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Originally Posted by behindthemask

If this is based on the field of comics purely then I say it all depends on what the reader wants to take away from the comicboook. If it's a hero to look up to or someone to relate to then I say go Marvel. If you want a legend, a saga and vilians that linger then go DC. I myself collect Marvel, not to say I didn't have my fare share of Batman and Robin figures. I never got into flash,green lantern, justice league, or superman much. I've seen the movies and read a few comics and probably had the odd figure. But I never cared for them as much as spiderman,iron man, and my more recent love affair... Deadpool. I like overall costume designs better for Marvel, and the artwork is more memorable/ iconic to me. Now having said that, if given the $$ and resources I wouldn't turn down a batmobile. I do find that a lot of DC characters can be delt with only 1 way which limits the range of storytelling. Ie superman is invincible, unless you throw a green rock at him called kryptonite. Batman should of died with a straight bullet to the temple by now. Green Lantern is nothing without the ring, or there's a differnet ring that challenges them and they must either destroy,steal or take the ring from them. Which is kind of like Iron man, without the suit and it's Just Tony Stark. Where as Thor is a God, and that tyes into mythological stories that go farther back then Marvel does, same Hercules, Loki, Odin, etc.

I respectfully agree and disagree on a few points. I think DC has far more heroes who you can look up to than Marvel. Marvel has kind of gone the gray area with a lot of their heroes. Not a lot of wrestling fans here, but I still say that it relates a lot to pro wrestling. Marvel has a lot of Stonecold Steve Austins. Wolverine is a cigar puffing fowl mouthed cold blooded murderer. Tony Stark, a womanizing playboy who does what he does because he "feels like it" are at the forefront of Marvel's flagship heroes. Tony Stark and Deadpool are terrible role models. More DC heroes definitely take home the Boyscout award. I think the whole reason people feel like they can relate to Marvel heroes than DC heroes is because they're more flawed. They lie, they steal, they cheat on their husbands and wives, they do drugs, they smoke, they're alcoholics. Not to say that DC heroes don't have their share of flaws, but Marvel humanizes their heroes by giving them bad habits and loose morals a LOT more liberally than DC did pre-New 52. New 52 feels like the Marvel writers got a hold of the DC storyboards and this is all just a very bad joke.

Also don't really agree with you on the part about DC heroes only being dealt with in a single way. Marvel has a plethora of heroes with no superpowers who haven't had their lives ended by a bullet to the head. In fact, even most of the heroes who HAVE powers aren't bulletproof nor do they wear bulletproof clothing yet never take a bullet to the head. Maxwell Lord shot Blue Beetle in the head with a gun so obviously it does happen from time to time. Superman has been shown to possess more than one weakness, Kryptonite is just the one most advertised in the media. It's possible to beat him to near death, Doomsday saw to that. He's also shown weakness to magic. Also, his near invulnerability in itself has been shown to be a flaw in that he is often overconfident. In DC Universe Online, in an alternate timeline, Lex Luthor and a number of popular villains finally kill every member of the Justice League including Superman. Point is, it's a comic book, you're meant to suspend disbelief that Batman would still be alive. Why would they kill their flagship character with a bullet to the head? If you're going to play that card, you should give the exact same standard when dealing with Marvel.

Also, I think few things are more iconic than the S shield on Superman's chest and the Bat Signal. Am I right?? I may put Wolverine's claws and the classic Spidey suit near the bottom of a top ten list but Iron Man's arc reactor wouldn't even break the top 20.