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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Oct 12, 2022 0:42:06 GMT -5
I included an other optional, because, honestly, I'm not super familiar with much outside of the big 2.
I loved Spawn & Hellboy as a kid but thats about it.
But... which is your favorite?
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Oct 12, 2022 0:45:14 GMT -5
I gotta go Marvel. DC always struck me as more childish, and simple.
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Post by ace on Oct 12, 2022 1:07:56 GMT -5
Can I just say the Batman universe and leave the rest of DC out of it?
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Post by Duke Cameron on Oct 12, 2022 1:35:26 GMT -5
The Marvel universe has She-Hulk. Marvel it is.
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Post by schma on Oct 12, 2022 2:43:46 GMT -5
I love everything but I'd have to go with Marvel. That said, there's also a lot of great stuff from the indies. Boom comics had a string of limited series that were only six issues long and many of them were great.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 12, 2022 5:49:59 GMT -5
DC but only because they've started fixing everything
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Oct 12, 2022 9:48:21 GMT -5
DC but only because they've started fixing everything Don't worry, they'll do another reboot in 3, 2, 1,...
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Post by Totorob101 on Oct 12, 2022 10:19:23 GMT -5
Love DC more then marvel but both have great and bad stuff.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Oct 12, 2022 10:39:14 GMT -5
Can I just say the Batman universe and leave the rest of DC out of it? How about the DC Animated Universe of Batman TAS, Superman, Justice League Unlimited?
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Post by Malcolm on Oct 12, 2022 10:49:32 GMT -5
DC.
The civilains in the Marvelverse tend to be ungrateful pricks to heroes much quicker.
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 12, 2022 11:10:29 GMT -5
DC. The civilains in the Marvelverse tend to be ungrateful pricks to heroes much quicker. My answer too. Plus, in some ways quality of life seems better in DC. At least going by the crossover of DC and Marvel.
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Post by darbus alan on Oct 12, 2022 12:09:30 GMT -5
As far as the actual comics go, DC. Marvel has its good stuff too and things do tend to shift in quality back and forth between the two. But in general I think DC has the better stories and characters. DC also published some of my favorite non-typical superhero stories like Watchmen and The Sandman (under the Vertigo imprint). Shame that hasn't really been reflected in the movies besides a handful of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman movies. The MCU easily outclasses the DCEU and that's even including the bit of a creative lull the MCU movies are in right now.
Animated and live action TV shows it's a bit of a push. Like, Marvel's been doing pretty good with its live action MCU series lately, but the ones under the Marvel Entertainment label were a lot more of a mixed bag, with some good (Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Daredevil) and some... not so much (Iron Fist, Inhumans). DC's the same way. The good is good (prime Arrowverse, Smallville at its best, Doom Patrol) while the bad is dire (Most of the Arrowverse post-Crisis, Titans). Animated shows, there's a lot of good with both Marvel (all the 90's animated series, Spectacular Spider-Man) and DC (90's-00's DCAU, Lauren Faust's DC Superhero Girls, Harley Quinn).
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Post by genericusername on Oct 12, 2022 12:44:31 GMT -5
My childhood nostalgia to the DCAU leads me to be biased for DC comics, inspite of their problems.
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Post by 6pathsoftommy on Oct 12, 2022 13:07:32 GMT -5
Even though my favorite comic book character is Batman I prefer Marvel overall. With DC I really only read Batman. There's so many more characters in the Marvel universe that I like.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Oct 12, 2022 13:57:17 GMT -5
Side question: how many 'others' are there? Limiting it to superheroes-style series with more than one book involved, here's what I can think of...
Valiant Comics (XO Manowar, Bloodshot, Dr. Solar, etc.)
Hasbro-verse (GI Joe, Transformers, ROM, etc.).
Hanna-Barbera-verse (Space Ghost, Herculoids, Blue Falcon).
Image sort of had a 'unified' universe at the beginning with Spawn, Wildcats, Youngblood...
Dark Horse had "Comics Greatest World" (Barb Wire, Ghost, X, there were a good dozen books at the start).
Malibu's Ultraverse (absorbed into Marvel).
Archie/Red Circle/MJF/!mpact (Shield, Comet, Black Hood, etc.).
Carlton Comics (Blue Beetle, Question, Captain Atom, absorbed into DC).
THUNDER Agents had their own universe.
CrossGen.
Defiant Comics had their 'Plasm' universe.
Kirby's Kirbyverse/Secret City Saga for Topps Comics.
Wasn't there a company publishing comics for the Champions RPG game?
Atlas/Seaboard.
What else?
Edit: forgot that Captain Marvel (Shazam) had their own universe for the longest time, should include that.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Oct 12, 2022 16:11:13 GMT -5
Gonna have to pick the Hasbroverse, since the last comics I read with any regularity were Transformers ones.
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 12, 2022 16:35:15 GMT -5
I don't read any of them, but I voted for Marvel out of the hope that some DC fanboy sees the poll result and makes an angry YouTube video about it.
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Post by montee916 on Oct 13, 2022 3:57:37 GMT -5
Out of the big two, it's Marvel all day for me, but the childhood nostalgia pop goes to IPC Magazines out of England, which produced the likes of Battle and Eagle.
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Post by thechase on Oct 13, 2022 5:23:28 GMT -5
Spider-Man's my favourite hero, but he's suffered so much the last two decades, on occasion you'll get things that fix him but they're in too few supply. The remainder of Marvel is way too pessimistic for me, the heroes are either blander than the worst villains or worse than the best villains
DC for me at the moment, heroes are heroes and villains are villains, I feel there's been more stakes as of late, and Superman is starting to gain some second wind with the Johnson era and Warworld saga, and Wally's enjoying a new golden age as the premiere Flash. Why do we need Barry again? Only real setbacks are the Bat-Saturation and lousy Jon Kent and Catwoman books
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Oct 14, 2022 1:12:37 GMT -5
The universe that has both Grumpy Cat and Garfield in it.
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