I think i know why I prefer DC over Marvel

[Scapthat]

I usually have always been a Marvel fan...Growing up I was more attracted to characters like Spiderman and the X-Men..but later on I started to switch completely to DC, and I think I know why

It has to do how their universes and characters are portrayed

The DC Universe is more mythological, When i Read a DC comic I feel like I'm reading a fantasy universe with these mythological, larger than life Gods

The Marvel Universe is more grounded, When i read a Marvel comic I feel like im reading a real world comic with Superhero/fantasy elements in it. The heroes don't really seem as "heroic" to me as the DC heroes, of course there are exceptions, but the MU has always been more grounded I think

Now both companies have elements of both of course...but I just feel like DC Universe is more mythological and epic in how the universe is structured

I understand why many might prefer the Marvel approach, but I think I prefer DC's approach

Another thing is Marvel tends to have much more crossovers than DC comics which I don't really like..I like crossovers every once and a while, but Marvel saturates us with them too much

 

[Saelune]

My own thread proved to me I was right that what I like about Marvel, and dislike about DC, tended to be why DC people preferred DC over Marvel.

I love the more grounded (relatively speaking) Marvel universe, and crossovers are my bread and butter. Whats the point of an expanded universe if everyone stays in their corner? Hell, I hope all future Marvel movies are basically buddy movies. I'm not a big fan of Thor or Hulk, but that it seems that its basically a Thor/Hulk team up excites me.

 

[PapaGreg096]

My own thread proved to me I was right that what I like about Marvel, and dislike about DC, tended to be why DC people preferred DC over Marvel.

I love the more grounded (relatively speaking) Marvel universe, and crossovers are my bread and butter. Whats the point of an expanded universe if everyone stays in their corner? Hell, I hope all future Marvel movies are basically buddy movies. I'm not a big fan of Thor or Hulk, but that it seems that its basically a Thor/Hulk team up excites me.

Thats pretty much why I lobe the runaways myself

 

[Darth Rosenberg]

And the sky's sometimes blue, and falling out of a plane[footnote]A plane in the sky. Moving. So falling out of tiny planes parked up doesn't count...[/footnote] would probably hurt. Who knew!

All the typical differences between the two are why DC's world always turned me off, and Marvel's always engaged me. It's a shame the Avengers were the team to be done well on the bigscreen, as the X-Men were always my favourite as a kid, and they largely represented why I was drawn to the House house of M over the one where Superman was the poster boy.

Still, goes without saying both have a mix of tones and quality, regardless if I never connect to one universe (bar two thirds of Chris Nolan's Bats' trilogy).

 

[happyninja42]

Good for you, glad you were able to narrow what you like about the comic line. It will make it easier for you to find those titles you like more.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

I question Marvel being more grounded when they have Space Gods and Devils.

 

[Tono Makt]

I usually have always been a Marvel fan...Growing up I was more attracted to characters like Spiderman and the X-Men..but later on I started to switch completely to DC, and I think I know why

It has to do how their universes and characters are portrayed

The DC Universe is more mythological, When i Read a DC comic I feel like I'm reading a fantasy universe with these mythological, larger than life Gods

The Marvel Universe is more grounded, When i read a Marvel comic I feel like im reading a real world comic with Superhero/fantasy elements in it. The heroes don't really seem as "heroic" to me as the DC heroes, of course there are exceptions, but the MU has always been more grounded I think

Now both companies have elements of both of course...but I just feel like DC Universe is more mythological and epic in how the universe is structured

I understand why many might prefer the Marvel approach, but I think I prefer DC's approach

Another thing is Marvel tends to have much more crossovers than DC comics which I don't really like..I like crossovers every once and a while, but Marvel saturates us with them too much

I think you've pretty much summed up the difference between Marvel and DC and made a pretty good argument why the comics industry needs both. Yes, they're both comic books, about super hero's and super villains, and cosmic entities and all that jazz, but they approach both from opposite ends of the spectrum. And that's a very, very good thing.

(prefers Marvel because of the X-Men, and isn't a DC Fan as evidenced by his love of the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern stuff (often called the worst of Green Lantern), so... yeah.)

