Top 10 X-Men Knockoffs You Won't Believe

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Top 10 X-Men Knockoffs You Won't Believe
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The X-Men ar some of the most popular marvel legends around. However, popularity usually leads to people trying to rip off your original concept. In this comic breakdown, we’ll be exploring some of the most blatant X-Men knockoffs. Today on Top Ten Nerd, we bring you our comics explained list of the Top 10 X-Men Knockoffs You Won't Believe.
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Time Codes:
0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Cyberforce
1:42 - Ripclaw
2:48 - WildC.A.T.S.
4:07 - Grifter
5:03 - Umbrella Academy
6:15 - Allison Hargreeves
7:29 - Next Men
8:39 - Nathan
9:57 - G-Men
11:05 - John Gogolkin
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@doncalicula7938 Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, Cyberforce was originally planned as a future version of X-Force but was then not adopted by Marvel when Marc Silvestri was writing for Marvel. Actually, he just wanted to keep his idea alive

@nothx512 Жыл бұрын

I don't think the Wildcats are considered a "Rip off".....Jim Lee's artwork and designs literally helped X-Men in the mainstream...once Jim Lee stopped drawing 4 Marvel fans wanted more of his art and sought to go to Image...big difference

@jimmyju76 Жыл бұрын

if you knew the rest of the story you'll know why they were ripped. half the image guys didn't really have any idea what they were doing so they took what they knew

@jasonism. Жыл бұрын

It's absolutely considered a rip off as was Cyberforce from Marc Silvestri.

@SalabandaEndoki Жыл бұрын

I agree

@SalabandaEndoki Жыл бұрын

Wildcats was pretty good

@Blakk_Wolf7 Жыл бұрын

When it comes to comics, Marc Silvestri & Jim Lee changed the game, especially when it comes to the X-Men. The original Inferno saga from '88/’89 1st showcased the talents of Silvestri, then straight outta the Punisher series Mr Lee attacked the X-Men w/a style people hadn't seen before. There's clarity and crispness were understand of. Lee's attention to detail highlighted many things people just took for granted, simple things like gun clips, ammo pouches weren't just clips, sword sheathes etc, everything was treated as important as the characters and the stories themselves. Jim is my favorite comic artist all-time, and the tandem efforts of Lee & Williams are the one-two punch in comics that just can't be beat. Silvestri is in my Top 10 as well, along w/David Finch, Alex Ross & others. Bottom line is that Jim Lee made the X-Men what they are today

@Sunstar808 Жыл бұрын

Ripclaw also reminds me of Lady Yuriko another inspired by Wolverine. It’s funny how popular he became out of the Cyberforce just like Wolverine with the X-men.

@glennmorganfan9411 Жыл бұрын

She mentioned Lady Deathstrike in the video.

@hemi5.7awdpursuit5 Жыл бұрын

It’s the blades man the blades

@superpaul79 Жыл бұрын

My friend Jessica once described Grifter as Gambit in a Deadpool mask.

@DrBeastMcCoy 4 ай бұрын

more like gambit is grifter with cooler powers

@Bengal1677 Жыл бұрын

Grifter looks more like Maverick than Gambit

@joshuamohlman Жыл бұрын

They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, so good for these guys

@VampX13 Жыл бұрын

100%. I also love that so many creators who even worked on the X-Men were inspired to create kinda their own version, from their own perspective. I think that is so cool! And I love that people were often able to do it at a publisher that they owned or where they could still own their creations.

@Doublebarreledsimian Жыл бұрын

Grifter was one of my favorite designs when Jim Lee first introduced him. That mask is iconic.

@Sunstar808 Жыл бұрын

Wildcats were an awesome team. Amazing artwork & I enjoyed reading the comic.

@poplove8965 Жыл бұрын

Wildcats movie coming in James Gunn’s DCU

@rybackfrankie8679 Жыл бұрын

My all time favorite superhero team. I still revisit the comics sometimes.

