Real VS Fake Comic Books

I've already posted about the Superhero Collection and how to get all the items (1). It's proving to be more difficult than anticipated because they aren't dropping from Mystery Bags at the expected rate. You can get one collection a day from Blue Mystery Bags and one from Red Mystery Bags. The problem is you have to open quite a few bags and many are finding they aren't getting one to drop within the allotted number of gifts we can accept in a day. I would just be patient, they are giftable so soon there will be more than enough to go around.
(Image from the Mafia Wars Wiki Limited Edition Collections Page)

At the expense of your Gems, you should also get a Superhero Collection item on Day #5 of the Daily Take. Those who said I was foolish for skipping day 6 to restart my Daily Take in order to get my Gems quicker probably wish they did the same thing (1). For many, the Daily Take is the only source for Precious Gems as not all accounts are capable of robbing them and very few show up when you collect on your properties. 

With all this talk about Mystery Bags, drop rates and the Daily Take behind us, it's time to have some fun with this collection. Unfortunately, I don't have larger images of the fake comic books as they appear on the Special Collection page in our inventory. I blew them up as best as I could and found the real comic books they were inspired by. If you look closely at these images, you will see Zynga has done some more copying. This is especially true for Squirrill Man, Freak Squad and General USA. Also the names on some of the comic images don't match the name listed on our collection.

Arachnid Man

Squirrel Man

Superb Man

Freak Squad

Blue Beacon

General USA

Terrific Man

We will forever be left with the question of "What do comic book hero's have to do with Mafia Wars?". This isn't our first encounter with comic book themed items in Mafia Wars. Remember the Green Hornet Loot Drop Event (1)?  I know it was a movie but the movie was based on a comic book.

Seth Rogan actually pimped Mafia Wars in an interview (1). You would think Zynga would have made a fake Green Hornet for the Superhero Collection. They could have called it the Blue Wasp.