Marvel Fans and DC Fans will continue to Battle for Comic Book Supremacy!

Marvel Fans and DC Fans will continue to Battle for Comic Book Supremacy!

It has been argued for decades now.....about which comics is better. Both Marvel and DC have characters that everyone has heard of. For DC they are Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. For Marvel they are the X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and The Incredible Hulk. In the mainstream you could say Marvel wins out though. They have had more success over all in the area of blockbuster movies.

Editorial Opinion
By SuperArgo - Jan 12, 2011 07:01 AM EST
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Source: ComicBookMovie.com

While DC comics heroes all protect fake and made-up cities.
Does this small difference mean anything? Can we all relate better to a hero that's protecting New York city or Gotham???



Back in 1996 it was touted as the biggest superhero bash in comic book history.
In some ways, it was. Tell me, what devoted comics fan hasn't wondered at some point who would win in a match between Superman and the Hulk? Batman versus Captain America? The Flash against Quicksilver?
The DC vs. Marvel mini-series (a.k.a. Marvel vs. DC, depending which publisher was handling the book) delivered all that and more. But in other ways, it was a great disappointment.



Simple question really. Most of us grow up being fans of one company's characters more than the other, I rarely meet people who have equal love for both. So, if you grew up a Marvel kid, will you always be one? What about DC, if Superman has been your favorite for decades, can anything sway you into becoming a Marvel zombie? Obviously the companies must know that the trend is for kids to buy the comics they grow up reading, which is why they both have lines aimed at the really young children. Do you think you can be conditioned to be a Marvel or DC fan for life?



Seriously, though, It's not two rival camps. There are loyalists on both sides, sure, but I think that has more to do with attachment to a character (or a few characters) based on a given writer's take than loyalty to a given company in general.

I'm sure most people on the Marvel forums have read some DC comics they've enjoyed (or, at least, there are DC comics out there that they would enjoy) and I'm sure the reverse is true of primarily DC fans. I tend to be more of a Marvel fan these days, because I like the talent Marvel is employing and because I'm not a fan of DC's editorial direction. It could easily go the other way, if either of those things turn around.



There are some fundamental differences between DC's properties and Marvel's, but those differences are dwarfed by the fundamental similarities....Marvel fans are smarter and better looking.
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CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/12/2011, 7:23 AM
I hate all the bashing that people do back and forth. You brough up the perfect point. If you're a Marvel fan, then there are DEFINATELY DC stories out there that you would like, and vice versa.

The bottom line is both companies do some really cool stuff, and some stupid stuff. Just like both companies have been guilty of ripping each other off. Those seem to be the biggest things people from either camp say about the other.

Instead of hating on one or the other, why don't people just look for the good stories from both? I grew up a Marvel fan mainly because i like the characters more. But it would be nothing other than ignorance to say that DC has absolutely NOTHING that i would like, and the same can be said about ANY comic fan regardless of where their loyalties lie. :) good article.
Xandera
Xandera - 1/12/2011, 7:44 AM
I like both Marvel and DC equally... but I have to say Argo... you have made some decent points here...
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/12/2011, 8:56 AM
my dad was reading more marvel then dc when i was growing up as a kid.

so i think it was imprinted in me at young age to like marvel more & then when i started collecting myself it was marvel uncanny x-men 205.

dc have got some good characters but i prefer marvel.

@ superguy1591

marvel characters do travel about i.e the x-men are based in san francisco & so on.
Ethic
Ethic - 1/12/2011, 9:02 AM
Okay, anyone who decides to bash one entire company and favour the other, try actually analyzing what you're saying.

You are working from the first point and stating the following:
- DC and Marvel have each had 1000's of creative minds working for them since their beginnings.
- You happen to think that every single one of the 1000's of creative minds from one of the those companies totally suck, it's the only way that a company, in it's entirety, could suck.
It's the most illogical statement you could make.
When you say Marvel or DC sucks, you are making a ridiculous claim.

And by the way, away from the debate of the companies for a sec.
In the last article on this subject roughly 10 people wrote comments for the sake of insulting a company in an ignorant way, comments which were just plain shit talk.
8 of those were Marvel fans bashing DC in a pathetic manner, and 2-3 were DC fans doing the same. And I've found that statistic tends to repeat in these kinds of articles.
Says a lot about the kind of fans there are out there. But more specifically, the kinds of fans Marvel have on here unfortunately.
I feel sorry for the company for having that kind of representation here.
Ethic
Ethic - 1/12/2011, 9:34 AM
It's not "something" you're saying is sucking, it's 1000's of creations from 1000's of people who all happen to be neatly and tidily under one roof. Wow, that happened to work out efficiently, having every creative endeavour you dislike coming from a massive group of people who all decided to work in one company. Don't be ridiculous.