@rybackfrankie8679 Жыл бұрын

@@poplove8965 Well, I hope he doesn't ruin it with useless annoying comedy and dumb wokeness.

@poplove8965 Жыл бұрын

@@rybackfrankie8679 I agree dude..I honestly not crazy about Gunn running DC..don’t get me wrong he done some really fun movies and the first GOTG movie was incredible, but I wasn’t as much a fan of the second one..I fine with some comedy here and there but I think he got a bit carried away in GOTG 2..especially at the end..got pretty y corny..DC is not Marvel, and I not want him trying to make it into Marvel

@nickdogg7320 Жыл бұрын

@@poplove8965 no there isnt

@male32ga Жыл бұрын

Why not mention the thumbnail character for Sabertooth that you have the image for?

@TheOldest Жыл бұрын

Yeah where the hell is Warwolf?

@Whalewraith Жыл бұрын

I always loved the Deathstroke/Deadpool thing in Titans go where there all like 'your that Deadpool guy' and he gets really annoyed. I remember the 80's every team had the following, an Energy Guy, a Claw Guy, a Big Guy and a hot girl. Wasn't Cyberforce originally a rejected X-men 2099 design? Weren't the X-men themselves heavily 'borrowed' from Doom Patrol..

@MrGunBunny13 Жыл бұрын

It's hard to say as far as Doom Patrol. The publishing dates between them are so close that it's hard to imagine Marvel having X-Men hit the presses that quickly in response to a new comic.

@reggiefurlow1 Жыл бұрын

Would've loved to see ripclaw vs wolverine

@dustinmartin2369 Жыл бұрын

They did have a cross over Cyberforce and X-men comic in 2007 but it's a team up not a vs.

@specterent Жыл бұрын

I'm kind of dying laughing at the Grifter/Gambit connection "Questionable background, thief with heart of gold, and throws things." Does that mean Lee Christmas of the Expendables is a Gambit Knockoff too?

@gs72380 Жыл бұрын

Jim Lee’s artwork was tops for x-men. I stop reading x-men after he moved on.

@Sabretooth-gz7pp Жыл бұрын

The Good Old Days of Comics 😁.

@shawnjones3070 Жыл бұрын

Wildcats and Cyberforce I wouldn’t consider X-Men knockoffs at all. They were more similar to each other if anything.

@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын

What do you think these knockoffs would be like if they came together and formed their own team against the X-men?

@davidhart9460 Жыл бұрын

I’d pay good money to see that

@joshuamohlman Жыл бұрын

It would be an interesting fight

@royalpurple8576 Жыл бұрын

It's another multiverse that would be intriguing they should have a contest where they give out rights to fans that are competent to actually write a story about that kudos on the idea

@Whalewraith Жыл бұрын

There was a Wildcats X-men crossover.

@randywalker7405 Жыл бұрын

I never knew that about The Doom Patrol thanks for that fact. I was wondering whose WarWolf?

@rybackfrankie8679 Жыл бұрын

War Wolf is an enemy of Youngblood, a superhero team from the comic of the same name.

@itsmytoast666 Жыл бұрын

Doom Patrol was never mentioned...

@drew63215 Жыл бұрын

Actually like Ripclaw...still have a poster of him signed by Marc. That pic of him on that cover is still awesome.

@jamisonfrey3452 Жыл бұрын

I love Ripclaw. He's one of my favorite characters. I have the full original run of Cyberforce as well as the Ripclaw mini series and his short lived ongoing monthly series. I don't care if he is a "ripoff" of Wolverine. I actually prefer Ripclaw. I like his background much better.

