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Originally Posted by Kernel

Wow I thought you were joking lol.

He might as well have been joking. It's not true. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

But Mattel needed the money that would have gone to Doomsday to make a Baby Skeletor toy.

Yes, because Mattel only has one budget to cover all their licenses and IPs.

Just because DC and MOTU are sold through the same website doesn't mean they share the same funding. You wouldn't blame a new G1-inspired Transformers toy for a Marvel toy being scrapped, would you?

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Originally Posted by redfox

The Doom Patrol actually debuted in comics three months before the X-men. The Doom Patrol in June 1963. The X-men in September 1963.

IMO, that's not enough time for Lee to have plagiarized Drake's idea without knowing about Doom Patrol well in advance of My Greatest Adventure #80 (their debut issue, for those unaware).

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If the Doom Patrol was a knock off of any team, it was probably the Fantastic Four.

Just going by the original DP, I'd totally agree. That version is much closer to the FF than the original X-Men.

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Originally Posted by Kernel

I thought fantastic four were a rip off of the challengers of the unknown.

Only if you think Kirby ripped himself off. He created both groups, just for different publishers - and yes, Challengers came first.

First doesn't always mean better, though.