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we need to cut it down to official "trivia" and not simply fanon that is used to desperately try and make links where they don't exist or to "coolify" a villain..

so Impossible Man's trivia would be that he is similar to the 5th Dimensional Imp in DC and that there is suggestion they are the same character under different guises, these are trivia supported by the actual work and not just pure "fanon" - it is not 100 percent "official" (after all DC will never full on say a Marvel character is a 5th Dimension Imp or vice versa for many reasons) but is still in the realms of plausible trivia as hints of it can be seen in media or acknowledged by people involved in the industry.

other trivia can be like how Thanos and Darkseid are not only similar but are officially derived from each other (specifically Thanos is officially a derivation of Darkseid - the characters have altered down drastically different paths but it has been freely admited that originally Thanos' creator simply wanted a "Dark God" style villain and one of his friends stated "if you are going to rip off New Gods at least rip off the cool one (Darkseid)" - of course the two never became rip-offs because the character was made original but his inspiration is 100 percent Darkseid and stated so by his creator.

this is miles better than simple "fanon" guessing or idiotic comparisons like "Gaston is similar to Frollo because they are both French" or whatever.