Marvel and DC: Can There Really Be Only One?

marvel more relateable like spiderman, x-men, venom, wolverine everything is  not so black and white like it is with DC. 
Marvel feels  like the real world heroes live and die or become a villian or anti-hero snd their are more diverse than DC  
DC is perfect good hearted heroes  who focus on the same heroes over and over again. batman, superman, green lantern flash, plus they are less diverse. 

@GLCorps2814 said:

Anybody can give reasons for Marvel and DC to fight, what I wanna see is them fighting together against something that could potentially threaten both, that would more interesting, we saw the fight against each other, now lets see the teamup of two companies, two universes massing against something truly dangerous

Piracy? Just saying.

  I love 'em both, just that I don't read DC's comics (I do watch their animated features, play their games, and watch their movies), and I read Marvel's comics on top of the other stuff.

My interest with comics began with animated shows. I was the right age to watch Batman: TAS, X-Men, and Spider-Man '94. The heroes featured in these show remain my favorites to date. I did not begin to read current comics until my 20's. Initially it was short run or limited series regarding the previously mentioned characters. I had no interest in ongoing titles or major events. Fast forward to today. Marvel is most certainly my preferred company. I keep up with the major events and read multiple ongoing titles. I read current Bat-titles, but that's all I touch of DC. Why? I believe it is because of accessibility. Everything from frequent use of issue recaps, to current Marvel films, even to the availability of the unlimited Marvel digital comics subscriptions has effectively driven me more toward Marvel. DC's somewhat un-relatable characters (to me, at least) as well as my vast unfamiliarity with the characters has prevented me from growing as warm to the publisher as I am to Marvel. I hold no ill will towards DC. In fact, I frequently feel I am missing out great comics and I am currently trying to develop more interest in DC. In my opinion, Marvel has simply made it much easier for me to become a fan. 

To all the people here, I only need to say this:
Secret Six.
 I'm a DC guy.

 DC especially the Justice League is a good example of a wrestling slogan from WCW back in the 1990's "it's where the big boys play", but ironically it's a show more aimed for the kids. While Marvel, like the WWE, was actually the product more big boys watch.

Nerds all over have pondered this question...  
 
result:
 
The world may never know.

i like Marvel more but im a fan of both but their crappy continuity shake-ups and fake deaths really piss me off. I wonder when both companies decide to age their characters and replace them with younger versions or different characters altogether

I read both DC and Marvel, but I purchase more DC comics. I spend like 60 dollars a week on comics which in average 40 dollars goes to DC. I also read Boom comics love the Darkwing Duck (one of my favorite comics of all time) comics and also read Chip and Dale and duck tale comics. 
The problem I have with marvel is that it doesn't give me what I want. My favorite charater in the Marvel universe is Hulk and Gambit. I don't purchase the X men comics till its release in a graphic novel and I find out if Gambit plays important role. I do purchase the Incredible Hulk and Hulk (AKA Red Hulk) comics, but  i rather have an extra Hulk title than the Red Hulk title. 
DC gives me what I want many Batman titles and Green Lantern titles but lately the stories have been really good. I been contemplating on dropping most DC comics. I love the Green Lantern comics and in my opinion the only good 3 titles from DC. Batman is my favorite character in DC comics but I hate what they done with its legacy. I have come very close  in dropping the Batman titles since I read all of them. I love reading Batman every week, but the quality of the stories is just horrible. I dont even recognize Batman any more. Batman use to work in the shadows and the criminals of Gotham really didn't know if he was an urban myth or real. Batman was also a loner and mysteries character, now he has a Bat gang all over the world and many people know that he is Bruce. As a college student that only works part time and loves to read comics and its on a budget. If the quality continues to be below average I will stop to purchase comics in general and maybe just purchase the HULK and Green Lantern when they are release as a graphic novel.  I love Superman but havent be to crazy about the comics. Haven't purchase a Justice League comic in years and only recently I purchase the  issue with the Doomsday tile in. Not to crazy about Wonder Woman either, The only reason I purchase the comics is because I am loyal to the characters, but if this continues I will stop to buy comics because I am getting tired of the bad writing. Batman INC has been the worst comic I have ever read but its doesnt say much due to the resent overall run of just bad writing like Final Crisis, Batman RIP, Wonder Woman and Superman in general. 
I could care less which company is better. What I want is stories that are faith full to the characters and good writing.

I think it shouldn't matter which publisher a comic is from if you enjoy it then it shouldn't matter. A person is the right to a preference but some neckbeards take  it a bit too seriously and make a big deal about it. They almost make it sound like they are discussing political sides.

I like both. (though I'm more of a DC fanboy nowadays all thanks to Batman) 
Personally I think DC and Marvel represent superheroes in either two familiar or possibly contrasting ways. 
DC has superheroes that are 'legendary' in nature. They are THE best of the best, and you're right about them being comparable to archetypal figures like Hercules, Beowulf or King Arthur. They are gods and goddesses in their own way. Marvel on the other hand has modernized versions of these figures and tend to get them grounded as much as possible. Their characters are, simply put, ordinary individuals gifted with extraordinary abilities. They have problems and are often neurotic in nature, which gives them that relatable persona.

