No Right Answer: Best Comic Book Universe Ever

[EvilPicnic]

Of the main two, DC by far. Mainly because of the depth the Vertigo line brings to the universe, and because DC has had many more storylines that I've enjoyed. Marvel seems to be rehashing the same (fun) plots and character arcs over and over, whereas DC plotlines have had more organic evolution and capacity for change.

Sandman, Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, 52, Morrison's Batman (and most other Batman to be honest), Books of Magic...

 

[iyaerP]

Marvel all the way.

 

[Tono Makt]

If you look at it... DC only has 2 archetypes; Superman & Batman.
Where as Marvel has 4; Thor, Captain America, Iron man & HULK.

Going to have to disagree somewhat - Spider-man needs to be the 5th archetype for Marvel, and Green Lantern needs to be a 3rd for DC. Spider-man is the kid who suddenly has superpowers, new responsibilities and has to deal with the world of adults (fighting crime) while also being a kid. (This somewhat applies to the X-Men as well; many of the X-Men started off as teenagers as their entire back story revolves around a private school.) Green Lantern is human being who is given extreme power to wield for justice, which may apply to other DC characters. (Captain Marvel?)

Spider-man is obviously a Captain America type, Green Lantern is a Superman type and many of the X-men fall between Thor, Captain America or HULK.

At one time Wonder Woman was her own type BUT as of the last 20 years she`s been labeled a Superman type.

Spiderman a Captain America type? Can't agree there. Cap and Spidey are just too different. If you were to say Reed Richards/Fantastic Four and Cap, I'd agree. But Spidey is young (at best a Graduate student), living the life of a teenager or university student, and keeping his identity a secret. Cap is quite open with himself. Spidey had to be taught to be responsible - responsibility is the core of Steve Rogers. Etc.

Same with GL and Superman - you take away the ring from GL and he's just a dude. You can't do that with Superman in any way; the best you can do is have kryptonite take away his power, but once the kryptonite is gone he's Superman again.

Wonder Woman I'll agree with; what little I know of her backstory does make her seem to be a "goddess" type coming to save the World from itself, like Superman.

1) Backstory doesn't matter... Peter Parker BECAME Spider-man therefore he's a Captain America type. Reed Richards (on the other hand) is an Ironman type. RR was ALREADY a positive influence before gaining his new "gift"; just like Tony Stark. Look at Storm; She's pretty much a female Thor and Wolverine... Paint his ass green and put him in purple pants!

2)Throw some blue kryptonite (or red sun energy) his way and Superman's an average Joe.
DC has a very lateral way of thinking... Either you have powers or you don't.
It doesn't matter HOW you got "the power", magic words, special ring or yellow sun; it's all the same to them.

Can't agree with either of those two points. Backstory is critical to this, for one; how they gained their powers is extremely important. There is too much difference between how Cap became Cap and how Peter Parker became Spiderman for them to be in the same category. And Sue Storm as a Thor/Wolverine? That's so far out of left field as to be mind boggling - what on earth is making you put Sue Storm with Thor and Wolverine?

As for DC and Superpowers/No Superpowers, it's not that simple either. I'll go back to Green Lantern again - he has superpowers that come from an external source. Take it away, he's a human being again. He's a human being first, super powered being second. Wonder Woman and Superman are Super Powered beings first, human beings second. There are something like what, 5 human Green Lanterns? Why? Because the power can be transferred to another person. Superman can't do that - you can "clone" him, you can do other insane things to him to make more supermen, but in the end the power isn't being passed on. It's a fundamental difference between GL and Superman that creates the need for an additional category for DC.

 

[piclemaniscool]

Either Archie or Calvin & Hobbes. Actually, that's another great No Right Answer. No need to thank me, just give me money.