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A thought arises from another topic... let's discuss DC books that tried to emulate Marvel comics. Obviously, in the mid to late 60s, Marvel popped the clutch, and roared past DC as far as story style, characters, etc. That was okay; it's why they have horse races instead of just comparing 'em on paper.
But DC retaliated, and tried to do one or two books that were relevant, as well as a couple that just seemed to tread into that Marvel style. So what titles, or spans of a title, did DC have that were Marvelesque?
Three immediately came to my mind...
The original Metamorpho stories by Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon seemed to really get that feeling.
The Doom Patrol by Drake and Premiani also had a Marvel like feel to 'em.
And of course, Kirby's Fourth World (even including Jimmy Olsen) could have been under Marvel's banner. But then, Kirby.
I'm interested what YOU think. And also - although I don't suspect it was intentional nor particularly desirable - do you think of any Marvel characters or runs as being very DC-like? I figured that maybe Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-On-One* were a little similar when they were just doing single issue stories. And while I only read it once, the Sentry seemed to be a direct DC... er, homage, and a tiny bit in the DC form.
So what unintentional crossovers do you think have been published?
EDIT: As I consider it, maybe the original Marvel Nova character had a little DC in him, as well as Marvel's attempt to recreate Spider-Man.
*Yes, I know. It's an inside joke known only a few thousand readers. Don't start with me. ;)
Edited by Eric Sofer on 09 September 2017 at 10:25am
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