@Chen_Ash Жыл бұрын

11:06 "If you thought professor X was bad" And i always thought professor X was a good guy :(

@da1onlynickvicious Жыл бұрын

Hey ripclaw is native and wolverine isn’t but wolverine does have ties to native Americans and lived with them at different times

@ssharp962 Жыл бұрын

Doom Patrol watched lonely thru the window 😢 …

@Blakk_Wolf7 Жыл бұрын

Grifter's one of Image[Wildstorm]/DC's most popular of the Wildcats. So much so, he's survived Wildstorm's purchase by DC, along w/characters like Mr Majestic Zealot & others

@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын

Can you do top 10 facts about Marvel's the Gladiator, Hyperion, Blue_Marvel and Sentry?

@SolarDNA Жыл бұрын

As I've seen others mention here, Jim Lee for instance, did X-team art then went on to create his own "mutant" team for Image/Wildstorm. The iconic early 90s comics suits that everyone associates when they hear "X-Men" went on to be the ones they wore in the classic animated series we watched religiously every Saturday morning and were Lee's designs. Once he went on to create his own original characters, well...

@da1onlynickvicious Жыл бұрын

Cyberforce is definitely a rip off of x force and cables earlier team the sixpack

@saturnargentavis1901 Жыл бұрын

One thing you dont do as a nerd is Diss on WildCats, Jim Lee is such a Legend he can do no wrong

@Top10Nerd Жыл бұрын

Classic Wildcats is great but it's hard to not draw comparisons to the X-Men

@saturnargentavis1901 Жыл бұрын

@@Top10Nerd Jim also had a part in the story on X-men, he took parts that were not approved and implemented them into Wildcats. He says it openly. Regardless of Comparisons you dont diss on Jim lee

@joshuabrown9489 Жыл бұрын

Yes! The Vampire Queen is back.

@TheDing1701 Жыл бұрын

Good to see ya, freckles!

@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын

Which one of these knockoffs of the X-men do you think is the best and should appear in the MCU?

@juanmata9814 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Amanda your the Best host on Top 10 Nerd ever

@vincentsheppard4032 Жыл бұрын

I actually enjoyed the Cyber Force series...

@jamisonfrey3452 Жыл бұрын

I actually like some of these knockoffs more than the originals. Ripclaw for instance, I much prefer him over Wolverine.

@themangochannel Жыл бұрын

That was a fun list. Thanks Amanda!

@louisalectube Жыл бұрын

Some of this is too much of a stretch to say that they are directly a "ripoff" of the X-men. It's not so much copying the X-men, it's rearranging comicbook elements to make new characters and teams, and not even from the X-men.

@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын

What would happen if we saw these knockoffs of the X-men on the Big Screen or TV Shows?

@davidhart9460 Жыл бұрын

I think their original story lines could be fleshed out and really work.

@NicoliAG Жыл бұрын

I think stuff will happen.

@rybackfrankie8679 Жыл бұрын

That could be dope if it well done. Cyberforce, Wildcats and Youngbood have a lot of potential. I have never read the comic book but Umbrella Academy TV show is quite cool.

@buttercreamcake Жыл бұрын

Cyberforce was definitely favorite of mine, mostly because I was a Sylvestri fan. Same with W.I.L.D.C.A.T.S. , huge Jim Lee fan

@idiosyncraticparadise1655 Жыл бұрын

Jim took his magic and put it in WC which I wasn’t mad about. He earned it 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🥰

@emmettbuttry8676 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact about about Wildcat, like X-men they had there own cartoon show in the 90's, I think Cyberforce was going to have one as well but I guess something derailed it ( there a KZfaq video about it if anyone interested). I guess I can see some similarities between X-men and Umbrella Academy but really they remind me more of Doom Patrol than X-men.

@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын

Can you do top 10 facts about these characters on this list?

@royalpurple8576 Жыл бұрын

I really like the channel thank you guys for giving us some facts and opinions and I'm not trying to send but it's not always bad looking at a beautiful redhead that's into what you like

@orglynmolock7111 Жыл бұрын

Great job lady as always

@alisonsmith4436 Жыл бұрын

I love the Nerds 😊

@jeromesimons5925 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised Images, Youngblood didn't make it. With there leader Shaft, was is a direct physical ripoff from Shatterstar. Also, Supreme. Which is like there Superman that looks exactly like Cable.

