Back in January 2013, I started a blog. Nobody read it. So, out of sympathy (and because they thought you nice folks might like some of my nonsense), my fellow admins are letting me carry on here in the pages of BCP. Enjoy!

I almost didn’t bother to pick up Action Comics #23, after the previous month’s abysmal offering. Having read the issue, It wasn’t great, but it was definite step up from #22. The main thing that stood out though? This particular issue of Action Comics thought it was a Marvel book. Using the magic of words and pictures let’s see why.

1. THE BIG BAD GUY!

Marvel Comics have a gigantic cosmic being called Galactus, dubbed ‘The Devourer Of Worlds’:

And in Action Comics #23, we get the also-gigantic Lexus, apparently also known as ‘The Devourer of life throughout the universe’:

2. THE SPACE-TEAM GUYS!

Marvel have the Guardians Of The Galaxy:

And Action Comics gives us the Pax Galactica:

Note: ‘Pax’ is the Latin word for ‘peace’, so we can assume the Pax Galactica are some sort of galactic peacekeeping force. That’s also why the Guardians Of The Galaxy were formed.

3. THE GREEN HOTTIE!

And you see that green warrior chick in that last pic? Her name is Lourdes. And she bears a striking resemblance to Marvel’s green warrior chick, Gamora, who also happens to be a member of – you guessed it – the Guardians Of The Galaxy:

It seems as though no-one else picked up on the similarities, as I certainly didn’t see any complaints online, but then again they are hardly offensive rip-offs of Marvel’s content, but come on now, Mr. Lobdell, did you really think NO-ONE would notice?

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The writer of this piece was: Alan Shields aka (Al)
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