As I recall, there were reports of Giffen swiping for years prior to the Driullet incident. Ultimately, the Comics Journal even printed an article about it.
Yeah, even in Giffen's best work, there were swipes from various artists, as he acknowledges in the interview. Jose Munoz was, I guess, pretty pissed off about Giffen's swipes of his work.
Giffen borrows a lot from Kirby, and in the peak issue of the Great Darkness Saga (issue 294) he swipes a panel by Starlin from CAPTAIN MARVEL 34.
They were, as you say, a regular item in the COMICS JOURNAL's "swipe file".
Giffen may be second only to Rich Bucker for his sins in that category.
