Who has better writers, Marvel or DC?

Strictly comicbook writers.

I was under the impression that it is pretty much the same pool of writers (over time)....

@drgnx: Some writers are exclusively contracted to write for only one company, like how Geoff Johns has a contract to where he only writes for DC.

DC

Right now...DC.

All-time..too close to call, but most "legendary writers" the last thirty years cut their teeth at Marvel (Byrne, Miller, Conway, etc...)

@xxxddd: Hmm okay, well only really read DC myself.

@drgnx: Is it because that DC has better writers?

I say DC has better writers

I should say DC right now.They have Snyder,Azzarello,Johns,Lemire and other great writers.

@xxxddd said:

@drgnx: Is it because that DC has better writers?

No, I think they both have good writers, I think DC has a much more interesting top lineup of heroes and villains while marvel has an overall better spread (so on a list (my list) of 100, most of the top 15-20 spots might go to DC, but there might more 60+ Marvel characters on the overall list).

@Eternal19 said:

@DarkKnightDetective said:

DC, because Johns made Aquaman a intresting character, the man deserves a Eisner award and job for the IMF.

this. He also made Green Lantern interesting again, had a pretty good run on the flash, and made Action Comics a readable book again. I honestly dont know where DC would be without Johns.

In a pot hole wishing for a miracle.

@TDK_1997 said:

I should say DC right now.They have Snyder,Azzarello,Johns,Lemire and other great writers.

I agree. Marvel only has........

well, Mark Waid.

DC.

Right now, definitely DC.

@xxxddd said:

@TDK_1997 said:

I should say DC right now.They have Snyder,Azzarello,Johns,Lemire and other great writers.

I agree. Marvel only has........

well, Mark Waid.

They also have Jonathan Hickman and Dan Slott.

I voted Marvel but lets do the math. First lets take Brubaker, Rucka and Morrison off the table. All 3 still have work coming out at the moment, but are on their way out of mainstream comics all together. Top writers are not necessarily the best or my favorite but they're the one's writing the flag ship books at the moment or in some cases have big followings. Honorable mentions are the work horses. Great writers turning out great stories and never getting top billing. New comers are writers making their debut in comics or jumping ship from independents. Disclaimer: A lot of this is opinion so please dont send me your petty complaints.

DC's Top Writers:

Geoff Johns

Brian Azzerello

Scott Snyder

Jeff Lemire

James Robinson

Scott Lobdell

J.M. Straczynski

Andy Diggle

Honorable Mentions; Bill Willingham, Gail Simone, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Gregg Hurwittz, Kyle Higgins, Justin & Jimmy, Peter Tomasi, Keith Giffen, Dan Jurgens, Tony Bedard, Peter Milligan, Fabian Nicieza, China Mieville

New comers; James Tynion IV, Justin Jordan, John Layman, Robert Venditti

MARVEL's Top Writers:

Brian Michael Bendis

Johnathan Hickman

Rick Remender

Matt Fraction

Jason Aaron

Mark Waid

Kieron Gillen

Dan Slott

Jeph Loeb

Nick Spencer

Brian Wood

Garth Ennis

Honorable Mentions; Jeff Parker, Greg Pak, Peter David, Chris Yost, Christos Gage, Cullen Bunn, David Lapham, Marjorie Liu.

New comers; Simon Spurrier, Sam Humphries, Dennis Hopeless, Joe Keatinge,

It seems Marvel certainly has a monopoly on the big names in comics. DC has a smaller stable of big name writers with larger work loads.

@DarkKnightDetective said:

@TDK_1997 said:

@xxxddd said:

@TDK_1997 said:

I should say DC right now.They have Snyder,Azzarello,Johns,Lemire and other great writers.

I agree. Marvel only has........

well, Mark Waid.

They also have Jonathan Hickman and Dan Slott.

Well, he sort of is screwing over Spider-man sooooooo...................

Besides that he has made some pretty great Spider-Man stories.

@Billy Batson: There were several writers I left off the list for various reasons. Ann Nocenti, Andrew Keisberg, JT Krul...etc. But China deserves a spot. I like Dial H quite a bit.

@drgnx: What is an IMF?

@longbowhunter: I don't think Bendis should be in the list of excellent writers anymore.

I stopped reading his runs after Ultimate Fantastic Four.

@xxxddd said:

@drgnx: What is an IMF?

@DarkKnightDetective said:

DC, because Johns made Aquaman a intresting character, the man deserves a Eisner award and job for the IMF.

@Billy Batson:

Would you still consider Bendis a excellent writer?

@DarkKnightDetective said:

DC, because Johns made Aquaman a intresting character, the man deserves a Eisner award and job for the IMF.

What does IMF stand for?

@xxxddd said:

@longbowhunter: I don't think Bendis should be in the list of excellent writers anymore.

I stopped reading his runs after Ultimate Fantastic Four.

I can't speak for his current stuff but his old stuff is great. Hopefully once he stops writing every Marvel title at once he can get back to doing more stuff in the same style as Alias or his Daredevil run.

@DarkKnightDetective said:

@drgnx: @xxxddd:

Impossible Mission Force.

What's a impossible mission force?

@entropy_aegis said:

@xxxddd: He means well known writers whose work sells,not necessarily good ones or else Loeb wouldn't even have been mentioned.

How is Loeb still employed?

@xxxddd: Its a real shame. The Marvel color books and his Batman work was really great. Last things I read by him were Ultimates 3 and the first few issues of his Hulk run. Not good, and the reviews for anything more current get worse and worse.

@DarkKnightDetective:

Yes.

Now I get it. You were saying Johns has done some stuff that seems impossible, that's why he should join the IMF.

@Elaine: Do you hate each company's reboot?

@longbowhunter: I know, it seems Loeb put all of his talent into Batman: Hush then forgot good storytelling all together.

@xxxddd: It seems his writing took a dive after his son died in 2005. I cant say there is a direct correlation but something like that cant have a positive effect on you.

@longbowhunter: Probably that is what caused Loeb to change.

Death of a close relative isn't a good thing.

DC has batman in it DC for the win.

Of two my favourite writers at the moment one works for DC and one for Marvel.