Marvel Vs DC comics

Cable

The amazing question that i just cant accept hasnt been asked here yet.... so cmon whos gonna win this one???

Cable

.... and yes I did cast the fisrt vote... its my thread and il do what i want with it right!!!!

sixpack's little hat

they both have their good and bad points but... I'd have to pick DC.

TheSonOfBattles

I'd have to pick Marvel for the simple reason that Marvel at least make their comics easily accessible, i've yet to see any DC comics on any newsagents shelves here in Ireland, only in specialist shops. Which sucks, cause all those shops are up in Dublin or in Cork, and I don't go their all that often. Therefor I can't read them all that often. Simple.

Cable

ya i never got that... why dont dc go public in ireland??? i man marvel could do with the competition, and i know huge numbers into dc?????

weemcd

slow down highvoltage_ie you f*ckin ejit, you have posted on all the bloddy comics boards slow down you knob


]:) (ooh new smiley)

Cable

Slow down?? check the dates of my posts and the dates before that, Its very rare that some one even posts...if you dont like seeing my name then do some posts of your own

bus77

I was never really a mavel or dc comic reader, the comics I mostly got were the little commando ones, but I did find some dc in a bargain bin in some newsagent years ago.
I got about 10 issues and read em many times.
Anyway, DC gets my vote

Duo

I prefer Marvel. You know, their heroes are just... cooler. More human and identifiable with, at any rate. It might be that I'm just going on their older comics (like Superman and Batman) only, because, admittedly, I haven't read any of their other ones. But if it's between Superman and Spiderman... then, I'd take Marvel any day.

Cable

I know what you mean. Most of the Marvel characters seem more fleshed out, more human, I mean if you take away the mutant powers you're left with really decent characters. In DC apart from Batman and MAYBE Superman, you've essentially got a lot of moaning girlie girls

Kold

Marvel... erm... wtf, it was tied before my vote? people LIKE dc!?

As far as characters go, marvel.

As far as storylines go, marvel.

As far as artwork goes, marvel.

MARVEL MARVEL MARVEL!

Cable

yeah, i like it for a change when marvel start to win. I'm sharing a house with a guy who's DC crazy. Bugs the hell out of me when I walk into his room and his floor is littered with Green Lantern

][cEMAN**

Originally posted by TheSonOfBattles
I'd have to pick Marvel for the simple reason that Marvel at least make their comics easily accessible, i've yet to see any DC comics on any newsagents shelves here in Ireland, only in specialist shops. Which sucks, cause all those shops are up in Dublin or in Cork, and I don't go their all that often. Therefor I can't read them all that often. Simple.

If you're willing to pay for it I recommend you order them in. I know there's a forbidden planet in Belfast, don't know about cork/dublin, but you could choose one to get orders from, and you just have to pay them in advance say for a month, then top up every now and again and they send you out stuff based on how much credit you have left with them.

Kold

Cork have 'Other Realms', which is owned by a good friend of mine

simu

DC coz of the Vertigo range!

Cable

Theres is a forbidden planet in dublin to, I think other relams in cork do a new order system, but im not sure if they send them out out you? i know that they will order stuff in for you

joseph brand

theres a comic store between Tower Records and Hogans, one of the streets there(don't know name), full of old comics and new.


DC gets my vote cos of LOBO, 'Fanboy'.




What about 2000AD??? (Slaine, Judge Dread)

Cable

Ya i had considered putting more comics on...but marvel and DC are the big hitters, they're like arch rivals... why else would everyone get worked up over next months Dc Marvel crossover

][cEMAN**

Yeah there's always the option to put up all of the publishers and vote on them but I think the Marvel - DC rivalry has been the most talked about over the years.

I tell you what - i'll get a copy of Previews and put up a poll at some point with a list of all the different publishers and an option for other/independant as well.

de5p0i1er

Gotta be Marvel they use real locations not made up citys, and there are some much better charecters in there collection.

deadeye940

Agreeing with Simu. DC wins because of Vertigo. and DC characters, at least some of them, seems to have better stories, both current and back stories.

Ridley

2003? Yikes.

deadeye940 wrote: »

Agreeing with Simu. DC wins because of Vertigo. and DC characters, at least some of them, seems to have better stories, both current and back stories.