@kingshadow8782 Жыл бұрын

Howdy!

@nateescobales6930 Жыл бұрын

0:18 Now hang on, the Cyberforce aren't actually a huge rip off of the X-Men, I mean the Cyberforce admittedly are kinda similar to both the X-Men and the X-Force...just that, it's not entirely a rip off. Keep in mind they are mutants but only they have a sort of super boost with cyborg, prosthetic enhancements.

@rodneylindsey849 Жыл бұрын

Cool 😎 list Amazing 🤩 Amanda , one that I’m sure will get you a lot of arguments…I want to flip the switch a little & say IMO Chris Claremont’s All New X-Men International diversity was inspired by Gene Roddenberry’s OG Star Trek …Staying Nerdy, Keep Up The Great Work Amanda 🖖🏾

@jinxie712 Жыл бұрын

Most of Image was them not being able to switch their brain off from what they were doing before. Spawn was basically symbiote suit Spider-man. Youngblood was Avengers mixed with X-Force. The only reverse I can think of is Gen 13 and Generation X.

@jamesyoung4508 Жыл бұрын

Cool and smooth

@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын

Can you do top 10 facts about Marvel's Kobik AKA the Cosmic Cube and the Broods?

@qmurray Жыл бұрын

Wildcats ain’t a copy of X-men . To me they are totally different teams . Grifter is not a ripoff of gambit . Gambit is a mutant and grifter got his powers from a team 6 experiment . I can only say they the same as they both wear trench coats 🧥

@jayb.6685 Жыл бұрын

Batang X, roughly translated as X children, is one of the biggest rip off of the XMen in my opinion. It's Philippine movie made in '95 i think, made right after the success of the XMen cartoons. The story is about some superhuman kids, an alien who wants to kidnap them to harness their powers to power her spaceship, and a version of Professor X, who helps the kids learn to use their powers. It doesn't end there, another movie about another team inspired by the Xmen as well, Batang Z, came out a year later.

@trexadvent4726 Жыл бұрын

Who would win between these characters on this list?

@davidhart9460 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved Cyber Force AND Wildcats! Don’t care that they are Xmen rip offs. In fact I heard that Cyber Force was supposed to be a new X men team but were rejected by Marvel. I wish both books would go back to their roots and reboot from their beginnings. Those stories could be fleshed out much better.

@luchomscyfy Жыл бұрын

The oddness of Umbrella Academy seem more like the Doom Patrol of Grant Morrison (which Gerard Way is fan), or the New X-Men era of Grant Morrison.

@MrTagalish Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call them rip-offs.. they're contemporary (for that time period) alternate Universe variations of other heros / villains. I mean technically, wouldn't all heros be rip-offs of Superman? Or even further back to Greek gods or heros / villains of different cultures gods?

@seh2cool Жыл бұрын

Considering the first iteration of the xmen was based on Doom Patrol

@Allean_Adkins Жыл бұрын

So who's this warwolf you put in the thumbnail?

@IAmWBeard Жыл бұрын

Marc Sylvesteri, probably misspelled that, is actually pretty good at making comics. Him being attached to a Marie rated xmen type team is probably pretty good actually.

@AnthonyOldhandGarcia Жыл бұрын

Before Image comics, Marc Silvestri pitched the idea of Cyberforce when he and other 6 artists: MacFarlane, Larcen, Lee, Liefeld, Valentino and Portacio, were in Marvel comics at the time in a meeting with Marvel comics, Liefeld told Silvestri to save the Cyberforce idea in Image comics. Also another rip off character from the same artist, Dale Keown's Pitt from Image comics who also worked on the Incredible Hulk in Marvel comics in the early 90s, before headed to Image comics in '93. Both Hulk and Pitt met up for the first time in Marvel/Image comics both characters also on the cover by artist Dale Keown.

