Why do you only read one company? (Dc/marvel only)

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#1 Edited by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

Only for people who dont read the "other" company

  1. Why dont you read the other company exactly
  2. Have you read anything from the other company
  3. Where do you get your info about the other company
  4. Are you willing to give the other compayn a chance

If its for monetary reasons, then it doesnt matter. Im only talking about personal preference

#2 Posted by JediXMan (22919 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

I don't. But I do have preferences.

#3 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

Bump

#4 Posted by The Poet (6918 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

I do like DC, but I do collect stuff from other companies (a few from Boom and Gambit from marvel), so I supose I am am open minded...but I mainly collect DC (don't know why though...)

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#5 Posted by matmatxm8 (587 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

I like cheese

I like pepperoni

#6 Posted by Immortal777 (3229 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

There are other companies besides DC/Marvel?

#7 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

@Immortal777 said:

There are other companies besides DC/Marvel?

Yes (well i guess you were joking about that)

But im asking the dc/marvel fanboys why they stick to one company only, not why dont they read image, valiant or others

#8 Posted by _Zombie_ (9596 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

Marvel's general quality is abysmal, and DC has a few decent titles.

#9 Posted by guttridgeb (4323 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

I can only afford to get so many comics so I decided to get comics from Marvel and the occasional TPB from DC. I went for Marvel in the first place because I prefer the characters and it has better continuity.

#10 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

@guttridgeb said:

I can only afford to get so many comics so I decided to get comics from Marvel and the occasional TPB from DC. I went for Marvel in the first place because I prefer the characters and it has better continuity.

Thats pretty okay, i was wondering more about the people who want nothing to do with the other compnay

Im not getting the kind of audience i wanted to be honest lol...

#11 Posted by guttridgeb (4323 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

@Stormbox said:

@guttridgeb said:

I can only afford to get so many comics so I decided to get comics from Marvel and the occasional TPB from DC. I went for Marvel in the first place because I prefer the characters and it has better continuity.

Thats pretty okay, i was wondering more about the people who want nothing to do with the other compnay

Im not getting the kind of audience i wanted to be honest lol...

Yeah, originally I wanted nothing to do with DC because I hadn't really experience much of it and I thought everyone to be too overpowered to be enjoyable (that may sound odd from a Hulk fan but I have my reasons). It was through this site that people gradually got me to try out a bit more DC.

#12 Edited by Reignmaker (1371 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

Used to be a DC purist up until a week ago. Mainly for budgetary reasons, and I figured if I can only get 8-10 books a month they might as well be in the same universe.

Then I realized that I really don't give a @#!% for Green Lantern, and I don't think DC's lesser heroes get the creative talent they deserve (outside the rotworld books). So I've been on a Marvel binge lately, and I'm going to start following three of the Marvel Now line of offerings. We'll see how it goes.

Pull-list

DC

1) Justice League

2) Batman

3) Detective Comics

4) Flash

5) All-Star Western

6) Sword of Sorcery

7) Applicable tie-in books

MARVEL

1) Fantastic Four

2) Deadpool

3) Indestructible Hulk

4) Hawkeye

5) Applicable tie-in books

#13 Posted by minigunman123 (3100 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio
  1. Why dont you read the other company exactly: Because I don't find their comics interesting enough without usually being dark and depressing, not the kind of dark and depressing that Batman brings, but the kind of dark and depressing like "oh, we're all gonna die. This sucks." The characters are often also whiny or act stupidly, more often IMO than some of DC's characters. Not like, I think Stark is a stupid character like some people think Batman or Superman is a stupid character, but their characters act stupidly more often, it seems.
  2. Have you read anything from the other company: Yup! I've got the first three issues of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider Man, and I've got assorted issues of the travesty that was AvX.
  3. Where do you get your info about the other company: By reading/watching their stuff for myself. I just really don't like Marvel that much. They've got some characters/stories that I really enjoy, but they've got plenty more reasons why I don't enjoy the company.
  4. Are you willing to give the other compayn a chance: Not really, unless they change and become more like DC, which defeats the purpose of being a separate company. Marvel appeals to some people, just not me. IMO, Marvel sucks a big hairy one, overall. So much so, that if they combined Marvel and DC, it would not make Marvel better for me wanting to read it, it would make DC worse. I just don't think Marvel has the formula for comic books and stories that I enjoy. Their movies are getting to be amazing, though.
#14 Posted by Goldenboy_Prime (172 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio

