Thursday, August 04, 2005

Marvel vs. DC

WHERE DO YOU STAND IN THIS NEVER ENDING BATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is and always will be the question.
Although I am reading both companies books, the one company I always seem to enjoy more is...
Well we'll get to that later.
The one word I want to emphasize is "enjoy".
Cause when you take away all the battles and all the foil enhanced and sketch covers; all of it, what you are truly looking for is something you can enjoy.
Is Batman enjoyable? Or Superman?
What about the X-Men? Or the Avengers?
Is all these movies helping or hurting the books?
Would someone who never read a comic in his/her life, finally pick one up after seeing Fantastic Four?
Will Joss Whedon's version of Wonder Woman make me want to read her book?
Well it didn't help any of the other movies so Joss is out of luck. Unless he writes it. :)
There I go, breaking my own rules again.
Well each company has their own rights of passage in this little battle.
DC has an unbelievable knack of reinventing itself only to do some cheesy ploy and bring back some second rate Robin.
Marvel likes to toy with our minds with silly plot devices that "ultimately" turn out awesome.
When Bowen starting creating his little masterpieces, they were from Marvel.
When Topps and UpperDeck and SkyBox put out mind shattering cards, they took the likeness of Marvel characters.
But DC has enjoyed the fruits of their labor much longer with super-men and wonder-women.
DC puts out quality products time and time again that amaze and ponder ones mind.
Alex Ross did a whole series of futuristic books that rocked the comic world based on DC characters.
He did over-sized graphic novels that broke all barriers with all DC guys, and women too!
So when you ask me which company deserves the title of "Best" only one of these two giants wins.... Not saying all the little guys are not good, but that's another story for another day.
No the most likely company to truly deserve the title of best comic company (based on enjoyable all around) is....
MARVEL
for constantly making stories fun and mature at the same time.
What do you think?
Am I right?
Drop me a line and let me know.

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