. And the X-Men, but they aren't a single character.
everyone forgets that in one scene in eternals, the kid goes "omg, it's superman", when he sees Ikaris
Hahahhaha YES.
People forget that we in real life have both comic companies but in-universe, they have each other.
I mean, Hyperion was meant to BE Superman as the Squadron Supreme was meant to be the Justice League .
DC got the last laugh when the sued Shazam/Captain America (well Fawcett Comics) basucally out of existence and then bought them. (A classic olf DC play.)
The Plutonian from the Irredeemable comic by BOOM Studios is one of my favorites. It's basically Injustice Superman before DC decided to tackle it.
I just glad that at the end of the day no copy can beat the original.
just got this noti and was reminded of how i watched you and comicstorian growing up shits crazy rip ComicStorian 🕊️
Superman is so iconic that even my Grandfather knew about him and the funny thing is that we are from South Asia and here internet became a household thing 10 years ago
Who cares
@@garyhewhowalklikeagodgreen3514 you cared enough to reply loser
@@garyhewhowalklikeagodgreen3514you do...that's why you replied him😂
More honorable mention: Malibu Comics “Prime, Marvel comics: Virtue & Taegukgi”
So Shazam copied Superman? Even though Superman couldn’t fly, only jump, until Shazam popped up flying around? Interesting.
Superman is SO famous that other heroes rip off of him.
And Superman is a rip off of Hugo Danner from the book gladiator.
Bruh sups isalso a rip off by that accord
@@sakkoyaba4482 no
No. It's that dc never done anything with him so these other industries copies the character with another newly character
All big comic book characters get copied and or partially adapted into new characters. It's a staple of fiction going backbto Greek Myth & beyond. Vampires, syper onservant detctives, cops, gods etc. Superman is an amalgamtion of other characters, like John Carter of Mars in the 1st place (even Moses righ?)t. As well as an original creation
Yeah Superman & Batman Is The Most Copied ComicBook Characters Ever
Superman Himself was copied from Tarzan and Jhon Carter
a forgotten Superman inspired hero (less of a copycat) was Prime from Malibu Comics back in the 90s. He was one of the most powerful hero of that universe, while being a kid under the appearance of that huge man
it was an interesting one
Mr. Majestic is my favorite Superman copycat. I wish DC didn't dumb him down and integrate him from the Wildstorm Universe into the DC Universe
me too.
In Brazil we had "Captain 7" too. But from all these you mention the only costume that I don't like is from Icon. The colors of his costume are "too loud" and looks like he got the cape and his symbol from the shower curtain.
Mighty Mouse's weakness to limburger cheese was so funny to me as a child
'IMITATION .. IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY' ..
Thank you for mentioning The Meteor Man and Ikaris from The Eternals. And yes. Brightburn and Homelander are truly evil.
And just like Superman's weakness is kryptonite, Hyperion's weakness is argonite . Cant believe you missed that
Wo Wo Wo..... where is Samaritan from Astro City??? My God!!! Not only is a great riff on Superman... the stories they tell with him are amazing alternate views of Superman himself... The opening story is posing the question "When does Superman (Samaritan) get time to just enjoy his powers?" How much better do you need it to get?
Mr Majestic
I mean Goku is technically a superhero but a Boyscout no nor did he grow up wanting to be a hero he likes fighting strong Opponents and he's actually kinda selfish when you really think about it
That the Son Wukong half of his inspiration.
If it wasn't for Shazam, Superman would not be able to fly, I believe Shazam was the first superhero to defy gravity
Wasn't it flesha(I butchered that name) studios didn't want to to animate superman jumping so they just made him fly and DC decided to keep it for main supes
In a way Squadron Supreme (where Hyperion is from) did Injustice's plot way way before
Goku, I never paid attention, but this makes so much since 😂
Honestly, they kinda got this one wrong.
@@therealeverton Agree. Goku is based off on Sun Wukong
"Now known as Shazam." But will always be known as Captain Marvel to me.
