Comic books Marvel vs DC.

[notoppings]

To those people out there that enjoy/ed reading comics which did you find more enjoyable, if it wasn't Marvel or DC feel free to add your favorite.

Although I have enjoyed Superman and Batman comics for me it was always Marvel comics that seemed to have the greater characters Stan Lee is the master! I could identify more closely with Spiderman and other creations of The Marvel Universe. They even had a nicer class of Villains.

[anul]

Stan Lee is the master!

Don't forget Jack Kirby!!

I've always preferred Marvel over DC. I do enjoy several DC/Vertigo titles, and Darkhorse is also amazing. Darkhorse has some amazing titles, like The Goon, Hellboy, and Conan. It also depends on the writers too, Dan Slott is one of my favorites.

[Linza]

I can't decide who is a bigger badass, Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark. They're both pretty effing awesome rich orphans with no actual superpowers (just really, really smart NTJs). And both of them are total jerks in their own ways.

Heck of a fight, that would be.

Edit: Indie comics and small publishers for the win. Persepolis :thumbsup: and Pride of Baghdad were both amazing.

[Mozzes]

Why not both? There are series and continuities that I like and dislike from both. I guess I would say that DC has better imprints (I loved Transmetro) but I like the Marvel flagship titles a bit more. I guess I'm not much of a fanboy.

[Uberfuhrer]

DC has made the better movies overall, although they haven't made nearly as many films as Marvel.

Superman is probably my favorite comic book movie. And Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut was good, too, but Richard Lester is the one who ruined Superman II and later Superman III.

I'm also a bigger fan of the Burton/Schumacher Batman films than Nolan's films -- they were just so much larger than life.

[Shadow]

I always liked Marvel better than DC, I hate that I can't pinpoint what I like better though.

[Danisty]

I always liked Marvel more. With the exception of Batman, DC heroes tend to be less believable to me for some reason.

[rwyatt365]

I started out reading DC (I won't say what year), but when I discovered Marvel Comics I was hooked. In the early days, the Marvel characters seemed more real, more authentic and the DC characters, more contrived and one-dimensional. After a while the DC characters started getting some depth, but by then, it was too late.

[meanlittlechimp]

I don't think I've ever heard of anyone past the age of 8 prefer DC over Marvel. DC was originally such a simplistic good guy-bad guy paradigm with no nuance.

But DC has much improved with the emulating of Marvel's style with more sophisticated character development and grey area morality. The Dark Knight, Superman etc being made into something more than the vanilla, white bread writing they used to have.



*edit.. just read the last post, which basically says the same thing....

[Claptonian]

I prefer DC, though that's mainly because of Batman. But it's also because the vast majority of Marvel's villains are either boring or ridiculous.





Claptonian added to this post, 1 minutes and 55 seconds later...


I'm also a bigger fan of the Burton/Schumacher Batman films than Nolan's films -- they were just so much larger than life.

:suspicious: I'm speechless. I can maybe understand someone liking Burton's Batman better than Nolan's, but Schumacher? :laugh:

[SShack]

I was a huge X-Men fan when Chris Claremont was writing (his elaborate plots suggest he's an ENTP to me). I left when he left. I tried coming back when he came back only to discover his scripting didn't work for me now that I was older. (Not to mention somebody who now writes for a living) I don't read anymore but I still follow comic news and keep track of what's going on vaguely in the universe.

[OneBadMother]

I like Marvel a bit better, even if it's extremely hoky. The only DC hero I like is Batman.

I do dislike this wave of plot derail that Marvel is doing. Killing Captain America, deciding Spiderman and Mary Jane aren't married after all, and making Jean Grey sacrifice herself yet again? C'mon.

[Mozzes]

I like Marvel a bit better, even if it's extremely hoky. The only DC hero I like is Batman.

I do dislike this wave of plot derail that Marvel is doing. Killing Captain America, deciding Spiderman and Mary Jane aren't married after all, and making Jean Grey sacrifice herself yet again? C'mon.

Of course it's all hokey. They're comic books!

And I can't honestly believe we've seen the last of Steve Rogers - the original Marvel superhero. He'll be back. Jean Grey too. Nobody ever really dies in comics :laugh:

[Danisty]

I was a huge X-Men fan when Chris Claremont was writing (his elaborate plots suggest he's an ENTP to me). I left when he left. I tried coming back when he came back only to discover his scripting didn't work for me now that I was older. (Not to mention somebody who now writes for a living) I don't read anymore but I still follow comic news and keep track of what's going on vaguely in the universe.Chris Claremont created my favorite X-Man, actually. Then other writers proceeded to ruin that character. That's what's so frustrating about comics. If they would just keep the same writers and artists on the same titles, it would be much better. I always get irritated when I feel like the current writers don't understand the characters as well as I do.

[SShack]

Chris Claremont created my favorite X-Man, actually. Then other writers proceeded to ruin that character. That's what's so frustrating about comics. If they would just keep the same writers and artists on the same titles, it would be much better. I always get irritated when I feel like the current writers don't understand the characters as well as I do.