@x.kalibre Жыл бұрын

So, funny thing: When Cyberforce came up, I thought "hey, I recently played their videogame for the SNES. But the name doesn't ring a bell, maybe it was renamed?" Nope. Was actually mistaking them for WildCATS. That's how original these guys were. Yikes. ^^

@eljaydillinger Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh I remember Cyber Force. They were actually pretty dope. Wildcats too haha. Forgot about all of them.

@misterrighteous1896 Жыл бұрын

Rip claw is way different from wolverine

@xombi213 Жыл бұрын

Many young comic fans won't know this bit of history so let me share: in the 90s both DC and marvels art had gotten stale and outdated. The best artists of the day, for various reasons, started image comics and instantly had our attention. Literally everything they drew blew both DC and marvel out of the water. There was a couple months where DC and marvel has the image team do some covers and of course sale sky rocketed. A good example is Batman vs spawn, DC was trash, image was on point, and everyone knew it. There was no contest. Image had the best artists in the Industry without question. Because of this image comics revolutionized the art whole sale across the industry.

@nateescobales6930 Жыл бұрын

The Cyberforce, Next Men and the Wildc.a.t.s are so my most favorite on this list 🙌.

@themancalledben2731 Жыл бұрын

You lost me at the Gambit/Grifter comparison

@imjstmichael86 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes u just get the feeling the ppl are just a hired host ...not a comic book reader She acts like a host not a human being who happens to like comics

@hemi5.7awdpursuit5 Жыл бұрын

So many characters has been created in the past from different aspects it’s hard to create characters that doesn’t resemble each other.

@blkreaver77 Жыл бұрын

8:10 pm need a part 2 to cover The Newmen, nice characters, great art doesn’t get any recognition

@ta3_unknownn3250 Жыл бұрын

Warwolf could be revamped as something better. More wolfman than man wolf. Man personality, with wolf instincts

@frederickmeadows8716 Жыл бұрын

Wild cats was amazing

@msn64man1 Жыл бұрын

Lobo

@JensenTSolo Жыл бұрын

I would say Allison Hargrave, with the ability to make someone do what she wants, and the "purple hair" is more like "The Purple Man", wouldn't you?

@losinfinite Жыл бұрын

purple man daughter is a mutant so maybe she meant that.

@jamalvargas6146 Жыл бұрын

Top 10 Family Guy Clones You Won't Believe

@AllDayDavis Жыл бұрын

Wut

@cramirez3855 Жыл бұрын

Peggy hill

@i_hate_rock_and_metal Жыл бұрын

Addams Family rip-offs:🤔 1. The Simpsons 2. Family Guy

@tfaulkner21 Жыл бұрын

Is this a complaint about similarities of comic book super teams? Do fans of the specific comics even care? I don't think they do. I think real comic book fans enjoy artwork and storylines.

@toreywooten3647 Жыл бұрын

What about the New Men from Image Comics 🤔 they are my favorite rip-off group with powers similar to some well-known X-Men characters. (Angel, Beast, Psylocke, Nightcrawler & Quicksilver)

@georgematthews4436 Жыл бұрын

People think X-Men copied Doom Patrol, but they have more in common with Legion of Superheroes. Both Reed Richards and Rita Farr can stretch. Coincidence?

@claudiogrossi5017 Жыл бұрын

Another brief and intentional rip-off was Grant Morrison's Doom-force. Though it was probably more attuned to X-Force, the line-up showed parodies of Wolverine, Colossus, Psylocke/Jean Grey and the Strucker twins.

@bobvillianthevillian9792 Жыл бұрын

Grifter does not remind me no way of gambit not one bit so that was stupid to add him in this

@OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro Жыл бұрын

Didn't X-Men have many of the same illustrators as Image comics? I watched a documentary about them Leifeld, McFarlane, Lee and the other guys; very interesting stuff!😃

@mahesthemighty3329 Жыл бұрын

Can you guys do one for the Fantastic Four?