Only for people who don't read the "other" company

  1. Why don't you read the other company exactly
  2. Have you read anything from the other company
  3. Where do you get your info about the other company
  4. Are you willing to give the other company a chance

1 - I grew up with DC characters via TV and the person who really got me into comics mostly reads DC. Also, I generally don't find Marvel's headliners appealing

2 - No, but I know enough about the concepts and execution of said concepts to have a general understanding

3 - Mainstream appearances, wikis, friends who are into Marvel, etc

4 - If DC keeps up their shenanigans, possibly. Of course I'd probably try Image, Valiant, etc before Marvel.

#15 Posted by The Stegman (12925 posts) - 6 months, 3 days ago - Show Bio 
I read both, but only pay to read one.
#16 Posted by cloudzackvincent (783 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

i mainly read dc... and a couple of big marvel storylines... i also read a couple of books from other companies like witchblade, red sonja, fathom, irredeemable every now and then. as for ur questions

1. i can only read so much every week... reading 27 of the new 52 titles plus a few other books... so dont really have the time

2. yes ..few big stories like civil war, world war hulk, chaos war, secret invasion, war of the kings and siege...i think chaos war was the last marvel book i read

3.comicvine, but i m not really interested to know about the other company since i don't post in battles where marvel characters are involved

4.not in the near future,not because i dont like their stories but because i would like to keep reading dc for the time being

#17 Posted by TheCannon (14192 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

@Immortal777 said:

There are other companies besides DC/Marvel?

No good ones.

#18 Posted by Lvenger (8228 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

@JediXMan said:

I don't. But I do have preferences.

This sums it up for me. Though I did use to just read DC. Before the New 52, I only ever read JMS' Thor 1-12 and 600-602, one issue of Hulk and Secret Invasion. Now I'm more balanced in my reading. 4 DC comics, 3 Marvel and 1 IDW title.

@TheCannon said:

@Immortal777 said:

There are other companies besides DC/Marvel?

No good ones.

There are plenty who would disagree with you. Image, Dark Horse and IDW spring to mind. And some who would argue that the other companies are superior to the Big Two. Though not me.

#19 Posted by YourNeighborhoodComicGeek (13821 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

Not really. I'm open-minded.

#20 Posted by GunGunW (852 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

It's not being close-minded to only read one company, I have no idea why people keep saying that. But anyway, I only read DC because I don't have a large comic budget and I will occasionally buy Superman, Action Comics, and Justice League. Most of the time not even that, just the new issue of Superman, and most of the time not even that. Just nothing. I just bought a few comics for the first time in over a year. If I had a bigger budgets I'd read Captain America and maybe Avengers as well.

#21 Edited by Eternal19 (1412 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

I currently only read DC i used to read x-men when i was younger, but i got into DC when i got older. I recently started reading Uncanny X-force and Uncanny X-men because i wanted to get back into X-books again

#22 Edited by Twentyfive (2160 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

Up until NOW!, I though DC was dishing out superior products. But I'M SWITCHING OVER BABY!! To the dark side. Yes I was DC exclusive too. Now, it just seems that Marvel is the only one that knows what the heck it wants, and how to please.

They just make better stuff.

#23 Posted by colonyofcells (1855 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

When I was a kid in the bronze age, I did not have enough money to buy too many comics so I just chose 1 company and the decision has stuck.

