Thursday, May 3, 2012

Marvel V.S. DC

This topic has been brought into mind by one of my friends that posed a question on facebook. In return she got over 300 comments. The question was Batman V.S. Spiderman. I think that it isn't a good comparison because they're from two different comic lines which is why I'm asking my question. Marvel V.S. DC. Honestly I happen to love both.They also seem to mirror each other in characters.

So lets start with Marvel. Their main superhero group is called the Avengers, way cooler sounding than the Justice League or Justice Society. Other smaller teams are the Fantastic Four, heroes imbued with powers from cosmic rays; X-Men, team of mutants that are not only learning to use their powers but for good; and S.H.I.E.L.D., not necessarily a superhero group but a worldwide anti-terrorist group. They thought of all the cool names for stuff, Avengers, X-men, S.H.I.E.L.D., H.A.M.M.E.R., Skrulls, Krells, Hydra, etc. They use the idea of the multiverse to explain all the multiple variation  of characters and them fighting each other. It's just plain FUCKING AWESOME!!! They also provide comedic relief in many of their comics and T.V. shows, and happen to draw the boobs bigger.

D.C. older, but not necessarily better. Rather than using the Multiverse idea they had Golden Age and Silver Age; Earth-1, Earth-2, they eventually fused to become New Earth. They also had their own superheroes during WWII (Golden Age) called the Justice Society of America and the Creature Corps.(Not totally sure what it was called) They also jumbled many things up such as the Spectre turning out to be the embodiment of hope, and the original green lantern only using powers from the spectrum through magic, leaving him no prior connection to the Green Lantern Corps. Don't get me wrong, I totally love D.C. especially the part with the emergence of the Black Lantern and White Lantern Corps. but I can't say it's the best. For example, the names aren't that catchy. Justice League, Justice Society, Teen Titans, ... BORING. And they're way to serious for me. The one part that will always beat Marvel though is the superhero families, there's the Batman Family, the Arrow Family, the Flash Family, and more. You don't get that with Marvel.

Well I could go on and on for hours of reading but I prefer to stop here where hopefully you're still interested.

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