18 DC Characters Based on Real People

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Many comic book artists take inspiration from the world around them and the tradition of "casting" real-life actors as characters in the pages of comics goes back to the birth of the medium. Following on from a previous video about 15 Marvel Characters Based on Real People, Josh from Panels to Pixels explores the real life inspirations behind some of your favourite DC superheroes and supervillains.
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0:00 Intro
0:57 Superman
2:22 Batman
3:56 Lois Lane
5:31 Joker
6:40 Catwoman
7:27 Talia al Ghul
8:09 Harley Quinn
9:10 Sponsored Content
10:43 Wonder Woman
12:21 Shazam
13:19 Green Lantern
15:37 Jack Kirby’s New Gods
18:27 Vertigo Characters
21:18 Outro
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@PanelstoPixels 3 жыл бұрын

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@davidogundipe808 10 ай бұрын

Should have included death of the endless, she's based on a real person also.

@matthewrosenthal753 10 ай бұрын

Just a minor mention but Douglas Fairbanks starred in the Silent Film “The Mark of Zorro“ not “The mask of Zorro, which was the 2000’s film Starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Bandaras.

@Warriorropp 10 ай бұрын

🎉❤🎉😢😢😢😢🎉😢😢🎉

@hydrolito 9 ай бұрын

There was a serial film called The Bat in 1926 with villain that wore a Bat face masked also had dark automobile bat signal although from his belt more the way spider-man used a light, climbing rope and a gun (earlier episodes Batman used a gun) Cat Woman started out with a mask with a cat face instead of Bat face and originally called herself The Cat so could have inspired both Batman and The Cat also called Catwoman. The Bat was also released in 1933 as The Bat whisperer. Bob Kane was sued by maker of movie and Bob Kane bought films rights from him.

@jackofallclaws6672 3 жыл бұрын

You know, I’d actually like to see Josh do a video talking about the accounts of plagiarism surrounding the creation of Batman.

@kevincruz7958 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. He was not inspired by the Shadow but it was a direct copy of it. Some panels even tracing its art. I think Razorfist has a video about it. It would be fun to see them collaborate.

@stevekoller3314 3 жыл бұрын

Bonus Fact: The Atom (Dr. Ray Palmer) was named after Raymond A. Palmer, a science fiction writer who was well-known for being short in stature (4'8). His height was the result of a spinal injury he sustained as a child, which stunted his growth and rendered him a hunchback.

@ruru6643 10 ай бұрын

(灬ºωº灬)?

@danewood2309 10 ай бұрын

and in the line of Actors becoming their Comic Characters, after Christopher Reeve played Superman, Superman was redrawn to look more like Christopher Reeve... then when Christopher Reeve died in 2006, DCs Superman Comic had a full page "obituary" showing Superman stood with his head bowed in front of a grave stone , with Christopher Reeves details on it and the words " A Symbol of Courage".

@CynthiaJFinnegan 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, and how Captain Marvel looked in the Golden Age depended on who was drawing him. Early on, Beck did model Cap on MacMurray; Marc Swayze modeled Cap off of Clark Gable; Pete Costanza drew Cap to look like Cary Grant; and Kurt Schaffenberger based his version of Cap off of Jack Oakey.

@kalphil4385 10 ай бұрын

It's great to see that Douglas Fairbanks Zorro was an influence on both Superman and Batman.

@EGRJ 10 ай бұрын

It goes deeper. The Scarlet Pimpernel inspired Zorro, and both inspired Batman.

@Duck_Dodgers 9 ай бұрын

The shadow inspired batman almost all super heroes are based on pulp fiction heroes

@stationarywanderer7910 10 ай бұрын

Wonder Woman's physical appearance was also based on Olive Byrne.And Byrne is the person who got Marston involved in comics. she was a fan, and her brother Jack was a writer and editor for comics companies. One of the companies Jack worked for had a character named Amazona, and he origin was partly used by Marston for Wonder Woman.

@sheshotjfk8375 10 ай бұрын

Also, before DC created Wonder Woman, another comic creator named Will Eisner created a superhero name Wonder Man. But DC sued for the rights to Wonder Man claiming copyright infringement saying it was a ripoff of Superman. A few months after winning the case they coincidentally came out with a Wonder Woman comic. But it didn't end there. Decades later, in 1964, Marvel Comics came out with a superhero (or I think he started off as a villain) named Wonder Man. Again, DC sued, this time claiming it was a rip off of Wonder Woman so Stan Lee dropped the character. But then DC ripped off Marvel's Power Man by creating Power Girl. So Stan Lee brought Wonder Man back LOL

@lefantomer 10 ай бұрын

Joachim Phoenix's Joker is closer to Gwynplane from "Man Who Laughs. Ledger's extraordinary Joker is closer to Greek tragic theater characters who represent a certain quality, such as madness, or in his case chaotic nihilism.