#24 Posted by Squalleon (1021 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

@Stormbox said:

  1. Why dont you read the other company exactly
  2. Have you read anything from the other company
  3. Where do you get your info about the other company
  4. Are you willing to give the other compayn a chance

I read DC

  1. Due to budget issues,I can afford 5 titles per month MAX.
  2. I have many comics from DC,VERTIGO,MARVEL
  3. Comic sites,wikis and i download some titles here and then..........................DON'T JUDGE ME!
  4. Definetely,when it start appeal to me again more than the other company
#25 Posted by Yung ANcient One (2661 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio 
Because!!! My wallet made me pick one or the other. (+)
#26 Posted by The_Peter_Cosmic (401 posts) - 6 months, 2 days ago - Show Bio

I read a lot of Marvel. I also read Bat family titles, but I can't stay interested in the larger DC universe. I tried to follow more DC when new 52 launched, but I failed.

#27 Posted by Jnr6Lil (6619 posts) - 6 months, 1 day ago - Show Bio

@JediXMan said:

I don't. But I do have preferences.

#28 Posted by WaveMotionCannon (2493 posts) - 6 months, 1 day ago - Show Bio

I'll buy whatever catches my eye, don't care who made it. I read stuff from Empowered ( Dark Horse) to RHATO ( DC) to Amazing Spider Man to Indy stuff like The Anchor. To limit yourself is to deprive yourself of new experiences.

#29 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 6 months, 1 day ago - Show Bio

@WaveMotionCannon said:

I'll buy whatever catches my eye, don't care who made it. I read stuff from Empowered ( Dark Horse) to RHATO ( DC) to Amazing Spider Man to Indy stuff like The Anchor. To limit yourself is to deprive yourself of new experiences.

Agreed

#30 Posted by TheThe (1439 posts) - 6 months, 1 day ago - Show Bio

At the moment 8 books out of ten that i read are from one company. I havent enough free time to read every book i'm interested in, so i select those i like the most. I try to read the others when i'm on vacation.

#31 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 6 months, 1 day ago - Show Bio

Lol i was expecting fanboys here

So far ive gotten people who read both companies or that have legit reasons for not reading both atm

#32 Posted by DarkKnightDetective (6665 posts) - 6 months, 1 day ago - Show Bio

I'm pretty even.

here is my pull-list (I'm not counting Bat-titles):

DC:

Justice league

Nightwing

RHATO

Action Comics

Suicide Squad

Aquaman

Marvel:

Daredevil

ASM

Gambit

Uncanny X-force

Deadpool

#33 Posted by briangsharon (147 posts) - 5 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio
  1. Preference (I prefer DC's more old fashioned brand of Science Fiction)
  2. Cost Effective
  3. Easier to keep up on continuity
#34 Posted by Sinfulplayerx (193 posts) - 5 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

I choose to collect Marvel comics. My pull list is already @ 27 regular comics and that's not accounting mini/event series titles. If I started to collect DC too...... I'm not gonna kid my self..... I would have to double that pull list. I have to draw the line somewhere. Marvel just has more of the characters that I enjoyed since I was a kid.

#35 Posted by xybernauts (856 posts) - 5 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio
  1. Why don't you read the other company exactly: I've given Marvel a chance during the Civil War and Age of M, but I didn't find the stories that appealing. They seemed to be going somewhere interesting, but they didn't. Felt like I wasted my time. At least with DC the conclusions to their stories make sense.
  2. Have you read anything from the other company: Yup! Look at question #1.
  3. Where do you get your info about the other company: Right now, the tv shows and movies. I've heard about new series like Marvel NOW and Ultimates, but I see nothing compelling me to give them a try.
  4. Are you willing to give the other company a chance: Yes, if I see fan enthusiasm for the company increase the way it did for New 52.
#36 Posted by JairamGanpat (748 posts) - 5 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

@The Stegman said:

I read both, but only pay to read one.

This guy's on to something

@TheCannon said:

@Immortal777 said:

There are other companies besides DC/Marvel?

No good ones.

I disagree.

#37 Posted by Blood1991 (8098 posts) - 5 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

I read and enjoy titles from both though I do get more Marvel than DC.

