5 Times When Marvel Copied From Joker And Other DC Villains

DC and Marvel rivalry is one of the most intense and most popular rivalries of the pop culture. We have seen rivalries between sports teams, sportspersons, actors, actresses and even superheroes but the level of rivalry between Marvel and DC always manages to turn our heads. Both the comic book houses have fiercely loyal fans who keep on clashing on social media and sometimes even in real life.

Marvel has built a successful cinematic universe, often called the MCU and its one of the most profitable, successful and highest grossing franchise of all time while on the other hand DC is struggling to build its shared universe as a majority of its films have met with either mixed or overwhelmingly negative reviews. But, you may not know that a lot of popular superheroes and supervillains in the MCU have been copied/inspired by DC characters.

In Marvel's films, you can find instances when they copied dialogues, scenes, motives from DC's comics & movies. Here are a few instances when MCU copied from Joker and other DC villains:

1. Joker in The Dark Knight:

Ultron in Age of Ultron:

2. Joker in The Dark Knight:

Iron Man in Age of Ultron:

3. Joker in Dark Knight:

Thanos in Infinity War:

4. Joker & Thanos: Alfred told Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight that some people just want to watch the world burn as Bruce wanted to figure out the motivation behind Joker's actions. Similarly, in Infinity War, Thanos is shown as Mad Titan who wants to destroy half the universe at the snap of his fingers. 

5. Darkseid & Thanos: Thanos is a rip off of DC's Darkseid, the darkest and most powerful villain of all time. He wants to eradicate every single trace of life from the Universe while Thanos just wants to collect Infinity Stones.