Prefer Marvel myself. Think DC tends to care more about the cape than the character as it were. Haven't read that much DC material in comparison to be fair, but a lot of the time I'm not quite convinced that DC's superheroes occupy the same place (though the Marvel Universe being mostly centered around New York certainly helps).

I do think DC is better at making space look vast, mind. Feels to me like the Skrulls, Kree, Galactus, Starjammers, Thanos etc. are just around the corner from Marvel's Earth waiting to show up.

Fysh

Really? REALLY? This uninteresting load of old arsegravy masquerading as a conversation was worth resurrecting from its 10-year necrosleep?

*sigh*

Thwip!

I imagine a conversation about the effectiveness of the New 52 vs NOW! would make for a better discussion

Fysh

Thwip! wrote: »

I imagine a conversation about the effectiveness of the New 52 vs NOW! would make for a better discussion

The reboots would be a useful recent touchstone, but more than that I'd prefer a conversation where people actually tried to flesh out their position rather than making silly comments like "Marvel use real cities" or "barring one or two exceptions, DC's characters are a bunch of moaning girls".

I dislike this "Who's better? LET THE POLL DECIDE!" approach to what amounts to a question of preference - if someone likes a title or set of titles, it's interesting to read about why they like those titles, especially if it's someone whose tastes vary from my own.

Thwip!

Fysh wrote: »

The reboots would be a useful recent touchstone, but more than that I'd prefer a conversation where people actually tried to flesh out their position rather than making silly comments like "Marvel use real cities" or "barring one or two exceptions, DC's characters are a bunch of moaning girls".

I dislike this "Who's better? LET THE POLL DECIDE!" approach to what amounts to a question of preference - if someone likes a title or set of titles, it's interesting to read about why they like those titles, especially if it's someone whose tastes vary from my own.

That's very true, I think between the two of us (as an example) even we have very different tastes when it comes to what titles we like and discussions like that would be of great intrigue

Fysh

In the context of the question "Marvel or DC?" my answer right now is "pretty much neither". On a technicality I guess DC would get it, since I've not bought anything of Marvel's in over a year whereas I still occasionally pick up DC stuff - but that's mainly stuff from Vertigo, rather than DC proper.

I'm not much interested in reading titles on a month-to-month basis these days, so I don't tend to form that long-term interest in a given title or character - I generally stick to either finite titles or specific finite runs of ongoing titles by a given creative team. For example, I tried one issue of Nu52 Stormwatch because it was written by Paul Cornell, and ditched it as a poor effort. I still like the Warren Ellis run on Stormwatch, but I have no interest in seeing other writers resurrect (through whatever means) those characters and play with them.

I can't really comment on current Marvel because last time I picked up any of their titles they seemed to be still pushing the "resolutely tied into wider universe, requiring buy-in to crossovers etc" approach, which I don't like. DC are doing this too, but then the only "proper" DC title I'm anywhere near is Mieville's Dial H, a book that clearly should have been put out under Vertigo (and a book that should've gotten more than 16 issues, for that matter, but never mind....)

Ridley

Fysh wrote: »

In the context of the question "Marvel or DC?" my answer right now is "pretty much neither".

Pfft, that's not on the poll. :P

Fysh

Ridley wrote: »

Pfft, that's not on the poll. :P

Aw, in that case it would appear I'm a prime candidate to feature in the upcoming Comics: UR DOIN IT RONG meme

Thwip!

If we're going for effectiveness of their respective new marketing schemes I would say that NOW! seems to be a more resounding success for me as I find myself enjoying far more of Marvel's titles of late than DC's. I currently buy very few of DC's and a lot more Marvel and there are a good few Marvel titles that aren't currently depending on being connected to other titles, Thor God of Thunder being my notable favourite of these. DC's New 52 has yielded very few strong titles in my opinion and I'm finding myself buying more Dynamite comics (and at times Dark Horse) than I do DC

Fysh

Of the New 52 cape stuff i've tried, I thought Batwoman and Wonder Woman were both great - but I also realised I just wasn't interested in reading a monthly cape series. Demon Knights was also great for a while, though I gather the wheels have fallen off due to editorial interference. Dial H for hero is another excellently odd and standalone series. But that's not saying much really, 4 series since the relaunch...