 

[Gorrath]

I question Marvel being more grounded when they have Space Gods and Devils.

I think it's a matter of the levels of power and mythology between the two. Both have some really out there stuff, to be sure, but I tend to agree that Marvel seems more grounded. When I think of the Skrulls or the Shi'Ar, they come off as weird alien races. When I think of the New Gods I get more of a feeling of mythology than simply being alien, even moreso than Asgard in Marvel. Marvel's cities are mostly actual places where as DC has this strange mix of made up and not made up (hell, not to long ago there was an argument about whether Metropolis or Gotham was supposed to be New York.)

Then there's the stuff that I feel could easily go either way, like the lantern corps. If they were Marvel instead of DC, they wouldn't feel out of place at all. Punisher coming into conflict with Bats is something I can easily imagine, or Bats teaming up with DD would hardly go far afield.

I'm just doing stream of consciousness so I'm rambling a bit here; I don't even know that I can make a realy compelling argument for WHY I feel Marvel is more ground/realistic. Reading X-Men in my youth always had some strange stuff, especially with Cable and Mr. Sinister and Bishop and all that but none of that came close to watching the JL get turned into children to fight Mordred after he banished every adult from the existence, and included a baby Etrigan.

 

[Gorrath]

I usually have always been a Marvel fan...Growing up I was more attracted to characters like Spiderman and the X-Men..but later on I started to switch completely to DC, and I think I know why

It has to do how their universes and characters are portrayed

The DC Universe is more mythological, When i Read a DC comic I feel like I'm reading a fantasy universe with these mythological, larger than life Gods

The Marvel Universe is more grounded, When i read a Marvel comic I feel like im reading a real world comic with Superhero/fantasy elements in it. The heroes don't really seem as "heroic" to me as the DC heroes, of course there are exceptions, but the MU has always been more grounded I think

Now both companies have elements of both of course...but I just feel like DC Universe is more mythological and epic in how the universe is structured

I understand why many might prefer the Marvel approach, but I think I prefer DC's approach

Another thing is Marvel tends to have much more crossovers than DC comics which I don't really like..I like crossovers every once and a while, but Marvel saturates us with them too much

I think you've pretty much summed up the difference between Marvel and DC and made a pretty good argument why the comics industry needs both. Yes, they're both comic books, about super hero's and super villains, and cosmic entities and all that jazz, but they approach both from opposite ends of the spectrum. And that's a very, very good thing.

(prefers Marvel because of the X-Men, and isn't a DC Fan as evidenced by his love of the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern stuff (often called the worst of Green Lantern), so... yeah.)

Yes Kyle, look in the fridge!

My wife really likes Rayner and thinks he got a bum deal. I tend to agree with the later part of that but clearly the best GL is John Stewart with Hal Jordan a close second. Haters gonna hate. Honestly, I think the GL stuff is some of the best and most interesting books in DC. The only DC character I like better than the various lanterns is Martian Man Hunter.

 

[Something Amyss]

but the MU has always been more grounded I think

Depends on your value for "always." A lot of the more "grounded" conventions started with the Spider-Man franchise. I mean, you could probably argue that's close enough for jazz, as earlier comics contained a lot of the weirdness of the time and a formula had largely yet to arise for either company.

The "DC as mythology" thing is a lot younger than that, but it's not a new or unique idea. I mean, it's valid, and it's fine if you like that, but it's not exactly something that goes back to the roots of the company, either.

 

[Tono Makt]

(prefers Marvel because of the X-Men, and isn't a DC Fan as evidenced by his love of the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern stuff (often called the worst of Green Lantern), so... yeah.)

Yes Kyle, look in the fridge!

My wife really likes Rayner and thinks he got a bum deal. I tend to agree with the later part of that but clearly the best GL is John Stewart with Hal Jordan a close second. Haters gonna hate. Honestly, I think the GL stuff is some of the best and most interesting books in DC. The only DC character I like better than the various lanterns is Martian Man Hunter.

Heh, yeah, that was a really bad point for the Kyle Rayner GL. Still, I personally liked Rayner more than the others; read some of the Hal Jordan stuff when I was in a collectors phase, but I my disposable income became "Pay Rent, MF'er." before I could get more than 20 back issues, and my only experience with John Stewart is from the cartoons (awesome, I will agree).

