A stereotypical Marvel HERO and A stereotypical DC HERO! - Gen. Discussion

#1 Posted by Captain13 (1889 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

Describe a stereotypical Marvel HERO and a stereotypical DC HERO!

#2 Posted by tootyghost (139 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

Marvel: Captain America

DC: Superman

#3 Edited by cattlebattle (11097 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

A stereotypical Marvel hero would have a flaw.....I guess Hulk or Daredevil

DC heroes are just awesome 24/7........Superman I suppose

#4 Posted by BlackArmor (5895 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

Marvel: meh

DC: epic incarnate

#5 Posted by Mycroftian (109 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

Marvel's most popular heroes do tend to be more flawed/antiheroes (Wolverine, Deadpool, etc.), though that isn't true in all cases (Spider-Man, Cap). DC's heroes tend to be stupid-powerful.

#6 Posted by shadowknight666 (20783 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

Marvel characters are relatable, Characters with everyday issues like the reader.

DC Characters are role models, You want to be them, You can look up to them and learn from them.

#7 Posted by JediXMan (22925 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

@shadowknight666 said:

Marvel characters are relatable, Characters with everyday issues like the reader.
DC Characters are role models, You want to be them, You can look up to them and learn from them.

This, basically.

#8 Posted by SuperShafe (470 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

@shadowknight666 said:

Marvel characters are relatable, Characters with everyday issues like the reader.
DC Characters are role models, You want to be them, You can look up to them and learn from them.

That's an accurate well balanced answer. good work sir.

#9 Posted by The Stegman (12991 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

Marvel characters are relatable, Characters with everyday issues like the reader.
DC Characters are role models, You want to be them, You can look up to them and learn from them.

Pretty much, although obviously there are many, many exceptions to the rule for both companies.

#10 Posted by vicioushero (153 posts) - 1 year, 28 days ago - Show Bio

For every Marvel character there is a DC counterpart and vice versa. For every Superman there is a Sentry. For every Batman there is an Iron Man. It's just DC a lot fans are well fanatical and treat their favorite characters as Gods. Just look at the battle boards.

#11 Edited by Illuminatus (9303 posts) - 1 year, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@vicioushero said:

For every Marvel character there is a DC counterpart and vice versa. For every Superman there is a Sentry. For every Batman there is an Iron Man. It's just DC a lot fans are well fanatical and treat their favorite characters as Gods. Just look at the battle boards.

Horrible generalization. I enjoy both equally (although a majority of DC/Vertigo titles/arcs far outweigh Marvel ones in terms of quality art and writing, in my opinion), so I really don't see what you're getting at. The only people that might actually treat their favorite characters as "Gods" are people who take comic books/graphic novels WAY too seriously (specifically the silly, cliched ones), and shouldn't be taken too seriously themselves in turn.

#12 Posted by Hazlenaut (1679 posts) - 1 year, 27 days ago - Show Bio

marvel heroes are known to have a lot emotional problems and it seem hard to be love since they are politically bash. they do point out their mistakes and since they are flawed characters it easy to excuse the writers mistakes. They simply need to state the character had an addiction, too much stress or any other factor that can found in this world. i you are popular known you have several clones and be in several team ups future children from an alternate reality.

DC heroes are very strict to hold their ideals and try to be role model. Speaking of model the character probably have the looks of one if not it probably changed in the retcon. In order to excuse a writer's mistakes they use something extraordinary to explain why the character was like that. Examples are fear bug, cosmic forces, super drug, and etc If that is not possible fix it that way than in the retcon they make it does not exist. There is chance that character will have ubber abilities in certain moments.

#13 Posted by shadowknight666 (20783 posts) - 1 year, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@The Stegman: Yeah there is some marvel characters you can look up to, And DC Characters you can relate to, But I've always pictured that as the basic archetypes.

#14 Posted by Lvenger (8228 posts) - 1 year, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@The Stegman said:

Marvel characters are relatable, Characters with everyday issues like the reader.
DC Characters are role models, You want to be them, You can look up to them and learn from them.
Pretty much, although obviously there are many, many exceptions to the rule for both companies.

Pretty much this. The best examples of this are Superman for DC and Spider-Man for Marvel obviously. These two typify these two statements.

#15 Posted by Kal'smahboi (2773 posts) - 1 year, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@shadowknight666 said:

Marvel characters are relatable, Characters with everyday issues like the reader.
DC Characters are role models, You want to be them, You can look up to them and learn from them.

This thread ended with this.

#16 Posted by shadowknight666 (20783 posts) - 1 year, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@Kal'smahboi: Thanks.

#17 Posted by inferiorego (19298 posts) - 1 year, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@Kal'smahboi said:

@shadowknight666 said:
Marvel characters are relatable, Characters with everyday issues like the reader.
DC Characters are role models, You want to be them, You can look up to them and learn from them.
This thread ended with this.

Yeah, I should totally lock this thread now.

Best description ever.

Staff

#18 Posted by shadowknight666 (20783 posts) - 1 year, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@inferiorego: Thank You Very Much! Lol.