"Come straight out of" or "be straight out of"

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Do "come straight out of" and "be straight out of" mean roughly the same thing?

1- The band’s sound is straight out of the 60s.

2- The band sounds like they have come straight out of the 60s. or The band sounds like they have come straight out of the 60s.

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3- The man was straight out of a comic book. (He was looking weird as if he were a comic book character.)

4- The man looked like he had straight come out of a comic book. or The man looked like he came straight out of a comic book.

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mango pen 1891- The band’s sound is straight out of the 60s.
2- The band sounds like they have come straight out of the 60s. or The band sounds like they have come straight out of the 60s.

In (2) you wrote the same sentence twice where it seems as if you meant to type alternatives. (1) and (2) are both OK in respect of "come/be straight out of" and mean about the same.

"The band sounds like they ..." is incorrect because you are treating the band as singular in one place and plural in another. In BrE choose one or the other and be consistent. In AmE I believe it would be the norm to treat it as singular.

"like" in this usage is informal. In formal writing say "as if".

mango pen 1893- The man was straight out of a comic book. (He was looking weird as if he were a comic book character.)
4- The man looked like he had come straight out of a comic book. or The man looked like he came straight out of a comic book.

As amended, these are all possible. In (4) I have a preference for "had come".

"Come straight out of" or "be straight out of"

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