How to Introduce a "New" Superhero
Having two or more superheroes with similar or identical powers is not uncommon, even within the same company. DC has Captain Marvel and Superman, Plastic Man and Elongated Man. Marvel has the Human Torch and . . . The Human Torch. Both Human Torches have roughly identical powers, the main difference between them being that the first one was an android, not a human, which bothers me to no end.
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