DC Vs. Marvel

[toys2cool]

as a kid it was all about DC for me, but then Marvel started getting better for me with Superman dying and crap

[huedell]

Seeing (what I'd loosely call) "FILMATION's" three big heroes...BATMAN,
SUPERMAN and AQUAMAN in (what I'd loosely call) HB's "SUPER
FRIENDS" alongside a chick (WW) made me a huge DC fan from
the very start...the only way MARVEL woulda had a chance is if they woulda
had a 70s cartoon starring SPIDEY, HULK, CAP A, and the FANTASTIC FOUR
as a team...which obviously didn't happen

[ctc]

>My main issue with the moden DC universe is that they've tried too hard to make it all make sense.

Yeah; DC characters a re a LOT more iconic; and that works for AND against them. They're a lot more idealized, and accordingly a lot less "realistic." Part of that comes from being older: their universe gelled way back when continuity and "plot" and all that stuff took a back seat to action and excitement. Dc characters work best when dealing with big ideas; it's what they're made for. But they don't work as well for smaller ones. Seeing Batman all angsty, or petty goes against the grain 'cos we don't look upon him the same way we would a normal person. (Or more "realistic" character.)

Marvel was BASED on the idea of more "human" characters who have to deal with more mundane problems. So their characters work better for that. Spidey needing cash for the rent? Makes sense. Clark Kent? Not so much. I think for a teenager the Marvel characters are more appealing 'cos they're easier to relate to. ("Hey, people hate the X-Men 'cos they're different! JUST LIKE ME!") Older folks seem to go DC, 'cos they're based more on the bigger than life feel from their youth.

....'course, I grew up with Judge Dredd, Grimjack and Golgo 13; so t me they're both kinda silly....

Don C.

[bobws]

They both have thier advantages but to me it boils down to...Am i reading about heroes or people? Do i want soap opera with my heroes? To me DC was, when i started reading comics about heroes who stand for right and are there when things go bad. They make you feel like their are people out there who will make a difference and take a stand. They are there to inspire! Marvel, while their characters are more personal and therfore relatable, bring way to much agnst and darkness to thier universe. It went way down hill after X-Men # 141 days of future past. Then they said wow people liked this dark story, let's make the whole comic line have a nasty future ahead of it.

So here are 2 universes,
Marvel where the universe comes and is always attacking earth and beating down it heroes.

DC where it universe somes and is always attacking and it's heroes STAND UP to the Invaders and send them PACKING LICKING THIER WOUNDS. that is why i like DC better!

[david_b]

I always thought marvel took more chances, like giving The Submariner a cartoon in the
60's when he didn't have
- notable rogues gallery
- a likeable personally
- connection with the viewers
- pants

Wow.. an Excellent Point. Very indicative of Marvel's ability to mix/present non-mainstream heroes out with their mainstay characters.., which wouldn't be odd now, but back in the 60s, having just brought them back into monthly publications nary a year or two before (much like the Avengers, and the separate FF and Spiderman shows..).

Marvel broke the '50s/60s mold of heroes.., much like Jimi Hendrix and the Fab Four pretty much declaring the end of surf music..

I really can't add to ALL the other great explanations here, but yes, Marvel's my preference because we cared in following each/every month, especially in the 70s, with group line-ups changing (Avengers/Defenders, yes JLA did the same thing..), realistic locations (not Gotham City or Metropolis..), characters dying (Goblin, Gwen Stacy and her father), marriages in turmoil (Reed and Sue..), the list goes on.

It didn't just talk turmoil.., it made lasting changes.

{Well, until the whole Gwen clone nonsense came up.. Sheesh}

david_b

[TrueDave]

Funny you should ask this . My friend once pointed out that Batman is the DC Marvel like character while Captain America is DC.

It was TV. Superfriends, George Reeves, Lou Ferrigno, Linda Cartrer. When I got into comics I was more DC because they had War stories ( Wheres my GI Robot figure??) and Horror stories ( Wheres my Wrightson Swamp Thing?)

Since I was a child Superman , Batman and Wonderwoman have been my friends. Role models.

Plus they were our dads and granpas too! hopefully most of us will be around when Superman hits 100 years old!

Superman and Batman have reached out of fantasy and affect the real world. I have friends from 5 to 80 that both love Superman and Batman!

Batman inspired me to take rock climbing, scuba, fencing, Tae quon do, kayaking, caving, paprchuting.