#38 Posted by Jdd895 (15 posts) - 5 months, 29 days ago - Show Bio

It's really just too expensive to try to follow multiple titles for both Marvel and DC. I wish it wasn't like this as I enjoy reading Marvel, but for right now I only read DC

#39 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

Bump

#40 Posted by Daycrawler (508 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@WaveMotionCannon said:

I'll buy whatever catches my eye, don't care who made it. I read stuff from Empowered ( Dark Horse) to RHATO ( DC) to Amazing Spider Man to Indy stuff like The Anchor. To limit yourself is to deprive yourself of new experiences.

True, but for, not to limit myself means no money or free time. lol

#41 Posted by xxxddd (2960 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@Stormbox: Because DC has better writers.

#42 Posted by Hksaru (463 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@The_Peter_Cosmic said:

I read a lot of Marvel. I also read Bat family titles, but I can't stay interested in the larger DC universe. I tried to follow more DC when new 52 launched, but I failed.

this, because I'm psychopathic and thus relate to more popular Marvel characters + Bats

#43 Posted by WaveMotionCannon (2493 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio
@Daycrawler Lol. C'mon now you make the choices you make. Sometimes you just have to branch out and get out the box. Also once you buy them , the books aren't going anywhere. I just bought the "End of Days " arc in ASM
#44 Posted by WaveMotionCannon (2493 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio
@WaveMotionCannon awhile ago and I'm just getting around to reading them. Awesome story and art by the way .
#45 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@Hksaru said:

@The_Peter_Cosmic said:

I read a lot of Marvel. I also read Bat family titles, but I can't stay interested in the larger DC universe. I tried to follow more DC when new 52 launched, but I failed.

this, because I'm psychopathic and thus relate to more popular Marvel characters + Bats

I never got this argument, what does relating have to do with anything?

I have nothing in common with batman but hes still my favorite character

#46 Posted by BiteMe-Fanboy (6513 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

I'm about half and half...

DC Titles I read monthly:

Swamp Thing

Aquaman

The Flash

Justice League

All-Star Western

Marvel tirtles:

Captain America

Indestructible Hulk

Uncanny Avengers

Thor God of Thunder

#47 Posted by Hksaru (463 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@Stormbox said:

@Hksaru said:

@The_Peter_Cosmic said:

I read a lot of Marvel. I also read Bat family titles, but I can't stay interested in the larger DC universe. I tried to follow more DC when new 52 launched, but I failed.

this, because I'm psychopathic and thus relate to more popular Marvel characters + Bats

I never got this argument, what does relating have to do with anything?

I have nothing in common with batman but hes still my favorite character

What doesn't it have to do with everything

#48 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@Hksaru said:

@Stormbox said:

@Hksaru said:

@The_Peter_Cosmic said:

I read a lot of Marvel. I also read Bat family titles, but I can't stay interested in the larger DC universe. I tried to follow more DC when new 52 launched, but I failed.

this, because I'm psychopathic and thus relate to more popular Marvel characters + Bats

I never got this argument, what does relating have to do with anything?

I have nothing in common with batman but hes still my favorite character

What doesn't it have to do with everything

Not to me, like i said i dont relate to batman at all

#49 Edited by Hksaru (463 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@Stormbox said:

@Hksaru said:

@Stormbox said:

@Hksaru said:

@The_Peter_Cosmic said:

I read a lot of Marvel. I also read Bat family titles, but I can't stay interested in the larger DC universe. I tried to follow more DC when new 52 launched, but I failed.

this, because I'm psychopathic and thus relate to more popular Marvel characters + Bats

I never got this argument, what does relating have to do with anything?

I have nothing in common with batman but hes still my favorite character

What doesn't it have to do with everything

Not to me, like i said i dont relate to batman at all

No one said you had to be conscious of the relation my nigger

#50 Posted by Stormbox (1762 posts) - 5 months, 27 days ago - Show Bio

@Hksaru said:

@Stormbox said:

@Hksaru said:

@Stormbox said:

I never got this argument, what does relating have to do with anything?

I have nothing in common with batman but hes still my favorite character

What doesn't it have to do with everything

Not to me, like i said i dont relate to batman at all

No one said you had to be conscious of the relation

So know you claim to know me better than myself?

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