Are Marvel characters more accesible than DC?

[freemadison]

Seriously, if my girlfriend had to have sex with another guy, I'd rather it be because of rape and not her cheating on me.

I hope you're kidding...

 

[Damiean Dark]

I just find Marvel more interesting overall. Better characters AND villains no hero is complete without a good villain and with DC after darksied, joker and twoface DC is severly lacking in this department. I read an interesting article at IGN its a marvel vs DC competition you guys should check it out.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Seriously, if my girlfriend had to have sex with another guy, I'd rather it be because of rape and not her cheating on me.

See, CTOAN gets me.

 

[Anubis]

I just find Marvel more interesting overall. Better characters AND villains no hero is complete without a good villain and with DC after darksied, joker and twoface DC is severly lacking in this department. I read an interesting article at IGN its a marvel vs DC competition you guys should check it out.

IGN sucks

And I take it you never read Flash.

 

[Fenriswolf]

I really dont like Marvel or DC. I only read Ennis` Punisher and the Barracuda mini just wrapped up so thats just one I read now. I`ll read Batman I guess for the interesting villains.(I`m not really impressed with the whole MEGA-BADASS thing.) BUUUUT the thread wasnt about personal tastes it was about how accessible comics are to new readers. So far I`ve only had success with getting literary nuts nevermind people who dont even read ALOT to actually read things like Watchmen, Preacher, Planetary, Transmetro, and maybe Wanted or The Authority. Other adults dont want anything to do with the superheroes for saddly obvious reasons. But for Younger readers Marvels pretty easy to just pick up and go with it where as with DC if want to actually understand everything thats going on you have to spend several hours on wiki. That is if they even pick it up to begin with. I think Marvel has more appeal to someone unfamiliar with comics on first glance. (names, costumes, etc.)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

See, I don't get that. Marvel's got just as much continuity woven into a lot of their stories as DC does.

 

[Manic]

See, I don't get that. Marvel's got just as much continuity woven into a lot of their stories as DC does.

I disgree. People rewrite Superman's origin at least twice a year. There's an entire pre-1985 set of continuity at DC that no longer applies, except when Waid and a few other writers feel like it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

There's probably almost as much continuity at Marvel that no longer applies thanks to little retcons every three issues.

 

[Manic]

A curse on Brubaker and Bendis!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Eh, everyone makes retcons here and there. But they all add up to just about a Crisis over the years, I'd say.

 

[Whirlysplat]

There's probably almost as much continuity at Marvel that no longer applies thanks to little retcons every three issues.

Oh indeed. I mean what happened to dodgy black coloured Wonderman?

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

There's probably almost as much continuity at Marvel that no longer applies thanks to little retcons every three issues.

marvel of old updates parts here and there little things like dates and locations ages or they just don't bring it up, like cap-wolf, spider-clones, spider-baby's. marvel of new just contradicts its self.

DC goes back and retells the same story's over and over again look at superman how many origins has he had in the last 20 years? haveing him born on krypton and sent to earth, put in a birthing matrix and sent to earth, back to born on krypton and sent to earth. haveing him raised by old kents, and young kents, growing up with lex with out lex.

 

[Damiean Dark]

And I take it you never read Flash.

Flash and his villains are more gimmick led characters that DC is so fond of creating imo. Bland characters who can be read a mile away it seems DC takes absolutly no time to design Captain cold? jeez!

 

[Harlekin]

And if you'd actually read Flash you'd understand how ridiculous that is. The Rogues are the best developed villains bar none (except maybe the Bat rogues). Captain Cold in particular went through some great development over the last few years. If you had read the title, you'd know that.

 

[J. Stooge]

I, personally, found DC more accessible.
To me, DC's characters just seem more light hearted [barring Dan DiDio's agenda] and DC is just full of those buddy-buddy relationships I can't get enough of.

I have started reading more Marvel recently and I am enjoying it, but I get a feeling of childhood nostalgia from DC that I don't get from Marvel which is weird since I grew up hating DC.

 

[Spike_x1]

And I take it you never read Flash.

Flash and his villains are more gimmick led characters that DC is so fond of creating imo. Bland characters who can be read a mile away it seems DC takes absolutly no time to design Captain cold? jeez!