@moogleplay9131 10 ай бұрын

Sting came to my city perform back in the 90's. He wouldn't perform an encore for us all and you could tell he'd rather be dead than perform for us. Melissa Etheridge opened up for him and I thought she was better, was happy to perform.

@RyVo-gl4ov 10 ай бұрын

Jonah Hex should have been mentioned, since he's look was somewhat based on young Clint Eastwood, though with the added iconic scar,

@ericprice5471 10 ай бұрын

Also interesting; Heath Ledger’s Joker is a very faithful imitation of Tom Waits. The voice, the posture, the accent… it all came from Tom Waits.

@riftwytch 10 ай бұрын

Speaking of Jack Kirby's time at DC, he also drew Don Rickles in his comics; both as the comedian himself, and a superhero named Goody Rickles. Check out the issues of Jimmy Olsen that Kirby created; kind of strange, but still entertaining.

@thriddoctor 3 жыл бұрын

The Mad Hatter was based on a Victorian furniture salesman called Theophilus Carter .

@winnerwatson1883 3 жыл бұрын

For the Lois Lane segment, another inspiration was American journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly.

@CynthiaJFinnegan 3 жыл бұрын

Another Tori Amos song, titled "Tear In Your Hand," has another Sandman reference in a line that goes "me and Neil will be hanging out with the Dream King."

@KOMF 10 ай бұрын

6:20 “ We Live in A Society…” I See What You did there

@HeatherNickless-vt8zr 10 ай бұрын

I have two Diana Rigg Films: "The Worst Witch" and "The Great Muppet Caper".

@crazygamers2015 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always!

@foxhound13 10 ай бұрын

I love the origin of Harley Quinn creation. Its nice Paul Dini was good friends who also became the actress to voice the inspiration.

@nestoraoc32 9 ай бұрын

great video and excellent explanation!

@jamessutton1866 3 жыл бұрын

Another informative and entertaining video from Josh 👏

@arielfilmsinc1926 3 жыл бұрын

Carol Ferris was SUPPOSEDLY modeled after Elizabeth Taylor

@richardcoleman3425 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, Josh - another great video. Hope you're keeping well, son. :)

@bodyfarmbrat 10 ай бұрын

the bat man cartoon was where i first saw harley too....had no idea her voice was the actress who inspired them. !

@mostafafarweez3161 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video and marvel's video too :) I like them a lot :) Please post more videos like this :)

@fernandoluna6589 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work Josh

@44excalibur 10 ай бұрын

Only Superman was based on Zorro actor Douglas Fairbanks. Batman and Bruce Wayne were based on actor Tyrone Power from The Mark of Zorro, and his look was inspired by the villain from the suspense thriller, The Bat Whispers.

@YouLousyKids 10 ай бұрын

Before I even watch the video, let me list the few I know: Clark Kent was based on Harold Lloyd's look and inspired by the fact Lloyd could take off his famous glasses and walk through NYC and not be recognized. Big Barda was based on Lainie Kazan (who oddly enough is who should now be cast to play Granny Goodness!). Sue Dibny was based on Shirley Maclaine from The Apartment.

@digipeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Also forget: Dream(Morpheus) based on Cure’s Robert Smith and Peter Murphy!!!!

@willmfrank 10 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure that the 1960's iterations of Superman were modeled on Peter Lupus.

@tomboughan2718 10 ай бұрын

Jackson Guice made a likeness of Amy Grant on cover of Dr. Strange and got sued by Amy Grant. She said she don't want to be associated with occult. Amy Grant was a Christian singer. Jackson said that he did not know Amy, but saw her pic and thought it was good model for a Dr. Strange disciple, whose name I forgot.

@ivane5110 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Lists like this are ones that I usually end up having at least heard most of already, even if not in detail, but I think with two exceptions I had no idea of the rest. Now I'll be picturing (moet) of these actors/celebrities being dream cast in these roles (especially GL, Sinestro and ost especially Darkseid). Here's hoping that one of your viewers fan-edits some old movie clips into a DC short or two based on these.

@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846 10 ай бұрын

Superman was based off of Hugo Danner from the book “Gladiator”.

