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Jul 7, 2014 - 6:35 PM
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drop_forge
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Both companies have published fantastic stuff and outright dreck. For one to stick exclusively to one publisher and give the other's titles the wholesale brush-off tells me one thing: you're close-minded. Especially if you don't check out some of the awesome stuff that's been coming out of Dark Horse, IDW and the many creator-owned titles Image (a company I used to loathe) has issued.
Walt Simonson's brand-new Norse saga Ragnarok, from IDW, is about to come out. IDW also publishes Frankenstein, Alive! Alive! by Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson. Yeah, Bernie. It's as good as you think it is.
For a long time ('70s-mid-'80s), Marvel ruled the roost, but DC started taking over. These days, Marvel's output is spotty, DC's less so. It's really a matter of taste. Snyder's & Capullo's New 52 Batman is awesome. Marvel's Nick Fury: My War Gone By is awesome. Wendy & Richard Pini are continuing their decades-long Elfquest again.
Bucketloads of good sh!t.
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Jul 7, 2014 - 6:41 PM
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drop_forge
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Marvel for the most part but I started to enjoy some DC titles like Green Lantern or Robin depending on the writer or artist.
This is true, my tastes are writer and artist dependent. I'll happily read DC titles by Ostrander or Rucka or Snyder and skip Marvel titles by Bendis or illustrated by Romita Jr, for instance. But on the whole, I've found that Marvel tends to cultivate a more consistently solid stable of talent than DC does. And more interesting characters, too.
Years ago, maybe, but not now. Not with guys like Snyder, Lemire, Francavilla, Capullo, Pérez, Daniel and whoever else. Overall, DC seems to have more of the better artists right now. Some of the art in Marvel's books (like anything drawn by that tracer Greg Land) is really off-putting. The Marvel NOW! imprint blows chunks.
And that Ramos guy who draws Amazing/Superior Spider-Man. Damn. Who the eff hired that guy? I never knew the human leg could bend three ways at once.
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Jul 7, 2014 - 7:11 PM
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mastadge
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Years ago, maybe, but not now. Not with guys like Snyder, Lemire, Francavilla, Capullo, Pérez, Daniel and whoever else. Overall, DC seems to have more of the better artists right now. Some of the art in Marvel's books (like anything drawn by that tracer Greg Land) is really off-putting. The Marvel NOW! imprint blows chunks.
Yeah, they have drawn some good people in, but sour grapes here -- I'd much rather see Lemire on creator-owned stuff than watered-down Hellblazer, for instance, and really I was pretty turned off by the whole New 52 thing overall.
As for Ramos, I don't mind him. Sometimes he's too off the wall but sometimes I think his hyper-Chris Bachalo style fits his books really well.
But yeah, you're right about years ago -- I haven't really kept up with the superhero comics industry for a handful of years now.
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I was always a Marvel fan from an early age. I remember buying the U.S. imports from the Welwyn Department Store. However, my interest in Marvel titles took off when Marvel UK started. Some of the titles I bought were:
The Mighty World of Marvel.
Spiderman Comics Weekly.
Planet of the Apes.
The Avengers.
Captain Britain.
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Equal. Marvel had MOKF, FF and Spider-man. DC had Batman, Supes and Cary Bates' Flash.
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Jul 8, 2014 - 3:16 AM
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Jim Phelps
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I liked DC best because they had Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, and the JLA.
Marvel had Spider-Man but even then I didn't like his angsty persona. Batman carried that off so much better, I thought. Both had the best rogues galleries, however.
When I was in middle school, I went through a serious X-Men obsession. I think Marvel tried extra hard to be "edgy" and "hip" and that's why 1960s and '70s college students flocked to those books. DC was more "wholesome" by comparison.
I was a dedicated reader of Marvel's severely critically underrated (but big seller) Star Wars, which was second only to the films in terms of childhood importance. Master of Kung-Fu remains another of my all-time favorite comic series.
DC not only had Bats but their non-super-hero titles were what I liked best. Specifically their "Battle Books": Sgt. Rock, G.I. Combat, the Unknown Soldier, and Enemy Ace (and their anti-war message) were just as important to me as the super-hero characters. Joe Kubert, Russ Heath, John Severin, and Sam Glanzman were held in high esteem just the super-hero artists. Jonah Hex was another favorite comic..
Long story short:
Marvel- X-Men, Star Wars, Master of Kung Fu.
DC- Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, JLA, Sgt. Rock, Jonah Hex.
Winner: DC.
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