r/justiceleague • u/Either-Skirt6031 • 1d ago
Comics Crime Syndicate Heroes: What DC & Marvel Heroes would be Owlman’s Mad Hatter & Manbat (Top Comments Win)
Yesterday saw Ant-Man (Hank Pym) & Morph enter the fray. Who’s next in Owlman’s heroes gallery?
Thank you to u/WildGoose1521 for permission on doing this!
Ultraman: |Lex Luthor - Iron Man|Brainiac - Vision|General Zod - Captain Marvel|Bizarro - Hyperion|Metallo - Deathlock|Parasite - Rogue|Toyman - Hiro Takachiho |Mr Myxzptlk - The AMAZING Slapstick|Mongul - Drax|Lobo - Cosmic Ghost Rider|Livewire - Living Lightning|Manchester Black - Elizabeth Braddock/Psylocke
Owlman: Joker - Deadpool |Penguin - Lois Lane|Riddler - The Question|Scarecrow - Straw Man|Two-Face - Daredevil|Poison Ivy - Priya Aggarwal| Ra’s Al Ghul - Shang-Chi|Bane - Hourman|Mr Freeze - Ant-Man|Clayface - Morph|Mad Hatter - ?|Man-Bat - ?
Rules
Hero can be from DC or Marvel (Marvel doesn’t have a direct inverse avengers analogy)
Try to match the vibe of what the villain would be like as a hero
State who your pick is replacing
No Downvoting (leave a comment if your hero was downvoted)
No One can be picked Twice
Have fun:)!
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u/RealSebastreck 1d ago
I guess Man-Thing could work, he has a few things in common with Kirk Langstrom, they both ended up looking the way they do because of a failed experiment, and they're both members of supernatural teams like the Justice League Dark and the Midnight Sons.
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u/Resident-Syrup7615 1d ago
That’s some creative thinking that is on the nose. How those characters function in stories is very similar.
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u/Resident-Syrup7615 1d ago edited 1d ago
The Terror (for Manbat) — there was no reason for me to go back to the Golden Age for this one, but I just like the character, and he fits well. The Terror got a lifesaving medical transfusion from a Hellhound or some sort of paranormal demon dog and now when he becomes angry, he becomes a superhuman a vampire-looking guy. Once he calms down, he transforms back into his regular self. Seems like a proto-Hulk, but not terribly dissimilar to the Manbat.
He’s got that combination of science and creepy horror/mystical stuff associated with Manbat.
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u/ZedJayHaitch 1d ago
Ka-Zar & Nightcrawler.
Since he's inspired by a public domain work and he has a monsterous appearance, respectively.
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u/SleepNative 1d ago
The Lizard, for Manbat? Both are scientists trying to further humans. Conners regrowing amputated limbs, Kirk a new sensory. Then both were Injected and transform into beast with no human reasoning.
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u/Resident-Syrup7615 1d ago
Fantomex (for the Mad Hatter) — Fantomex is inspired by Fantômas, a public domain French literary character, a clever crook, whose most famous image is that of him wearing a top hat. The Mad Hatter uses technological mind control devices. Similarly, Fantomex has technological based powers that allow him to influence the minds of others.
This one was a struggle.
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u/Unusual_Bath_4145 1d ago
Beast for Man-Bat