Harry Potter analogues

Harry Potter analogues are works of fiction released prior to the Harry Potter series that exhibit similarities with it. The stories of several books, films and even comics and games from before 1997 have been compared to J. K. Rowling's franchise but she never mentioned them as inspirations or favourites books that she read before writing Harry Potter. The authors of some of these works have expressed that some elements of Rowling's story may have been based on theirs, consciously or not. Some few, notably the works of American author Nancy Stouffer, have also been involved in legal copyright disputes.