Marvel vs. DC Comics (speak freely)
8 years ago
I just want an idea of what everyone prefers: Marvel Comics or DC Comics. Me personally I’m a DC fan. I appreciate old school Marvel, to me it’s one big mess now though, that’s why I don’t follow it, however, I am trying to get caught up on the MCU so I can watch Infinity War (which should really be named Infinity Gauntlet, War is an entirely different story)
Speak freely, we’re all friends here, but no name-calling, heh ^^
Speak freely, we’re all friends here, but no name-calling, heh ^^
However, there are a few parts of DC I like too. Reign of the Supermen, despite the major flak it got, was still pretty original. Azrael Batman was also cool. I also love the comic where Darkseid, supposedly the most powerful foe in the comics, gets beaten down by Doomsday and even admits he "is beyond death".
One thing I dislike about DC is that they've had at least 3 reboots/ Major retcons/ Universe Condensing in attempts to streamline the comics for new readers, sometimes making it confusing and pissing off veteran readers. So far, I think Marvel only did a massive Universe Condense thing once.
I only just recently got into comic books but didn’t know where to begin with Marvel because it’s really confusing with the current comics, even the guy that works at my local comic book store couldn’t tell me where to begin, that’s why I decided to look into the old school comic books. The ones I’ll focus on will be Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider and Captain America, I’m particularly fond of those guys.
I have investigated some of the history and significant moments of both Marvel and DC. Like how in the 90s DC was almost sunk because they made Hal Jordan the supervillain known as Parallax and the fans were outraged. Also in the 90s Marvel was on the verge of bankruptcy, so they threw anything at the fans that they thought might stick, which often turned out bad or was poorly received (Chuck Austen’s X-men run, the clone saga, the Punisher becoming an angel, etc.)
Yes, the Parallax thing was a mistake (The Big Picture guy told about how a group of Green Lantern Fans spent a DECADE protesting it, while Linkara listed him in one of his "Top 10 Worst Superheroes becoming villains") If you want to get into comics more, you should watch Linkara on youtube, as 90% of his videos are Comic related (often reviewing and making fun of bad ones, the most infamous being One More Day and the Tandy Computer Whiz Kids)