User blog comment:20thCentFopp/There Is No Fate But What We Snake: How a Radioactive Cobra Humanized Marvel’s Thor/@comment-4652104-20140110202914/@comment-4652104-20140111154359

Well, maybe that is because Marvel was writing for boys, who have since grown up and demanded more mature stories and characters. DC on the other hand might have been writing for more mature stories at the time, but maybe they don't have this fan base who grows up with them. Perhaps because they reset their universe every so often? Or perhaps they are a victim of their own success? Batman and Superman are household names like no Marvel character is. But that may also "thin out" their fan base by including people who are not really that much into comics and don't expect much of them?

In one of the crossover events the characters themselves admit that the heroes in DC universe have it easier. And it's kinda true. I read this story where the Justice League blew up a school during an intervention. Luckily it turned out to be an illusion and no one was hurt. When the New Warriors blew up a School it caused hundreds of deaths and a civil war between the heroes. But this also makes for more compelling stories.