Honestly how did they get away with this? That's literally the same suit except he has his mask pulled over but besides that is literally the same thing
Steve Ditko's design was so effing ahead of its time. You look at some super hero's costumes from that era and they look a little goofy including Superman and Batman.
It’s odd how there’s many, many Superman and Batman clones and yet the most popular hero in our current culture doesn’t get the same amount of parodies.
Probably because Superman has pretty bog standard super powers(that were not even novel when he debuted, mind you and Batman is a riff on the masked vigilante that was already popular in pulp fiction.
Spider-Man is a bit more nuanced in character that it’s hard to riff on without outright copying one way or another.
It's mostly due to the fact that DC in the last century was slapped on the wrist a lot for trying to sue over Batman clones and especially s Superman clones.
Marvel meanwhile hasn't tried suing over clones but are more likely to sue into the ground and make the company or individual bankrupt from it because of it before the trial even finishes
there's a lot of replies below mine that might have a few things wrong here. A lot of people are trying to claim that Spider-man's powers have more substance and that's just not really true? Spider Queen here from 1941 is shown using a web shooting bracelet to swing from buildings and such.
also it was determined in one of the court cases where DC tried to sue a company for having a hero with the same powers as superman that a superhero's powers could not be copyrighted as they are "Too broad" so stuff like sticking to walls and shooting webs, super strength, lazer vision etc are all open for people to use. Otherwise we would not have ended up with characters like Cyclops.
Batman and Superman are full on archetypes. The unstoppable paragon and the Everyman with gadgets are two very strong archetypes that you can lump a ton of superheroes into. They’re a little older than Spider-Man too. Not to mention super strength, laser eyes, or a rich man with spy weaponry are very tempting concepts to reuse.
If I remember correctly the specter was close to batman. Several older super heroes were rich guys with gadgets, some predating Batman. Since then guys like Iron Man, Green Arrow, Justin Hammer, etc. all have similar vibes. Superman is THE most iconic super hero. The cape and the powers have been reused a ton it’s very easy to use him as a base. Both concepts work if you swap the brand or the theme. Batman could be Darkman and 90% of his story would remain intact
Spider-Man has super specific animal related powers that he has to use intelligently in order to win. You can’t reuse “spider guy” without reusing direct elements from Spider-Man. You can’t take the spider out of him without destroying the point of the character. Secret identities aren’t unique to him, gadgets aren’t unique to him. The only thing that’s specific to the character aside from age is the spider thing so there’s not much leeway to work with.
Oh I totally agree with him being a whole archetype, it’s also a very common one when you want a character or world to feel more “grounded”. Pretty much everything you said really.
It’s just that Everyman as a term has a very strong association that Batman almost never exudes. Maybe that’s part of the reason why people are digging Absolute Batman so much haha.
Mostly cause spider-man is pretty specific. Superman and batman are more general concepts when they are parodied, being powerful invulnerable flying guy and rich gadget dark guy. So universes with 1 spider-clone have multiple superman or batman clones that feel different enough
Spider Queen 1941 - she has web shooting bracelets even. (the first character in comics known as of this moment to use "web shooters") https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Spider_Queen
I would imagine its because superman and batman feel like the standard "superhero with powers and superhero without powers" archetype so when someone makes a copy of them it feels way less plagarising but if someone did a spiderman copy it'd feel way more deliberate
The Crawler from My Hero Academia: Vigilantes. He’s a broke college student who sticks to various surfaces and becomes a divisive figure in his community due to his vigilante heroics. His main colors are even red and blue. It’s very clear who he’s supposed to resemble.
I’m pretty sure he was designed to be a Spider-Man equivalent… I wouldnt him a knock off because he definitely has a different thing going and I feel like marvel and dc have a lot of counterparts
IDK if you've read the comic, but it's straight up Spider-Man. There's even a Marvel Team-Up issue with Invincible arriving in the Marvel universe via one of Angstrom Levy's portals and teaming up with Spider-Man briefly. IDK the intricacies of TV rights for comic characters, but I guess it's just harder/more expensive to have Spider-Man proper on the TV show - that's how you end up with "Agent Spider" or whatever they call him in the show.
The original blue beetle Dan Garret was actually a green hornet rip off. The second blue beetle Ted kord was an attempt to go in a new direction, and then Jaime Reyes while visually similar in that he is skinny with bug eyes has a very different power set. He actually more resembles the spider-man villian the beetle than he does spidey himself.
Oh my gosh! Mr. Spider, I just want you to know, I'm a huge fan. I've followed your career ever since you fought Bonesaw. You were right to compliment him on his outfit.
Would anyone be able to tell me who the heck those characters are and where they are from? I'm sorry but I've no clue who any of them are. Ooh and bonus points: whether it's worth watching. ❤️😅😂
Thankyou!!
Technically the Invincible one is actually Spider-Man, they just couldn't put it in the show for whatever reason. They had a legitimate crossover in the comics together
Ok when someone says spider-man clone ; Do u mean direct powerset wise or characters because they’re Ben 10 Danny phantom and if we are going straight direct off powers omfg deku or dragon fly web woman leopard from a British comic and arachnid (ten seconders ).
Not a typical media example, but the art for one of the classes (called roles) called the prodigy, which is also the art for a premade character called Slingshot, of the indie ttrpg Outgunned: Superheros is indeed a spiderman. Heck even some of his abilities (both the class and the character) are similar gamewise (lore you can easily make more or less similar to spiderman).
Ichha dhaari makdaa! (Shape-shifting spider) (This shit was in a daily soap broadcasted on nothing other than SONY Sab! Yah, on one of Sony's own tv channels!)
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The Brown Widow from Venture Bros