4. Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
The two big comic book houses (Marvel and DC, duh-doi) have a huge number of very similar characters. Seriously, you could make a "10 Marvel/DC Characters That Are Exactly Alike" list easily. And one of the most obvious comparisons is Marvel's Mr. Fantastic and DC's Elongated Man. Now, to be fair, Elongated Man did show up over a year before Reed Richards and his cosmic ray irradiated family. However, if you asked John Q on the street which one he could recognize, 99% would point to the leader of the Fantastic Four. The other 1% would be hardcore DC nerds who need to see more sunlight (like me). So, don't count on seeing super sleuth Ralph Dibny and his special brand of stretchy powers in the eventual summer blockbuster. The thing I'll miss seeing the most is his nose's penchant for twitching whenever a mystery is nearby. That's really a trait of his. Do you have a crime-detecting proboscis, Dr. Richards? Didn't think so.