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Are you MARVEL or DC?

Started by Mr 9.8,

MARVEL VS DC  

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  1. 1. MARVEL VS DC

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Comicopolis

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MARVEL is my ticket! (thumbs u

The few silver age DC's I have are just silly to read.

Bronze definitely got better but I can't buy everything.

 

Silver Age DC's were silly? We need proof :sumo:

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And you base this off which DC books you read consistently over the years? Spidey always had the same problems, ASM storylines are like having 6 different labels on the same product. X-Men dealt with race issues, Adams did a much better job in Green Lantern. FF had a chance, but again constant rehash of the same stories. SGT.fury was cool, Sgt Rock is better by far. Kid Colt vs. Jonah Hex maybe?? I can keep going if you like.

 

Snow men, rainbow creatures, spankings, Lois punching out Superman, bat-everything (toothpaste,floss,toilet paper-you name it)....from the 1940's to the early 1970's it was about as silly as a publisher could be.

 

Don't get me wrong, I read DC as a kid, as did many others....they were just not my flavor after about the age of 8 or 9.

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Ok, the same era of Marvel was giving us pre-hero TTA, JIM, Etc.. Marvel had no stake in that same era. So I guess no super hero books would have been better..

 

Yeah but the pre hero stuff was fantastic to read...Kirby, Ditko, monsters, horror. It was pretty smart stuff.

 

There is no right and wrong. It's just personal preference.

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Marvel was inconsistent in the Bronze Age--sometimes on to some MARVELous ideas ( ha. ha. ) such as Conan, the Spider-Man drug story arc, Death of Gwen Stacy, the resurgence in horror, and let's not forget the late-Bronze to early-Copper Uncanny X-Men! But as you point out Pat, there were some other flops.

 

DC is kind of in the same boat, though it's much more focused in terms of their success: Neal Adams. That guy IS the Bronze Age in so many ways and he's really what helps keep DC in the game during the BA (for me).

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And you base this off which DC books you read consistently over the years? Spidey always had the same problems, ASM storylines are like having 6 different labels on the same product. X-Men dealt with race issues, Adams did a much better job in Green Lantern. FF had a chance, but again constant rehash of the same stories. SGT.fury was cool, Sgt Rock is better by far. Kid Colt vs. Jonah Hex maybe?? I can keep going if you like.

 

Snow men, rainbow creatures, spankings, Lois punching out Superman, bat-everything (toothpaste,floss,toilet paper-you name it)....from the 1940's to the early 1970's it was about as silly as a publisher could be.

 

Don't get me wrong, I read DC as a kid, as did many others....they were just not my flavor after about the age of 8 or 9.

 

I'd qualify this with LATE 1940s. Early 1940s and you have some freakin' SWEET GA Bats and Supes books. It's the Atomic GA books that lose me.

 

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Comicopolis

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Marvel for me.

 

DC ruined it for me with the Absolutely-Totally-We-Really-Mean-It Final-Crisis of Infinite Sequels.

 

Too much crossover with too much filler.

 

And Marvel would never do that.

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Marvel for me.

 

DC ruined it for me with the Absolutely-Totally-We-Really-Mean-It Final-Crisis of Infinite Sequels.

 

Too much crossover with too much filler.

 

And Marvel would never do that.

 

I think Marvel's last crossover (Seige) got it spot on. A 4 issue mini with no requirement to read any of the associated books. I tried reading the last Crisis and Blackest Night and got completely lost due to some critical references to other books which I had no interest in buying

 

It may not have been the best of stories but a return to being able to read a core book on it's own is defintely a step in the right direction.

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