@kingshadow8782 Жыл бұрын

Cool

@8arrows Жыл бұрын

Gen 13 didn’t make the list. Another akin to X-men.

@krissbradley Жыл бұрын

I think that Ripclaw is definitely an X-Men Knockoff of Wolverine and Allison is is definitely an X-Men Knockoff of Jean Grey and Psylocke.

@jakejones37 Жыл бұрын

I'm confused wooden ripclaw and sabertooth be similar because their claws grow?

@NickDriver Жыл бұрын

I always thought grifter was a deadpool rip off...the mask and guns...but now that you say gambit I can see that too

@onimartinez8646 Жыл бұрын

What about the team that inspired X-Men?

@jetscreamer1 Жыл бұрын

Doom Patrol?

@onimartinez8646 Жыл бұрын

@@jetscreamer1 😉

@ala2121 Жыл бұрын

I can't be the only one who thinks it's gotta be hell getting changed in the morning?!

@fedenciogonzalezjr9051 Жыл бұрын

Lots of comic characters are basically inspired by something else it goes down the line with lots of characters if you do your research on the creator's they had influenced by something growing up.

@macn.4478 Жыл бұрын

Q? Where was the explanation for Warwolf & Sabertooth? Smh

@janetbailey3804 Жыл бұрын

DEAR AMANDA, ALWAYS LOVELY TO SEE YOU, AT LEAST I AM NOT ALONE IN NOTICING THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THESE CHARACTERS AND THE X-MEN, THANK YOU FOR SUCH AN INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!!GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS

@PJP1112 Жыл бұрын

The reasons there are similarities is because those very creators of the "rip off" versions were the artists/writers that came up with the characteristics of the XMen where the similarities are. Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, John Byrne.

@InFamousChizzi Жыл бұрын

The reaching in this video is remarkable

@guiltybyproxy1 Жыл бұрын

Grifter looks literally nothing like Gambit. Throwing things? Gosh, I guess we better add in Wolverine, Magneto, and everyone else. He's more known to use guns than throwing things

@simonm5925 Жыл бұрын

If that's the case add Wetworks to the non-knockoff list. Side note I would add demolition man to knockoff of wolverine but they both marvel. Theres a punisher knockoff too but I forgot his name.

@royalpurple8576 Жыл бұрын

The umbrella academy is inspired from X-Men or is X-Men and the umbrella academy inspired by Doom patrol

@royalpurple8576 Жыл бұрын

Even the classics are based off of classics I suppose it's somewhat of a "Simpsons did it" thing if you will but I do suppose there is a fine line between and a tribute

@royalpurple8576 Жыл бұрын

Between a knockoff or a tribute*

@matthewglennsapitula8824 Жыл бұрын

Very nice. I think Youngblood is also ripping off on X-Men and Avengers characters.

@rybackfrankie8679 Жыл бұрын

Youngblood is mostly a Teen Titans rip off. Rob Liefeld himself admitted that.

@jrr2480 Жыл бұрын

You should know that the most famous knockoff of the X-Men is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 🐢

@thebigoilkanlarry Жыл бұрын

Early Image comics was all just knockoff characters. They even had knockoffs of knockoffs. Cyberforce had a few interesting characters but that was it.

@IAmWBeard Жыл бұрын

Jim Lee “heavily integrated” with dc comics? Wasn’t he the editor? Like the Stan Lee of dc? Idk if he still is now but he was.

@patrickmcgavin2245 Жыл бұрын

Wolverine is a ripoff of DC lesser known character Lone Wolf aka timber wolf. With a healing factor razor sharp claws that can cut through any steel. Super human strength agility hightened senses and he had experiments done to him. They were performed by his father. There's one difference. Adamantium coating wolverine's skeletal system.