Captain Marvel was never a copy of Superman. In fact, Captain Marvel was able to fly first, DC and stole Lex Luther from Fawcett comics.
There are only 2 Heroes, Superman and Batman. Everyone else is a take on the 2. Name a hero and let’s see.
Dr Fate
Wolverine
@@firojm57 magic Batman
@@FvckOmlanda short angry superman that can’t fly with claws
Goku is just Journey to the West combined wth superman , weve known this since elementary my guy
If you look in to history Shazam had flight before superman... not a copycat
Also The Majestic, from Wild C.A.T.S.
MCU really needs to find a way to bring Hyperion to the screen. They could use Mark Milton since he’s the ultimate universe version.
Finally after all these years I was wondering when you were going to try and do this episode yourself
the idea of superman came from john carter of mars
& his origin was copied from Tarzan
Hyperion is probably my favorite Superman copycat he doesn’t get much credit
Wait, what about Sun God aka Zoran from Earth-4290001 from Hickman's run on Avengers and New Avengers?
You did goku a character that need to retcons to be superman inspired but not the Plutonian from irredeemable insanity
Sonic is a copycat of a copycat and shadow is technically a dark copycat of a copycat of a copycat
Just call him .Captain marvel!
Goku isn't a superman copycat he was simply inspired by him
Yeah, boi! Mighty Mouse! I legitimately love that you included him on this lidt.
Cape baldy is my favorite Superman copycat
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Why no mention of Valor, aka Mon-El from Daxam of DC Comics. His powers are so similar to Superman Mon-El was thought to be from Krypton.
Another Superman like character i remember was Silver Sentry from the 2003 TMNT animated series he was also the leader of Justice Force that universe's version of the Justice League
You got the english dub Goku mixed up with the REAL Goku he isn’t a “boy scout” he just wants to fight anyone that’s stronger than him good or evil
Sentry sounds like a Captain America × Gollum × Anakin × Superman mashup 😂
One minor suggestion for Variant when they do videos like these: please put fonts on screen when new characters come up. Some are unknown and the voiceover isn’t always clear. I had to use cc for most of this. Thanks.
Great Video With Superman Copycats Dude!
So glad you guys mentioned meteor man. He's always been my favorite superhero, watching that movie literally got me into comic books in general.
Gladiator and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard are a pastiche of the Legion of Superheroes with Gladiator being the nod to Superboy.
Gladiator is a nod to Superman
@@Tribrid-zv3nq Cockrum who co-created the Shi'ar Imperial Guard with Claremont worked on the Legion of Superheroes beforehand. They were created to face the X-Men during the Dark Phoenix Saga. Gladiator -Superboy, Mentor-Braniac 5, Oracle-Staurn Girl, Fang-Timberwolf, Smasher-Ultraboy, Hobgoblin-Chameleonboy, Magic-Princess Projectra, Titan-Colossalboy, Tempest-Lightning Lad, Quasar-Starboy, and so on.
Not u exposing Goku😂😂
Actually Captain Marvel isn’t really a Superman copy cat
Some of my favorite Superman copycats are Hyperion (Earth 13034 version), Gladiator, Blue Marvel, Icon, Omni-Man, Martian Manhunter, Captain Marvel (Billy Batson), and All Might.
Superman > Sentry > Blue Marvel > Shazam > Hyperion > Martian Manhunter > Superboy > Icon.
superman nowadays feels like a simp for lois lane making his super heroing less impactful. making us think that without lois , superman wouldn't be superman
They should make a movie with Icon
*we becoming starman with this one* 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
Props for the mention of Meteor Man. I loved that movie.
The Plutonian should be on this list
If I’m not mistaken, was there not a similar Superman inspired character in the wild storm otherwise known as wildcats comic line in the 90s?