And I find it saddening that you measure "balls" based on if someone has decided which comic company they prefer.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/12/2011, 9:55 AM
@ fukkmaturity

you're pretty much right except for the fact that creators are constantly jumping between companines. someone who is writing/drawing for Marvel one day, might be doing it for DC in a year or so. So the creators aren't really the issue.

The big thing for me is that DC characters tend to be overpowered and facing these enormous threats. Marvel does that a little less, not much, but a little. Thats why i like Marvel more. But again, I like a lot that comes out of DC, also.

I consider myself a COMIC fan, not a Marvel fan...
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 1/12/2011, 9:58 AM
@ gotohell

grow some balls and choose a side? So if i like both companies i don't have balls? thats one of the most ignorant things i've heard on this site.

the only thing that choosing sides does is deprive you of great stories from the "opposition" company.
Ethic
Ethic - 1/12/2011, 10:00 AM
@corndog That's actualy a reason I wrote what I did also. It another huge convenience that a comic book makers creations all happen to suck on one side of the fence but it's not the case on the other.

And yea dude, comic fan is the way to be =]
Ethic
Ethic - 1/12/2011, 10:23 AM
@GOTOHELL
Go back into the last article about this topic and count the comments that are absurdly ignorant, not ones debating or discussing, count the ridiculous posts. I didn't make it up.

If you think several characters suck that's perfectly fine, I don't care if you do.
But that's not what you're saying, you're using the label of DC and saying it sucks IN IT'S ENTIRETY.
Argue if you wish but at least raise to a level of intelligence and fore-thought, and stop bitching at people as if they're assholes.

Look at it this way.
Imagine if the labels DC, Marvel, Dark Horse or whatever didn't exist and we just had "Comics", and you were presented with 100 characters stories for you to pick the the best.
Do you honestly believe (and remember if the labels were non-existant) that if you made a list of the best ones or ones you think are decent enough, that you would have picked the ones that happen to be under Marvel's name at the minute? And then would continue to put all the the characters who happen to be in DC in a shit pile?

And by the way, i love Marvel, always have, always will.
You've really got to chill out man, you actually are being the definition of the angry slandering internet poster. Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean i think you're a retard. But when you call people shit the whole time it makes you out to be a shithead.
Ethic
Ethic - 1/12/2011, 10:58 AM
Yea the next 3-4years in general for both companies are gonna be crazy, so much to look forward to finally.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 1/12/2011, 11:31 AM
Dude...

WATCHMEN & SUPERMAN:THE MOVIE are the best DC... no best SUPERHERO movies ever made!

Fact is until FOX loses their Marvel franchises (and Sony) DC will always have the edge...

Shame but true!

They have all their characters an trust me they will be using 'em!

But yeah, I'm a Marvel & DC fan, being just one is stupid, and hell, I love Dark horse, Image an all the others too!

....Yeah your right, WE ARE ALL COMIC BOOK FANS.

Thats why I don't like FOX (Marvel) movies, coz they're just a big slap in the face! : P

P.S.

Its a shame DC rules in the animated movies department and Live-Action series too (even though once CW took over Smallville the show went downhill).


Oh yeah THOR & GREEN LANTERN are going to set the bar and be both masterpieces!
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 1/12/2011, 12:04 PM
HISTORICALLY Marvel and DC represent very different things. I think this is the basis from which lots of people with strong opinions pick a side.

Historically, DC was the home of the less edgy, more perfect superheroes, who don't deal with as many everyday problems. Marvel had more of the edgy, average-joe, underpowered characters. At least that's how I see it, and I think analysis will prove me out. Now, since then things on both sides have changed a lot. Mostly because of COMPETITION.

That is, people said, "Hey DC, why don't you have more average Joe characters like Spider-man? Why don't you have more edgy characters like Punisher?" or "Hey Marvel, why don't you have an epic character or storyline like this?". The companies responded and things got even better.

PLEASE NOTE, these improvements would not have been made if no one had said "Hey, so-and-so comics SUCK compared to such-and-such" and changed there money flow based on that. Conflict and competition lead to improvement.

