Wolverine
Character » Wolverine appears in 16062 issues.
A long-lived mutant with the rage of a beast and the soul of a Samurai, James "Logan" Howlett's once mysterious past is filled with blood, war, and betrayal. Possessing an accelerated healing factor, keenly enhanced senses, and bone claws in each hand (along with his skeleton) that are coated in adamantium; Wolverine is, without question, the ultimate weapon.
Wolverine Rip-Off?
I'm surprused nobody mentioned Ripclaw.
as was I but about Shadowhawk.
like I said, most of the Image creators felt at the time as of Marvel had absconded their creations, and I think it was blatant that they were trying
to get under Marvels skin intentionally by making hugely similar characters, especially in Liefeld's case, who can tend to be a bit rebellious.
I think Fighting American and Smash will back me up here. ;)
actually, Dark Claw = Wolverine + Batman.
@zombietag:well no duh, but that was on purpose. im saying shadowhawk resembles both of them a lot. also, some moon knight in there it seems. but nothing new under the sun right? i mean most of the characters we see now are based on previous stories already told.
actually, Dark Claw = Wolverine + Batman.
Rob liefield has created Deadpool and 30 other characters that look exactly like him
Did you ever see Youngblood, they basically look like X-Force from the 90's
Liefeld ripped someone off, wow that has never happened before (you know except for the 400 other times he's done it)
@PowerHerc said:
Wolverine is a rip off of Timber Wolf so
Actually that statement is quite deabatable@Son_of_Magnus: Agreed.
Timber Wolf was kind of a normal guy until Cockrum redesigned everything about him...the Same Cockrum who developed Wolverine into the character he became, then Timber Wolf took some aspects of Wolverine, So if its the same writer, I think its more Timber Wolf was a template for Wolverine
Template, Rip-off, inspiration, . . . it's a case of semantics. Timber Wolf came first. Wolverine came next.
Cockrum (an artist, not a writer, by the way) was the one who'd redesigned Timber Wolf and then later used some of those same elements in his depiction and the over-all development of Wolverine. There is definitely an obvious infleunce and linear connection.
Yet you contend Wolverine not being a rip-off of Timber Wolf is debatable? Hah! That's rich.
*sigh*...the whole Timberwolf v. Wolverine debate again.
Ok....Originally Timberwolf looked nothing like he does now. He did not have a healing factor. He did not have enhanced senses. And he looked like this. He was called Lone Wolf. And he led a gang called the "Lone Wolves". (bwahahahaha....)
Post Zero-Hour, during one of DC's many reboots (/cop-outs), and of course post the huge popularity of Wolverine (and his generally feral powers and demeanor), Timberwolf was given the same attributes. And with every reboot he became more and more like Wolverine, until they decided to make him a "lycanthrope" this time. Somewhere along the way he also gained a "bad temper".
The only thing he may have beaten Wolvie to was the hairdo.
Everything else about Wolvie (Weapon X, the 3-Claw design, Adamantium, Lack of memory, and the supercool scrapper-dude persona) is original Wolvie.
Only reason anyone even remembers TWolf is his similarity to Wolverine.
And yeah the Guy in the Pic....he does seem to be one of maybe 30 Image characters who were Wolvie rip-offs.
I'm surprused nobody mentioned Ripclaw.Ripclaw is a 100 times more interesting than Wolverine and he's hardly a ripoff
@Kairan1979 said:Ripclaw isn't a Wolverine rip-off but he's certainly a Lady Deathstrike rip-off.I'm surprused nobody mentioned Ripclaw.Ripclaw is a 100 times more interesting than Wolverine and he's hardly a ripoff
@spiderbat87 said:Just because he has claws smiler to her does not make him a rip off. Is she a Native American? Can she channel the spirits of animals?@Kairan1979 said:Ripclaw isn't a Wolverine rip-off but he's certainly a Lady Deathstrike rip-off.I'm surprused nobody mentioned Ripclaw.Ripclaw is a 100 times more interesting than Wolverine and he's hardly a ripoff
I just saw this cute post directed at me, yeah it is rich, because how is Wolverine a rip off of Timber Wolf when Timber wolf had no characteristics of Wolverine to begin with...they were added after Wolverine was around...so yeah that would be considered a template or motif for a character...its definitely not blatantTemplate, Rip-off, inspiration, . . . it's a case of semantics. Timber Wolf came first. Wolverine came next.
Cockrum (an artist, not a writer, by the way) was the one who'd redesigned Timber Wolf and then later used some of those same elements in his depiction and the over-all development of Wolverine. There is definitely an obvious infleunce and linear connection.
Yet you contend Wolverine not being a rip-off of Timber Wolf is debatable? Hah! That's rich.
Just because he has claws smiler to her does not make him a rip off. Is she a Native American? Can she channel the spirits of animals?They don't have to be completely similar characteristics for him to be a rip-off.That's like saying Sentry isn't a Superman Rip-off because he's not an alien and is schizophrenic.When he clearly draws inspiration from Supes. Cyberforce is clearly taking alot of reference from X-Men.
@spiderbat87 said:Drawing inspiration from and ripping off are two totally different thingsJust because he has claws smiler to her does not make him a rip off. Is she a Native American? Can she channel the spirits of animals?They don't have to be completely similar characteristics for him to be a rip-off.That's like saying Sentry isn't a Superman Rip-off because he's not an alien and is schizophrenic.When he clearly draws inspiration from Supes. Cyberforce is clearly taking alot of reference from X-Men.
@labarith said:
@PowerHerc said:
Template, Rip-off, inspiration, . . . it's a case of semantics. Timber Wolf came first. Wolverine came next
That's like saying the original Batman design came first, so any superhero who wears black is a batman ripoff.
No. You're oversimplifying.
There are way more similarities between Timber Wolf and Wolverine than costume color. You know this is true.
Your analogy doesn't hold up.
I'm aware of that but what comic fans call rip-offs don't actually fit that definition.No character ACTUALLY rips off another or there would be legal issues.You're taking the term to literal.Drawing inspiration from and ripping off are two totally different things
HA! THIS upsets you? Half of Image comic's quote unquote "original" charactors from the ninties are Wolverine rip offs, and the other half were rip-offs of other charactors. They got better over time, but take a closer look at eary issues of youngblood.
@howlverine: Sorry to break it to you but timber wolf redesign came out in 1973 a year before wolverine came out however in this issue he gets lycanthropy and the hair AND the new costume....
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