Actually the comics and sci-fi stuff came from images from Hinduism. It's not the other way around. Hindu sculptures of their deities go back in time farther than almost any other structures we have on this planet, save, perhaps the pyramids and other relics of the old Egyptian religions.
The difference is that Hinduism is still a major religion.
That's my point. This world is a really strange place. No need to go to other planets to find it.