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* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'': Static learns of a more experienced electric based superhero that existed before him, a man named Soul Power, an Expy of Black Lightning, whom they couldn't add to the show due to rights issues.
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** Black Mask's final [[TheDragon Number One]] resembled an older version of Clover Ewing from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', only with an eyepatch and working for a crime boss.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'': Static learns of a more experienced electric based superhero that existed before him, a man named Soul Power, an Expy of Black Lightning, whom they couldn't add to the show due to rights issues.
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** This version of Comicbook/KlarionTheWitchBoy is a [[HumanoidAbomination Lord of Chaos]] with an erratic personality, which some fans have noted makes him a lot like the Child, a different DC villain. Funnily enough, season four includes the Child in [[EvilVsEvil a rivalry]] with Klarion, and had to distinguish them by giving the Child a GenderFlip and AdaptationalPersonalityChange.
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* Red Lion from ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' is an Expy of ComicBook/BlackPanther. Both are the respective rulers of an African nation, use an identity patterned after a big cat, and wear (''very'' similar-looking) costumes made from [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper nearly-invulnerable]] metals, complete with AbsurdlySharpClaws built into the gloves. The key difference is that while Black Panther is a just ruler and a hero, Red Lion is a cruel dictator and a mass murderer. Given that Red Lion was created by Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}, Black Panther's most famous writer, the similarities are definitely not a coincidence.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'': Red Lion from ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' ''ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth'' is an Expy of ComicBook/BlackPanther. Both are the respective rulers of an African nation, use an identity patterned after a big cat, and wear (''very'' similar-looking) costumes made from [[MySuitIsAlsoSuper nearly-invulnerable]] metals, complete with AbsurdlySharpClaws built into the gloves. The key difference is that while Black Panther is a just ruler and a hero, Red Lion is a cruel dictator and a mass murderer. Given that Red Lion was created by Creator/{{Christopher Priest|Comics}}, Black Panther's most famous writer, the similarities are definitely not a coincidence.
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** Kobalt is Franchise/{{Batman}}, but a more violent and reality-grounded version, if still non-lethal. Page, his KidSidekick, is a proto-ComicBook/KickAss whose dad fed him to Kobalt as an attempted "Scared Straight" experience ([[SpringtimeForHitler that backfired]]).
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** Kobalt ComicBook/{{Kobalt}} is Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, but a more violent and reality-grounded version, if still non-lethal. Page, his KidSidekick, is a proto-ComicBook/KickAss whose dad fed him to Kobalt as an attempted "Scared Straight" experience ([[SpringtimeForHitler that backfired]]).
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* The Kali Corporation from ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'' is one of [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]] (down to the similar meanings of their logos), with a dash of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 Cobra Unit]] thrown in as well.
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* The Kali Corporation from ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'' is one of [[Franchise/JamesBond SPECTRE]] (down to the similar meanings of their logos), with a dash of [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Cobra Unit]] thrown in as well.
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* Creator/MilestoneComics: This comic series has several examples:
** ''ComicBook/{{Icon}}'' intentionally evokes Superman, both in his origin and status as "Earth's greatest hero."
** ''ComicBook/{{Hardware|1993}}'' can be seen as an expy of Steel. Personality-wise, they are on the opposite ends of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, with Steel on the former and Hardware on the latter.[[note]] Dwayne [=McDuffie=] explained that this was fully intentional, as he wanted to write a series where the lead begins as the typical violent, callous NinetiesAntiHero, then gradually changes and grows into someone more sympathetic and idealistic. Hardware's motivations shift as the series progresses, going from revenge to justice. In that sense - a technological genius slowly becomes a better person through heroism - Hardware may also be considered an expy of Iron Man.[[/note]]
** Likewise ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'' can be seen as an expy of Spider-Man. Both Peter Parker and Virgil Hawkins are teenage superheroes who gained their powers through an accident. Both of them keep their crime-fighting a secret from their parents and tend to work alone yet always seem to wind-up involved in all the big team-up storylines. Both tend to use their genius-level knowledge of science to fight crime just as much as their superpowers. And they're both geeks with a sarcastic and referential sense of humor who crack wise during fights.
** Kobalt is Franchise/{{Batman}}, but a more violent and reality-grounded version, if still non-lethal. Page, his KidSidekick, is a proto-ComicBook/KickAss whose dad fed him to Kobalt as an attempted "Scared Straight" experience ([[SpringtimeForHitler that backfired]]).
