D.C., Marvel or Dark Horse?

Question

I vote D.C.
Exibit A: A huge amount of Marvel writers move to D.C. after a while.
Exibit B: D.C. shows get the best ratings.
Exibit C: In the Avenger/Justice League Crossover, D.C. had to win or else they would both be destroyed by Kronos. Also, on another note, the story is uncanilly similer to The Crisis on Infanite
Earths.
Exibit D: Marvel sucks!

Personally, I think that Marvel over does the anti-hero thing. Comics would be stupid without them, but not 100000000 of them. Ya get me?

You say Marvel is more real? Ever heard of Vertigo? That does deal with stuuf like that!

Answer 1

Marvel wins - DC characters tend to have crap names that end in 'man' or 'woman'

Answer 2

If you look at crossovers, then you forgot that Marvel vs. DC ended with Marvel winning the majority of the five major fights.

The Avenger/Justice League crossover was also hugely laughed at by many long time fans since the storyline was heavily DC biased.

Regarding television ... what live action Marvel shows can you think of? If you want to go most recent and just mention Smallville, then let us not forget BIRDS OF PREY! Marvel's strengths, recognized by DC, are in movies and in animation. X-Men and Spider-Man were able to hold their own against the Batman and Superman animated series.

Going into movies, Marvel was terrible for the longest time while DC unleashed their flagship movies. However, everything changed when Blade hit the scene. DC had only one decent cinematic hit with Batman Begins (Constantine did decently, but paled in comparison to the Marvel titles). Marvel has been more vigilant in the film world than DC over the last several years with more title characters ready to make their big screen debut while DC is responding with Superman Returns.

I have noticed that DC continues to rest its hopes on Superman and Batman, while Marvel is willing to bring more of its universe out for everyone to see.

Answer 3

I say marvel all the way, and after I publish my comic, dc will be finished. For one the cities are real, the heroes deal with actual problems, and the have more realistic origins.

As for dc, i love the stories, but please having secret identities where all you do is put on glasses, that is so obvious. And when is the last time dc made a good movie, or a good show?(with the exception of small-ville) I mean they rely on batman and superman, what about the other heroes of the universe, at least marvel is making all of the greats come to life.

And as for Dark horse, the are totally childish with comics like transformers and gi joe. they shouldn't even be listed.

Answer 4

I think that they both have some interesting characters, but by far DC RULES! Marvel is more for kids with charcters like Spiderman, where as you have really dark stories coming from DC - Batman is awsome, he's great because people can relate to him more because he's a real person, he doesn't have superpowers. My personal fave is Catwoman - she's feirce! The story lines are gritty and realistic, dealing with the hard lives of street people, such as prostitutes and theives. DC also deals with real political issues - like homosexuality, race and religion, also violence in society.
I do like the X men, because I think they give out a good message about accepting people. This argument will reign forever on which one is best. I think there's great charcters from both sides, also bad.
With the films (Which aren't really associated with this argument) Batman Begins is the most popular comic book movie ever - it grossed the most. It was hardcore where as Spiderman movies although good, were aimed at a much younger audience. Hence the Batman and Batman returns (Both directed by the amazing Tim Burton and are still the best!) being rated 15 while all the Marvel movies are PG:13
Wait till Superman Returns comes out, it'll knock Marvel on it's butt. Superman is the most popular comic book character ever and that's a fact. Not mine, I prefer Batman. The X men movies were good but they relied too much on special effects in the third one and the plot was all over the place. We all know the reason for this, because the director of the first two left to go do Superman- a DC movie.
On a whole though DC - are my personal favourite, they never disapoint. Plus lot's of the Marvel characters which are good are rip off of DC characters. Such as Daredevil rip of Batman. Black cat - poor rip of Catwoman. Stan lee even did his own take on some of the DC characters, so even he must like them a lot to do that. Of course his versions were very poor, in my opinion. DC ROCKS!

Answer 5

MARVEL. In the DC/Marvel crossover the Kronos brothers destroyed each other if you read them. Both universes were ultimately saved by both teams working together. And MARVEL won. Also Marvel is more reality based especially in the cities the characters are portrayed in. As well as the artistry is more life like.

Answer 6

I like Marvel better.

Their characters are more well-developed.

And there is a reason why Marvel's writers are going to DC. DC needs the quality writers, the ones cutting their teeth on Marvel's books.

Ex: Read Moon Knight, Black Panther, and Captain America. Those are the best ones I can think of.

Answer 7

Personaly I think that D.C. is more of a kids comic book. Where as Marvel has a bit more of an adult theme to them (darker, more real to life). They deal with real issues in some of their books, (like homosexuality, Politics, religion, etc.). Now as for Dark Horse I do not know much except they are the ones that took up the reains of the Star Wars comic books.

Answer 8

marvel all the way, man! its more realistic and believable, and you can relate to the characters better.
dc is fine for those who dont want to live in the real world at all!!
as for dark horse, i'm not sure about who belongs to them (which characters, i mean), so i'm not going to comment

oh, dc writers and artists also go to marvel quite often, its not just a one way thing. so exhibit A doesnt stand. and dc shows might get the best ratings, but what abouts the comics? and the films? i dont see dc making any films. so exhibit B doesnt stand either. and as for exhibit C, that doesnt count at all because its a STORY. it could quite easily have been marvel that had to win, not dc. and exhibit D is just stupid.
so, after ripping your evidence to shreds, the defence rests its case!!!

Answer 9

DC, no doubt. Emphasis is on good stories -- Sandman, JLA (when Grant Morrisson was writing), Batman, Hellblazer...the list goes on. Marvel has admitted it's all about the art, then they tack on a script. What the...?? It's like filming a movie, then adding the dialog later. Makes no sense. DC also was the first to branch out (Vertigo), and offer up more than just people in spandex.

Answer 10

Marvel 4 me

Answer 11

Marvel is highly over rated. I like DC especially their Vertigo line. Dark Horse has some great titles especially Hellboy and the Goon.

I can't stand any title with the letter X. I'm a Doom Patrol kind of guy myself.