Homage, plagiarism or laziness-- In comic book covers?

in #comic6 years ago

In my previous post, I wrote about some mexican artists who went beyond mere homage to a great cover or image NOT of their authoring. This, speaking of comic books, of course!

This is a very special case, because here we have not one but several ocassions where the artist took big liberties with the work from others. Don't get me wrong, this practice is/was common with many artists here.

This is Kaliman # 1, circa 1965:

Kaliman 1.jpg

Now take a look at this cover, Kaliman # 294:

kaliman 294.jpg

And this is the image it was taken from, it's Fantastic Four # 56 or whereabouts:

Kaliman Dr. Doom-Silver Surfer.jpg

Now, take a look at this one:

Kaliman 225.jpg

Although it's not taken directly from an specific cover, youmight recognize the rocky character!

Its Ben grimm, The Thing, from Marvel's Fantastic Four!

Grimm.jpg

This one, also from Fantastic Four.

Kaliman 147.jpg

It's none other than Galactus! This is the Marvel character:

Galactus.gif

Finally, and although it's not 100% discernible or recognizable, you might see the uncanny resemblance:

Kaliman 195.jpg

Here, the Marvel Character, Mephisto:

mephisto.jpg

And there are many other instances.

The following images, are, I'm sure, taken from different sources. Kaliman riding a horse, is taken from a very famous Napoleon Bonaparte painting. The tentacled monster, right to the position, is taken from a magazine cover, Eerie or Creepy, or somesuch.

Kaliman.jpg

kaliman 387.jpg

I'll try to find the originals soon.

Thanks for looking and reading my posts!

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