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I’ve acquired some some superhero fabric but have trouble identifying some of them.

various superheroes

Batman and Hulk seem obvious, but who are the rest of them?

OrangeDog
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    The problem here is the fabric manufacturer is making clearly unlicensed fabric. So while Batman is kinda like Batman, and Hulk is kinda like Hulk, a lot of them are meant to be so generic as to avoid DC/Marvel loosing their lawyers on them. I mean, is the blue-suit meant to be Superman or Captain America? Contrast this with officially licensed fabric – Machavity Mar 01 '18 at 16:48
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    Points for using the original mustard-yellow Daredevil, though... – FuzzyBoots Mar 01 '18 at 17:18
  • @Machavity I'd put money on Captain America – DCOPTimDowd Mar 01 '18 at 19:06
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    A lot of the "identify these..." questions we've had in the past have been for things that were technically fan-art and not necessarily license-accurate. No difference here. – phantom42 Mar 01 '18 at 19:12
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    Then there's Flash and Green Lantern very clearly for me. I think they were really designed to be recognisable, if highly stylized. Come on, we can do this. – Mr Lister Mar 01 '18 at 19:34
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    it's all opinion based unless the original manufacturer / designer weighs in. By definition, being ambiguous enough to avoid copyright infringement lends itself to interpretation (ie - opinion) – NKCampbell Mar 01 '18 at 22:08
  • Where did you get this from? Is there a makers tags on it? – Valorum Oct 09 '18 at 16:58

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  1. Captain America
  2. Ms. Marvel
  3. Batman
  4. The Flash
  5. Greatest American Hero
  6. The Incredible Hulk
  7. Green Lantern (possibly Alan Scott with cape) (or Ecological Girl)
  8. Spider-Man
  9. Daredevil sans horns?
  10. Wolverine (brown and yellow costume)
  11. Daredevil (mustard costume)
  12. Spiderwoman? Dark-haired Supergirl? Dark-haired Captain Marvel?
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  • I'd say 7 = Green Lantern, 8 = Deadpool. Thoughts ? – Kalissar Oct 09 '18 at 16:23
  • 12 Supergirl but with dark hair to avoid licensing issues? – Sarriesfan Oct 09 '18 at 16:24
  • @Kalissar or 7'coukd be The Green Arrow with a mask on. – Sarriesfan Oct 09 '18 at 16:26
  • This looks like a kids pillow, Deadpool would be unlikely. – Jenayah Oct 09 '18 at 16:27
  • Number 8 is clearly meant to be Spider Man - but again, it's very subjective – NKCampbell Oct 09 '18 at 16:48
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    I've downvoted in line with the comment above. Although it's relatively easy to guess who some of these are but in the absence of a quote from the makers (about which characters they ripped off), this is pure guesswork. – Valorum Oct 09 '18 at 16:56
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    @Valorum That's how almost all of our "identify the characters on this X" work. Even the recent one that was posted by the maker including guesswork by the answerers, and no input from the OP (AKA creator). That's never seemed to have been a reason to DV people trying to answer about unlicensed artwork before, not sure why you're starting now. –  Oct 09 '18 at 17:36
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    @WebHead - what "recent" one? A link would be helpful for context. Also - there's a difference between unlicensed artwork of copyrighted characters, vs knockoffs meant to be ambiguous enough to skirt copyright/trademark. (which is what this is) – NKCampbell Oct 09 '18 at 17:40
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    @NKCampbell https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/195553/can-we-identify-all-the-characters-in-this-ultimate-space-battle-poster –  Oct 09 '18 at 17:58
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    You should note that some of the creatures/elements in that poster are amalgamations of multiple works, requiring us to completely guess what the composite properties are. –  Oct 09 '18 at 17:59
  • But you're not guessing who they are, you're guessing who they look a bit like. The designer might have entirely different names for them – Valorum Oct 09 '18 at 18:10