@joshuagray2310 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@joadams8022 Жыл бұрын

Further on the real world inspirations of the Sandman characters, Death was Cinamon Hadley, a goth model who based her look on Siouxsie Soux and Patricia Morrison. Original ideas and Neill Gaiman never being particularly close associates.

@antipatsy 10 ай бұрын

THANK you. I was just about to blow a gasket!

@louisjohnson5239 2 жыл бұрын

you missed dream being inspired partly by either robert smith from the cure, or peter murphy from bauhaus, but im certain you knew that already,

@TheNedH 10 ай бұрын

Funny that there would be a rumor about Hal Jordan being based on Paul Newman, given that Paul Newman is famous in part for his blue eyes, whereas Hal is one of the few comics characters to be consistently portrayed as having brown eyes.

@joneshugh 10 ай бұрын

Actually Green Lantern & also The Lantern Corps were based on a sci-fi or pulp novel

@EgyptianChiefKeef 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know the man who laughs was a real person

@fRikimaru1974 10 ай бұрын

No hay nadie con más cara de The Joker que ese actor.

@AshTheDuke 10 ай бұрын

Good content

@kahnkretefpv7594 10 ай бұрын

That person with no prosthetics, no CGI, no special effects other than makeup WAS, The Joker incarnate. Holy shit, I was blown away by that Joker smile!!! And shot on a shitty as$ caveman camera!

@AllanMogensen 10 ай бұрын

The laughing man and the Joker - it doesn´t get more obvious :)

@systemSkynet 10 ай бұрын

Dude you just made this whole episode up.

@GetMeAReubenSandwich 9 ай бұрын

RIP Arleen Sorkin. She passed very recently. She may be gone, but Harley Quinn will live on forever.

@44excalibur 10 ай бұрын

It is ironic how Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Jack Kirby, who all co-created the entire Marvel universe together, ended up on bad terms, with Kirby departing Marvel for DC and Ditko leaving Marvel for Charlton Comics.

@riveraharper8166 10 ай бұрын

business do that to people...

@menckenwolf 10 ай бұрын

A lot of people held grudges against Lee.

@judahqualls1473 3 жыл бұрын

What song did you use for the opening? It is fantastic.

@Robert-zx2ir 10 ай бұрын

Vicki Vale was based on Marilyn Monroe. Bob Kane hooked up with Monroe twice.

@TruthTellert63 10 ай бұрын

Although Miller has never confirmed it (as far as I know), it's clear that he based the older Bruce Wayne in "Dark Knight Returns" on Charlton Heston -- the resemblance is too great to be a coincidence. (He then based the younger Wayne in Batman: Year One on Gregory Peck, as noted).

@jerrysstories711 10 ай бұрын

It's fun to watch those old scene from Days Of Our Lives two most goofy characters. You've basically watching Harley Quinn dating Q from Star Trek!

@Razorgeist 6 ай бұрын

That concept surprisingly works... Oh Mr Q.

@emsleywyatt3400 10 ай бұрын

Legion of Super-Heroes member "Tyroc" was based on actor/football player Fred Williamson.

@PixelaDay 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid! My inner pedant compels me to say: did you mean “devil may care” attitude? 😅

@PanelstoPixels 2 жыл бұрын

Did I really say "devil-may-cry attitude"? Video games are rotting my brain. 😩

@kirbymarchbarcena Жыл бұрын

It is quite ironic that DC used real people as reference for their characters but the cities they lived in are fictitious.

@brainfat1 10 ай бұрын

Imagine being William Marston just forcing your kink on the kids of America. Thankfully it appears the obvious subtext was lost on the youth of the forties but it did help give fuel to the ideas espoused in the book Seduction Of The Innocent that directly led to the creation of the Comics Code. I wonder how he would feel about Lady Dimitrescu?

@jimbullard441 10 ай бұрын

Sandman was based upon a real rock star as well - namely the lead singer of the Cure!

@jarredsdad 10 ай бұрын

Here’s an idea, “How old would they be now?”. Starting with Superman in 1938 or before, how old would all these heroes and villains be in 2023 with respect with respect to their age in the year of introduction?

@paulnolan4971 10 ай бұрын

Niven/Sinestro spot on. 'A Matter of Life and Death' is one of the best films ever made.

@AnEntity0 3 жыл бұрын

Suprised that you didn't mention gaiman himself being the visual modle for dream.

@nigelbennington4565 10 ай бұрын

Because he wasn't. The visual model for Morpheus was Trent Reznor, at least according to Gaiman.

@sierraking4312 10 ай бұрын

The man who laughs is actually a great movie. And I definitely see the insperaction Joker got from it.

