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** The two reappeared in a recent arc (''Batman'' #667-669, 2007) dedicated to the ''many'' tribute heroes Batman and Robin had met over the world: Knight and Squire (England), the Legionnaire (Italy), etc.
* A 1980 issue of ''Fantomen'', "Flame", featured a woman inspired to fight injustice by tales of [[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]]. She adopted a costume that somehow managed to look just like the Phantom's (apart from the necessary concessions to body shape), despite her never having seen the Phantom herself nor met anybody who had.
* ''Action Comics'' #233 (1957) featured [https://web.archive.org/web/20190814121908/http://www.superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content=article&id=1112:an-entire-country-of-superman-fanboys&catid=29:confounding-comic-covers-index&Itemid=32 a country where everyone was required by law to wear a Superman costume].
* Exception: Steel wore a costume in tribute to Superman after the latter's death. However, he was the only Superman-replacement who didn't claim to be the real thing, and his costume didn't look that similar, other than the symbol and the cape.
** In ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', Steel eventually switched his focus to Batman, using a Bat-Symbol and an axe instead of an 'S' shield and a hammer.