I think being a fanboi is stupid, but then again as an artist I never followed certain characters, I followed artists and some writers. Because that's what brings a comic book to life. Travis Charest and Greg Capullo for example, Greg has drawn for Marvel, went Image, went rogue, went back to image, now is going to DC. I'm eager to see his batman, and how he breathes life into that character.

Travis is just a cover artist for whoever publishes star wars books (shows how much I care about publishers) Before you couldn't touch him. Joe Mad, what the hell happened to that guy?

Comic book characters from either company seem to be desperate for your money when they end up losing a key member in a creative team that's making them steady money on a monthly title. As soon as the sales drop because the replacements aren't cutting it, they do something retarded like killing spider-man, the human torch, breaking batmans back, making venom a good guy in a now white costume, or daredevil just a blank book opened up and having the results of the creative teams culminated enema splash onto the pages for us to go WTF?

I don't follow big publisher books, I just follow artists who I've grown a liking to.

Your top book is Identity Crisis?!
The RAPE book?!
I stopped reading there!

Wow, what an absolutely horrible list. 
 
No offense. 

Marvel is better. They don't have to reset the universe all the time.

i dont think either are superior they both thrive on there respective competition they make each  other better, and other up incoming companies learn from there mistakes and success such as image, dark horse and etc.

I like Marvel slightly better, but I love them both. And yeah, Identity Crisis is amazing.

In the end, it comes down to personal preference. Both companies are flawed but they still bring out a bevy of strong story-telling, every year.

I feel that DC lacks imagination. I feel that Marvel thinks more outside the box than DC. Marvel FTW!

When I got into comics a couple of years ago I got into DC, I don't remember why; and there's where I stayed. With all the Marvel movies coming out I've been looking into them; and while I enjoy them, specially Thor, I can seem to go beyond a dip. I feel Marvel is missing something, I think it might be the Greatness, the Majesty, the larger than life quality DC heroes have. In the DC Multiverse normal people look up to heroes, in Marvel they distrust them; that's not a bad thing it's just not my thing.
I found the DC Multiverse much nicer and optimistic than the Marvel, and in the current state of the world I really need something to lift my spirits not remind me how much the world sucks. It's called escapism for a reason

dc comics is basically God-land ( I like dc for it`s inherent silliness and vast history  since it`s 1st   inception ) : why you ask well here i go with this .. DC comics is in away the forerunner of everything we take for granted in what we all buy , consume , read and even watch everyday . yes DC comics has superman ( basically Jesus ) Batman ( basically the holy spirit of the trinity or Holy terror if you prefer ) and Wonder Woman ( she is basically Mother / Electra  warrior fighting God of the other two )  anyways every other ground breaking modern advances as brought to us by Alan Moore and friends from vertigo from the 80s , All I can honestly say is DC to me personally likes to take few if not more risk with unusual material ( heck even their silver-age material was anything but sane but then again it was fun , even Grant Morrison`s Run on the Doom Patrol is something I look at as being the most lively ,well sociable Pink Elephant in the room that will take you out to diner and treat you will nice and in the end if your nice and say the safe word Hit you up side the head with a stiletto and take your money from your wallet while you lie unconscious  in a sleazy hotel located in the narrows in Gotham City . but enough of that DC comics as far as I am concern they put out Wild and Crazy Work  ( I mostly speak about their Early 90s vertigo stuff and a few of their other canceled titled I used to own randomly from way back when ) in many ways I grew up with DC (mostly the animation and I had read a lot of stuff from back then such as the new teen titans hardcover and almost everything else over time and I have come to accept that DC is progressive in some areas and not so much in others but hey I am not jim lee running the zoo over there or things would be a little bit differently right now but that is another fever dream for another time my final point is DC comics is about extreme escapism  and not trying to be realistic (kinda like the bible in some respects ) anyways DC comics is like the Old testament and New testament as if written by Grant Morrison ,Alan Moore and friends since before any of us were born . ( and wildstorm was liken to the dead sea scrolls but that is another rant for another time ) but DC comics  basically about gods who live ,breath and walk among us mortals . 
 
Marvel comics is the counter New Testament  /Old Testament  and is more in line of what our world would be if the gods where more or less like us meer mortals ( everyone is imperfect ,everyone makes mistakes , some things cannot be undone -I do stress some things ) and it`s basically that ..just a little bit more riskier than DC (by just a tad )   but marvel does play at the heart strings at times And is a little melodramatic at times but that too is what made it fun in it`s heyday . marvel can still be fun but You would have to look hard enough to find it . marvel has evolved during the 2000s (that was in which I found some hope during this time because they was doing something different ) I do not like one company over another just because Of a few minor differences and a few ugly flaws or what have you but My personal thoughts on both of them is that everything we enjoy and take for granted today we partly if not full owe to them both . (that includes  some of the silly ,stupid ,crazy , gimmicky , mass media loving ,ultra slick marketing they are both really good at to this very day ) is something that most companies envy to try and out match them both to this very day  to be just as good if not better . I look at Marvel and DC as two Of the Hottest chicks in the room ( DC being Sasha Grey ) and (Marvel being Joanna Angel ) 
their both are very talented and work with very talented people and they love money (and you if you treat them right ) ^_^ but in the end which one really took you for a ride and Was the cover price of $2.99 or $4.99 worth it true believer ? ( I like them both equally for what they bring to the table ) and that is Entertainment and a Experience that I will never forget .)

