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10* Expy/TheDCU
11* Expy/MarvelUniverse
12* Expy/{{Irredeemable}}
13* Expy/{{Kaijumax}}
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16!!Other Comics
17* Several of the "[[ScienceHero science heroes]]" of Alan Moore's ''Creator/AmericasBestComics'' are expies of pulp-era heroes: ComicBook/TomStrong is Literature/DocSavage, Greyshirt is ComicBook/TheSpirit, and The Cobweb and Clarice are a [[GenderFlip genderflipped]] [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Lesbian]] [[Radio/TheGreenHornet Green Hornet and Kato]].
18* Jeremy from the ''Series/{{Angel}}''/''Spike'' comics is an Expy of Jim from ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''.
19* Archie was a smash hit for ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', and inspired many Expies. In the sixties, Creator/DCComics published ''Binky'', who had dark hair, not red, [[BettyAndVeronica and dated a hotter version of Betty while a Veronica clone tried to get his attention]]. Even though it was very dated and inferior to the original, Binky reprint comic books [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff were published in Scandinavia for decades]].
20** Archie Comics even had its own Expies of Archie, including ''That Wilkin Boy'' and ''Wilbur''.
21** ''Fast Willie Jackson'' was an African-American Archie Expy from Fitzgerald Publishing.
22** Atlas/Seaboard comics published ''Vicki'' circa 1975... a feature that itself consisted of slightly-updated reprints of ''another'' Archie expy, ''Tippy Teen'', which had been published by Tower Comics in the '60s.
23** Archie is also an Expy ''himself'', being heavily-based off of Andy Hardy, a popular character played by Mickey Rooney at the time.
24* The Colleen Coover character ''Webcomic/{{Bandette}}'' was inspired by the French costumed heroine Fantômette, sporting an extremely similar costume.
25* Number 13, a strip about a supernatural family of monsters in the AnthologyComic ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' was Series/TheMunsters. Also Kat and Kanary is Sylvester and Tweety from WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes. The character Joe Jitsu from the 00s seems to be an expy of an earlier character entitled Karate Sid from the 80s.
26* The Candy Doll toyline from ''ComicBook/{{Dolltopia}}'' are obviously meant to be ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}''.
27* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast1992'': [[http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/a/ac/Roam.png Roam]] is based on [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cyb002_2097.jpg 002]] from Creator/ShotaroIshinomori's earlier work ''Manga/Cyborg009'', whose pre-cyborg name was [[StealthPun Jet Link]].
28* ComicBook/{{Diabolik}} had a major series of expies. Interestingly, these expies lost their readers and ended publication by staying true to ''Diabolik'''s initial noir while Diabolik and the only surviving expy (ComicBook/{{Paperinik|NewAdventures}}) moved to other genres (Diabolik to crime fiction and Paperinik to superhero).
29* Lee, the main character of Creator/PeterDavid's ''ComicBook/{{Fallen Angel|2003}}'' is an Expy of Linda Danvers, protagonist of David's previous run on ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''. In fact, David did his best to fuel speculation that the characters were one and the same until the book's second volume, in which he chronicled Lee's origins. Later on, he introduced Lin, yet another expy of Linda Danvers, who can in fact be considered Linda in everything but name. Likewise, the God figure in the series is a small girl dressed in a tennis motif and carrying a tennis racket, which makes her an expy of Wally, the god figure in David's ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' who was a young boy who carried a baseball bat.
30* Jaeger Ayres, the protagonist of many of the arcs of ''ComicBook/{{Finder}}'' is an obvious Expy of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, being a short, tough, hairy guy who has a HealingFactor, suffers from occasional beserker fits, and has a tendency to non-creepily befriend teenage girls.
31* Creator/JohnByrne's college newspaper strip ''Gay Guy!'' had a villain called [[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/charisma.htm Charisma]], whom no man could resist except... well, guess. Byrne liked the character concept so much that [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/karisma.htm Karisma]] showed up on the ComicBook/FantasticFour's doorstep a decade and a half later.
32* ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} fought against a vampire lord named Vladimir Giurescu that was obviously modeled after Literature/{{Dracula}}, sharing traits such as having many vampire brides and a similar appearance to his real life inspiration. What is more is that before his plans were ruined by Witchfinder Edward Grey, Giurescu sought to install his own secret domain in Great Britain during the 1880s (more or less the same goal as Dracula and in the same time frame where the novel took place).