YMMV, and there's more than enough Lanterns to love now. Heck, once I get enough disposable income again, I'm going to be picking up any TPB's for the Lantern Corps from the last few years. Going to the whole rainbow lanterns looks quite interesting.

 

[Gorrath]

(prefers Marvel because of the X-Men, and isn't a DC Fan as evidenced by his love of the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern stuff (often called the worst of Green Lantern), so... yeah.)

Yes Kyle, look in the fridge!

My wife really likes Rayner and thinks he got a bum deal. I tend to agree with the later part of that but clearly the best GL is John Stewart with Hal Jordan a close second. Haters gonna hate. Honestly, I think the GL stuff is some of the best and most interesting books in DC. The only DC character I like better than the various lanterns is Martian Man Hunter.

Heh, yeah, that was a really bad point for the Kyle Rayner GL. Still, I personally liked Rayner more than the others; read some of the Hal Jordan stuff when I was in a collectors phase, but I my disposable income became "Pay Rent, MF'er." before I could get more than 20 back issues, and my only experience with John Stewart is from the cartoons (awesome, I will agree).

YMMV, and there's more than enough Lanterns to love now. Heck, once I get enough disposable income again, I'm going to be picking up any TPB's for the Lantern Corps from the last few years. Going to the whole rainbow lanterns looks quite interesting.

Quite! I really liked how the different lantern corps sprung up. There's a cat who's a red lantern and it is great! As far as I know there's still only one Orange Lantern, which is perfect considering he's the embodiment of greed. The whole rainbow of lanterns and how the various corps spring up is pretty fascinating reading for my comic dollar. I've only been able to read sporadically but I'd love to collect all the modern ones.

 

[MCerberus]

I've grown apart from DC, aside from one Ms. Montoya's adventures in clearly knowing what evil lurks in the hearts of man.

And also the main Marvel lines. I've mostly been sticking with the satire series and getting into some all-ages comedy (though Bravest Warriors really... really shouldn't be labeled all-ages sometimes). Problem being the art team for everything comedic sans Deadpool recently hasn't been getting good art. It's what killed Squirrel Girl.

 

[maninahat]

I question Marvel being more grounded when they have Space Gods and Devils.

It's more that Marvel has always tried to emphasise the real life, and the mundane elements of its characters. The heroes live in real cities, and often have to contend with things like bullying, girl problems, physical disabilities and that sort of thing. DC tends to keep that tucked out of the way with fictional settings and uncomplicated home lives, so that it can directly address big questions. The fact that they have magic and flying dogs and shit goes without saying.

 

[COMaestro]

Really I don't think I ever preferred one over another. For a while I was getting a lot of Spiderman and X-Men comics, then at one point I started picking up a bunch of Batman titles. I enjoyed material from both companies, though I do not tend to buy many comics at all these days, barring the occasional TPB. Most recent purchases have been Batman, Deadpool, and Fables.

My wife really likes Rayner and thinks he got a bum deal. I tend to agree with the later part of that but clearly the best GL is John Stewart with Hal Jordan a close second. Haters gonna hate. Honestly, I think the GL stuff is some of the best and most interesting books in DC. The only DC character I like better than the various lanterns is Martian Man Hunter.

I think you just like green!

 

[Gorrath]

Really I don't think I ever preferred one over another. For a while I was getting a lot of Spiderman and X-Men comics, then at one point I started picking up a bunch of Batman titles. I enjoyed material from both companies, though I do not tend to buy many comics at all these days, barring the occasional TPB. Most recent purchases have been Batman, Deadpool, and Fables.

My wife really likes Rayner and thinks he got a bum deal. I tend to agree with the later part of that but clearly the best GL is John Stewart with Hal Jordan a close second. Haters gonna hate. Honestly, I think the GL stuff is some of the best and most interesting books in DC. The only DC character I like better than the various lanterns is Martian Man Hunter.

I think you just like green!

I actually love green, lol. But not green arrow... Probably because he's got a thing going with my DC waifu.

 

[PapaGreg096]

You should really check out runaways its super good