I like aspects of both companies, but DC will always have my vote (looking forward to september)

To each their own, right? :P
 
Screw thze haters and all those fanboys nerd rants. Like whatever you like!

can we just do away with this  marvel dc bull... each company has books that are worth and  for eg i buy  jla  x-men or teen titans and wolverine..    it's not like high school all over again is it???   GROW UP!

It's funny how many people here say Marvel's heroes are more human than DC, even though Marvel has more godlike characters in great supply. For instance, Galactus, Sentry, Quasar, Silver Surfer, The Watcher, Captain Marvel, Gladiator etc, etc. I find DC's characters more relatable. A guy said that Hal Jordan is simply a Superman lite. That couldn't be further from the truth, and anybody who has read Green Lantern will tell you that. In fact, for anyone who's getting into DC, Johns' GL run is a great place to start. Most people overlook DC's large stable of street-level characters because a lot of them are tied to Batman, such as Huntress, Oracle, Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, Azrael and Catman for a few, even though they are great characters in their own right. Also, DC and Marvel both have HUGE universes, but even though both are muddled, I find DC's more interesting to follow, because their characters are well-written. Marvel's characters seem more like the same personalities with the exception of a few, and so I don't feel interested in delving into their cosmic stories, with Nova and Quasar and such. Hence the reason that the only Marvel book that interests me being Captain America...but don't get me wrong, I have sampled a LOT of other stuff, as well. Another thing that I dislike is that Marvel seems to be on an event every year basis, which is just gimmicky. To each their own, however. This is just my two cents.

I read both but I'd have to say I like DC more.

Hear, hear.

I have a special place for both companies and read both, but I prefer DC and I don't know if I can get over that. I tried to read more Marvel with the upcoming revamp of DC, but I just can't get into the characters. But I still enjoy both, just one more than the other.

i tend to like dc better than Marvel just for the simple fact that i like their stories(more intereesting)  and characters(dc has superheroes while marvel has jerks with super powers)  better, although Spider-Man is just plain awesome although this rivalry has gone on for decades, i doubt it will end any time soon, as long they both live, the fans will be at war

@Jordanstine said:

 DC especially the Justice League is a good example of a wrestling slogan from WCW back in the 1990's "it's where the big boys play", but ironically it's a show more aimed for the kids. While Marvel, like the WWE, was actually the product more big boys watch.

You're kidding right? WCW went bankrupt and was bought by WWE. WWE programming right now, is aimed at little children, with John Cena being the face of the company a la Spider-Man is with Marvel. They have the Super-Hero Squad Show, for Christ's sake! Whereas DC came off from finishing Smallville, going to release Batman: Year One this summer, and have Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a show that for all its kid-friendly visuals and stories, draw heavily from DC stories of old. This logic you brought up is at fault.

I love marvel and have a lot more of it's comics than DC's but I still am also a DC fan since they actually have pretty good stories sometimes and Batman and Superman are incredible.

Even though i am more of a Marvel fan i must repeat what Spoony said once: "When you have mutants you don't have to explain their origins.They are mutants." It was kinda like that.So the point is: Marvel has great and easily relateble characters but a lot of "what the hell"s.Still i like Marvel better.

IRON MAN: who can relate to some ego maniac billionaire with an indestructable suit.  
HULK: how is turning into a dumbass monster relatable. he could get stronger and stronger to infinite levels by getting mad? no way thats not realistic
SILVER SURFER:  he's just galactus's super power servant. the only people who can relate to him are other servants. 
WOLVERINE: some short tempered phsyco who cant die because he has overpowered  healing abilities. that is niether realistic nor reliable. 
 
i could go on listing other heroes like spider man, every character in the fantastic four, or the xmen but that would take to long. the point is that marvel heroes are not more realistic or relatable, but thats okay hero's are not soposed to be realistic or relatble. if you want realism then you should stop  reading comics and go out into the real world with some friends. the whole point of comics is to escape reality.

Honestly, I will never side with one company over the other.  Why?  Because both have their faults, and both have the moments that remind me why I'm a comic reader.  DC has amazing storytelling, but some of their characters are a bit removed from the problems of the people they save.  Marvel does have characters who are a little more relatable, but like what is said in the article, that loses its appeal over time.  So yeah, both companies are great.  The only reason fans still get into pissing matches over it is because its fandom.  It's what people do.   Whether it be driven by support for a company or love of a character, it's just an unfortunate byproduct of comics being so popular.  Maybe one day people will get over their egos and be able to be nice to each other about this stuff, but that day won't be anytime soon.