@grewntd 10 ай бұрын

Big Barda inspiration girl is quite inspirational

@HAMrJHA 10 ай бұрын

I had no idea that Captain Marvel/Shazam was based off, Fred MacMurray! He lived in little ol’ Beaverdam Wisconsin, my hometown. haha My dad actually met him a handful of times.

@zacharywiebe5820 3 жыл бұрын

did you see the guardians of the galaxy announcement and gameplay demo and if so can you make a video off of it

@paulnolan4971 10 ай бұрын

Nice pop. D.C. equivalent. I shall enjoy.

@xr7t7 10 ай бұрын

Black Canary was modeled after Hollywood starlet Veronica Lake.

@seencapone 10 ай бұрын

The character of Morpheus (Dream from Sandman) had a lot of looks, especially in the early issues, but there's several instances where he was very obviously modeled after Robert Smith of the Cure, I think in the "Doll's House" story arc, and I vaguely remember either Gaiman or Dringenberg saying so specifically.

@yegenek 10 ай бұрын

I also think that Sandman's looks are based on a combination of Robert Smith and Neil Gaiman himself.

@pulsarstargrave256 10 ай бұрын

What about DREAM himself? One reason why I started reading SANDMAN. was an article where someone (Gaiman?) said something about Dream being modelled after the lead singer of THE CURE (Robert Smith)!

@HeatherNickless-vt8zr 10 ай бұрын

I wonder if Joanne Carter was also a partially modeled inspiration for the British Marvel hero Peggie Carter/Captain Carter and I wonder if she was also the name sake of the former-living subject herself?

@user-wc1no1cw4j 10 ай бұрын

I like the way bob finger is mentioned first when talking of batman he was the true creator of batman

@jasonbean2764 8 ай бұрын

I sure am glad John Totleben got recognition.:)

@ElvingsMusings 3 жыл бұрын

Referring to Joker as Batman's soul-mate a la Lois is great.

@m.scottmcgahan9900 9 ай бұрын

Where did you find the picture with all the DC characters signed by all the artists?

@markclason2717 10 ай бұрын

What is the font used in the credits at the end of the video?

@aaronjones9259 10 ай бұрын

Oh w❤w that's very cool I like this

@marcelogazzoli4279 10 ай бұрын

Was by any chance the Swamp Thing based on his creator, Allan Moore? Or Allan Moore is based on Swamp Thing?

@redbarchetta8782 10 ай бұрын

And Diana Riggs went on to killing it in Game of Thrones. RIP Diana.

@SuperOmnicronsj44 10 ай бұрын

I'll bet Funky Flashman was the inspiration for the character in Justice League Action. Syd , that tried to pretend to be Superman to get a scoop on Darkseid taking Superman and him rescuing him for the Daily Planet .

@patrickhaag 10 ай бұрын

Torchy Blaine was modeled after Dorothy Kilgallen

@PRIMEEDITS76 2 жыл бұрын

My mind is blown

@veeseee128 10 ай бұрын

The man who laughs is clearly the joker. 6:20

@bostonrailfan2427 11 ай бұрын

you could have done The Guardians in your Green Lantern section being based on David Ben-Gurion and you want citations? look closer: it’s obvious, especially given the sates of publication.

@stevencommander8441 10 ай бұрын

Ray Palmer was based off of actor, Robert Taylor

@Filmation77 9 ай бұрын

i would've NEVER Guessed that Lanie Kazan was the inspiration for Big Barda . color me surprised

@ellismartin260 8 ай бұрын

I love aTori. I had a feeling she and comics went well together

@garrettmasters7281 2 жыл бұрын

Does anybody know what the song he used in the opening?

@stationarywanderer7910 10 ай бұрын

Lois Lane's name was inspired by actress Lola Lane.

@ParkerGabriel 9 ай бұрын

No apparent mention was made here of the model or models for the description Harry G. Peter designed Wonder Woman to answer.

@Hemprechaun 10 ай бұрын

I remember reading as a kid years ago that Hal Jordan was based on Gary Cooper.

@damaniqphillip2756 3 жыл бұрын

nice

@deespaeth8180 10 ай бұрын

Prof. X was originally based on Yul Brinner, not Patrick Stewart.

@metal87power 10 ай бұрын

david bowie is actually a villain in venture bros

@CosmicDuskWolf 8 ай бұрын

So Clark Kent's personality was based off the movie that Bruce's parents died after seeing from getting gunned down in the ally way? My mind is blown. I actually did know Harley Quinn first showed up in the animated series because I looked it up when I was younger.