Same name, different company? 0

[tilleycs]

Just curious, how many companies have comic book characters with the same names? I saw in another topic here that both DC and Marvel had characters named "Dazzler".

 

I also finished a run of MTIO recently, and I was surprised to see this cover:

 

 

I never knew that Marvel had a Scarecrow character. Like most people, when I hear "Scarecrow", I think of the classic Batman villain.

 

Captain Marvel is another example that comes to mind. How many other character names have been used by Marvel and DC? How many have resulted in lawsuits?

[Scrooge]

Top of my head, there is Sandman and I think also Vision (?).

[shadroch]

marvel had(has) a different character named Dazzler as well. He killed Angels mother and father.

Phoenix(sp?) is an Atlas hero.

I'm sure there are many others.

[john72tex]

Isn't there a Captain Marvel in the Marvel Universe as well??

[ArAich]

Daredevil....

[FlyingDonut]

Thor and Hercules (both fought Superman in the late 50s/early 60s)

[ArAich]

Captain Marvel is another example that comes to mind. How many other character names have been used by Marvel and DC?

 

Captain Marvel was also done by MF Enterprises...Split!!!...

[HouseofComics.Com]

marvel had(has) a different character named Dazzler as well. He killed Angels mother and father.

Phoenix(sp?) is an Atlas hero.

I'm sure there are many others.

 

I wonder why Marvel or DC never decided to have a character named Wulf or Lomax...

[Electricmastro]

Iron Man:

 

Dr. Strange:

 

Quicksilver:

Daredevil:

 

Ghost Rider:

[TheSpud]

You did dun some trawlin to find this post

[shadroch]

There is a Golden Age Wonder Man whose outfit is almost as garish as Simon Williams original one.

[seanfingh]

Marvel had another Punisher - some kind of robot that fought Iron Man (I think).  I was very disappointed to discover that in the 80's when I was tracking down Frank Castle Punisher appearances.

[dupont2005]

Isn’t that the same Ghost Rider just a different publisher though?

[Ken Aldred]

Ultraman - Japanese manga and DC Crime Syndicate

Enchantress - Marvel and DC

Edited March 17, 2020 by Ken Aldred

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

2 hours ago, seanfingh said:

Marvel had another Punisher - some kind of robot that fought Iron Man (I think).  I was very disappointed to discover that in the 80's when I was tracking down Frank Castle Punisher appearances.

Yeah, he fought the Fantastic Four.

First appearance in FF49 (I think).

[Ken Aldred]

2 hours ago, seanfingh said:

Marvel had another Punisher - some kind of robot that fought Iron Man (I think).  I was very disappointed to discover that in the 80's when I was tracking down Frank Castle Punisher appearances.

Two Nightcrawlers as well, one hyphenated.

 

Both at Marvel, though.

Edited March 17, 2020 by Ken Aldred

[William-James88]

On 9/15/2005 at 4:01 PM, john72tex said:

Isn't there a Captain Marvel in the Marvel Universe as well??

Yup. And the original Captain Marvel wasn't even from DC but from another company called Fawcett. 

The first thing I thought of though was Daredevil

[Electricmastro]

45 minutes ago, dupont2005 said:

Isn’t that the same Ghost Rider just a different publisher though?

The Magazine Enterprises Ghost Rider from 1949 was Rex Fury, which is surely the basis for Marvel’s Ghost Rider (later Phantom Rider) from 1967, but is a different character altogether named Carter Slade.

[James J Johnson]

12 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

The Magazine Enterprises Ghost Rider from 1949 was Rex Fury, which is surely the basis for Marvel’s Ghost Rider (later Phantom Rider) from 1967, but is a different character altogether named Carter Slade.

"Ghost Riders in the Sky" was released in 1948.

 

[Ken Aldred]

Indie masterpiece Jimmy Corrigan,

and...

 

Jim Corrigan, The Spectre

Edited March 17, 2020 by Ken Aldred