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Batman lost in time thanks to the omega deally? or Cap back in time due to time bullets was it?
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I read a Newsarama interview with Brubaker last week that addressed some of this.
Seems like another one of those weird comic coincidences, the kind that gave us two teams of weirdos led by a guy in a wheelchair (Doom Patrol and X-Men) at the same time, and 2 swamp monsters/heroes at the same time (Swamp Thing and Man-Thing).
Besides this, both Batman and Cap got back long-dead sidekicks around the same time (Bucky and Jason Todd).
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>Seems like another one of those weird comic coincidences,
It's funny how many of these there have been over the years between DC and Marvel. Not that I think they're ALL copycating; but I suspect a lot of parrallel development: the chiefs at each company observing the same trends and thinking "if only we had a book like THAT" at the same time.
But it IS kinda funny.
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I know that has always been the "party-line" between Marvel and DC legally, but I always thought that the fact that Gerry Conway and Len Wein were room-mates made it a bit more than synchronicity. Didn't Wein also have a hand in scripting the early Man Thing appearance as well as writing his two variant Swamp Thing stories? If you can get away with writing a similar enough concept for two different companies and still get the pay-check, why not? Particularly when you didn't really come up with the "original idea" to begin with.
What is comes down to really is the fact that The Heap came first and everyone involved seems to acknowledge that as the driving influence don't they?
It's too bad the Swamp Monster book that Two Morrows was going to publish never got finished. I would have loved to have read the behind the scenes stuff in more detail on the creations of Man and Swamp Things.Last edited by samurainoir; Jul 14, '09, 4:09 PM.Comment
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Cap got whacked first, but Bats got the Omega Transfer well before Cap's return method was revealed. To bad DC and Mrvel can't get along, a BuckyCap and DickBats crossover would be interesting. I wonder if marvel is bringing the Heroes Reborn Bucky in as a new sidekick for Cap.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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Yeah,.. Don't forget Captain America "Reborn"
& Batman "Reborn"
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"Heroes Reborn Bucky"?...you mean theres another Bucky besides the Winter Soldier/Cap one running around?"Crayons taste like purple!"Comment
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^ Yeah the chick Bucky somehow got stuck in the Marvel 616 Universe after some recent Onslaught garbage.....Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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Couldn't remember if tht Image Marvel mashup was called Reborn or what. (I'm still trying to forget it ever happened). But yeah the chick Bucky.You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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There was a chick Robin too. ... Man,.. what's up with all this crap ?
... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.
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Iron Man and Green Lantern seem to synch up with their experimentation as well.
Didn't Rhodey and John Stewart slip on their respective rings and armour around the same period in the eighties? Also: Didn't Hal and Tony both go nuts went on insane killing sprees around the same timeframe?
Rhodey and John Stewart also got their own solo spinoff series in the early nineties, although I think War Machine's solo title came later.Comment
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Two chick Robins; Carrie Kelly from The Dark Knight Returns, and Stephanie Brown, aka The Spoiler.
Plus there was Jill St. John disguised as Robin...
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Frank Miller's female Robin definitely came first in '86, the female Bucky didn't show up until Heroes Reborn in the nineties. Wasn't there a blatant Dark Knight swipe in Liefeld's Captain America art?Comment
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