Expy upon expy, parody upon parody.Optiman is a nod to Big Bang's Ultiman who is, you guessed it, a Superman expy.At least his suit is nice.
Did somebody say Black Spider?!
>>143527633>Black Spider>barely wears black
>>143527678>>barely wears blackBut he's a brotha so it's okay.
What makes a good expy, what are your favorites and why?
Basically the Hank Pym of his team of not! Avengers.
>>143527899As someone writing some cape parody myself the difference between a good expy and a bad expy can come up to two factors. 1. A good expy is made with love 2. A good expy asks a question or tells a joke. Some examples of questions Brown Widow: what if Spider-Man was mutated further by his accident Omni Man: who would Superman be if Krypton never blew up and Zod was emperor The Deep (show): what if a non Atlantean actor had the powers of Aquaman Statesman: what if Superman started his career during his original publication All Might: what if Superman was injured by his nemesis and struggling to keep fighting Alexandria: what if Superman was forced to make all the hard decisions to save the world Sunblast: what if Homelander regretted being such a jerk
>>143528698>>143529101I love both of them.
>>143529235Interesting
>>143527795Heh
>>143529235Whose Sunblast
>>143527633Original Black Spider was barely anything like Spider-man, though. Weisman just reworked the second one(yeah there's two, the first is more a vigilante and the second a mafia hitman) into a Spider-man reference to be cheeky
Sun God and the Great Society as a whole are underrated. I wish they weren't stuck in a single somewhat forgotten arc and given other material
>>143527577For me it's Supremo
>>143532506Part of why I appreciate these guys is they were at least allowed to rock the Marvel guys' shit in before getting beaten by the plot. Case in point Sun God absolutely btfo-ing Hulk
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>>143532506What's Doc Spectrum up to these days? IIRC she's the only survivor
Hyperius literally expy of hyperion marvel's superman
>>143532258Internet says a character from the Spanish language cartoon network show villianous
>>143532968Nothing, really. Far as I know she got dropped when the Squadron Supreme ongoing got canceled
>>143529235Absolutely on point.Most uses of expies are in some kind of "what if" scenario and the use of them is partially copyright reasons since they'd never allow certain stories told with these big name characters. Imagine The Pro but with the actual Justice League. Not even in Vertigo or an Imaginary Story would DC sign off on that premise.
>>143534052Thank you. Honestly I love to read and write what if scenarios in comics, it’s just so cool to see the versions of characters that could never exist in the mainline universe
>>143533215i like that he looks sort of like powergirl
>>143533277Thanks
not really an expy, but i'm working on an autistic alternate history universe where superheroes pop up a few years before World War 2 begins. and there's a character named 'Joe' who is very heavily implied to be a semi-amnesiac Superman who somehow found his way into another universe, he runs a bar for superheroes in Annapolis, Maryland
>>143532514>>143533215Good opportunity to post this.
>>143535922Reminds me of Bubba from Southern Vampire Mysteries.
>>143535930For some reason I thought The Statesman was an Astro character
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>>143535930Why did DC do this by the way?
>>143536385To fill out their 52 worlds
>>143534052>Imagine The Pro but with the actual Justice League.Could be worse, could be Identity Crisis.
>>143535922Sounds cool! I have a similar idea for an alternate superhero universe where England’s top hero is implied to be a time lord space cop here to arrest a prominent public figure who’s secretly an alien and in this world it’s not the Superman expy who’s an alien it’s his scientist civilian ally
>>143535922That's similar to what the JSA cartoon movie did actually, but I like that take of Superman never figuring out he has powers and living as a normal guy in a super world
>>143535922and guess what street his bar is on. 1914 American Way
>>143527899I wish we got the conclusion to 1963.
>>143535922Clark's Bar is already a thing in WildStorm, anon. Enjoy your imminent C&D.
>>143536448They already had well over 52 stand alone universes they could have featured.
>>143527577Infinitely better in the show.His blast stuff made me think they added a bit of Havok to him.Cap + Havok.
>>143529235
>>143537954>NOOO THEY HAVE A VAGUELY SIMILAR CONCEPT TO ME!!! SUE SUE SUElol
>>143538556Literally exact same. Copied, even. You thought you'd pull one over on us?
>>143538656you rn
>>143538742No, anon. Why would you even post such drivel if it weren't pure projection?As I said, enjoy your C&D.
>>143538896>>143538742
Miss this nigga like you wouldn't believe.
>>143539717DC has a theme of purchasing Superman expies and ruining them.
>>143538656i genuinely didn't even know Clark's Bar existed until you pointed it out to me
>>143536385Morrison wanted to honor the greatest Superman analogues in comics by giving them analogues of their own. Like giving a gift to someone as thanks for a gift they'd previously given you.
>>143539775Name 5.
>>143540840Captain Marvel, Captain Atom, Mr. Majestic, Apollo, and Icon
>>143535922
>>143527577It's so fucking retarded that we haven't gotten a stream of mini series or a Future Quest presents style anthology book for all these Universes.I'm lucky in that my favorite EARTH 6 (Stan Lee's Just Imagine) got a anthology graphic novel last year or so.
>>143527899>>143537880https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/1963
>>143532506Agreed but the Jovian profoundly needs a new outfit design.
Wish the Maximums would get a series.
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>>143541338>>143541333
>>143541344>>143541338>>143541333
>>143541349>>143541344>>143541338>>143541333
>>143541362>>143541349>>143541344>>143541338>>143541333Some fan did this Marvel team homaging the Maximums in return.> US Agent> Aaron's Perun> The Robot from Agents of Atlas> The Blue Abomination> Superior Spider-Man> Whichever Giant Man that is> The Dead Wasp> Puma
>>143541378>>143541378>>143541378Bump
What is the most obscure expy that the creator come up with?
>>143541378> US AgentGood Choice> Aaron's PerunShould have used Ultimate Thor > The Robot from Agents of AtlasDecent> The Blue AbominationYou mean A-Bomb > Superior Spider-ManEh it works> Whichever Giant Man that isAtlas> The Dead WaspNadja Pym would have been better> PumaEh, I'm sure there is better choices
>>143535930>>143540822Wheres expy of plutonian (irredeemable)?
>>143534815Don't jinx them into introducing a Powerman, anon
>>143540986see: >>143539936
>>143527633Haunt is probably the coolest Spider-Man/Venom expy
>>143540850they improved a lot of these
>>143532514What is his gimmick?
>>143544048Superman but created by rob liefeld
>>143542777>https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_3D>https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Chandler_(Earth-616)3D Man a marvel comics expy of Captain 3D a Public domain superhero.
>>143545491Looks like Daredevil.
>>143544678More specifically, Superman but created by Rob Liefeld and revamped by Alan Moore (the description for this world kind of references something Moore did in Supreme)
>>143537880Don Simpson sort of did a conclusion, last year.
>>143547760And it was also a sort-of sequel to In Pictopia as well
Best pastiche of Marvel before I knew what Marvel was.
>>143527577>Superman expybuzzword, you dcfaggot