The curse of being an N comic fan. Which character? I always liked Colossus, whom technically Claremont didn't create, but did define. He was far too subtle for other writers to understand. They picked up on his tendency to get depressed (I'd peg him as INFP) and turned him into some sort of whiny bipolar mess or something.

[Danisty]

The curse of being an N comic fan. Which character? I always liked Colossus, whom technically Claremont didn't create, but did define. He was far too subtle for other writers to understand. They picked up on his tendency to get depressed (I'd peg him as INFP) and turned him into some sort of whiny bipolar mess or something.Oh yeah, they did do that to Colossus which is too bad. I always thought he had a lot of potential. My favorite character is Gambit, who they turned into a love-sick puppy. He's the playboy...he should be out there playing. The relationship they wrote for Gambit and Rogue is so far beyond dysfunctional. I really just can't even buy into it. A guy like Gambit would have gotten out of that toxic mess even if it meant giving up on the chase.

[SShack]

Heh, yeah, I remember really liking Gambit when he was introduced, because his playboy personality was so upbeat compared to the rest of the X-Men, who had become so full of despair after the team fell apart and all sorts of horrible stuff happened. And I loved that he was a chatterbox, because everybody had gotten so sullen. I think Claremont was setting up for some significant changes to the tone of the comic that didn't happen with him quitting, and then it all went to hell.

[Beery Swine]

As far as the cartoons go I think their about even, but for the comics, hands down, I make mine Marvel. One word: Wolverine. How can anyone compete with that level of coolness? X-men, Spider-Man, Hulk, the Ultimate universe, plus I think anyone can relate to the prejudice undertones of the X-men. I just don't remember DC ever getting into anything culturally relevant. Maybe I just didn't read enough of it, but that's how I remember it. They had Green Lantern/Arrow for awhile, but I don't think I was even born when that series ended, I just read like two books decades after the fact.

[Rishki]

I'm definitely a marvel fan, my top favorite is X-Men though recently I started liking the Runaway series. I also am a fan of darkhorse comics though I tend to stay in the Buffy, Angel and Star Wars universes.

[SShack]

After seeing "Iron Man" with my INTJ buddy and typing the movie's interpretation of him as an ENTP, I started thinking about the X-Men's types and it occurred to me: I think Storm is INTJ.

It seems a little odd at first to think of her that way, in part because she's one of the best-known female Marvel characters, next to maybe the Invisible Woman and Phoenix. I remember when they did that Marvel/DC mash-up, they combined Storm with Wonder Woman, D.C.'s top female. And female heroines pretty much are always extraverted unless they're the slinky ninja babe type. (Also, female NTs always seem to fall under the brainy/nerdy types, which doesn't fit Storm)

But, she's definitely not interested in the affirmation of the public like some of the other X-Men. She leaves those speeches for the more idealistic members of the team. She intuitively seems to understand some of her other introverted team members like Colossus and Wolverine. The story arc that caused her to go punk for a while originated from the fact that she had to learn to control her feelings to keep her weather powers from going out of control. She was a very pragmatic, rational leader, not afraid to make very tough calls (such as sacrificing the entire team, including herself, to stop a villain), and she came into her own as a leader in a time when the team was in a severe crisis situation in the '80s and '90s, which fits the model of an INTJ leader.

It also explains why a lot of comic writers outside of Claremont have a hard time writing her well. There seems to be a natural tendency to turn female leaders into extraverts, and that simply doesn't work for her.

[jikin]

As wonderfully as Batman can be, I am definitely a Marvel person. I haven't read for a few years, but X-Men was always a favorite.

I will admit that I liked alot of indy stuff. Dark Horse, Vertigo and Top Cow put out quite a few good works.

[Grizzly]

Dark Horse anyone??
- Spawn?
- Aliens Vs. Predator?

But, to be less off topic I'm more into Marvel than DC, I mean Marvel had the Punisher, and Ghost Rider to boot.....

[Kisai]

I follow authors rather than companies. I like Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, Brian Bendis, and of course, Frank Miller and Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman.

[jikin]

Dark Horse anyone??
- Spawn?
- Aliens Vs. Predator?

But, to be less off topic I'm more into Marvel than DC, I mean Marvel had the Punisher, and Ghost Rider to boot.....

I liked Lone Wolf and Cub. Hellboy I never really read too much, but would page though because I love the art.

I tend to be more for Vertigo : Sandman, Fables, V is for Vendetta...

[Monte314]

These are definately two entirely different genre. I was pretty much a DC fan when I was real young, but as I got older, began to shift to Marvel.

[Grizzly]

I liked Lone Wolf and Cub. Hellboy I never really read too much, but would page though because I love the art.

I tend to be more for Vertigo : Sandman, Fables, V is for Vendetta...

VERTIGO!!! Hell yeah

Transmetropolitan!!!

[jikin]

VERTIGO!!! Hell yeah

Transmetropolitan!!!

Hehe.. I always considered Transmetropolitian a bit of a guilty pleasure. My friends were shocked when I started reading it, but I just couldn't stop.