BobGreenwade Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Based on someone's comments a few weeks ago, I was just wondering how many superhero names are/have been in use by more than one company. I'm talking here of readily recognizable characters -- that is, at least one character by that name should be fairly easy to find information on. (No fair citing two obscure one-shots!) The ones I can think of offhand are Captain Marvel, Sandman, and Feedback. I was just thinking it might be kind of cool to build a team of characters by these names for the Champions Universe. (My plan would be to try to get them into the re-premiere of Digital Hero if it ever comes back, even though that alone is a kind of big "if," and even though Steve can probably come up with a truckload of legal concerns.... but even if it doesn't happen, I think it'd be cool to do just as an exercise.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbullet Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Villain wise, there is Scarecrow... Both DC and Marvel have one. They even went at it during the DC vs. Marvel thing, several years ago… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Villain wise, there is Scarecrow... Both DC and Marvel have one. They even went at it during the DC vs. Marvel thing, several years ago… Marvel & DC both have a Quicksilver (DC renamed there's Max Mercury later on) Any mythical (Thor, Herc, etc...) Red Robin Corsair Major Victory That's off the top of my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Black Knight is probably open. Changeling Cobra/Kobra Morgan le Fey/Mordred Circe/Sersi Wizard Jack O'Lantern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Keep in mind, folks, that I'm not just looking for characters where one's from Marvel and the other's from DC. In my original examples, one Feedback is Marvel while the other was published by Dark Horse as the first-season winner of Who Wants to Be a Superhero? (And, not incidentally, that season's third-place winner was called Major Victory.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names From the Australian industry: Cat-Man, Captain Atom, Wonderman, the Shadow (and another Shadow), and the Scorpion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamestur.com Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names There are several some are Cobra, Black-Cat etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Okay, the group so far that I can see (and I'll probably add more as I think of concepts to go with these names): Major Victory: The group's leader, a Captain America type but with roots in the Cold War. Captain Marvel: A lightning-blaster, the group's second in command. Changeling: Shapeshifter able to mimic any human being. Good in combat thanks to martial arts and bio-analysis abilities. Feedback: Able to "capture" any ranged attack snt in his direction (through a form of Missile Deflection) and expel it at a later time. Sandman: Psychic with dream-based powers, including the ability to put people to sleep. I'm thinking of making the team into a group of dimension-hopping heroes, somewhat in the mold of the Exiles. I'll take a good look at those Australian heroes at a later time; I'm sure I can do something useful with at least one of them. Scarecrow, Jack O'Lantern, and Cobra would probably be better as villain names. And I think I'll do without the legendary figures like Hercules and Morgana, at least for now. And for JmOz: I can't find any reference at all to a Red Robin other than Dick Grayson (and of course the restaurant). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Just bumping this up in case anyone had any other ideas, links, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Red Robin is also a somewhat obscure Marvel Super Villain who had a suit of power armor with a bird motif, fought Iron Man, teamed with Killer Shrike and other bird gadgeteer villains a couple of times, like I said obscure character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Everyone really should strike any mythological figure from the record. No one can legally copyright King Arthur, Mordred, Morgaine Le Fey, or any other mythological character. Technically, even Marvel can't copyright Thor. DC COULD produce a character called Thor, but he can't be blond, and he can't come from Marvel's version of Asgard. DC Could produce a traditional, red headed Thor in the classic Norse mold, however, and no one could say a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Everyone really should strike any mythological figure from the record. No one can legally copyright King Arthur, Mordred, Morgaine Le Fey, or any other mythological character. Technically, even Marvel can't copyright Thor. DC COULD produce a character called Thor, but he can't be blond, and he can't come from Marvel's version of Asgard. DC Could produce a traditional, red headed Thor in the classic Norse mold, however, and no one could say a thing. For that matter DC Comics has two characters named Thor already The first to see print is a supervillain with a taeser built into a mace like object from the 1940's The second is the mythical god, used by Gaiman in sandman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names I am just about certain Dynamo has been used by multiple comics. I'm running down links now. EDIT: yes, link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names im pretty sure daredevil is like this thus explaining its one of the characters is part of the new Alex Ross thing coming out soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Red Robin is also a somewhat obscure Marvel Super Villain who had a suit of power armor with a bird motif' date=' fought Iron Man, teamed with Killer Shrike and other bird gadgeteer villains a couple of times, like I said obscure character[/quote']This is very cool. Can you find a link anywhere that I could use? (I think I'll nonetheless add a Red Robin to the above team... as an archer. And, thanks to Cancer, a speedster named Dynamo, which rounds out the group at seven.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names This is very cool. Can you find a link anywhere that I could use? (I think I'll nonetheless add a Red Robin to the above team... as an archer. And' date=' thanks to Cancer, a speedster named Dynamo, which rounds out the group at seven.)[/quote'] SOrry, did some scanning, All I can remember was that a member of a group of 4-5 bird themed characters, including Killer Shrike...wish I could be more help, but only remember seeing them once or twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Having looked through the links, I'm definitely adding Dynamo, Red Robin, the Shadow, and Wonder Man as reservists. That's nine altogether, so I think I'm good, though other ideas would still be welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names There's 'Ultraman'. The Japan tv show hero, the Crime Syndicate of Amerika member, and I believe there was a Golden Age hero that went by that name too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Rampage is the name of unimportant DC hero and an unimportant Marvel villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names Gads! We all missed Psyche -- one, in DC, a member of the Silver Age Wanderers; the other, in Marvel, the mutant Danielle Moonstar (also known as Mirage). That one definitely has to be included. (I'm still debating on whether to include the White Witch.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names I need to appoligiese, I found the "other" red robin, He was not actualy called Red Robin, so that seems to be a DC only character (The guy I was thinking of showed up in a couple issues of New Warriors and was named Cardinal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted January 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names I need to appoligiese' date=' I found the "other" red robin, He was not actualy called Red Robin, so that seems to be a DC only character (The guy I was thinking of showed up in a couple issues of New Warriors and was named Cardinal)[/quote']Aw, rats... I had such cool ideas for my Red Robin archer character. Well, at least I hadn't tied too much down with him yet. Thanks for getting back on this.... apology accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werehawk Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Re: "Open-Source" superhero names There are at least three versions of the Comet (Archie, Marvel, and DC/Impact respectively). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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