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Originally Posted by M. Steng
Do you guys prefer DC or Marvel?
I feel like as I'm getting older, I've definitely gravitated toward DC. Marvel seems too geared toward children. I think their heroes are cool enough, but the Avengers film was really the last thing that pushed me away from Marvel (permanently, I think). I just don't find their characters compelling at all.
Obviously just personal preference and I don't mean to ignite a fanboy war. I'd be more than interested in reexamining Marvel if people have suggestions for some good one-offs or shorter storylines I could dig into. For the last 6-7 years I just could not care less about the Marvel universe at all.
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I've always preferred DC.
For me I don't believe it was which characters were kid friendly more than which characters were marketed better. Probably why DC characters appealed more to me as a kid. When I was little we had Super Friends, the Superman movies, re-runs of the 1960's Batman show, Batman & Robin making guest appearances on Scooby-Doo, The Batman movies, Batman The Animated Series and the Flash TV show in 1990. Marvel had X-Men. That was about it. That was a show my little brother watched and for some reason I just never got into. I think as a kid it was - Sean likes X-Men so I'll stick with Ghostbusters HAHA. I think there was a 70's Spiderman show & cartoon but they weren't really in repeat rotation and neither was the 70's Hulk show. I didn't know anything about any of the Marvel characters. I think the only one I really ever heard of was The Punisher and that was definitely not a movie for kids. Aside from X-Men, Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk and Captain America I never really heard of any other Marvel characters until te movies started coming out. I suppose I knew of Thor.
I am loving getting into the comics, even at the age of 32. I don't know if I'll ever really get into the Marvel comic book universe. I think I'll probably stick with the movies and the shows they have lined up. I think they have absolutely nailed the perfect formula in film and television and I am loving watching all of them.
I am very interested to see where DC is going. Rumor is that Arrow and The Flash may tie into the Justice League movie. I hope so because it would be weird to have two Green Arrows and two Flash characters. It's also somewhat of a different formula than that of Marvel's and I like that. I don't want to see them do exactly what Marvel did. I'm curious on how the next Superman movie will play out. From the sounds of it, it's more like a back door into JLA and not really a Man of Steel sequel. I think I would have liked to see at least one more Superman movie before introducing Batman and everyone else rumored to be in it. I just hope DC has a solid plan and isn't rushing into a JLA movie just so they can ride on the current popularity of superhero movies/shows. I suppose we'll see how it all plays out. Until then it's giving us fans lots to talk about, see and do. I wish I was a kid when all this was happening so I could play with all the toys!