** ''ComicBook/{{Icon}}'' intentionally evokes Superman, both in his origin and status as "Earth's greatest hero."
** ''ComicBook/{{Hardware|1993}}'' can be seen as an expy of Steel. Personality-wise, they are on the opposite ends of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, with Steel on the former and Hardware on the latter.[[note]] Dwayne [=McDuffie=] explained that this was fully intentional, as he wanted to write a series where the lead begins as the typical violent, callous NinetiesAntiHero, then gradually changes and grows into someone more sympathetic and idealistic. Hardware's motivations shift as the series progresses, going from revenge to justice. In that sense - a technological genius slowly becomes a better person through heroism - Hardware may also be considered an expy of Iron Man.[[/note]]
** Likewise ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'' can be seen as an expy of Spider-Man. Both Peter Parker and Virgil Hawkins are teenage superheroes who gained their powers through an accident. Both of them keep their crime-fighting a secret from their parents and tend to work alone yet always seem to wind-up involved in all the big team-up storylines. Both tend to use their genius-level knowledge of science to fight crime just as much as their superpowers. And they're both geeks with a sarcastic and referential sense of humor who crack wise during fights.
** Kobalt is Franchise/{{Batman}}, but a more violent and reality-grounded version, if still non-lethal. Page, his KidSidekick, is a proto-ComicBook/KickAss whose dad fed him to Kobalt as an attempted "Scared Straight" experience ([[SpringtimeForHitler that backfired]]).
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* Kirk "Man-Bat" Langstrom is to [[Franchise/SpiderMan Curt "The Lizard" Connors]]. Really, regardless of where each character ended up, the only difference between their origins is the specific ailment they were trying to cure and the specific animal they were working on.
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* Kirk "Man-Bat" Langstrom is to [[Franchise/SpiderMan [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Curt "The Lizard" Connors]]. Really, regardless of where each character ended up, the only difference between their origins is the specific ailment they were trying to cure and the specific animal they were working on.
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* [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]] was initially written as one of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. It's no secret that Chuck Dixon based Tim Drake's adventures on the first 50 issues of ''[[Franchise/SpiderMan The Amazing Spiderman]]''. Fans used to compare him to the iconic Marvel superhero, calling him the Peter Parker of Gotham.
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* [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]] was initially written as one of [[Franchise/SpiderMan [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. It's no secret that Chuck Dixon based Tim Drake's adventures on the first 50 issues of ''[[Franchise/SpiderMan The Amazing Spiderman]]''.''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963''. Fans used to compare him to the iconic Marvel superhero, calling him the Peter Parker of Gotham.
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* DC's ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' featured the Young All-Stars, who were meant to replace the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] versions of Superman (Iron Munro), Wonder Woman (The Fury), Batman (Flying Fox), Aquaman (Neptune Perkins, Tsunami), and Green Arrow (Tigress) Post-Crisis, because they, you know, weren't active back then anymore. Neptune Perkins was a very obscure pre-existing character, for what it's worth. They had Nazi-created evil counterparts called Axis Amerika to contend with, which were ''also'' retrofitted Expies of the vanished Earth-2 heroes: Ubermensch (Superman), Gudra the Valkyrie (Wonder Woman), Grösshorn Eule and Fledermaus (Batman ), Usil (Green Arrow) and Sea Wolf (Aquaman). Part of the reasoning was that, metaphysically speaking, iconic characters like Superman and Wonder Woman were "too big" to be replaced by just ''one'' new (and inevitably "lesser") character. The [[TokenMinority Token Japanese]] member of Axis Amerika, Kamikaze was an expy of Fawcett's ComicBook/{{Bulletman}}.
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* DC's ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' featured the Young All-Stars, who were meant to replace the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] versions of Superman (Iron Munro), Wonder Woman (The Fury), Batman (Flying Fox), Aquaman (Neptune Perkins, Tsunami), and Green Arrow (Tigress) Post-Crisis, because they, you know, weren't active back then anymore. Neptune Perkins was a very obscure pre-existing character, for what it's worth. They had Nazi-created evil counterparts called Axis Amerika to contend with, which were ''also'' retrofitted Expies of the vanished Earth-2 heroes: Ubermensch (Superman), Gudra the Valkyrie (Wonder Woman), Grösshorn Eule and Fledermaus (Batman ), and Robin), Usil (Green Arrow) and Sea Wolf (Aquaman). Part of the reasoning was that, metaphysically speaking, iconic characters like Superman and Wonder Woman were "too big" to be replaced by just ''one'' new (and inevitably "lesser") character. The [[TokenMinority Token Japanese]] member of Axis Amerika, Kamikaze was an expy of Fawcett's ComicBook/{{Bulletman}}.
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* The cast of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' was originally going to use characters DC had acquired from Creator/CharltonComics. After DC vetoed this idea, the cast became expys of those characters instead:
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* The cast of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' was originally going to use characters DC had acquired from Creator/CharltonComics. After DC vetoed this idea, the cast became expys expies of those characters instead:
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** Nite Owl is ComicBook/BlueBeetle (specifically the Ted Kord version).
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** Ozymandias is Peter Canon, Thunderbolt.
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** Ozymandias is Peter Canon, Cannon, Thunderbolt.