AHAHAHAHA!! Good one. t:

 

[Anubis]

The real thing is, it all comes down to the individual. There is no set answer to this question. You got some people that can pick up any comic, no matter which company or character, and find it "accesible". There are those that have to have seen a cartoon or a movie with the character in it to find any kind of interest. It's a matter of personal taste. So, that's the answer. The thread can be closed.

 

[Aristotle]

Marvel's character retcons are more, for lack of a better word, subtle.

In the sense of, they happen without any explanation other than "this creator thinks that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were a buncha suckers, so he's gonna do it HIS way"? In that sense? Well then yeah, OK. I'll take even the most fantabulous Crises and Final Zero Night Invasion Armageddon Hours over, "uh, I dunno, just seemed like the thing to do at the time. No, no good reason. No justification in continuity. I just said screw it."

I've never seen Marvel fans struggle quite as much as DC fans when it comes to fitting a story into continuity.

Yeah, I hate thinking about things too. It hurts. Give me quick, easy answers that ignore the history of the character, rather than at least some kind of effort to blame it on a universe-altering crisis.

To this day, I still don't know which characters founded the Justice League.

You could try reading. JLA #0, for instance, could be of great help. But I'm sure you already knew that.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I would think that Marvel characters are a bit more accessable,or better known.I think a small answer is that the Marvel sub-forum has more threads than the DC sub-forum.

 

[Manic]

In the sense of, they happen without any explanation other than "this creator thinks that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were a buncha suckers, so he's gonna do it HIS way"? In that sense? Well then yeah, OK. I'll take even the most fantabulous Crises and Final Zero Night Invasion Armageddon Hours over, "uh, I dunno, just seemed like the thing to do at the time. No, no good reason. No justification in continuity. I just said screw it."

Yeah, I hate thinking about things too. It hurts. Give me quick, easy answers that ignore the history of the character, rather than at least some kind of effort to blame it on a universe-altering crisis.

You could try reading. JLA #0, for instance, could be of great help. But I'm sure you already knew that.

Wow. If you're done insulting my intelligence because it makes you feel better about yourself, I'd like to make my point again.

As a new reader, I found it difficult to get into DC's books because I had trouble reconciling the characters' pre-Crisis and post-Crisis histories. I had to look on Wikipedia to find out what Aquaman's history is, and why he has two different names. I recently read JLA Year One, only to later find out it's no longer in continuity, even though it was supposed to be the new "post-Crisis" continuity. I thought I understood Superman's post-Crisis history, but the very nature of his personality and relationship with his adoptive parents recently changed. With DC, what was true in the 60's is no longer true. Anything I might've heard about their classic characters can be considered as having never happened. That makes their books a bit harder to pick up than Marvel's.

That's not to say I just out-right avoid DC, mind you. I pick up JSA every month, and I used to follow Green Arrow and Birds of Prey (before the former was cancelled, and the latter went downhill post-OYL).

 

[Artistsean]

Generally speaking I think Marvel characters are more accesible than DC,
DC was usually seen as the parents and Marvel was seen as the teenagers. Superman seems older than me by ten years or twenty, and Spider-Man seems exactly my age. But lately I think DC might be getting the more interesting stories. Plus Marvel's characters are becoming a little too angsty with the fighting amoungst themselves. And a little too depressing and grim.

I don't really know, but I buy both. Its not either or with me. And I can relate to both.

 

[Ultra-Herald9]

Can we not agree that both are good everbody?

 

[Manic]

Well, yeah, of course both are good. Iron Fist and Lady Shiva are the biggest badasses to ever punch a hole in somebody.

 

[Dr. Fate]

I used to have subscriptions to JLA and Fantastic Four in the late 90s, but then I got lazy and didn't bother renewing them.

I can go either way, but I tend to lean more towards DC than Marvel, even though I get sick & tired of only DC & WB only making Batman & Superman films (and I'm saying that as someone who generally likes those characters). I admit I don't get why DC is bringing back all this Silver Age stuff. Kind of contradicts the whole point of the Post-Crisis era, which was to update and get away from that stuff.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

They're bringing back Silver Age elements because 1) the power writers have over the overall direction of both big 2 publishers' line of titles has gotten way out of hand and 2) the current crop of DC's major writers all grew up on Silver Age comics, so they're molding the DC universe back into what they remember as kids.