Besides, its fun to argue.
CBMDeadpool
CBMDeadpool - 1/12/2011, 12:20 PM
I read both, I'm a fan of both but I'm a DC guy. I read a crap load more Marvel then DC but DC to me has the better stories. Marvel seems to be mass producing compared to DC. DC has talented writers as does Marvel. I prefer DC's writing only cause they bring a sense of humanity that Marvelhasmt been doing lately. I think we can all agree that Blackest Night/Brightest Day kicks the living hell out of Seige.
ManThing
ManThing - 1/12/2011, 12:23 PM
Marvel ftw forever
ar8898
ar8898 - 1/12/2011, 12:36 PM
I have been a fan of DC Comics characters since I was a small child. Marvel characters always seemed generic and cheap and that continues today. DC created the original superheroes and 20 years later Stan Lee decided that he would create a bunch of crappy rip off characters to rival them. The only Marvel character that I can tolerate is Captain America, created and sold to Marvel by the great Jack Kirby.
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 1/12/2011, 12:48 PM
Did you just say that Stan Lee just ripped off DC? You, truly, make me laugh.
Priest
Priest - 1/12/2011, 2:28 PM
Marvel is #1. Seriously. For decades, Marvel continues to be the #1 comic book company in terms of sales, production and success. Marvel leads DC by over 10% market share.
MatchesMalone
MatchesMalone - 1/12/2011, 2:31 PM
I knew you would end your article with a sentence like that, Argo! You motherf*cker, you! Haha! Just joking. Seriously, though, great write-up. I love Thor, Captain America, Green Lantern, Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man, and am super-stoked that all these characters' movies are coming out in the next couple of years. Last time I counted, that's 3 characters each from the Big Two. Nuff said.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 1/12/2011, 2:52 PM
MassExecutions - Yea, that dude is funny. Spidey, FF, X-Men, Hulk, etc. are all ripoffs of DC characters? What is he smoking? And it is fun to argue. Just because two or more people are arguing doesn't mean there is any ill will involved. It can be good natured ribbing. Speaking of...

Superguy1591 - A city of over 8 million people needs a little help fighting crime :)


Seriously though, back when I collected I read about 85% Marvel (X-Men and Avengers books) and the rest was made up of DC (Catwoman, Jim Balent can draw some nice sweater yams), Image (Wildcats), and others. I read what had a good story or art. It didn't matter what company it came from.
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 1/12/2011, 3:16 PM
Thou shalt not mess with Jack Bauer. Especially when he agrees with me.
SPECS
SPECS - 1/12/2011, 3:45 PM
hey fellas long time reader, first time typer. Just have to say much luv to both marvel and D.C, like most on here i started reading Marvel comics, but i have to say the first time i ever heard of a superhero was Superman and I was 6yrs old, I still do read mainly Marvel but i always check out the D.C comics, at the moment i angry at D.C (joking) because I want to see black adam back, he is up there with the punisher when it comes to anti-heros, and mate not having a go but blackest night/brightest day weren't that great i reckon it was on par with seige
nuck82
nuck82 - 1/12/2011, 4:54 PM
ummmm how is the ff4 and the jla anything alike!!!? none of the members are even close to eachother!! only thing they have in common is that there some sort of team, the end!!!

the only thing doom patrol and x-men have in common is there teaher or leader was in a typ of wheel chair lol

naji go pone your shit over in blam dont bring that shit over here


SOAL!!!
selinakyle
selinakyle - 1/12/2011, 4:56 PM
I said it...X-men = Doom Patrol!
Nuck...inspired....not alike. lol
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 1/12/2011, 6:15 PM
@AllPurposeNaji - yeah, I know that the publishers told Stan Lee that DC was making a ton of money with Justice League, make up a team, but Stan's take on the superhero team was totally different, just like his take on Spider-Man was an original take on the loan wolf hero. Its like saying Zorro was a rip off of the three musketeers, or Batman was rip off of Zorro.
bgharcourt
bgharcourt - 1/12/2011, 10:26 PM
My first comic was an Uncanny Xmen that my big brother bought me when I was 5. I still have it(mint condish) in my collection. The first comic I bought for myself was Shazam! Both companies have a place with me. I love Marvel's artwork, I love DC's stories. Im not on one side of the fence or the other, with me there is no fence.
bgharcourt
bgharcourt - 1/12/2011, 10:28 PM
Oh, and BTW, There is no way that Storm could have beat Wonder Woman in that cross over. IDK why it happened, but it did.
nuck82
nuck82 - 1/13/2011, 7:31 AM
yeah!!! what mASS said!!! word!! suck it naji you blamer you! : P


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