Saelune said:
mduncan50 said:
As someone that has loved both since childhood, lo those many years ago, DC and Marvel have always approached superheroes in a fundamentally different way. DC was about gods living among people while Marvel was about people with the powers of gods.
That's an interesting way to look at it. I suppose that is true. I don't remember what movie it was, but in it some guy saying why he liked Superman was because Superman was his true identity, while Clark is his alter ego, something different than a lot of heroes, like Batman or Spider-Man.
It was Kill Bill, but I don't really agree with Bills view on it. Superman to me, is an extension of Clark Kent rather than Clark being an extension of Superman. It's very important to take into account that Superman is
Superman because he is Clark Kent, and his persona and upbringing is what makes him Superman, and not just a super man. He may be biologically kryptonian but ultimately it's his humanity that makes him the beacon of hope he's supposed to be. Obviously he fakes himself being nervous and shy while he's Clark Kent to detract suspicion, but it's the noble attitude instilled by his Earth parents that make him who he is.
I also concur that Batman is the real persona rather than Bruce. Batman is who he is when he's alone, wheras someone like Peter Parker is still just Peter Parker when he's alone. This is really cemented by the animated series where the voice he puts on is Bruce Waynes voice, rather than putting on a Bat voice. It goes even further that in his later years he doesn't even call himself Bruce in his own head.
OT: At this time? I really don't know, the continuity is a mess, people remember things sometimes, but not others, they can remember things around certain people and have had events happen to them that are dependent on certain people being there but it never happened to them, there's a great deal of time compression. The previous continuity may have been heavy for a new reader, but at least you could just check wikipedia for history, now noone even knows what has and hasn't happened anymore.
Frankly I just stay away from the events because they're so bubbled and ultimately never have a real effect on the storylines. You'd never even know the Darkseid War was going on if you just read Batman, despite Batman being an integral character in it. Doubly weird considering it was running alongside a time when Bruce Wayne was "dead".
In general, it was the more olympian attitude to the stories, which I really enjoyed. Plus y'know, Batman, who I've been pretty enthralled with since the animated series aired. Plus Superman is one of a kind.
Ultimately it's definitely a flavour of crisps approach I'd say. I think DC does apocalyptic gods vs monsters better than Marvel, but Marvel has a much better handle on the human element, which has always been Stan Lees MO. DCs characters are supposed to be about amazing people doing amazing things, wheras Marvel was about making you connect on a human level.