1. Shazam
2. Miracleman
3. Hyperion
4. Superior
5. Supreme
6. Invincible
7. Blue Marvel
8. Majestic
9. Samaritan
10. Ikaris
My Favorite Best copy Cat Superman's ever
You need to do Captain America and Batman they also have countless copycats
Cap is actually a pretty blatant copycat himself. Look up The Shield. He's a soldier who takes a serum and it gives him great strength. He wears a star spangled red white and blue costume. The uniform's a little different, but still.
@@GoHawgs1987 No one knows who that is
did'nt batman copy zorro
One Punch Man???
No laser vision or flight, but quite literally a satire of the invincibility of a "Superman." A "Goku."
To me, the synopsis that makes Homelander a fascinating take on the Superman archetype isn't the question: "What if Superman was evil?". It's the question: "What if Superman was selfish and incompetent?"
My favorite that only got a brief mention (glad he got at least a shout out) is Marvelman. Much more a deconstruction of "a superhero with enough power could be considered a god" (and seemingly Moore's first exploration of this topic that he'd go on to explore more) and then taken to its logical end. Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman really are firing on all cylinders during their respective runs.
Almost every superhero universe has their own version of Superman. Including mine. I made two Superman copies. Supercircle, and Manly man.
Underdog.
One of my favorite cartoons when I was young that you can relate to Superman was "MIGHTY MAN and YUKK"
*Meteorman (1993)* played by the Robert Townsend was One of the 1st Black Super heroes on film was a inspirational and Iconic representation of culture and courage. *One of my favorite heroes and movies of All-time*
Milestone was a imprint of DC.
No it wasn't. Originally, Milestone was an independent company that had a rare distribution deal with DC. In the mid to late 2000s, Milestone completely sold their company to DC
@@scinnycEither way DC had a stake in milestone and they eventually shut it down
@@solomonallen3524 Milestone didn't get shut down. Like some other comic companies, Milestone suffered from low sales in the late 90s and went bankrupt, which is what caused them to be sold to DC. Then a few years after DC had aquired Milestone, Dwayne McDuffie's widow was in a legal battle with DC for over a decade, which severely limited their output of Milestone content
False goku did not grow up wanting to protect the earth. He lived in a forest with his grandfather who taught him martial arts then when on a long adventure with a girl searching for dragon balls fell in love with fighting and protecting his friends. A quick overview but while Goku protects the earth it was never his main thing, he likes to fight strong opponents
But since goku get brain trauma damage he became good guys unlike natural sayang who is ruthless
@@yaqinmalul6467but he still doesnt wanna be the savior of earth
His father also didn't send him to Earth. He was sent there to conquer the planet because he was a low class Saiyan and they're typically sent away to conquer less dangerous worlds.
@@kamui003 Someone did not read dragon ball minus or watched DBS Broly movie.
Someone doesn't know that these "addtion" was not in the original manga and bardock have many origion stories including time traveljust do make my point they were added IN THE ANIME near the stories finaly even then a scientist sending his son away from planet was the origion story of countless fictional character before superman😂 why do you feel the need to frame Superman as this "original" never seen before finctional character he isn't body@@alihamadqabazard2857
I've not read any stories, but every image of All Might makes him look crazy.
Variant Comics is for the culture after that Meteor Man shoutout 😂😂😂
That infinite guys artwork is badass
Goku only represents one part of the monkey king
Yea but superman is an alien. Shazam is all about magic
You forgot about Plutonian from Irredeemable Comics. In the last issue, he even inspired the creators of Superman!
The flying squirrel from Happy tree friends, he always tries to help like superman but accidentally kills everyone in the process and doesnt realise it, I think its an interesting spin on the superman persona
This was a great list/video! There's one key character you forgot though and that's Mon-El (Legion of Super Heroes).
mr. majestic and wonderman
I have seen Variant for years but I always get the feeling that he always gets annoyed when other characters are copies/inspired from the DC characters he loves. It seems incorrect to me, specially when you make your own character doing the same.
Another honorable mention of Superman copycats is UnderDog.
You forgot Zod, Quasar, Adam Warlock, The Utopian, and Captain Mar-Vell.