[Primacron]

I'm only a casual fan when it comes to the comics, I've read a few but for the most part I'm all about the cartoons and movies. (I am serious when it comes to toys though...)

I guess it's all about the nostalgia for me, and one of the main cartoons I watched growing up was X-men, I saw the Superman and Batman films, I saw the Spider-Man and Batman cartoons, but the X-men cartoon was the one I loved.

Collecting Marvel Universe, I essentially want to complete the cast of the X-men cartoon, but because so many other characters made cameos, the potential for collecting is vast. Through the more recent Marvel films, I have discovered other Marvel characters and like them as well (not as much though).

Marvel has a vast range of different and interesting characters, and the X-men cartoon in particular told very good stories. In describing why I'd drawn to Marvel, I guess I have to say why I'm not so drawn by DC.

I like Batman (who doesn't!?), I collect Batman figures from Infinite Heroes and the DCU lines, but I'm just not interested in other DC characters. I find Superman annoying (the point above about a pedestal rings true for me) and the only other DC characters I've been exposed to are the Green Lanterns (the recent film), and although it was okay, compared to say, Iron Man (who I didn't know anything about until the first film), it just didn't measure up.

I think the way Marvel has woven it's universe together is what makes it so great, okay there will always be retcons and the like, but I like the way the histories of the characters overlap (Captain America and Wolverine in WWII for instance), in addition for the most part, the movie studios have managed to get the perfect blend of action, story-telling and accessability in their Marvel films.