33* An oft-mocked facet of early Creator/ImageComics was that every team seemed to have a ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} expy, who had blades on his hands, a bad attitude, and a mysterious past. And while it wasn't '''every''' team – ''ComicBook/Gen13'' and ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' being the most notable exceptions – this was true for most of them: ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' had Troll '''and''' Cougar (though the latter was arguably more influenced by Beast), while spin-off series ''Bloodpool'' had Wylder; ''ComicBook/{{Cyberforce}}'' had Ripclaw; ''ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm'' had Warblade; ''ComicBook/{{Bloodstrike}}'' had Deadlock; and ''Codename: Strykeforce'' had Killrazor. Deadlock was probably the most obvious, since his first costume featured a mask nearly identical to Wolverine's.
34%%* Maximum Press characters Law and Order bear a strong resemblance to Marvel's ComicBook/CloakAndDagger.
35* One story in ''ComicBook/TheMazeAgency'' featured a detective named Senor Lobo, whom writer Mike Barr has acknowledged was a deliberate homage to Literature/HerculePoirot.
36* The title character of Tekno Comix's ''Mickey Spillaine's Mike Danger'' is very explicitly Literature/MikeHammer under a different name -- according to the book's writer, Max Allan Collins, the name Spillaine originally intended him to have -- and then {{Human Popsicle}}d into the future. This is straight-up stated in the text piece at the back of the first issue.
37* ''ComicBook/PeterCannonThunderbolt2019'':
38** Thunderbolt is both a version of an established character ''and'' an expy of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'''s Ozymandias, who was himself a CaptainErsatz of the original Thunderbolt, making him… a recursive bifurcating expy?
39** The other superheroes from Cannon’s world ''might'' be identified as very loose expies or CaptainErsatz figures for well-known Marvel or DC supers, but Nucleon in particular has a little in common with ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'''s Doctor Manhattan. Then, when she arrives in Thunderbolt’s world, her powers shift to make her more like him — because that world’s (deceased) Nucleon was clearly more of a Manhattan expy.
40** Some of the regulars in the pub on the black-and-white non-supers world share first names and a few personal characteristics with the main cast of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', making them perhaps as near to expies as you can get in a pub on a world without superheroes.
41%%* ''ComicBook/QueenAndCountry'' is, as writer Greg Rucka fully acknowledges, heavily influenced by ''Series/TheSandbaggers''. Not every character is an Expy, but Paul Crocker and Tom Wallace are especially obvious as expies of Neil Burnside and Willie Caine, respectively.
42* Detective Gould from Matt Kindt's ''ComicBook/RedHanded'' is an expy of ComicStrip/DickTracy. He wears a very similar suit and hat, has an array of retro-futuristic gizmos, and is named after ''Tracy'' creator Chester Gould.
43* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
44** Mammoth Mogul borrows quite a bit from ComicBook/VandalSavage. Like Vandal, Mammoth was originally from prehistoric times before being exposed to strange energies rendering him immortal. Despite their primitive origins, both like to dress fancy and appear cultured. They both also seek world domination.
45** Doctor Finitevus, an obvious Expy of Doctor Zachary from ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic''. Let's see. Is a [[AlbinosAreFreaks villainous albino]]? Check. Has the "doctor" title attached to his name? Check. Is an echidna and one of Knuckles' people? Check. Has a fixation with Chaos Energy? Check. Has manipulated Knuckles (either by exploiting his character, or via brainwashing)? Check. Has had a powerful minion who was empowered by Chaos Energy? Check.
46** The ''Sonic'' Special issue crossing the book over with Creator/ImageComics also got away with two of the most blatant Expys in comic book history, [[Series/TheXFiles Wolf Scolder and Lana Mully]]. [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/aeb737f7e909334b39eacd4912b84daf/tumblr_oljbmkwBRv1w0yi0zo1_1280.jpg it has to be seen to be believed]]. It even includes something resembling a cross between a TakeThat and a dedication to Creator/ChrisCarter to make it unmistakable.
47* ComicBook/{{Supreme}} from Image Comics is an Expy of Superman, obviously. Originally this was mainly in terms of power set and appearance – in personality and outlook on the world, though, Supreme and Superman couldn't have been more different. When Creator/AlanMoore took over the series, his in-universe ContinuityReboot made the comparison much more explicit.
48** From the pre-Moore era, Kid Supreme was a fairly direct take-off of [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Kon-El]] from DC Comics, with almost the exact same appearance and personality. His short-lived solo series, however, owed a lot more to the contemporaneous ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'' series in its tone and status quo.* Being highly influential and popular, ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' spawned many expies in FrancoBelgianComics:
49** Marc Dacier is also a reporter going around the world like Tintin. He solve mysteries and foil criminals of all kind. He's also has [[IncorruptiblePurePureness high moral standards]] and believe in doing the right thing above else. [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Unlike Tintin however]], Dacier is seen doing his job as a reporter.
50** The ''Lefranc'' series recount the adventures of Guy Lefranc, a reporter for a newspaper. Like Tintin, he goes on various adventures and face off against terrorists, [[ThoseWackyNazis remnant Nazis]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive greedy businessmen]].Very much like Tintin, Lefranc doesn't have much flaws and is a humanist.
51* Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/YoungbloodJudgmentDay'' run was full of this as well, as it was heavily inspired by the ''New ComicBook/TeenTitans'' and a number of [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] teen hero books:
52** Twilight is a BadassNormal who was once the [[KidSidekick child partner]] of a Batman-like hero named Professor Night, before striking out on her own after [[SidekickGraduationsStick outgrowing the whole sidekick thing]]. She's effectively the team's answer to ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, and was even known by the nickname "The Girl Marvel" as a nod to ComicBook/{{Robin}} being called "The Boy Wonder."
53** Waxy Doyle was inspired by the [[ComicBook/SandmanMysteryTheatre Wesley Dodds Sandman]], being a former Golden Age hero who had a GasMaskLongcoat outfit and a "wax gun" (an homage to Sandman's gas gun).
54** As a female, teenage version of the intentional Superman pastiche ComicBook/{{Supreme}}, Suprema is ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, specifically the innocent [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] version.
55** Following this analogy, her EvilCounterpart Satana is based off Satan Girl, Supergirl's EvilTwin.
56** BrotherSisterTeam Speedwell and Poppy were expies of ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} and the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, being a pair of sibling villains consisting of a male speedster and a girl with witch-like powers.
57** Riptide's father Storybook Smith is based off UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|Of Comic Books}} hero Johnny Thunder, with whom he shares RealityWarper abilities and a fondness for tacky green checkered suits.
58%%* During the 1970s and 1980s, {{IPC Magazines}} would often copy characters from Creator/DCThomson's humor comics. Examples include 'Soldier Spoon' (a Corporal Clott expy), and 'Tricky Dicky' (a Roger the Dodger expy.) It may be worth noting that DC Thomson later made their own character called Tricky Dicky, who was similar to "Joker" from IPC's ''ComicBook/WhizzerAndChips''.
59%%* During the late 1980s and early 1990s, ComicBook/TheDandy made expies of some of IPC's characters, particularly those from Whizzer and Chips. An example of this is 'King Dom- the Dandy lion', who was an expy of IPC's own 'King of the Jungle', as well as an annual-only strip called 'Parental Pests' featuring a cast of characters who were shameless clones of those from IPC's 'The Big Kidds'.
60%%* ''Challenge Charlie'' from IPC's ''Valiant'' was an expy of the earlier ''Dare-a-Day Davy'' from Odham's ''Pow!'' (Odhams was taken over by IPC). Both strips were drawn by KenReid and on a few occasions the same scripts were used which lead to a couple of ''Challenge Charlie'' comic strips which looked suspiciously similiar to earlier ''Dare-a-Day Davy'' comic strips.
61* The Fighting American was an expy of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica created by Cap's original creative team of Joe Simon and Creator/JackKirby. Creator/RobLiefeld's attempted revival of the character in the 90s dialed up the similarities, so much so that Marvel eventually took legal action against him.
62** Oddly enough, he received his own expy in the form of the Fighting Yank during his AC Comics series. The Fighting Yank was redesigned and given a costume almost identical to that of the Fighting American.
63** Even more oddly, Captain America himself is an Expy of a now obscure character, The Shield, also developed by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon.
64** Commander Steel from ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' was another Captain America Expy. ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' lampshaded this by having the second Steel mimic Cap's iconic shield throw.
65%%* ''Creator/AntarcticPress'', a company who deal with a lot of satire and parody work, love doing these with ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool'' and ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' having way too many Expys to list.
66%%* Dave from ''ComicBook/{{Circles}}'' is an expy of Davan from ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive''.* Courtney Crumrin from ''ComicBook/CourtneyCrumrinAndTheNightThings'' is an expy of the similarly noseless and pointy-haired Mandy from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', published only a year after Grim Adventures first aired. Both characters have an affinity (and talent) for the occult, though Mandy seems to lean toward evil more than the justice-minded Courtney. Notably Mandy seems to be naturally talented whereas Courtney has to put in some hard work and training before she really comes into her powers.
67* In 1936, Creator/JerrySeigel and Creator/JoeShuster created Dr Mystic, an OccultDetective who was given a mission by a mystic council called the Seven, via an intemediary named Zador, for ''The Comic Magazine'' #1, published by Centaur Comics. The character was so blatantly Dr Occult (created by Seigel and Shuster for [[Creator/DCComics National Publications]]' ''More Fun Comics'' the previous year) that they ''continued the story'' in ''More Fun'', and didn't even change the Seven or Zador's names!
68* ''ComicBook/TheF1rstHero'': The extrahuman group introduced in Issue #3 is lead by a fat black man who calls himself [[WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids Fat Alvin]].

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