[1] It is famous for sharing many similarities with the blockbuster Christopher Nolan film Inception, which was released eight years later in 2010.
[2] In February 2023 The Walt Disney Company banned this story from all future reprints, because it utilizes the Carl Barks-created character Bombie the Zombie, who is now considered culturally insensitive.
The idea of Inception, however, was allegedly pitched to Warner Bros. by Nolan in 2001, while Rosa's comic was first published in 2002.
[4][5][6] Rosa himself mentions that Inception was already being worked on by the time the comic was published, and credits the story idea to a fan from Paris who wrote him a pitch, but refused to be credited (Rosa states that he has hidden the fan's initials in the comic).
Rosa also notes similarities between the comic and the plot of The Cell, and observes that the movie was released two weeks before the fan sent his pitch to him.